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Hotel in Iowa Trachy`s

Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:37 pm

Here is the result from a hotel in Des Moines Iowa that planted Large 15 ft Trachy`s mid August 2008. I think the salesman that honored the one year warranty on these palms is nuts "if true". Now there planting more? I hope they figure out the crown needs to be protected as well as the trunk. I`m sending an email to this hotel manager with a link to Palms North. With a little more research "Google" would have saved those trees in the first place.

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Post by Jay-Admin » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:46 pm

Good idea John. Hopefully they will figure it out.
You should save the two trachys down at our city
hall.

I hope they remove them or protect them soon. :(

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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:54 pm

What Trachy`s? I never get downtown. Where are they exactly Kasugai"Japanese gardens" behind city hall? If I know where the are I will go and talk to whomever I need to down there and enlighten them.I`ll save them for next spring as well as add some large Washy`s for next year. I can`t believe they are treating them as annuals.

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Post by Paul Ont » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:40 am

I love the part where they say they overheated them. That is INSANE. Look at the pictures, they didn't protect the crowns at all.

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Post by Jay-Admin » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:55 am

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:What Trachy`s? I never get downtown. Where are they exactly Kasugai"Japanese gardens" behind city hall? If I know where the are I will go and talk to whomever I need to down there and enlighten them.I`ll save them for next spring as well as add some large Washy`s for next year. I can`t believe they are treating them as annuals.

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They are in front of city hall on water street.

Two of them with a about three feet of trunk.
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Post by BILL MA » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:04 pm

I think we need to send Jim down there as our official palms north representative! Maybe they'll buy him a few nice palms for all of his winter expertise in getting palms through a Iowa winter. Watcha think Jim? It's really a shame all of those beautiful palms bit it after all. I think everyone of us would have loved to have even one of those monsters in our yards. I wouldn't mind seeing pictures of them right now to make sure there not going to plant them in the spring and say look how nice they are after our super protection this year!

What's the climate like there Jim, better or worse then your place?

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Post by lucky1 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:40 am

I'd like the phone number of that Iowa Palm salesman that guaranteed 'em for a year.

John or Jay, how about some pics of those City Hall palms?
Haven't been there in ages...

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Post by BILL MA » Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:13 pm

Is Jim, M.I.A.?

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Post by lucky1 » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:14 pm

Jim probably fell asleep in his enclosure :lol: :lol:
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Post by hardyjim » Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:55 am

Bill
I have been deathly ill the past few days.
I saw this guy posted this stuff last year.
I remember suggesting to him that they needed to cover the crowns,don't think he got the message!
Des Moines is quite a bit north and west of hear.
Southeast Iowa(where I live)is basically the "warmest"part of the state.
What a brutal winter to have to go through for those palms! It was -17F here and extremely windy-I know it was worse there!

Yea Bill I would like to go there and see if they have covered these or what.Maybe dig a couple up and lean over the couch (like Scotty does)until spring :lol:
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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:52 pm

First off Jim get better. Here are pics of the Kelowna city hall Trachy palms taken today. I went and talked to the head guy for the parks dept. here and they will be moved indoors this week. So they will survive. I also got a verbal commitment from the city to buy some? of my 15 gal W. filifera and 15 gal. W. robusta next spring.They will be be placed in the same planters as the Trachys pictured. Sounds like they want to place them in parks and public areas downtown to start. I`m glad they are finally opening up to palms around the city. At least I know they will be well looked after.
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Here what they will be purchasing next spring.
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Post by BILL MA » Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:42 pm

That Sucks Jim! I hope you fell better soon. I also hope you got to enjoy all that awesome weather you had in your area.

That's good news John that you landed a nice sale, plus your making sure the palms will be ok this winter. I like that you where able to talk them into getting some nice palms for your city.

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Post by hardyjim » Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:02 pm

Thanks John & Bill
I am getting better.
Nice deal on the palms John.Maybe the beginning of a partnership there!

Bill,I did get to enjoy it- I got the Nanars covered and all my bulbs,tubers, ect dug up.
The Canna Stuttgart multiplied like crazy!
It's been raining cats and dogs the last few days,pesky cut off low!
I still have not covered anything but the Washy yet...and a cover for the Cactus when it rains .
I still have a Castor bean plant hanging on too! UNREAL!
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Post by sashaeffer » Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:25 pm

Palms must have all died, because I'm in Des Moines somewhat often and drove by there and didn't see one palm there.

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Post by hardyjim » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:13 am

They have been gone a while-they replanted the second year
and built silos around them but alas,no heat as the fire marshal
would not allow.

To bad,some X-mas lights with that original wrap and covering the top
would have done it...to bad the first winter was colder than -20F one night!
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Post by sashaeffer » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:18 am

Yes, abnormal winter cold. Maybe they should keep it small and simple and just get one or two trees with fire marshal approved heating.

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Post by hardyjim » Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:56 pm

I think he is done with palms......
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Post by sashaeffer » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:01 pm

I'm sure. I can't even imagion what that cost them.

I for one don't like to give up, when I know there is a way.

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Post by hardyjim » Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:52 am

You would think for the 20-$30,000(I forget exactly how much it was),
he would have found a way to heat them/or at least done a little more homework.

He is not the first person to see that Trachys have survived -20F and thought they could make it!
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Post by sashaeffer » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:13 am

Well this will by first winter at attempting to over winter two of my 6 Wind Mills. We'll see how I do before planting the other 4!

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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:39 pm

Great idea without the knowledge to protect the palms and their rather large investment. Unfortunately now they will say Trachy palms will not grow there? Jim can prove them wrong!

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Post by sashaeffer » Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:07 am

Even if they had 1 or 2 and were able to learn to over winter them, it would still be a novelty for the hotel and garner interest.

They need to hire Coconut Mike from Montreal to consult with.

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