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This was a question another member posted on the HPS site.
What would you would buy? It could be a large palm (or Yucca or really any plant) that you would have to get shipped, or a small hard to get palm.
Obviously it would be something you could protect (for the most part, this is where the cost comes in). For instance my yard planted grapefruit tree in zone 7a (more than doubled in size so i dug it up and potted it)
My top choice would be a travellers palm, Ravenala madagascariensis:
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Adam
Zone pusher7a. Trail runner, marathon racer. Propagator of Yuccas, palms and Pawpaws among others. World traveller. Language collector, lol.
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Posted : 28/09/2012 9:30 am
Silver Bizzy
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Posted : 28/09/2012 10:33 am
I'm with Jim, Silver Bizzie.
Posted : 28/09/2012 11:23 am
Fun question, Adam.
Agree with Jim and Paul; gotta be a Bizzy.
BUT if you could add "temperature" to your question, my choice would be the Copernicia hospita, (pictured at Nong Nooch Thailand) from NZ society:
http://www.nzpalmandcycad.com/?pg=100 :bounce: :compress: :headbang:
Barb
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Posted : 28/09/2012 3:03 pm
Fun question, Adam.
Agree with Jim and Paul; gotta be a Bizzy.
BUT if you could add "temperature" to your question, my choice would be the Copernicia hospita, (pictured at Nong Nooch Thailand) from NZ society:
http://www.nzpalmandcycad.com/?pg=100 :bounce: :compress: :headbang:
Barb
"If money was no obstacle,"
you can create any temp you want-I can finally get that dome for the house and yard 🙂
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Posted : 28/09/2012 5:27 pm
can create any tempyou want-I can finally get that dome for the house and yard icon_smile.gif
My dream too...a REAL palm house
Barb
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Posted : 28/09/2012 7:30 pm
For me, a nice trunked Trachy. They look great, and with their minimal protection needs (relatively) it could be enjoyed more of the year.
But if you are serious about $ no object, then I'll take a 1,000 hectares of mature Chilean wine palms in production 😆
Posted : 28/09/2012 7:50 pm
+1 for Bismarckia Nobilis silver! 😉
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Posted : 29/09/2012 2:32 am
How cool would it be for the unsuspecting Iowan to drive
down my street and see a massive Bizzy in it's full summer glory :cheers:
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Posted : 29/09/2012 1:04 pm
I'll take a 1,000 hectares of mature Chilean wine palms in production 😆
Me too. That would be a dream, but I think I would mix in a forest of mature W. filiferas. Two of the thickest trunking palms together.
Why can't we live longer, oh say just long enough to grow a Chilean wine palm from seed to full maturity. 😡
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Posted : 30/09/2012 4:02 pm
Living in zone 8, instead of 6 will do and my garden will change drastically. I ain't greedy 😉
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Posted : 30/09/2012 4:08 pm
If not, living in zone 6 instead of 5 will do it 🙂
Tavi
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Posted : 30/09/2012 9:21 pm
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Tavi,
Tired of living in zone 5? Zone 7a is just the other side of lake Ontario. Your choice: Beamsville , St Catharines, or Niagara on the Lake!
An hour and a half drive away!
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 : 01/10/2012 4:32 am
you will laugh, but that's my dream retirement destination. I like winter from December 15 to January 15
Tavi
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Posted : 01/10/2012 9:34 am
Hey, nice question...for me, my best palms are Washingtonia filifera as a fan palm, and the Foxtail palm. But the silver fan palm like the one above or the Bismarkia nobilis is great too......but all the palms is beautifull...
Posted : 04/10/2012 6:42 pm
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