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RedRabbit’s Yard


RedRabbit

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I thought I’d start this thread to document the growth of my palms/trees. Some are flourishing and I think it’s worth recording their progress over time. 

My Archontophoenix are in this photo. The one on the left was purchased from Frank Tintera that at he grew from seed. The parent palm was one of his fastest growing and he believed it was an A myolensis. It’s was planted as a 3g 3 years ago and has flourished. 

The archontophoenix on the right was just planted as a 7g a couple months ago. It’s some sort of alexandrae x cunninghamiana hybrid I purchased from @eaperture67, and he purchased the parent palms from @Mike Evans.

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The Hong Kong orchid is killing it. Planted as a 3g about 3yrs ago and it’s just thriving here. Below is my lytocaryum hoenie, planted about 2yrs ago as a 3g. It’s hanging in there, but not a good performer this far. It probably needs more water than it’s getting.

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Beccariophoenix alfredii is killing it, as expected. 3yrs in ground from a 7g. Also from Frank.

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My two majesties are flourishing too. They were planted 1 year ago as 3g palms.

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Tipuana tipu doing amazing. It came in the mail as a 5’ 1g. After 3yrs in ground it’s about 20ft tall; simply amazing. It’s been zero fuss, I highly recommend them.

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Lady Palm, just planted.

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Thrinax radiata, 3yrs in ground from a 2g. It took awhile to get established, but it’s doing great now.

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Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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All looking good. Did you suffer any damage from last year’s hurricanes (Ian & Nicole)?

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Meg

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Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
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Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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34 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

All looking good. Did you suffer any damage from last year’s hurricanes (Ian & Nicole)?

It was a non-event in Tampa. My places in Nokomis had roof and fence damage, but the palms were all fine.

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Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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@RedRabbit Looks great!  Nice selection!

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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Interestingly, the hurricanes did do quite a bit of damage to the trees and structures in my area, not far from Tampa for the most part. Sometimes that’s the way it is.

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Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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Watch out for that lady palm, they do send out runners far from your intended placement. But they are slow enough that it isn’t really any real yard drama. 

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Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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And they can totally take the sun here when provided water and fertilizer. My lady palm clump is canopy for a C. macrocarpa seedling I have been ground growing with pretty decent results. 

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Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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Interestingly, the hurricanes did do quite a bit of damage to the trees and structures in my area, not far from Tampa for the most part. 

Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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Where are these palms growing exactly? Tampa is large and diverse in what can be grown around there. 
 

Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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30 minutes ago, ruskinPalms said:

Where are these palms growing exactly? Tampa is large and diverse in what can be grown around there. 
 

Westchase

42 minutes ago, ruskinPalms said:

Interestingly, the hurricanes did do quite a bit of damage to the trees and structures in my area, not far from Tampa for the most part. Sometimes that’s the way it is.

Strange, driving south I didn’t really notice much damage until around Osprey after Ian.

39 minutes ago, ruskinPalms said:

Watch out for that lady palm, they do send out runners far from your intended placement. But they are slow enough that it isn’t really any real yard drama. 

I really like lady palms, I’m hoping they’ll slowly fill in the area!

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Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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1 hour ago, RedRabbit said:

I really like lady palms, I’m hoping they’ll slowly fill in the area!

They'll fill it in and then some.  I've had runners up to 15 feet away from the main clump.

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2 hours ago, ruskinPalms said:

Interestingly, the hurricanes did do quite a bit of damage to the trees and structures in my area, not far from Tampa for the most part. Sometimes that’s the way it is.

Strange, driving south I didn’t really notice much damage until around Osprey after Ian.

There was definitely a line where the damage went up exponentially.  As an illustration, I posted a picture of number of power outages southeast of I-4 vs the number northeast of I-4 in the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season thread so we don't take the focus off of RedRabbit's progress photos in this thread.

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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Here’s a surprise… My shade grown majesties are outgrowing my full-sun B. alfredii. They’re getting TONS of water, but I wasn’t expecting them to beat the B.A. I’ll grab a pic when I can.

Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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That’s a little depressing lol. I’d hope full sun grown B.A. could be a bit faster. That being said, I’d love to see some other Ravenea species tried around here. 

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Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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My majesty (Ravenea) is shooting for the sky now. Beccariophonix is one I haven’t tried yet. They are too big for what I want in my landscape.

 

 

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Parrish, FL

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Majesties are super fast in the heat and with wet conditions.  They like some shade to look their best.    Alfredii… pretty slow, but will tolerate heavy sun better.  My young Alfi went from 1g to 6+ feet tall in 2 years, but it terrible in the wind in an open spot.  The Majesties I had were faster and much more robust in the same time.  Of course Alfredii will become hulking, given enough time. 

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Here are a couple pictures. They’ve both grown since my last pictures in May, but much more so the majesties.

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Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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4 hours ago, RedRabbit said:

Here are a couple pictures. They’ve both grown since my last pictures in May, but much more so the majesties.

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At some point the alfrediis will grow long leaves, looks like the only difference I see. between majesties and the BA  Yours have an early juvenile(short) leaf it seems.    You majesties look great and seem fast but ones in my neighborhood are slow with just a couple feet fo trunk in 15 years and they are also deficient.   Sometimes soil can make a big difference.  The alfredii will suddenly start lengthening to their 20' natural leaf length before the trunking gets going.  Also alfrediis dont want to be continually wet as they grow deep roots a bit like bismarckia which is at 1500ft  higher elevation in their nearby habitat but still both experience a dry season where the deep roots evolved as needed.  

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Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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First time the Hong Kong orchid has bloomed well:

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The A myolensis put on some size over the summer. :) 

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Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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4 hours ago, happypalms said:

Nice collection of palms well grown 

Thanks! It’s a work in progress. :) 

Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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10 hours ago, RedRabbit said:

Thanks! It’s a work in progress. :) 

You have to ge5 a Kerriodoxa elegans and a Joey palm good gardening skills deserve to have such great plants 🌱 

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