Palms @ In-N-Out Burger in Anaheim (including Royals)

[anaheimpalmguy]

Saw a very palmy landscape today while driving by the In-N-Out Burger that opened last year on State College Blvd. in Anaheim.  There were palms everywhere, but the most striking ones were the five Royals in the parking lot, looking very healthy and happy.  

There were a bunch of fan palms along the west and north edges of the parking lot/drive-thru.  Not sure what they are, but guesses are Braheas or maybe Livistonas.  There were also some Chamaerops along the State College Blvd. side, and of course the pair of crossed Washingtonia robustas that are the In-N-Out trademark.

There were lots of Phoenix roebeleniis scattered throughout the landscape, including one that had portions of some fronds that were a bright yellow color that almost looked like some weird kind of solid variegation.  There was one young Phoenix dactylifera and several young Phoenix canariensis, including one that didn't look very healthy.

But perhaps the most astonishing thing were the Rhapis excelsa that were packed side-by-side on the street (north) side of the 6' wall that separates the parking lot from the side street off State College Blvd.  This narrow planting strip was solid with Rhapis and must have been 70 or 80' long!  Will be interesting to see what happens to this planting when the plants get taller than the wall and are exposed to full sun and wind.

Some pics below:

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

Looks like Brahea Edulis to me and a wild variegated Pygmy!!!!!

[BS Man about Palms]

Wow. First robelinii I would want!!

 

[DoomsDave]

In and out

and in and out

maybe even get a burger!

That is a serious public palm planting!

[foxtail]

Roebellini

[Josh-O]

the new Oceanside store is totally planted out with big kentias and royals as well.

[DoomsDave]

10 hours ago, Josh-O said:

the new Oceanside store is totally planted out with big kentias and royals as well.

I can hear my arteries hardening at the thought

[Darold Petty]

I concur about the Brahea edulis in the third photo.  Make mine 'animal style'!!  

[enigma99]

Oceanside store  looking good! The coast needs more kentias in public plantings

 

[BS Man about Palms]

Dang! If anyone wants to Do a PRA to the Oceanside In-N-Out under the guise of eating (or vice versa) Let me know as I'm less than 2 miles away... 

[Josh-O]

2 hours ago, enigma99 said:

Oceanside store  looking good! The coast needs more kentias in public plantings

 

to the left of your picture (out of frame) are the royals.

[Kevin S]

 Sooner or later I need to go buy a new in and out closer to me and take some photos of their parking lot.  I was so shocked and amazed when I drove by but it was already dark so I cannot take any photos but their parking lot was full of fishtails?  I really like the way in and out is landscaping.  

[Jdiaz31089]

In Northern CA, they're really putting a lot of effort into quality landscaping projects too. It's good to see some companies make an effort to step away from the "big box" store selection of plants. 

[sbpalms]

Nice! The In-N-Out I visit in Santa Barbara only has Washies and Queens...

Edited November 27, 2016 by sbpalms

[GMann]

On 11/16/2016, 11:13:23, enigma99 said:

Oceanside store  looking good! The coast needs more kentias in public plantings

 

That dog is totally ready to chow down on an In and Out burger.

[Tracy]

On 11/16/2016, 9:54:09, BS Man about Palms said:

Dang! If anyone wants to Do a PRA to the Oceanside In-N-Out under the guise of eating (or vice versa) Let me know as I'm less than 2 miles away... 

 

On 11/15/2016, 9:05:47, Josh-O said:

the new Oceanside store is totally planted out with big kentias and royals as well.

I'll pass on the burger, but will consider doing a PRA to the new In-N-Out in Encinitas.  My wife recently mentioned that they had planted numerous Caryota, which she believes were all gigas.  She didn't mention any other exotic palms, but it may be very shady there soon if she is correct. 

[Josh-O]

2 hours ago, Tracy said:

 

I'll pass on the burger, but will consider doing a PRA to the new In-N-Out in Encinitas.  My wife recently mentioned that they had planted numerous Caryota, which she believes were all gigas.  She didn't mention any other exotic palms, but it may be very shady there soon if she is correct. 

not a big fan of in-N-out burgers? this could be a whole new thread

[Josh-O]

On 11/16/2016, 9:54:09, BS Man about Palms said:

Dang! If anyone wants to Do a PRA to the Oceanside In-N-Out under the guise of eating (or vice versa) Let me know as I'm less than 2 miles away... 

not a bad idea Bill!

I go out of my way for those burgers sometimes..lol

[Las Palmas Norte]

Slightly off topic ... all the McDonalds restaurants in town here have Trachycarpus (windmill palms), a PNW standard, planted at them. Must be some kind of corporate mandate.

Cheers, Barrie.

[BS Man about Palms]

3 hours ago, Tracy said:

 

I'll pass on the burger, but will consider doing a PRA to the new In-N-Out in Encinitas.  My wife recently mentioned that they had planted numerous Caryota, which she believes were all gigas.  She didn't mention any other exotic palms, but it may be very shady there soon if she is correct. 

 

1 hour ago, Josh-O said:

not a bad idea Bill!

I go out of my way for those burgers sometimes..lol

 

3 hours ago, Tracy said:

 

I'll pass on the burger, but will consider doing a PRA to the new In-N-Out in Encinitas.  My wife recently mentioned that they had planted numerous Caryota, which she believes were all gigas.  She didn't mention any other exotic palms, but it may be very shady there soon if she is correct. 

Lets do lunch!!!  But which one? Royals and Kentia's in O'side, Gigas in Encinitas!

 

[Jesse]

So my question is, who is in charge of being the regular in an effort to propagate that variegated Roebelenii? I'm a rookie and should not be trusted with that sort of thing.

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

7 hours ago, Jesse said:

So my question is, who is in charge of being the regular in an effort to propagate that variegated Roebelenii? I'm a rookie and should not be trusted with that sort of thing.

Is the sucker showing any varigation yet?

[Jesse]

I'll have to do a drive-by at lunch to check. I work about a mile away.

[Jesse]

The smaller of the two is not showing any variegated symptoms from what I can tell. 

[Jesse]

I regret to inform you all, they murdered it.

 

 I do not understand why people why people think that all palm trees must look the same!!!!!!! Why? WHY?!!!!!!!!!!   

 

I am heartbroken.  I never thought I could feel this way about a palm tree.  So sad.

I tried to fill the hole in my gut with a double-double but it was no use.

Can we all have a moment of silence for the late bold variegated Roebelenii...

 

Sorry for the crooked picture. Can't figure out how to get it right side up.

 

 

Edited March 20, 2017 by Jesse

[Jdiaz31089]

Shoot! Is there any way to contact the store manager and find out who the landscaper is? Maybe they still have it and you can score a free variegated roebie!

[BS Man about Palms]

Just to correct a few things here.. First, that WAS a rare roebelenii. Variegated anything is pretty rare in nature. Second, it is a rare species that clumps, so 99% of what is out there are just multiple plantings. That was surely a single, and has now been cut off at the base and is dead. Probably some clueless landscaper (or the owner) thought it was unsightly or dying and cut it off. There is no coming back from that.

Sadly, the best thing would have been to find a store manager and let them know what a special plant it was and theat seeds would have been appreciated or, to dig it if unwanted.

[Palmarum]

1 hour ago, Jesse said:

I regret to inform you all, they murdered it...

 

3 minutes ago, BS Man about Palms said:

Just to correct a few things here.. First, that WAS a rare roebelenii. Variegated anything is pretty rare in nature. Second, it is a rare species that clumps, so 99% of what is out there are just multiple plantings. That was surely a single, and has now been cut off at the base and is dead. Probably some clueless landscaper (or the owner) thought it was unsightly or dying and cut it off. There is no coming back from that.

Sadly, the best thing would have been to find a store manager and let them know what a special plant it was and theat seeds would have been appreciated or, to dig it if unwanted.

Wow, that stabs one in the gut...

If I even thought that was a possibility, I would have donned a orange safety vest, set out a few safety cones and would have replaced the entire clump myself. Palms with a blotched variegation like that are very rare, of any species. I know of an Adonidia merrillii with variegation like that growing near me, and have germinated countless seed from it, with no variegated progeny.

Ryan

 

[DoomsDave]

23 minutes ago, BS Man about Palms said:

Just to correct a few things here.. First, that WAS a rare roebelenii. Variegated anything is pretty rare in nature. Second, it is a rare species that clumps, so 99% of what is out there are just multiple plantings. That was surely a single, and has now been cut off at the base and is dead. Probably some clueless landscaper (or the owner) thought it was unsightly or dying and cut it off. There is no coming back from that.

Sadly, the best thing would have been to find a store manager and let them know what a special plant it was and theat seeds would have been appreciated or, to dig it if unwanted.

Go ahead and ask, but be prepared for bureaucratic nonsense.

[DCA_Palm_Fan]

I would love to get ahold of the person that made the decision to kill it, and the person that did it. First I would teach them what they did and why / how it was so horrificly wrong, then I would have no shortage of  very nasty words to hurl at them at an extreme high volume. .   It is very rare that I feel the need to get like that, let alone actually do it.  This would likely be one of those very rare situations.    In fact that has not happend in 12 years.  The last time was when a parent blatently allowed their child to taunt a turtle at a wildlife refuge, and then proceed to pour half a bottle of mountain dew on top of its head and shell until i smaked it away out of his hands.  Believe me it got ugly with police involved.  They were fined, criminally charged, and banned from the park for life. They ended up having to pay 1000 dollars and were convicted of multiple charges ranging from criminal destruction of federal property and littering, to abuse of a protected animal on protected lands. 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

This is a total bummer.

[Jdiaz31089]

I drove by the In-N-Out on Herndon & Clovis Avenues in Clovis CA and they recently re-did their landscaping with lots of palms. I saw at least one large Jubaea among phoenix and butia.

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

13 hours ago, Jdiaz31089 said:

I drove by the In-N-Out on Herndon & Clovis Avenues in Clovis CA and they recently re-did their landscaping with lots of palms. I saw at least one large Jubaea among phoenix and butia.

The jubaea at a dallas location is either 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

The jubaea at a dallas location is either dead or almost dead as of a few weeks ago. I dont think they watered or fertilized it in the last few years.