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MORE newpalms!

16 years ago

I went back today to check out some more palms & i ended up buying 2 more! (wut a sucker) right! but i couldnt resist he has awesome prices! there has to be atlease 20- 30 acres of palms to look at! but as i was looking i found some sabals, at first i thought it was another batch of minors but these ones were forming a trunk! same one as a big one that i found in a 24"in. box the other day but they were in a 5g. pot. once again i had to cut the roots off that went into the ground. i was so excited that i found a smaller one to experiment with & he charged me the same, $10! so if i lose it to the cold i wont be that upset then u might be right TROPICPALMS- it was a sabal mauritiformis(savannah sabal), but am hoping its a (riverside), they say riversides are hardy to 12*F so well have to see! ooh ya i also bought me a blue mexican(brahea armata) for $8 but he had told me $10 too but he only excepts cash & i wasnt expecting to buy anything so he gave it to me for $8! he said pay him back next time, super kool guy! heres some pics! sabal ? -sorry i no the pics are bad but ill take better ones once the weather get better & sunnier, storm passing through!

blue mex.
more pics at his nursery, bad pic though, cloudy! guadalupe fan palm(brahea edulis)
triangle palms (dypsis decaryi)
bismarck palms(bismarckia nobilis)
blue mex. palms(brahea armata)
pygmy date palm(phoenix roebelenii)
mexican cycad(dioon edule)?
queen sago?
canary island dates(phoenix canariensis)

Comments (7)

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Nice palms! Looks like a really great nursury to go to for palms. Very cheap and it looks like the quality of the plants is nice too.
    Enjoy your new palms, they look great, and will probably look even better once the summer comes and they grow more.

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Those are some great looking brahea's they have there, and really cheap considering they're not that quick. Are they common where you are?

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    thanks TROPICALZONE7, i cant wait till summer! we get really hot but very dry here. temps are in the high 90's - low 100's for the highs! lows are in the 60's sometimes 70's. so i think the minors going under my big mexican fan palm for some extra shade, & the other one i bought am gona treat it as a sabal riverside & give it full sun & see what happens unless someone can give me 100% id on it! am gona just have to monitor it closely. FR8TRAIN- actually ive only saw two places in my area that had blue mexicans, at a little shopping center & a house a couple blocks from me. they should be more common here since it gets really hot here & dry but there not cuz i looked all over for different stuff that people grew here, but i could be wrong or just not looked that hard. personally i think am the only one in my area that is trying different stuff or that is interested in other types of palms! it just seems like people buy what is avaluable here at the local nursery's or at lowe-hd! but i could be wrong once again, theres atlease 300-350,000 people in my area so there has to be more people out there that have the same passion for palms as me! anyways,sorry for rambling all post a better pic of it tomorrow cuz its gona be mostly sunny. i love the color of the leafs on these palms! the color is so unreal especally on the bismarck palms(silver form!) another fav. of mine!

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    That is hot. When you factor in the low humidty it must be like an oven in your area! Jut mulch your palms and keep them in some shade and water and Im sure they will thrive.
    At least you know of a few palms that will definitely do well in your area. They will make a great background,and canopy for your rarer ones!

    Good luck!

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    very very nice palms and a really nice variety there. i would b there like 3-4 times a week haha. hope all goes well w your palms

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Impressive nursery pictures... how sweet it is to have all those palms available. I bet the date palms could produce good fruit with your temps and driness similar to what they need.

  • 16 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    TROPICALZONE7, ya it warms up pretty nice here come spring we should be 70-80*f for our highs! i cant wait! ive never really mulched before, do u think small size cedar wood chips would be fine? TROPICPALMS, lol, u got the right idea! i dont go as much as i would like, its about 25-30 miles for my house which isnt that bad but wut gets my gas is the climb up. going down isnt that bad but going up from 100ft. above sea level to 3200ft. thats wut sucks up my gas up! but good thing theres a big mall there for my girlfriend lol! & the nursery is like litterally down the street! sometimes my girlfriend has our daughter at the mall with her & other times she hangs with me but i think she has a better time with me!=) so its a win - win for the whole family! BROOKLYNGREG,i havent saw any dates fruit here yet but i really havent looked but this spring all be searching for them! plus i dont no if are cold weather has too do with it cuz we can get pretty cold here from fall all the way till spring we can get below the 30's. 3 years ago we hit 13*F in jan. & all the the leafs on the washys & canarys were toast all around my area! but so far this winters been mild with are lowest temp.at 20*F. but it warmed up to 50-60' by 10:00-11:00am! but winter still isnt over, if it say mild till spring i bet the canarys might fruit,& theres only one place in my area with mature phoenix dactyliferas(true dates) so ill be keepin an eye on them!

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