Livistona australis Growth Rate

[ahosey01]

What’s the growth rate of these like?

Slugs like chinensis?  Or rockets like nitida?

[Harry’s Palms]

A bit faster than Chinensis. I have a small one that has been in the ground about a year and seems to be growing well. My friend has one that is  much taller than my Chinensis and both are the same age. I’m hoping my Australis passes up my Chinensis . It took 23 years for the Chinensis to go from a 10” pot size to just forming trunk in the ground. Harry

[Chester B]

They definitely grew faster than chinensis back in Oregon. Very hardy too, seems to be on par with nitida or at least very close. 

[Jim in Los Altos]

Mine’s 20 years old from seedling. Fast grower for my coolish climate. 
 

[ahosey01]

56 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Mine’s 20 years old from seedling. Fast grower for my coolish climate. 
 

Jim - would you take a pic of the trunk for me near a shovel or a bucket or something for scale?

[Jim in Los Altos]

1 hour ago, ahosey01 said:

Jim - would you take a pic of the trunk for me near a shovel or a bucket or something for scale?

Sure, I’ll do that tomorrow. 

[Jim in Los Altos]

16 hours ago, ahosey01 said:

Jim - would you take a pic of the trunk for me near a shovel or a bucket or something for scale?

10 ounce soda can for reference. 
 

[ahosey01]

6 minutes ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

10 ounce soda can for reference. 
 

Whoa baby....

What's the soil like there in that spot?  Are you watering the hell out of it?

[Jim in Los Altos]

11 minutes ago, ahosey01 said:

Whoa baby....

What's the soil like there in that spot?  Are you watering the hell out of it?

Soil here is fast draining fertile loam to about two feet down, then a mixture of mostly yellow clay. The palm is kept watered by automatic sprinklers and I’ll give it a bit extra by hose in unusually hot weather. 

[tinman10101]

adam.  these are slow for me in the high desert 9b region.  today its about 3.5 feet of trunk but it was planted i think in 2009.  here is a link i put to it so you can see its growth from first planting. 
 

 

 

[Harry’s Palms]

This is my baby L. Australis, one year in ground from 5gallon nursery pot. It had been forgotten in the back of a nursery and rebounded immediately after I planted it. Harry