Is there a small palm like a Bismarckia n.

[Steve Mac]

We love the look of the big silver/blue palms but we cant fit it in.

We even bought a "Blue dwarf" Pritchardia hillbrandii and were very disappointed,

it arrived green as the lawn, as apparently a lot of them are.

Is there another small palm that is really blue or silver?

Oh, we do have lovely Ch. metalicas too. 

Cheers Steve and liz

[Stevetoad]

Chamaerops cinefera or how ever you spell it. Also brahea super silver isn't very big. 

[Neil C]

Serenoa and Nanorrhops silver forms are both nice as well.

 

Regards Neil

[Darold Petty]

Chamaerops humilis v. argentea, from the Atlas mountains of Morocco, individuals vary in 'blueness' and the color is lessened in cool, humid, or shady conditions.

You  might find it listed as 'cerifera', but argentea is correct, as it was published first, (1885 versus 1920)    

[aztropic]

Kinda rare, but Coccothrinax boschiana would also fill the bill.

 

aztropic

Mesa, Arizona

 

 

[Briank]

Brahea Armata Much like the Super Silver. But it's slow growing you'll want to start w 15ga. Bismarkia grows fast. 

Brahea Nitida also. 

 

copernicia Hospita ! I'm looking for one myself 

[rick]

Latania loddigesii looks like a smaller version of a Bismarkia.

[Steve Mac]

Thanks, that is a good selection to start with, I will see what i can source.

[PalmatierMeg]

Coccothrinax macroglossa Azul if you can find one.

[Pal Meir]

"Is there a small palm like a Bismarckia n.?" — Yes, there is, and it [Chamaerops hum. cerifera] is always bluish white and really small (the size of the pot is 12x12cm):

[Steve Mac]

Ok thank you gals and guys, I am sure that we will find one of those.

[DoomsDave]

Latania!

If you can get one to grow, they're wonderful.

But way wayyyyy slower than a Bizzie, like 1/10 the speed. But so pretty, especially the red ones.

Viva Latania!

[Alicehunter2000]

Silver Sereona can be really silver.

[mcrawford]

Brahea decumbens is small and blue.

Don't forget the blue cycads (Encephalartos sp.)

Yucca rostrada is also a great blue companion

with a small footprint.

All the above take our temperature extremes as well (25F-115F).

[MattyB]

Don't forget Copernicia cerifera

[Tracy]

I recently acquired a hybrid Copernicia, baileyana x hospita, which due to its slower growth and more upright structure will have a smaller footprint than the Bismarckia nobilis.  Its a great look, very rigid fan leaves, great silvery color, but much much slower growing.  I have a Bismarckia in my Carlsbad garden which is now smothering a clump of Dypsis lutescens on one side, and Dypsis pembana on the other side, as it has such a big footprint. 

[Steve Mac]

Thank you, to our online friends,

A lot of those blue and silver ones seem to be slow growers unfortunately.

We should have started earlier with those, We are too old for them now.  

I might just try to be satisfied, happy and grateful with what I have.

[GMann]

The Blue Latania is the most beautiful, far nicer than the Bismarck in my own opinion. But it is very slow growing and still takes up a lot of space (about 2/3rds of the space that a Bismarck takes up). Also when it is young it is not blue, it only goes blue when it is about 6 feet tall.

Most of the others are also slow growing and not as spectacular as Bismarcks and Latanias.

Blue Coccothrinax species (Azul, Macroglossa, & Boschiana) are all very slow, rare and expensive.

Trithrinax Campestris is really nice looking but very slow.

Maybe the blue Serenoa is not slow, I don't know...

Perhaps the best option is to just buy a little Bismarck, keep the leaves cut back so only the vertical ones remain, and when it gets too big cut it out and replace with another small one. This may sound ridiculous, but they are relatively cheap and fast growing.

Or maybe you just keep it in a pot so it can't get so big?