What are your three most favorite palms?

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DesertZone
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What are your three most favorite palms?

Post by DesertZone » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:19 am

If you could only have three diferent kinds of palms in your yard what would they be?
Here is my selection-
W. filifera

Trithrinax campestris

Jubaea chilensis


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Post by banana joe » Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:50 pm

Sabal minor, R.hystrix and Jubaea
Growing palms and other exotic plants here in the Southern Gulf Islands.

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Post by Jay-Admin » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:08 pm

My favorites would be W. filifera, P. canariensis and S. minor. :D

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Actually survive or hardiness is not an issue?

Post by james brascher » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:08 pm

Palms that can actually survive 5 yrs+:

Jubaea X Syagrus

Washingtona robusta X filifera

Trachycarpus "Manipur" - that is, if it lives up to expectations.

But these are long-term longshots for my area.

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My favorites

Post by desertdave » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:03 pm

I am almost certain none of these will grow where I live, but I will list them anyway...

Washingtonia filifera
Phoenix canariensis

OK, third one is a toughie... Either W. robusta or Syagrus romanzoffiana. I like both of those about equally, also maybe P. dactylifera, but none of the three as much as W. filifera or P. canariensis.

In reality, I would just be thrilled to successfully grow Trachycarpus here. The Nampa car dealership palms give me hope, esp. since Boise, about 300 feet higher than Nampa, does not get as cold during the inversions.

In case anyone finds themselves in the Boise-Nampa area and was wondering where they are, the car dealership with the palms is on 11th Ave in Nampa. Easiest access from Boise is Exit 39 (Garrity Blvd). Take a left (south) and follow Garrity Blvd all the way to 11th Ave and then left. Once on 11th Ave, the car dealership is on the right. There are two palms standing about 8 or 10 feet tall on the street, and four or five smaller ones elsewhere on the lot. Most of the rest of the vegetation on the lot are flowering pears and Alaskan cedars.
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Top 3 palms

Post by Ianmc » Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:22 pm

My favourite cold hardy palms would be W.Filifera,Jubaea Chilensis and Syagrus Romanzoffianum.Both my Butia Capitata and Phoenix Sylvestris could be later candidates but at the moment they both look like small P.Canariensis !!!!LOL
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Post by Wes North Van » Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:43 pm

Chamaerops Humilis
Trachycarpus Fortunei
Sabal Palmetto or minor
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
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Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a

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Post by Kansas » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:12 am

Roystonia
Bismarckia
Foxtail
But I have none, and can't find anybody that has one or seeds of any of the three :oops:

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Post by Wes North Van » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:50 am

try
www.rarepalmseeds.com

I have used them quite often and have had no problems with them.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a

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Post by Kansas » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:41 am

I ordered the "Cold Hardy Packet" from them a month ago and have not recieved my seeds. It was a month ago tomorrow and I am beginning to think I got took. :cry:

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Post by Estiva » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:42 pm

COCOS NUCIFERA

CANARY ISLAND DATE

WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA
SE Wisconsin z5b

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Post by donrheinheimer » Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:21 pm

Chamerops humilis
Trachycarpus fortunei
Sabal palmetto

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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:23 pm

My wish list palms would be Bismarkia nobilis, W. filifera x robusta , Hawaiian fan palm. Now that I`ve woke up from that dream LOL :lol: What might grow here Sabal louisiana, T.takil, T.naga hills.
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Post by Pazuzu » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:06 pm

If I could have any 3 palms in the word growing out in the yard, my picks would be:

Cyrtostachys renda (Red Sealing Wax Palm)
Licuala grandis
Pinanga sp Sawawak "Blue Seed".

None are, of course, remotely cold hardy and would never make it outdoors here in zone 8B. But since this is an "I wish..." thread, what the heck??

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