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Fastest growers of 2025

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Post your fastest grower(s) this year. My winner this year is Syagrus sancona. 7 fronds and growing like 4-5 times its original size in a single year is crazy.

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    14 months on Thrinax Radiata between photos. Been pretty impressed.

     

    8 months on Chrysalidocarpus Pembanus.

     

    Have some Archontophoenix that grew the fastest, just no good before and after shots.

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    2 hours ago, RiverCityRichard said:

    14 months on Thrinax Radiata between photos. Been pretty impressed.

     

    8 months on Chrysalidocarpus Pembanus.

     

    Have some Archontophoenix that grew the fastest, just no good before and after shots.

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    Dang, didn’t know radiata grew that quick ! Good job

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    For me it’s Bentickia condopanna. 1gal to a very full 7gal this year. I’ll follow up with pics. Away from home and hope last couple nights didn’t damage it too much under tree canopy @ 34 degrees. I’ll know tomorrow and follow up here.

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    Probably the yard Washie as far as palms go. It's doing exactly what I want and getting fatter instead of taller, currently peppered with frost damage and I pulled about 20 pounds of weeds out of the bed since I've been so focused on the indoor grow room and my health.

    Maybe the palmetto from seed? It's pushing a 3rd strap leaf, the 2nd is about 15". 

     

    Honestly though, everything else is taking my attention away from the palms. 

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    18 hours ago, PalmBossTampa said:

    Dang, didn’t know radiata grew that quick ! Good job

    I had always believed they were slow too. It was severely root bound in the pot, so I think it was just happy to finally hit dirt.

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    The fastest palms in my garden of all the ones I have planted in the last year and a half are the Rhopalostylus Bauri Cheesmania and a Dypsis Plumosa . The Rhopalostylus has more than doubled in size as has the Plumosa. Harry

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    On 1/1/2026 at 1:59 AM, PalmBossTampa said:

    For me it’s Bentickia condopanna. 1gal to a very full 7gal this year. I’ll follow up with pics. Away from home and hope last couple nights didn’t damage it too much under tree canopy @ 34 degrees. I’ll know tomorrow and follow up here.

    Minor leaf damage from 34 deg and some steady winds. 

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