Chamaedorea radicalis

[happypalms]

A very easy chamaedorea to grow it prefers shade actually it will grow in almost full  sun but prefers bright shade down to deep shade it has the potential to become a weed but controlling it is not a problem most the self sown ones I leave creating more free jungle look I prefer the trunkless one much better looking a good palm for the tropical look tough dry tolerant once established a easy palm to landscape with chamaedorea are one of my favourite all round palms with so many varieties to choose from what’s not to like about them 

[SeanK]

Beautiful palm. Cold hardy as well.

[RichardHemsley]

I have it on my plants to purchase list for early spring 

[Tomas]

I too like Chamaedoreas, just need more canopy to plant them in my garden, but the seeds of the less common species are so hard to find ! Do you have them available in Australia?

No canopy needed for radicalis

Edited December 28, 2023 by Tomas

[Darold Petty]

I grow twelve species in my tiny, urban garden, only eight meters wide !  This genus is essential to a temperate zone palm garden. 

[ShadyDan]

Very tough palms. I have 3 little guys I planted out in spring 2022. That winter, we had the coldest temperatures I’ve seen since living here… bottoming out at -9C around Christmas. All 3 completely defoliated and I thought they were goners as they showed no signs of life in the spring. I was too busy to dig them out, and to my surprise they all came back to life in the late summer.
 

We have had an incredibly mild winter so far (not a single night below 1C so far with daytime highs averaging around 10C right now) and they are still pushing out growth… despite being planted on the North side of my house. 

[happypalms]

14 hours ago, Tomas said:

I too like Chamaedoreas, just need more canopy to plant them in my garden, but the seeds of the less common species are so hard to find ! Do you have them available in Australia?

No canopy needed for radicalis

Hi Tomas yes a tough palm pm your address I can send you some radicalis when ready not sure of your import laws but can only try I do get adscedans and plumosa Cham seeds 

[happypalms]

14 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

I grow twelve species in my tiny, urban garden, only eight meters wide !  This genus is essential to a temperate zone palm garden. 

Hi darold they are a lovely palm for small gardens a true winner all the chameadorea species the holy grail chamaedorea tuerckheimii 

8 hours ago, ShadyDan said:

Very tough palms. I have 3 little guys I planted out in spring 2022. That winter, we had the coldest temperatures I’ve seen since living here… bottoming out at -9C around Christmas. All 3 completely defoliated and I thought they were goners as they showed no signs of life in the spring. I was too busy to dig them out, and to my surprise they all came back to life in the late summer.
 

We have had an incredibly mild winter so far (not a single night below 1C so far with daytime highs averaging around 10C right now) and they are still pushing out growth… despite being planted on the North side of my house. 

hi Dan yes one cold hardy palm BC the tropics of Canada gotta love it 

[happypalms]

17 hours ago, RichardHemsley said:

I have it on my plants to purchase list for early spring 

Good to see you have your gardening priorities in order 🤣

[happypalms]

19 hours ago, SeanK said:

Beautiful palm. Cold hardy as well.

I forgot that another bonus for the radicalis being cold hardy 

[Harry’s Palms]

I bought a pretty good sized C. Radicalis tree form in a large pot with about ten of them in the pot. That was about 25 years ago and now they are everywhere under my other palms. I spread the seeds around the garden and they germinate freely. They tolerate shade or sun , cold weather doesn’t seem to bother them. I have given away several to neighbors and friends. They produce copious amounts of seed! Here are some juveniles around my Pritchardia. And Caryota Mitis .

Edited December 31, 2023 by Harry’s Palms

[Will]

 

No damage after -9°C here in Eastern Austria 

[happypalms]

18 hours ago, Will said:

 

No damage after -9°C here in Eastern Austria 

A nice part of world Austria now even prettier with chamaedorea palms 

[happypalms]

21 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I bought a pretty good sized C. Radicalis tree form in a large pot with about ten of them in the pot. That was about 25 years ago and now they are everywhere under my other palms. I spread the seeds around the garden and they germinate freely. They tolerate shade or sun , cold weather doesn’t seem to bother them. I have given away several to neighbors and friends. They produce copious amounts of seed! Here are some juveniles around my Pritchardia. And Caryota Mitis .

They are a great little palm and easy to grow not really a weed plant but I keep an eye them with the odd one popping up around my Kerriodoxa that get pulled out easily 

[NC_Palms]

one of my bucket list palms. to try here. I have a ton of seeds sitting on my counter to try to germinate this spring. 

[thyerr01]

@NC_Palms The viability of a lot of Chamaedorea seed drops off really quick after they ripen - a time scale of weeks. I'd start them off now if possible.

[NC_Palms]

Just now, thyerr01 said:

@NC_Palms The viability of a lot of Chamaedorea seed drops off really quick after they ripen - a time scale of weeks. I'd start them off now if possible.

Oh I didn’t know that. Thanks. Looks like i’ll start them in the heated greenhouse this weekend and hope they come up : ) 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, thyerr01 said:

@NC_Palms The viability of a lot of Chamaedorea seed drops off really quick after they ripen - a time scale of weeks. I'd start them off now if possible.

To true I have sent seeds to rps in Germany so at least 2/3 weeks lost in time there then someone orders them so at least another 3/4 weeks and that’s not taking into account of customs taking there time and depending on the variety of chameadorea with chameadorea fresh is best the smaller the seed the quicker it loses its viability