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the highest elevation a palm grows? 10,000 feet.
It's a Ceroxylon parvifrons (Ramo Palm)
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Posted : 13/01/2008 1:41 pm
I wonder why it has not been tried hewre in the PNW?
Does anyone have any experience with this palm?
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 13/01/2008 3:52 pm
Very cool palm,thought it would be more cold hardy,guess I won't be growing one in Iowa 😆
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Posted : 16/10/2008 10:04 pm
I wonder why it has not been tried hewre in the PNW?
Does anyone have any experience with this palm?
It is being grown in the San Fran area-
Generally begin to suffer at temps above 80F
Did you know it not only grows at the highest elevation 10,000'+
but it is also the tallest palm in the world-up to 200'+
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Posted : 14/09/2011 10:24 am
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That'd be one heck of a tall palm hut 😆
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Posted : 16/09/2011 11:53 am
crazy tall palm at 200 ft! How'd ya like to trim those leaves?
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Posted : 19/09/2011 9:40 pm
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A Newfoundlander would have to do that...they're not fazed by heights 😆 😆 😆
Barb
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Posted : 20/09/2011 1:42 pm
That'd be one heck of a tall palm hut 😆
Just think of all the tile YOU would need Barb 😆
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Posted : 20/09/2011 4:35 pm
Think I got ya beat barb!
http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Parajubaea/torallyi.html
Good ole parajubea!
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Posted : 20/09/2011 4:56 pm
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Holy cow, Jesse, grows at 3400 metres.
That's over 11,000 feet elevation. 😯
think of all the tile YOU would need
What am I missing here? 😆 😆 😆
Tiles????
Barb
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Posted : 21/09/2011 12:23 am
Holy cow, Jesse, grows at 3400 metres.
That's over 11,000 feet elevation. 😯think of all the tile YOU would need
What am I missing here? 😆 😆 😆
Tiles????Barb
The scarier thing is its hardy to zone 9A. The climate up there is that warm (possibly a very warm 8B)
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Posted : 21/09/2011 12:25 am
Holy cow, Jesse, grows at 3400 metres.
That's over 11,000 feet elevation. 😯think of all the tile YOU would need
What am I missing here? 😆 😆 😆
Tiles????Barb
The scarier thing is its hardy to zone 9A. The climate up there is that warm (possibly a very warm 8B)
Don't you have tiles on the outside of your palm hut??
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Posted : 21/09/2011 10:57 am
I had no idea they were that cold tolerant. Doesn't do me much good, but interesting.
Posted : 21/09/2011 2:09 pm
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Tiles...nope.
You must've been dreaming of one of your enclosures... 😆 😆
MDF (now ready to fall apart after 2 winters), with green paint slapped on haphazardly.
but no tiles.
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Posted : 21/09/2011 5:44 pm
