Great video of Washingtonia robusta from seed to adult

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:17 pm

http://youtu.be/DW_hk7G4SfA

Heck the music alone makes want to crack one open............

Seeds came today (30) so hopefully I'm still around when mine are 16yrs old

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:51 pm

That is one fabulous video, Scott of one great looking palm.

Those live shots of the blizzard had me shivering.
I would've run out there in the middle of the night and wrapped it in a blanket!

Good reminder that we should type the year on all our hosted pictures.

Thanks for posting it Scott...oh to have southern England's climate.

Good luck with your Washy seeds...they generally aren't as fast as foxtails or christmas palms.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:57 am

Cool vid, one tough palm.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:10 am

I was amazed too at how well he documented the entire process from vacation to present.

Kinda wished he had panned around to see the other palms as well.

The text version of his story was that the palm featured in the video was in small clay pot for a while and when he went to move it discovered that root had grown through the bottom of the pot and rooted into the ground. He had to really dig to get it all out and moved, hence the 3 year stunted growth.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:35 am

Imagine that palm in a warm climate,instead of 20 years to that size
I am guessing that with ample water in a warm climate like Phoenix
that could be achieved in 5 years.

Amazing though to see a Washy growing so happily in England.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:59 pm

nice video. It reminded me of Don Moorehead's video of this Washy filifera in Oklahoma City. Don started with a 100,000 seeds and let nature do it's thing and was left with a couple 'hardy' ones. All ended up dying.

http://www.amazinggardens.com/

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:49 pm

That is so sad, Tim.

Didn't see an Oklahoma video but will look closer.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:22 pm

Hi Barb,

the 'thumbnail' version of Don's video is on the link I posted. That's Don's Washy growing. He took a photo every 7 days......very cool.

Tim

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:30 am

amazingardens had some beaked Yuccas I've been looking for...but sold out. At least a good place to keep an eye out for more. They sure seem hard to find with trunks on them.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:19 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Barb,

the 'thumbnail' version of Don's video is on the link I posted. That's Don's Washy growing. He took a photo every 7 days......very cool.

Tim

I wish he would update his website. Lots of good info there.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:21 pm

Hi Aaron,

Don's been experimenting with hardy citrus. If you do a search for OKC citrus you may be able to find his blog. Sorry I'm at my daughter's swim meet now and I'm using a cell phone.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:52 pm

Thanks Tim, I will check it out.

Okanagan desert-palms · Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:34 pm

That is a super tough W. robusta. I was expecting a W. filifera to be able to survive that long unprotected. I don`t think it knows it`s growing in England

. I have three of Don`s S. louisiana planted. I`m looking forward to the time they are the size of the monsters he has.

John

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:30 pm

Hi Aaron,

not sure if you found the link to Don's citrus blog:

http://hardycitrus.com/

Tim

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:23 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Aaron,

not sure if you found the link to Don's citrus blog:

http://hardycitrus.com/

Tim

I wonder how it did after last winters freeze? Gives hope for a good cold hardy citrus.

Jubaea · Post by **Jubaea** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:53 pm

I'm surprised at how well it has held up thru the years. Thanks for posting. I saw many damaged smaller Washingtonia robusta in the central valley of California. It sure is small for 16 years though. A 5 gal can get that big in maybe 5 years here.