Dypsis Rosea

[Dave Taylor]

Looking for information on Dypsis rosea, I'm in east central FL on a barrier island,  thinking about adding these to my collection 😀 

Effects of salt air, well water (iron)

Cold hardiness? 

[tim_brissy_13]

I can only add to the topic of cold hardiness for D rosea. I’ve been impressed with it. I bought it as a bit of an experiment - here in Melbourne Aus I thought the prolonged winter would be a challenge let alone the absolute minimums. It always gets a bit ratty after winter but grows out of it quickly. Probably pumps out 4-5 fronds every growing season. It has seen below -1.2C (into the 20sF) 4 times in the last 2 years and our winters typical average right on 10C/50F for 3 months straight. Here’s a current photo just after this winter. It’s much more colourful after the growing season with more fresh growth. The North facing brick wall no doubt has helped it get through so far. 

[John hovancsek]

For Florida I would put it in deep shade

[Barry]

I have tried at least 4 of them here in SW Florida over the last 5 years or so, no luck. They hang on for awhile, then decline and die. I had an old shallow well up until last July, had new deep well dug. No more iron coating on my plants, even thou still visible on some. It will take more years to grow out of the heavy iron coating, but I think things are doing better now. 

[Central Floridave]

I've got one on Merritt island that is about 30 feet tall.   In my opinion they are pretty when small but once they get 6 feet+ Meh.  

I lost one in the 2010 freeze.  

[Hurricanepalms]

Had one for two years and treated it very well. It always had varying degrees of leaf necrosis and never looked that good. I removed it as I placed it in a premium spot and had better candidates ready to replace it. 

[Merlyn]

I bought two from Floribunda a couple of years ago.  One went into the ground and was killed by an extended 3 day cold front with ~20 hours under freezing.  The other survived in my nursery area, but died the following summer from unknown reasons.  I had better luck with Chamaedorea Oblongata and Klotschiana.  They are all still alive and 6+ feet tall in the ground.  I had a couple of nice Cham. Pinnatifrons, but a neighboring palm frond whipped around in hurricane Irma and cracked them in half.  Otherwise they were great too!