Hey fellow palmers, I'm new to palm trees but i love the way they look. Any suggestions to help me get started? 

Much love,

Palmlover1234

Buy some cheap common species locally,and see what you can do with them before you move on to more specialized species.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

1 hour ago, aztropic said:

Buy some cheap common species locally

 

2 hours ago, Palmlover1234 said:

I'm new to palm trees but i love the way they look. Any suggestions to help me get started? 

Agree with the advice above. If you need suggestions on what are commonly grown local to you, you can elaborate on where "King" is.  Climate definitely plays a role.  Even if you are not located in a place where they can grow outside year round, there is likely someone on the forum that can give you suggestions.

@Palmlover1234 where are you?

13 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

@Palmlover1234 where are you?

I live in North Carolina so it gets moderately hot in the summer, but should i wait to buy a tree as winter is coming soon?

1 hour ago, Palmlover1234 said:

I live in North Carolina so it gets moderately hot in the summer, but should i wait to buy a tree as winter is coming soon?

Yes, it will make getting it established easier. At that location, you are probably looking at Trachycarpus fortunei for a trunking palm.  You might be able to sneak a Sabal palmetto through a few years.  Otherwise, look for the variants of Sabal minor and Rhapidophyllum hystrix.

6 hours ago, Palmlover1234 said:

I live in North Carolina so it gets moderately hot in the summer, but should i wait to buy a tree as winter is coming soon?

Where in NC?

tidewater, Piedmont and mountains are all different. If not sure just give county name.

I always wondered how Chamaerops humilis (European Fan Palm) would do as a container palm up there.  Could spend the warm months and even cool months outside and still handle a bit of cold and indoor dryness for the cold months.  Wouldn’t grow too fast for the pots.  I imagine they would be great for that.  

I guess it all depends on your specific climate for outdoor palms.   When I lived in NY and New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, I always had my favorite “semiannuals” the Majestly Palms.  Would keep them in pots outside when warm and indoors for the winter.  It was always a challenge getting them through winter, but I could get some to last 2-3 years.  

8 minutes ago, Looking Glass said:

I always wondered how Chamaerops humilis (European Fan Palm) would do as a container palm up there.  Could spend the warm months and even cool months outside and still handle a bit of cold and indoor dryness for the cold months.  Wouldn’t grow too fast for the pots.  I imagine they would be great for that.  

I guess it all depends on your specific climate for outdoor palms.   When I lived in NY and New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, I always had my favorite “semiannuals” the Majestly Palms.  Would keep them in pots outside when warm and indoors for the winter.  It was always a challenge getting them through winter, but I could get some to last 2-3 years.  

I have one in a pot and It's been outside with a towel wrapped around the pot only to keep the roots from getting blasted with freezing air but only at night and it has outgrown this pot so the roots are visible through the drainage holes and on nights that I know their is a potential threat of frost I put it under the screen in porch under a porch light that points down. The other night it was 31 degrees and it did pretty good.

It was meant to go in the ground when I got it but I just kept pushing it back and never got any soil to amend where it was going so maybe this spring I will put it in the ground or just pot it up bigger, I'm not sure what I wanna do yet.

Don't mind my backyard, we have no sorts of beautification yet because of the massive size and lack of resources to help tame it, I would love to clear out all that grass down their next to the forest cause theirs a swamp and I would love to naturalize sabal minor in it 

7 minutes ago, ZPalms said:

I have one in a pot and It's been outside with a towel wrapped around the pot only to keep the roots from getting blasted with freezing air but only at night and it has outgrown this pot so the roots are visible through the drainage holes and on nights that I know their is a potential threat of frost I put it under the screen in porch under a porch light that points down. The other night it was 31 degrees and it did pretty good.

It was meant to go in the ground when I got it but I just kept pushing it back and never got any soil to amend where it was going so maybe this spring I will put it in the ground or just pot it up bigger, I'm not sure what I wanna do yet.

Don't mind my backyard, we have no sorts of beautification yet because of the massive size and lack of resources to help tame it, I would love to clear out all that grass down their next to the forest cause theirs a swamp and I would love to naturalize sabal minor in it 

 

I love these guys actually.  Put one right out front and it did fine through our wet summer and grew a lot.  It will never look like it’s in California, but will still look good in its own way here.  

I love palms, especially in South Florida where they hold up well to the water, sun, windstorms, and heat.  If I was living further north again someday, I’d have no problem also finding more temperate plants, to sculpt a nice landscape and garden with.  Plenty of unique exotics and hearty natives out there for every climate from here to Canada and beyond.   I’d have a nice Japanese Red Maple somewhere for sure   

I’ve lived in the great white north, and people create awesome oases with what performs well in their areas.   

Your Chamaerops looks happy as a clam there.   Had I known more about palms, I would have tried these as a half-year indoor palm back in the day.  

Glad you’ve got some great space to play in.  

51 minutes ago, Looking Glass said:

I love these guys actually.  Put one right out front and it did fine through our wet summer and grew a lot.  It will never look like it’s in California, but will still look good in its own way here.  

I love palms, especially in South Florida where they hold up well to the water, sun, windstorms, and heat.  If I was living further north again someday, I’d have no problem also finding more temperate plants, to sculpt a nice landscape and garden with.  Plenty of unique exotics and hearty natives out there for every climate from here to Canada and beyond.   I’d have a nice Japanese Red Maple somewhere for sure   

I’ve lived in the great white north, and people create awesome oases with what performs well in their areas.   

Your Chamaerops looks happy as a clam there.   Had I known more about palms, I would have tried these as a half-year indoor palm back in the day.  

Glad you’ve got some great space to play in.  

The Chamaerops is my 2nd palm that I got and I thought it was a trachy when I first got it but then when I got home it turned out to not be a trachy  but I have no regrets because this is a really cool palm and I like that you just get new free new palms off the sides  I'm not completely sure why mine changed color though, It went from a green to a more dusty looking green which I don't mind either color.

I got wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to much space so It makes landscaping seem impossible like how am I suppose to figure out how to make so much space work and look good, I just plan to throw my monster palms out randomly if they live of course into the spaces cause I have sabal causiarum and Beccariophoenix alfredii, I'm planning and hoping to actually put in the ground cause I wanna test their limits and I generally think it would be cool if they did ok here unless a deathly snap comes through and I cry 

This photo is from back in august, the other one is from last week

Edited November 22, 20214 yr by ZPalms

In cold climate, the Windmill is about the first I would try. Years ago I was visiting my brother up near Yosemite . We got a room in Oakhurst  and there was about 6” of snow everywhere, much more in the low spots. There, between two buildings were a couple of very large palms covered in snow . They were at least 15’ tall and when I examined them by moving closer they were indeed Trachy’s.  I was surprised but after talking to a few local palm experts , I learned that this is not uncommon.