Acoelorrhaphe wrightii

[Robert Cade Ross]

6 minutes ago, KsLouisiana said:

Pretty cool. Hopefully 5hey come back as good as ever. How long has he had it?

Since 2003’

[ZPalms]

Came along through summer, I’m sure it’s gonna do fine through winter since it will be easy to protect

[KsLouisiana]

I'm about to put this baby in the ground later this month. The winters here have been so bad lately though so I'm putting it on a south facing wall.

[SeanK]

On 2/3/2025 at 5:31 PM, KsLouisiana said:

I'm about to put this baby in the ground later this month. The winters here have been so bad lately though so I'm putting it on a south facing wall.

Has this been planted? These are solid for z9b, correct?

[KsLouisiana]

1 hour ago, SeanK said:

Has this been planted? These are solid for z9b, correct?

Yup! Put it in the ground in February.  I think they're good to like 20° before they freeze. But they'll come back from the ground as well

[SeanK]

Do these prefer a wet spot in the yard?

[KsLouisiana]

On 4/13/2025 at 7:57 PM, SeanK said:

Do these prefer a wet spot in the yard?

From what I hear yes. But I've never grown one. I see them planted in normal area though.

[KsLouisiana]

The everglades palm is doing really great. Cleaned it up and you can start to see some trunkage 

[happypalms]

They are beautiful palm, and they are very dry tolerant palms. They will also drink as much water you give them, so the best of both worlds with this palm, give it water and it’s quite happy and if it is in a dry spot it’s just as happy. 

[SeanK]

4 hours ago, KsLouisiana said:

The everglades palm is doing really great. Cleaned it up and you can start to see some trunkage 

Looks very good.

[ChrisA]

Such great palms, I wish they were more widely available. There used to be a large one outdoors at the San Antonio Botanical Garden on the border of 8B and 9A. It died to the ground in 2021 but grew back. Within the few years it was scrapped as the courtyard was replanted. Pretty sure it was still alive at the time it was removed, but I seem to remember it dying to the ground each winter after ‘21. The fronds remind me of Chamaerops although more elegant!

[KsLouisiana]

6 hours ago, ChrisA said:

Such great palms, I wish they were more widely available. There used to be a large one outdoors at the San Antonio Botanical Garden on the border of 8B and 9A. It died to the ground in 2021 but grew back. Within the few years it was scrapped as the courtyard was replanted. Pretty sure it was still alive at the time it was removed, but I seem to remember it dying to the ground each winter after ‘21. The fronds remind me of Chamaerops although more elegant!

I really like them too. There is a nice one here in Lake Charles at a Mexican restaurant.  It froze to the ground in 21 also. Then they tried to get rid of it. Its slowly coming back. I shiuod ask them if they want me to remove it lol.