Tall Windmills

[ShadyDan]

Biggest Trachy in my neighbourhood. Snow-capped Mount Moriarty of the Vancouver Island Ranges in the background. 
 

[Alex High]

Just found this super tall one in Whittier, California while searching on street view. Classic super tall and skinny Southern California Trachy, it's 2-3 times as tall as the house!

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9414745,-118.0296783,3a,57.2y,214.74h,99.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_TR77d4IbD8vxNNzAxk2bA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[ZPalms]

The tall waggies on palmpedia look pretty good, They look like washingtonia and personally I think they definitely need to keep a bit of skirt because without the skirt I can see how they might not look very full or appealing

[Alex High]

8 hours ago, ZPalms said:

The tall waggies on palmpedia look pretty good, They look like washingtonia and personally I think they definitely need to keep a bit of skirt because without the skirt I can see how they might not look very full or appealing

Agreed, love them! Are those the ones at the LA County Arboretum? Classic tall and skinny Southern California Trachys.

[ZPalms]

10 hours ago, Alex High said:

Agreed, love them! Are those the ones at the LA County Arboretum? Classic tall and skinny Southern California Trachys.

Yes! Palmpedia has them labeled Los Angeles arboretum, I would love to go to that place some day 😍

[Foxpalms]

One in abbotsbury in the UK.

[Foxpalms]

A few in Torquay (UK).

[Luis Arroyo]

On 4/24/2023 at 9:09 AM, Alex High said:

Washington, D.C.'s finest (tallest that I know of). Came through this winter with a low of 7 degrees Fahrenheit unscathed. It's nearly 30 ft tall! Pretty impressive considering they are somewhat marginal here. This one has survived many deep freezes including 2014.

 

They better plant a good sized 5 gal replacement next to it, because once it tops that roof level ,there'll be no more cold protection from the north.

[Alex High]

57 minutes ago, Luis Arroyo said:

They better plant a good sized 5 gal replacement next to it, because once it tops that roof level ,there'll be no more cold protection from the north.

Yeah hopefully that won't be for a number of years but it's getting close. I wonder how/if this palm has developed additional cold tolerance after surviving all those bad freezes and reaching this size. I will keep everyone posted on its progress, pretty impressive given our climate!

[Las Palmas Norte]

Spotted this one in a nearby neighborhood. Many of the dead fronds have not been trimmed off.

 

[ChicagoPalma]

On 5/25/2023 at 4:11 PM, Foxpalms said:

A few in Torquay (UK).

They look sad when really tall, thats why you keep them around 10-20ft tall.

[Las Palmas Norte]

2 hours ago, ChicagoPalma said:

They look sad when really tall, thats why you keep them around 10-20ft tall.

How would someone go about keeping a palm tree shorter?

[ChicagoPalma]

18 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

How would someone go about keeping a palm tree shorter?

Just look at bonsai growers, some people found ways to keep palms short.

[Las Palmas Norte]

4 hours ago, ChicagoPalma said:

Just look at bonsai growers, some people found ways to keep palms short.

I should have known. Bahaha.

[fr8train]

On 5/21/2023 at 4:33 AM, ZPalms said:

The tall waggies on palmpedia look pretty good, They look like washingtonia and personally I think they definitely need to keep a bit of skirt because without the skirt I can see how they might not look very full or appealing

I agree, in generally every palm I can think of looks better with a skirt. I'm not sure why so many people prefer the over manicured look. 

[andrebazhen]

In Moscow

[Foxpalms]

On 11/27/2023 at 2:44 PM, ChicagoPalma said:

They look sad when really tall, thats why you keep them around 10-20ft tall.

That's why I prefer washingtonia and wish they would use that instead more often as the taller they get the better they look whilst with trachys they look worse when taller.

[Las Palmas Norte]

11 hours ago, Foxpalms said:

That's why I prefer washingtonia and wish they would use that instead more often as the taller they get the better they look whilst with trachys they look worse when taller.

From my perspective, I prefer taller Trachycarpus (any size really) and shorter W. robusta. The 75' to 100' robustas look awkward and spindly.

[Las Palmas Norte]

A recent Windmill cut down. 😲This pic shows it as a new planting in 2011. It was exceeding the flag pole adjacent to it in overall height before seeing the saw. It had a large, beautiful healthy crown. If I get a chance to speak to the residents, I'll inquire as to it's demise. Shame really.