I think Bill has the lead there!

He's got more bananas alone than everything
else I have combined,including weeds! 😈

I have two in the ground, both planted two weeks ago 😀
Would that qualify me as a 'Cold Hardy Palms' member?

Tavi

I have two in the ground, both planted two weeks ago 😀
Would that qualify me as a 'Cold Hardy Palms' member?

Tavi

I would think so. But you gotta get up to double digits. 8 more to go. 😆

Well, the illness continues to metastasize. 😳

Number 20 is on deck. I just pulled the trigger on a Mazari Palm. I was not planning on getting one despite a lingering curiosity. But I was purchasing a Fatsia Japonica and I needed something else to reach the minimum order. And there it was.

I am truly deranged. I should just get it over with, move to the Keys, and grow limes or something. But I could not leave Waimea East to stangers. 🙁

Let me know about the Mazari. Source? A photo? Size?
--Erik

Mazari is a fantastic palm guys, I had a chance to buy them Big when I was in Florida but they are finicky buggers. Sun Sun and more sun and super drainage like a cactus and you should be ok. Winter moisture will most likely kill it off Jack if you don't cover it since you get mad rain in the winter, just a heads up. Try those boat socks that they put in the engine compartments for winterization, that should suck up some good moisture.

Bill

Let me know about the Mazari. Source? A photo? Size?
--Erik

Plant Delights Nursery- recommended by our guru Dr Francko. I have ordered stuff from them before. Its a small one. But they are still there so go for it Erik. Oklahoma would be a great place for them.

Bill- yea I have read that. I will keep it potted until the Spring. I have big plans for a bed next to my chimney on the south side. Hardy citrus, hibiscus, and the Mazari. Lots of sun and its on a slope so pretty good drainage. I have to remove an azalea, but I am inundated with those. Thanks for the boat sock tip.

I have none in the ground, but lots in pots. 🙂 And one new nice blue-med fan from wal-mart for $19 😉

Mazari is extremely root tender,best to plant in mid summer when air/ground temps are highest.

Late winter/spring moisture are disastrous,they need to be sheltered from water until soil temps warm up
a wet spring can do them in!

Make it 21 in total. At least I am catching up to Bill and Jim.

I was at HD looking for something totally unrelated and I saw their remaining hardys were being sold at clearance. I grabbed a 3 gallon Med for 10 bucks. What rational person could turn that down?

Jim- that was my thinking as well re the Mazari. Until then it will sit in a nice pot.

I'm in Florida in vacation. Lots of palms, pictures to follow.

Any nurseries/places that sell palms (eventually hardy, interesting ones) in Fort Lauderdale area?

Tavi

I'm in Florida in vacation. Lots of palms, pictures to follow.

Any nurseries/places that sell palms (eventually hardy, interesting ones) in Fort Lauderdale area?

Tavi

Google is your friend. There must be tons. All those palms in peoples' yards come from somewhere. The only glitch I can think of is that cold hardy is not necessary in that area.

I'm losing track of this thread! 😆
Does anyone have a Mazari in their collection?
--Erik

I've tried them several times -they have made it through the winter but are suseptable to
spring/early summer moisture,even in the biggest "G-house"where soil temps never dropped below 40*

Thanks, Jim. I'm on the verge of giving up on cold-hardy desert palms in our wet-spring climate. I'm risking my beloved Brahea in the ground this year, and I'll protect the heck out of it, but my past difficulty with Washingtonia makes me think that if I get a Mazari it will live in a well-drained pot. And so have to come indoors in the winter to keep the roots above freezing. At which point I have many more palms to choose from. --Erik