Updates on Palms & Yuccas Nov.2011

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Here is an update on how my palms and yuccas are doing as of Nov 4th. The Butia eriospatha are a real surprise for me. They need very little care, bug resistant, and have amazingly fast growth. I`m planting one of these babies next spring.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/?saved=1


John

[CTPalm]

John - Nice Palms!

Paul

[Cameron_z6a_N.S.]

Great pics, John! The eriospatha should do well for you.

Have you ever considered trying S. minor "McCurtain" in your climate?

[lucky1]

Fabulous pics and plants John.

What protection did the Sabal louisiana (planted 2010) receive last winter?

The Brahea armata are so very blue...gorgeous.

What is that you just bought yourself? a Daisylirion? A Cordyline?

Barb

[TimMAz6]

Great photos and plants! I was at Bill's place a few weeks ago and this Butias were surprisingly healthy. They breezed through last winter (although protected).

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Thanks everyone. Barb I bought that Dracaena loueiri or Coryline indivisa off local buy and sell online. I can`t really make 100% ID on it though. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N ... hotostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67364497@N ... hotostream
http://heliconiaparadise.com/Dracaena_loureiri.htm The Sabal louisianna were in the same palm huts as the Trachys.



John

[lucky1]

That grows in Thailand? i.e. high humidity?
So a bathroom would be a great spot.

I swear Dracaenas and Cordylines are impossible to tell apart.
Didn't Banana Joe have these growing outdoors year round?

Gorgeous, John.

Barb

[TerdalFarm]

I've only grown Butia odorata (once known as B. capitata). How do you compare D. eriospatha to those?

[Jubaea]

You have quite the collection there. Thanks for sharing. I have some sort to Butia that I grew from seed and it is quite fast. It is my first seed grown plant to start going pinate.

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Cam I would definetly try a S. minor "McCurtain" if I could find some at a decent size and price. Barb I believe that Coryline australis are what can grow in Victoria, and Salt Spring Island B.C. coast. If I had a bathroom with 16 ft ceilings and as big as a bedroom that`s where the Cordy/Dracaena would be! Erik Butia eriospatha is reportedly the cold hardiest pinate palm. The fronds are much softer than a Butia capitata and greener. http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/wooly_jelly_palm.htm
Jubea do you have any pics of your Butia? Thanks.


John

[coconutmike]

Hey John -I checked out your pics on flickr and you have a nice selection of palms and yuccas . good job are you selling and do you have a website I might be interested in w. filifera/ -brahea armata and butia ero. I usually play with larger palms but I am a collector and like to deal in Canada
mike

[wxman]

Wow, crazy amount of plants!! Where do you go with all them in the winter?

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Mike I don`t have a business website. I sell palm trees and bananas on the weekend during spring and summer. I have sign I put up on the road for advertising. I only have two of the Brahea armata, and four Butia eriospatha. I have a ton of pure W.filifera for sale if you are interested? Tim we have a double car garage which has never been used for cars.
http://okanaganpalms.multiply.com/photo ... ms#photo=8


John

[Jubaea]

My Butia,

First pic is from May 2010. It is on the left. Second pic is from Aug of this year. I don't have any more recent pics of it.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/4637262731/" title="Butia + 2 jubaeas by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/463 ... b2ae2b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Butia + 2 jubaeas"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/6014964021/" title="Butia, Bismarckia, Dypsis decepiens by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/601 ... 612756.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Butia, Bismarckia, Dypsis decepiens"></a>

[coconutmike]

Ok John I will talk to you in the spring
thanks
mike

[Cowtown Palm Society]

John,

Amazing collection, in and out of the ground. I can't believe the variety ! Some really cool species. I'm definitely heading to the Okanagan with some cash this spring. Thanks for the pics!

Duncan

[hardyjim]

I really like B.Eriospatha,mine has taken 3 years to get established
but has been one tough palm,repeatedly seeing 20F(maybe lower)
all last winter and has never pulled in 3 years!
Knock on wood

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Thanks Duncan. How are your Yuccas doing? See you in the spring. Jim good news about Butia e. not having spear pull. That is half the battle keeping them alive through the winter. How big was it when you planted it?


John

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Jubea. Thanks for sharing those pics of your Butias. It`s tough to tell at their young age what type you have. Very nice Bismarkia nobilis juvenile as well in the pics.


John

[wxman]

Mike I don`t have a business website. I sell palm trees and bananas on the weekend during spring and summer. I have sign I put up on the road for advertising. I only have two of the Brahea armata, and four Butia eriospatha. I have a ton of pure W.filifera for sale if you are interested? Tim we have a double car garage which has never been used for cars.
http://okanaganpalms.multiply.com/photo ... ms#photo=8


John

Wow!

What do you do for supplemental light in the winter?

[coconutmike]

Depends on palm really -sometimes nothing sometimes c-9 on cube sometime flourescents

mike