Palms for a Small, Sunny Space

[sbpalms]

Anyone know of any palms or tropical plants that can fit in a relatively small space (around 2 feet wide) that would survive extremely hot, sunny conditions? I recently removed a struggling plant from this space and need a plant to replace it with. The plant also needs to not grow particularly tall, as the spot is under the roof overhang. 

Edited November 25, 2017 by sbpalms

[aztropic]

Hemithrinax eckmanii, Coccothrinax argentata,Pseudophoenix eckmanii.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[aztropic]

Coccothrinax borhidiana?

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[XYZ]

Size? All these palms get large.

If temps right, you might try either one of the more compact pachypodiums or adeniums.

J

[Steve Mac]

I can't give you a specific name, I don't know many, but what about a slow growing blue cycad.

Lots of those are so slow that the eventual size will not be your problem.

[aztropic]

Hemithrinax?

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[MattyB]

Chamaedorea radicalis.  Brahea decumbens.  Dypsis pink crownshaft might be an interesting try.  I've seen them in full sun.  They compact.

Edited November 27, 2017 by MattyB

[hbernstein]

How about Sabal etonia?

[XYZ]

"...(around 2 feet wide)..."

Many (all?) things mentioned here exceed that diameter early on. I suppose all meet the criteria as large seedlings, but the moment they spread their wings they exceed the space allotment by multiples.

This being PalmTalk, I suppose that we would be remiss if we did not include a seedling coconut.

More seriously, no readily available palm that could persist under those conditions comes to mind. There are obviously many dwarf chams, geonomas and pinangas that are space-right, but climate-wrong. As far as cycads go, Zamia pygmaea/kickxii and some other Caribbean forms, fit the bill, I think. Some rather rare plumose leaf macrozamias might as well.