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I couldn't resist this $40 gem at HD today:
Nice to see a Canadian HD stocking something other than Majesty Palms.
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Barb
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Posted : 12/11/2010 7:49 pm
Very nice!
Easily worth the $40 premium over mine. 😆
--Erik
Posted : 12/11/2010 7:53 pm
I like the Fishtail Palm. Sometimes HD will surprise ya'. Never seen a fishtail palm around here. Good luck and good growing.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Posted : 15/11/2010 8:45 am
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Thanks Erik and Kent!
It'll be tough to provide the humidity Fishtails demand...the best spot would be where the family has 20-minute showers 😕
Each winter I develop an "obsession" with buying exotic palms and drive ~100 miles looking for a new one.
Then in summer I run out of places to put them where they won't fry.
Strange disease...
H is soooooo tolerant.
😕
Barb
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Posted : 15/11/2010 10:07 am
it's a beauty!! Fishtails are one of my favorites.
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Posted : 15/11/2010 10:05 pm
Very nice palm Barb. I`ll have to check out the HD here to see what they have. Like I need another palm"LOL".
John
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Posted : 16/11/2010 5:47 pm
That is sexy barb..... LOL nice price too.
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Posted : 16/11/2010 6:47 pm
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I`ll have to check out the HD here to see
HD here DID have ONE more, same size/price... 😀
let me know...I'm ready for another 100 mile palm run. 😉
Tim, there are so many gorgeous Fishtail pictures on Google Image, but how people ID them is beyond me.
I'm guessing mine's a plain ole' C.mitis.
cp...I'm too old to have sexy palms 😆
Barb
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Posted : 16/11/2010 7:29 pm
BAHAHAHAHHAHAH
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Posted : 16/11/2010 7:43 pm
100 miles for a palm tree run seems perfectly normal to me, especially during winter. pack a lunch and enjoy the drive.
Kent in Kansas
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and hot in summer (usually)
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Posted : 16/11/2010 10:07 pm
Yes, 100 miles each way is what it took to get my Sabal "Lousiana."
Kent and I have to drive all the way down to Texas for a really good selection. Maybe next year....
Posted : 16/11/2010 10:14 pm
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especially during winter
Perfectly logical to me.
Might take the dog...ooops, no room for the dog on the trip home 😕 (hopefully)
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Posted : 16/11/2010 10:52 pm
Barb
The home depot in calgary blew me away. They had tables, and tables of ensete, and musa species, not to mention HUGE selection of super tall palms and other house plants. Ivenever seen a home depot carry such nice plants
This yeaer the one here finally woke up and brought in a few palms. I got a super nice looking Phoenix Roebelenii from there. I shouldve gotten the nice 4 foot bamboo palm too,.. i dont drive so i didnt have a way of bringing it home 🙁
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Posted : 17/11/2010 8:47 am
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Calgary? 😯
A little too far to drive this time of year ... darn.
But I'll talk to our HD people and find out WHEN their stuff arrives.
It'd be nice to be the first person to "get into the nursery truck".
Bamboo (seifreizii) palm is fabulous--and you're fond of bamboo, I recall.
The palm stems get the papery bamboo-looking sheaths.
And they bloom like crazy compared to other palms, three times this summer for me!
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But, no, you can't leave a seifreizii out in winter!
Barb
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Posted : 17/11/2010 11:46 am
Lovely palm.
I think I might be the first here to try leaving any Chameadorea out for the winter, and only then in a heated, insulated palm hut. And the most cold hardy, trunkless species at that.
But yes, they flower well--I got three off of each of mine this Summer! 😀
--Erik
Posted : 17/11/2010 11:52 am
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