Grouping palms

[Tropicdoc]

Ok so I have a bunch of palms to plant and not a bunch of spots.

any advice on grouping palms. Especially planting triples. Does it look good? Does it look crowded? Do the crowns fight each other for light? I see pictures of palms close together, but they are all mature with trunks maybe 3-5 feet from each other. Mine are all small ready to plant. Will it look odd having 3 young palms all crowded together in a planting bed?

we are talking about big butia x parajubaea and butia x polyandrococos and butia x jubaea x syagrus

[Kailua_Krish]

Im not sure for any of those palms you've mentioned. I do know that none of the hybrid parents look great grouped (at least in my opinion) except maybe Butia and even then its hit or miss. My experience with Mules has been that they do not lean away from each other and thus fight for the same space

[Tropicdoc]

Just the answer I’m looking for. Thanks. Have some tough decisions to make about palm placement

[Kailua_Krish]

Not trying to discourage in any way. Maybe someone else has had a different experience?

[Jim in Los Altos]

If you're going to group palms like these Butia, I would recommend doing it with same species rather than variable ones. Most of my 300 plus palms are grouped however regardless of species and it's worked out aestheticly. 

[Tropicdoc]

Yes I think I’m gonna rework my planting bed scheme to allow for a triple butia x parajubaea planted about 8 feet apart from each other. If they don’t lean out I’m wondering if a 2x4 wedged between them would help. The triple would be planted as a 4 year old and then 2 2 year olds.