Lipstick palms

[Ianjuarez]

Anybody grows lipstick palms or c. Renda in California or near? I need advise! Thanks in advance.

[el-blanco]

Too tropical.  I would not bother unless you have a heated greenhouse with high humidity.  An AMAZING tree though!

[Ianjuarez]

Any palm that look similar that will survive to California climate?

[Jeff985]

Closest thing I can think of would be archontophoenix purpurea, and it’s not all that close. If it’s the colorful crownshaft your looking for it has a purple one. 

[Kim]

A few people have managed to grow Areca vestiaria in carefully selected microclimates. The palm has an orange crownshaft. But it’s a difficult grow in California. 

[Palm Tree Jim]

Some years ago, a hybrid was produced including renda. Perhaps someone here can share if they have one in California. I tried and lost them all.

As for C. renda, no chance in California.

[Hillizard]

I managed to purchase a seedling Cyrtostachys renda 'Theodora Buhler' from an online tropical plant auction and thought it might be more cold-hardy. I kept it protected in a plastic bag in my unheated sunroom but it declined over several months.

[akamu]

Euterpe edulis var. Orange crownshaft is the closest thing to c renda we can grow here and they are much hardier .Floribunda has them . Mine took low 30s and 107 degrees worst brutal year so far in my garden. 

[akamu]

As kim mentioned areca vestiaria has grown for some here i have never gotten past the 3yr mark before the cold  takes them down mid spring on the other hand my euterepe orange crownshaft are 8ft tall and keep trucking along. They are nice and definetly worth a try cheers 

[PalmatierMeg]

What about Dypsis Orange Crush? I've read it likes a mediterranean climate. Cyrtostachys spp or hybrids are definite no-grows in CA. They can't take winters outdoors in Cape Coral. I tried the ballyhooed 'cold hardy' C. renda hybrid, too, and it croaked, too. A. vestiaria, another colored crownshaft palm I've failed long term with, comes in red/maroon and yellow varieties.