Show us your Washingtonia robusta, filifera or hybrid forms

[Mazat]

Washingtonia robusta does not enjoy a good reputation or is popular everywhere ...

Show us yours anyway, no matter how big, in a pot indoors or outdoors ...

We like it 🤗

[Mazat]

these two are near Lake Constance.

the owner planted them directly on his company's property at the beginning of April.

they have grown well according to him

[Harry’s Palms]

I am in the land of Washingtonia , here in Southern California . Most collectors in my area wouldn’t want one in their yard but I love them . Harry

‘Our one , token Washy . Greeting people on hospital hill! 
‘Looking up from the base .

[Harry’s Palms]

Here is a seedling I found on my hill . I dug it up for a fellow PT person who wants it. Harry

These are all over SoCal . @JohnAndSancho wanted it so as soon as it settles in after transplant it will be on its way to a new home. About 2-3 weeks since I dug it up , I think it is already growing!

   I usually dispose of them when I am weeding the hill unless someone wants one ……or three! Harry

[MichaelB]

Here is mine, northeast Madison County, Georgia. Amazing how fast this grows!

 

 

[Harry’s Palms]

Yes , @MichaelB soon you will need a ladder to trim it!😂 Sort of not kidding. They are very fast. Harry 

[MichaelB]

I can't wait! 😍 I hope it survives our damp winters we have here. Last winter it was in a pot in a greenhouse.

[Mazat]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I am in the land of Washingtonia , here in Southern California . Most collectors in my area wouldn’t want one in their yard but I love them . Harry

‘Our one , token Washy . Greeting people on hospital hill! 
‘Looking up from the base .

beautiful, Harry. we really like yours. Sabine finds them majestic 🤗

[Mazat]

16 minutes ago, MichaelB said:

I can't wait! 😍 I hope it survives our damp winters we have here. Last winter it was in a pot in a greenhouse.

yes, safety first 👍

[Mazat]

33 minutes ago, MichaelB said:

Here is mine, northeast Madison County, Georgia. Amazing how fast this grows!

 

 

i also like yours very much 😄👍, MichaelB

[Mazat]

1 hour ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Here is a seedling I found on my hill . I dug it up for a fellow PT person who wants it. Harry

These are all over SoCal . @JohnAndSancho wanted it so as soon as it settles in after transplant it will be on its way to a new home. About 2-3 weeks since I dug it up , I think it is already growing!

   I usually dispose of them when I am weeding the hill unless someone wants one ……or three! Harry

too bad the beam technology

doesn't work from Star Trek, we'd be right over to see you, Harry.

not just because of the Washingtonia babies 🤗😄

[Ltapia]

Here’s one I planted bought from a private seller hoping for filifera as it’s better suited for my climate.

[JohnAndSancho]

So, I'm planting a bed of unwanted palms. Stuff like @Harry’s Palms mentioned would have been thrown away. 

Pure Filifera from @Dwarf Fan in Texas 

These 2 I'm assuming are Filibusta. They were volunteers in another pot that @Fusca bought. 

 

And this is the old one I abandoned in my apartment. i named it Dirty Sanchez. 

 

 

[MrTropical]

Two of my then-living Washingtonia from November 2024...both were purchased in early 2023 from a private seller in Nevada. Both were later killed by upper 20s Fahrenheit in January 2025...

[MrTropical]

This year's Washingtonia + sprouted Washingtonia seeds from this morning...

[Rivera]

I already posted these in a different thread, but here they are. Three Washingtonia robusta pulled out of a small drainage ditch in Redding, California. 

Washingtonia are weeds in California, so why even bother? Well, these seedlings had good looking parents above them, showing pure Washingtonia robusta traits, and I had to pull a few. Glossy leaves, red petioles, thin trunks. Mostly free of persistent leaf bases. 

They are already pushing new roots out of their drain holes, and I am not interested in hanging on to them for long, so if you're near San Francisco and you want them, come and get them. 

While I don't grow any in my garden, Washingtonia robusta were some of the first palms in my life as a kid. I'd watch the neighbors' already tall palms swaying in the wind through my bedroom window. 

 

[Fusca]

Here's an approximately 30' tall filibusta growing through a few ash trees that was on the property when I purchased.  It flowers and tries to produce fruits but they don't mature which is a good thing.  You can see what's left of an infructescence which had green fruits on it a few days ago.  I do enjoy listening to the wind through the fronds when I am out on my back patio.

[Las Palmas Norte]

It's not very often we get a chance to show pictures of what most consider "weeds". Here's my 3 year old weed from seed.😄

 

[Mazat]

On 7/16/2025 at 12:45 AM, Las Palmas Norte said:

It's not very often we get a chance to show pictures of what most consider "weeds". Here's my 3 year old weed from seed.😄

 

you have a great specimen. The color is wonderful too.
There are simply differences in the intensity of green between different plants. Certainly location, light exposure, soil, and other factors certainly play a role, but not every plant looks the same, probably also with regard to hybrids...

[Mazat]

On 7/15/2025 at 5:58 PM, JohnAndSancho said:

So, I'm planting a bed of unwanted palms. Stuff like @Harry’s Palms mentioned would have been thrown away. 

Pure Filifera from @Dwarf Fan in Texas 

These 2 I'm assuming are Filibusta. They were volunteers in another pot that @Fusca bought. 

 

And this is the old one I abandoned in my apartment. i named it Dirty Sanchez. 

 

 

good work, John. Well done.
they are also protected from thieves by the pretty animals.
yesterday evening, someone dug up the two small agave americana variegata plants we had planted at the back of our house and took them away. unfortunately, no one saw anything... 😒

[Mazat]

On 7/15/2025 at 9:40 PM, Fusca said:

Here's an approximately 30' tall filibusta growing through a few ash trees that was on the property when I purchased.  It flowers and tries to produce fruits but they don't mature which is a good thing.  You can see what's left of an infructescence which had green fruits on it a few days ago.  I do enjoy listening to the wind through the fronds when I am out on my back patio.

nice specimen, Jon.

Yes, it has a calming effect somehow 😊

[Phoenikakias]

They are reliable growers here but need a lot of trimming, which gets progressively difficult, as they grow taller. Besides the disposal of removed leaves is also troublesome, because spines are very hook-like.

[JohnAndSancho]

8 hours ago, Mazat said:

good work, John. Well done.
they are also protected from thieves by the pretty animals.
yesterday evening, someone dug up the two small agave americana variegata plants we had planted at the back of our house and took them away. unfortunately, no one saw anything... 😒

Noooo! I hope they stabbed themselves a lot on the spines.