March 2006 pics

[Wes North Van]

Here are three new pics taken in earlly March this year of my multi trunked palms.

[Wes North Van]

[Jay-Admin]

Those are nice Wes. I fixed your image tags so your images would show up.

Regards,
Admin

[Wes North Van]

Thanks!!!!
I am not sure hwat I am doing wrong though
I am really into multi trunked palms right now.
What is everyone's favourite one?
Mine has to be chamaerops humilis just because it can grow here.
When I was in Vegas they had them all over the place and mature sized ones.
They look awesome when they are at a mature size.

[Jay-Admin]

Your welcome Wes. When you add your image url just make sure they are
between these tags

I like the chamaerops also. Nice looking palm. How was Vegas?

Regards,
Jay

[DesertZone]

Nice pics Wes I love your palms, I wish I could grow them here

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Really nice Wes. I really like the Med fan palm planted in the ground. Or am I mistaken on the ID on the palm?
John

[DrKungPao]

Those look like they are loving whatever your doing for them. Very Pretty!

[Wes North Van]

Jay,
I really liked Las Vegas. It was my first time there. I was impressed with all of the landscapes at the large hotels. I had no idea that Las Vegas had that many palms. I saw many trachycarpus fortunei, chamaerops humilis, phoenix canariensis, brahea armata and of course, washingtonias.
The mature chamaerops humilis was the most impressive to me.
I never even gambled. My wife and I just walked around the hotels and admired the palms.
The yuccas were as equally impressive.

My Chamaerops has been in the ground for three years. It has never shown any signs of winter damage. It is very slow growing however. In Lower North Vancouver we never really get cold but we also never get hot in the summer either. Chamaerops humilis and trachycarpus fortunei are the staples of the palms of Vancouver. You see alot of both species here. I hope to be able to afford to buy more soon. They are expensive. One my size would be around $200.00 Canadian and that would be a good price. I didn't pay anywhere near that thank goodness.

Two other palms that should be more commom are R. Hystrix, or needle palm and sabal minor. Both would breeze through our winters but they are hard to find.

Two species that you will soon see mature specimens of in Vancouver are trachycarpus wagnerianus and t. takil.

Another species that has proven hardy is Jubaea chilensis but it is so slow growing that if you do not buy a mature specimen you will never see it get to a good size in your life time. This is the same as t. campestris, hardy but slow growing.

[Jay-Admin]

Sounds like you had a good time Wes. I have been to Vegas a few times now and i tell ya i never get sick of going there. Always enjoy checking all the palms and yuccas out. I'm not a big gambler either. It's fun just walking around the strip and Fremont st. looking at all the palms i wish i could grow.

[DesertZone]

Some of the things I like best on the strip are the Yucca Recurvifolias on the landscaping island in the middle of the road. I like how the trained them to grow

[Wes North Van]

I too liked the yucca recurvs. I hope to have mine look like the ones on the strip islands.
Jay,
Did you notice all the trachies on Fremont street?
They sure don't look as good as the ones here in Vancouver.

The chamaerops rule though.

[Jay-Admin]

You know i didn't even notice any trachies. About how old do you think they are?

[DesertZone]

Yes, the trachies on Fremont street are not looking very good . There is a few trachies in Vegas, but the heat does not do them good.
I think they have been there for a few years, but they don't grow very fast there- lack of water and to much heat.