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My son Isaac and I went to Rice Road Greenhouses this afternoon...
this is what we saw:
Trachycarpus fortunei
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Syagrus romanzoffiana, 20ft OA
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Butia capitata 6ft OA, their largest
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Trachycarpus fortunei 4ft OA
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Sabal minor 5ft OA.
I had to buy one!
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Butia capitata 6ft OA
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Yucca rostrata 9ft OA
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Phoenix date palm in flower
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Chamaerops humilis
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Yucca rostrata 5ft oa
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Yucca faxoniana 9ft oa
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Yucca faxoniana 4ft oa
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Yucca rostrata, 3ft OA
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Bismarckia nobilis
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So those were only the palms and yuccas considered hardy... there were also Washintonias, triangles, sagos, Cocos, as well as quite a few species of bamboo and some southern magnolia. Their prices were SO reasonable!
Adam
Pics of MY Sabal minor (my wife didn't kill me!) to follow. We planted it today.
Adam
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Posted : 08/05/2012 11:58 pm
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Oh and at the right of the 9ft rostrata is a Yucca linearifolia
Adam
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Latitude: 43°11'00.000" N
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Posted : 09/05/2012 12:01 am
Nice pics! The one thing you will want to watch out for is that these palms were probably brought in from Texas or somewhere else in the southern US. Your Sabal minor will likely require a bit more winter protection (for the first couple of seasons at least) than a northern-grown specimen, since the palms have likely not been exposed to very cold temps before.
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Posted : 09/05/2012 12:26 am
THe question is: How many did you buy Adam? 😀
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Posted : 09/05/2012 10:48 am
I got 2 palms from rice road last summer, the winter protection is key. We had them wrapped for the winter but I believe that the wind protection was not good enough as we now have some browning of the fronds. We still have considerable growth so the concern is minimal. But be sure to protect them very well for the winter season this year.
Posted : 09/05/2012 10:49 am
Eye candy, Adam.
Thanks for those great pics.
I'm impressed with the species offered in the East; doubt we'd EVER see those in western nurseries.
Rice Road GH is to be commended for thinking outside the box.
marclupish, welcome aboard Palms North.
Have we seen pics of yours?
Barb
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Posted : 09/05/2012 2:25 pm
Thanks barb. I posted in another thread because i was showing pictures of what i thought might be a fungus.
Posted : 09/05/2012 4:29 pm
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the ONE palm I bought, a Sabal minor:
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stands almost 5 ft tall. A steal at 99 bucks.
Adam
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Posted : 09/05/2012 9:34 pm
That is a NICE palm. Wow!
Posted : 10/05/2012 7:26 am
Rice road is where I got mine too!! Great place for us palm nuts. 
Posted : 10/05/2012 8:35 am
Adam and Arctic...great looking palms!
Thanks for the pics.
Barb
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Posted : 10/05/2012 4:25 pm
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Found this pic from Dec 2011
Washingtonia robusta, 16 footer stored sideways over winter in Niagara
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Adam
Zone pusher7a. Trail runner, marathon racer. Propagator of Yuccas, palms and Pawpaws among others. World traveller. Language collector, lol.
Latitude: 43°11'00.000" N
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Posted : 07/06/2012 11:25 am
Roots look bare in photo.
Did they wrap roots in moss w. plastic?
Incredibly ambitious...happy to see it, thanks.
Barb
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Posted : 07/06/2012 1:02 pm
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Barb I think you are right.
Adam
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Latitude: 43°11'00.000" N
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Posted : 07/06/2012 2:14 pm
Thanks for posting the pictures Adam. I didn't realize that Rice Rd had so many hardy palms.
Thanks
Phil
Posted : 12/06/2012 11:00 pm
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