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Needle Trachy

Cody Salem
Cody Salem
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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A couple years ago I was on the hunt for shrubby palm, but I just couldn't bring myself to pay $250 for a 1 ft tall needle palm. I tried Oregon Palm nursury and thought I saw some nice ones tucked way back in the corner behind a bunch of other palms. I was wrong, I asked the owner and he said those were just some random 5 gal pots that he threw Trachy seeds into when he had more seeds than he could deal with. There were about 30 Trachys sprouting up and they looked like a needle palm, so I gave him $40 for the pot.

I left them in and just sunk the whole container in the ground so they would stay restricted. After 3 years they still look pretty much the same. I pulled them out to do so planting behind them, so I got a few pictures.

Screenshot_20260605_210031_Chrome.jpg3 yrs ago

Screenshot_20260608_222245_Gallery.jpgIn place - last fall

20260605_205056.jpgNow

There are probably 6-8 stems that are becoming dominant. Those ones have grown 4-6 in taller, but the rest are still alive and looking healthy too. They've serve their purpose very well.

 

 

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