Both cold hardy and tropical palm collection

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:08 pm

Created a photo bucket album of my palm collection for the end of 2014 although since I did it this weekend I need to add another one to the list that came today a
Yatay x Queen hybrid so that pic will be by itself.

Some palms are in the ground protected, other potted ones are kept in garage. Tropical's throughout the house(much to my wifes dismay) for the winter.

Yatay x Queen..

Link to photobucket album.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn22 ... 014002.jpg

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:02 pm

Looks like good winter protection to me.

Warm up there? Sure has been down here in OK.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:03 pm

We are going through a warm spell, but it's way early yet..........

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:16 am

Scott, wow has your collection ever grown!

Good work on protection.

Curious why you've tied Sago fronds in the greenhouse.

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:01 am

Barb, that is in garage, and I do that because the expanse of it is so huge, plus bunching them together I hope keeps it a bit warmer.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 3:49 pm

Nice that it's grown so large.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:51 pm

It was given to me by a former boss who had it and out grew the room they kept it in during the winter, otherwise I wouldn't own one but don't want to turn down a freebie!

How's your CIDP doing that you planted? how did you protect that?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:31 pm

Sagos get so nice with time.
I almost lost one of mine, all the leaves yellowed and someone here said to water the heck out of it and it popped back with a vengeance.

My planted CIDP looked great all summer, but didn't seem to grow very much.
I had expected it to take off once it was in the ground, despite cutting half the roots off (again) from the garbage can container.
By Fall, it suddenly had pushed 3 spears, none of which pushed any further before cold hit.
Camera was broken so I protected palm without any photos being taken.
Spring will tell the story.

Barb

EDIT: oh, protected it the same way as the Washys out front. 6ml vapor barrier, with C9 lights lying on the ground, then overwrapped with solar pool blanket plastic.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:22 am

I'll be anxious to see in the spring how yours did over wintering. I have 4 in pots, all bought when I did my road trip to San Diego. Very cheap to buy at box stores there. One of them is a Silver Date(larger) and the other large one is a regular CIDP both will stay in the pots. I picked up two smaller ones though with the intent of planting one in the ground...when I figure out where and watch and see how yours did. I'd also like to plant a Waggie in the ground as well.

Keep us/me posted!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:05 am

Looks good-plenty more room around the kitchen table too.....

The bathroom really works well for tropicals if you have some light n there...
I had my Licuala over the sink in the kitchen and they seemed to loke it fine.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:12 am

hardyjim wrote:Looks good-plenty more room around the kitchen table too.....

The bathroom really works well for tropicals if you have some light n there...
I had my Licuala over the sink in the kitchen and they seemed to loke it fine.

My wife isn't all that happy with so many palms in the house this time of year...including our bedroom so I try not to put too many in our bathroom as well.

I do keep my Joey, Zebra palm and a new addition a tiny Pinanga Crassipes in there. Last year I had the tub full of palms but this year I've kept it free and just use the outer edges for palms mentioned.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:17 am

Licuala over the sink in the kitchen

Have been wondering how it's doing, Jim.

Silver Date(larger) and the other large one is a regular CIDP both will stay in the pots. I picked up two smaller ones though with the intent of planting one in the ground...when I figure out where and watch and see how yours did. I'd also like to plant a Waggie in the ground as well.

Ooooh, love Silver date palms!
I have a couple of little seed-started Waggies in pots...they didn't like summer's heat the last 2 summers.

Re the CIDP, I only had 1 short string of lights for ground heat inside its enclosure.
After a low of -21C (-6F) a couple of weeks ago, it'll be a miracle if it survived.
Can't look until end March as everything's taped shut.

Barb

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:27 am

Silver dates with any size were hard to find but before I made my road trip I looked on Craigslist for the San Diego area and found a couple of hobbyists that grow and sell palms so visited their place at their house and filled up my truck. AMAZING selections and prices I went nuts. One guy only had the one Silver date in a 10 gallon container and was just $35 I keep it and my large CIDP across from each other on my patio. They are very drought hardy but loves water too.

It's too bad that neither do any sort of mail order though, or I'd have a ton more.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:23 am

or I'd have a ton more.

Road trip.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:51 am

Yes, road trip in the Spring. You can be in Dallas in a day.

Zabola · Post by **Zabola** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:21 am

Where is your beautiful queens palm, in the garage? Do you grow tropic palms from seed or mostly buy them in pots.. Rare and pricey stuff i see there. Thanks

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:11 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Yes, road trip in the Spring. You can be in Dallas in a day.

As a matter of fact wife and I are trying to put together a road trip to San Antonio. Have never really been to Texas before and buddy of mine goes to San Antonio a lot and tells me how great it is. Needless to say, I would drive my truck and bring it back FULL.

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:13 pm

Zabola wrote:Where is your beautiful queens palm, in the garage? Do you grow tropic palms from seed or mostly buy them in pots.. Rare and pricey stuff i see there. Thanks

Both Queens over winter in garage and do fine there among other palms. I have almost zero luck with palms from seed other than Mexican fan palms and Bizzys. Everything you see in pictures I buy in pots locally, or mail order and some bare root.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:24 pm

[quote="sashaeffer"][quote="TerdalFarm"]Yes, road trip in the Spring. You can be in Dallas in a day.[/quote]

As a matter of fact wife and I are trying to put together a road trip to San Antonio. Have never really been to Texas before and buddy of mine goes to San Antonio a lot and tells me how great it is. Needless to say, I would drive my truck and bring it back FULL.[/quote]

I don't know SA well. Dallas is famous for their palm markets, but I assume SA will have plenty for sale as well.

For a little bit longer, you might as well go all the way to the beach. We do Corpus Christi.

(And last year I kept going, through Mexico, to Belize.)

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:34 pm

That would be an awesome palm to have!

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:46 pm

Now thats a palm collection. At least I keep all my agaves out in another building. I would be wife hunting if I got caught with plants in the bathtub.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:33 pm

I would be wife hunting if I got caught with plants in the bathtub.