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Last weekend saw the planting of my 6th Needle Palm. It joins 4 Trachys, 5 Sable Minors, 1 Silver Saw Palmetto, 1 Pindo, and 2 European Fan Palms for a grand total of 19 hardy palms. I am not including two Sables which arrived distressed and probably will perish.
I think I may have reached the limit lest Waimea East starts to look over-planted. My domain is not the biggest and there are other things to attempt to plant.
What say you all? How many does everyone have? Have you reached the limit? Or is there more room to sow, other species to try?
Last edited by JackLord on Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Jack,
that's great.
I'm about to run out on an errand, so I'll give an quick census of what is in the ground.
Brahea x1*
Butia x2
Chamaerops humilis x1
Chameadorea radicalis x3*
Rhapidophllyum x3*
Sabal mexicanum x2*
Sabal palmetto x1*
Trachy fortunei x3
Trachy "Waggy" x2*
* species not tried in the ground over winter before. Wish me luck!
--Erik
Wonderful tropical retreat, regardless of lot size!
Quick inventory (too hot to stay out longer):
33 year old Trachy planted last year.
3 Washy filifera, and 1 European Fan Palm (which will be dug up before Fall...don't want any more worry/fatalities).
In pots are:
2 Brahea armata
3 Triangles
1 Spindle
1 Bottle
28 seedling Foxtails
1 Ponytail
1 old Canary Island Date Palm
1 Chinese Fan
1 Bamboo Palm
Young palms that are not doing well are:
Sabal palmetto
Sabal uresana
Sabal minor Charleston
Sabal mexicana
No clue! 1000's of seedlings: Still have 100's of fortunei seedlings (from BC), and a bunch of other Trachycarpus too...
Butia capitata seedlings maybe 10 left?
Sabal minor seedlings- 100's, mostly McCurtain, NE texas, Arkansas, 'Delaware', etc.
Other palms, maybe 100 total? Including a small seedling 'Birmingham' which I'm really trying to baby, but it is a WEAK plant!
Maybe 10 different bamboo, 20 or so Rhodo's, ~120 cacti, ~ 10 Yucca species and hybrids, other Agave, Gunnera, Banana, etc.
In ground palms:
2 Needles (1 is a test plant and is on it's last legs)
1 Sabal minor (I've lost maybe 10 total in experiments, only 1 remains)
1 T. fortunei- Probably dead but I'm leaving it to see if it comes back without fungicide...
Number 20 is on deck. I just pulled the trigger on a Mazari Palm. I was not planning on getting one despite a lingering curiosity. But I was purchasing a Fatsia Japonica and I needed something else to reach the minimum order. And there it was.
I am truly deranged. I should just get it over with, move to the Keys, and grow limes or something. But I could not leave Waimea East to stangers.
Mazari is a fantastic palm guys, I had a chance to buy them Big when I was in Florida but they are finicky buggers. Sun Sun and more sun and super drainage like a cactus and you should be ok. Winter moisture will most likely kill it off Jack if you don't cover it since you get mad rain in the winter, just a heads up. Try those boat socks that they put in the engine compartments for winterization, that should suck up some good moisture.
TerdalFarm wrote:Let me know about the Mazari. Source? A photo? Size?
--Erik
Plant Delights Nursery- recommended by our guru Dr Francko. I have ordered stuff from them before. Its a small one. But they are still there so go for it Erik. Oklahoma would be a great place for them.
Bill- yea I have read that. I will keep it potted until the Spring. I have big plans for a bed next to my chimney on the south side. Hardy citrus, hibiscus, and the Mazari. Lots of sun and its on a slope so pretty good drainage. I have to remove an azalea, but I am inundated with those. Thanks for the boat sock tip.
I have none in the ground, but lots in pots. And one new nice blue-med fan from wal-mart for $19
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-Aaron-
Make it 21 in total. At least I am catching up to Bill and Jim.
I was at HD looking for something totally unrelated and I saw their remaining hardys were being sold at clearance. I grabbed a 3 gallon Med for 10 bucks. What rational person could turn that down?
Jim- that was my thinking as well re the Mazari. Until then it will sit in a nice pot.
bananieru wrote:I'm in Florida in vacation. Lots of palms, pictures to follow.
Any nurseries/places that sell palms (eventually hardy, interesting ones) in Fort Lauderdale area?
Tavi
Google is your friend. There must be tons. All those palms in peoples' yards come from somewhere. The only glitch I can think of is that cold hardy is not necessary in that area.
I've tried them several times -they have made it through the winter but are suseptable to
spring/early summer moisture,even in the biggest "G-house"where soil temps never dropped below 40*
Thanks, Jim. I'm on the verge of giving up on cold-hardy desert palms in our wet-spring climate. I'm risking my beloved Brahea in the ground this year, and I'll protect the heck out of it, but my past difficulty with Washingtonia makes me think that if I get a Mazari it will live in a well-drained pot. And so have to come indoors in the winter to keep the roots above freezing. At which point I have many more palms to choose from. --Erik
And now the descent into total madness- #22 has arrived.
Another $10 Home Depot markdown. This time its a Butia. And again I could not resist. I already have one Butia in the ground, so this one will be a container palm for the patio.
TerdalFarm wrote:Ah, Butia. My favorite. Have fun with it.
And remind me how the in-the-ground Butia is doing. --Erik
Doing well. Its not the horrid looking thing it was last Spring after being unwrapped. Almost fully recovered. It suffered from the mistake I have been making since I got into this unique aspect of gardening- allowing the leaves in the protective cages to get too wet. Tarps will be deployed and the Butia is going to get a nice dry shelter with heat.
There is some irony. My in-the-ground Butia was a mail order from a nursery down south with a good rep. They sent me a fine specimen and I paid extra to have it express shipped so it would not be sitting in a box for very long. Total cost was around $75. Now I can get the same thing for $10 around 10 miles from home.
And one new nice blue-med fan from wal-mart for $19 
