Hi Mark & welcome to the forum. Nice looking queens. They grow quickly & will be too large for the house in no time, better build a very tall encloser outside for them... 😆

Thanks Laaz!

Yeah don't know what I'm going to do next year. The one leaning on the chair is 3 feet too tall for my 11.5 ceiling height. The other shorter one is right to the ceiling. Love to build a huge very tall sun room someday but for now I'll just do what ever works.

Here's a picture of what they looked like when I got them the end of last May. They have grown a couple feet and doubled the fronds they had.

Mark

Mark, Welcome! and those are great looking Queens 8)

I've heard of other people leaning their Palms over for over wintering, it does seem to work 😀

Steve

Welcome to the forum. the way that your palms are growing, you will have to have them at a 45* angle by next winter. 😆

Allen

Thanks guys!

Watering is the difficult part when its at 45* but I make due. 🙄

Mark

Howdy Mark, welcome.

BTW, you have plenty of space for more palms, better get going and fill up all that free space....... 😆

Hey Mark, welcome.
Great...another 5-something zoner. 🙂

You're not a palm nut yet...until you're scheming to replace that gorgeous pool with a greenhouse 😆
Any more palms? cycads?
We love seeing pics.
Barb

Cali,

That whats I'd like to do. I have many windows facing south. I Have more palms down it the walkout basement too since it gets a lot of light as well. The hard part is hoofing them around on a dolly, especially the 14 footer. Its quite a challenge.

Barb,

I've thought about covering the entire pool with a greenhouse.... but I love soaking up the sun too much. I'll have to find somehting though if I coutinue along this path. You know what? I drove (only 1 mile) with those palms sticking out the T-Tops of my Camaro to get them home. Well worth it though.

Here's a couple more pics. Don't mind the bunnies cages. They run the place.

Enjoy!
Mark

Mark, 😉 GH and pool enclosure. Two birds with one stone.
Good you only drove 1 mile...there wouldn't have been much palm left after 20.

Nice phoenix r. (I pruned mine "up" yesterday...probably wrong time of year).
Is your last pic a fishtail?
Barb

Barb,

Yeah I drove real slow. Got many looks as well. 😯

No. The last palm is an Andonida- Christmas palm. It's looked a lot better but keeps sending out new spears. Doesn't want to get taller though.

Mark

My palm ID skills are zero 😳
Maybe it needs regular misting and/or closer to a window?
A lot of stubborn-to-grow palms seem to respond to regular misting.
Allow water to sit for a day or so before using in mister...
Barb

Barb,

It doesn't much look like an Adonidia in the pic. I have another one and its about 6.5 feet tall. Not as short and compact as this one. It used to have longer fronds but now they grow shorter. ?? I will try the misting with aged water. I usually use it right from the tap. I'll also try to repot it in the spring... if ever it comes.

Thanks Mark

My wife would kill me if I tried that. I have 17 ft vaulted ceilings and I'm still not allowed to bring anything inside... Garage is the limit...

That's too bad. 17 feet could hold a nice size. 😆