Dypsis Pembana

[happypalms]

The pembana a real winner for the tropical look fast growing in the right conditions tolerant of the dry weather should be more planted we all loath the chain stores but I feel if we could them to sell the pembana they would become more popular giving this palm a ticket to cultivation being more recognised one way to introduce a new palm to cultivation 

[peachy]

I tried these 3 times at the old place and none of them made the 12 month mark.  I sort of like them but can survive without one, but you did mention the magic word, Fast ! How fast pray tell. I am desperate for some canopy.

Peachy

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28 minutes ago, peachy said:

I tried these 3 times at the old place and none of them made the 12 month mark.  I sort of like them but can survive without one, but you did mention the magic word, Fast ! How fast pray tell. I am desperate for some canopy.

Peachy

Hi peachy given enough water they are relatively fast compared to other varieties of palms an 8 inch potted palm planted out in a few years should provide a bit of protection but I like to use bangalow palms as a canopy palm I call them pioneer palms that you can remove later on I thought you had no space left in your garden 

[James B]

They are the fastest Dypsis BY FAR in my climate. Double the speed of the next closest which is Decaryi.

Have not been able to get some in my new garden but it’s at the top of the list for spring. 

[Merlyn]

1 hour ago, peachy said:

I tried these 3 times at the old place and none of them made the 12 month mark.  I sort of like them but can survive without one, but you did mention the magic word, Fast ! How fast pray tell. I am desperate for some canopy.

Peachy

I had a big 3 gallon pot go from 3 feet to 10+ feet in about 2 years here in the swampland of Florida.  Unfortunately for me, they are not hardy below 30F.  Both Pembana and Lutescens take severe damage in the upper 20s, especially with frost.  So depending on your temperatures, it might work okay as a small canopy palm.  It's not a big crown diameter, though.

[peachy]

On 9/15/2023 at 9:50 PM, happypalms said:

Hi peachy given enough water they are relatively fast compared to other varieties of palms an 8 inch potted palm planted out in a few years should provide a bit of protection but I like to use bangalow palms as a canopy palm I call them pioneer palms that you can remove later on I thought you had no space left in your garden 

 

On 9/15/2023 at 9:50 PM, happypalms said:

Hi peachy given enough water they are relatively fast compared to other varieties of palms an 8 inch potted palm planted out in a few years should provide a bit of protection but I like to use bangalow palms as a canopy palm I call them pioneer palms that you can remove later on I thought you had no space left in your garden 

They look like the leaves are manageable in size and not a huge trunk so I am putting it on my wish list. I have no SHADED space left in my garden but have been amending the space between the shed and the fence (about 2 metres x 3) for 4 months now so in another couple of months something apart from Bindii should live there.  I had no lawns at the old house just rain forest but here I need a bit of lawn for the dogs and cats to play on.

Peachy.

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2 hours ago, peachy said:

 

They look like the leaves are manageable in size and not a huge trunk so I am putting it on my wish list. I have no SHADED space left in my garden but have been amending the space between the shed and the fence (about 2 metres x 3) for 4 months now so in another couple of months something apart from Bindii should live there.  I had no lawns at the old house just rain forest but here I need a bit of lawn for the dogs and cats to play on.

Peachy.

Yes I would say a medium palm if managed correctly but a much better looking one for your situation is dypsis lancelota and I can’t stand lawns I have better things to do on a Sunday than mow lawns plus with the drought about to hit again iam not wasting my water on a lawn rather water a kerriodoxa 

[peachy]

No I will stick with getting a D pembana, those lanceolata things are vile, super foul,  hideous clumpers. You have never ran around a home made rain forest at 3 am in a rain storm, in your nightie, holding a torch and trying to catch a brat of a dog who won't come inside. The lawn (tiny to begin with has shrunk considerably since I started planting. It gets watered when I run the sprinkler for the garden beds. Yes, I am going to try a kerriodoxa as a house plant but if it doesn't like it, I will move things around in the shade house and move it there. Thank you so much for that by the way.

Peachy

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6 minutes ago, peachy said:

No I will stick with getting a D pembana, those lanceolata things are vile, super foul,  hideous clumpers. You have never ran around a home made rain forest at 3 am in a rain storm, in your nightie, holding a torch and trying to catch a brat of a dog who won't come inside. The lawn (tiny to begin with has shrunk considerably since I started planting. It gets watered when I run the sprinkler for the garden beds. Yes, I am going to try a kerriodoxa as a house plant but if it doesn't like it, I will move things around in the shade house and move it there. Thank you so much for that by the way.

Peachy

That’s just normal behaviour running around after a pet at night that won’t come inside (carpet snakes love cat food) I used to run around like a mad man chasing a cat simply because I realised cats and the environment don’t mix at night let alone the day time but I still love my cat princess sari you gotta love your pets no matter what after all they are gods creatures 

[peachy]

I thought having a backyard the size of an outdoor dunny would make finding the naughty ones easier but in all honesty they can still elude me, just not for as long anymore.

Peacy