Such a beauty! I love the red trunk on it. I wonder how well it would do in parts of Florida? Not a lot of nice palms with colorful trunks down there.
I'll have to keep this one on my list of palms to plant if I ever get to move down south haha.
Thanks for sharing!
-Alex

Here is a closer shot of this palm

THis is an older palm... sort of loses a bit of the brilliance of the younger ones, but still a pretty impressive tree... crownshaft in this plant is about 20' so it is a LOT bigger than it looks. Floribunda palm as well in Hawaii

That's a beauty.

Awesome palms, thanks for sharing.

How many palms made it through winter in your new zone?

about half (maybe 20)... but most look like crap. Oh well.

Sucks, hopefully you still have some favorites.

Palms that have high color usually are growing fast. I notice my plain old King palms only get the lime green crownshaft after shedding old brown leaf bases. In our cool climate that means much time is spent looking at it in that phase. And on the internet everybody post photos of their Kings in the green naturally enough.
I have to be satisfied with the green Howea trunk. I have it where it grew from shade into the sun,and I think thats what preserved the green.

Sorry to hear your palms did not make it out of the winter as well in your new zone. I hope that the ones that did grow back well and the ones that didn't surprise you with coming back and gaining some cold tolerance as they re-establish.

You had a lot of amazing species at your old place!
Thanks for sharing the mature pic of the Lemurophoenix, that's a beauty!
-Alex

Is Washington hardy in the high desert? You have a huge lot,Geoff. Maybe people might think them common,but if you planted 20 or 30 tastefully...that's beauty. A local natural oasis has them (W.robusta),and right now the fronds are as glossy as any Hawaiian palm,even the knee high palms are glossy...the skirts on big ones is eye catching. Interestingly enough,wild CIDP in smaller numbers grow with them and willows.oaks,and Sycamores..and Acacia's with pampas grass. A great place to sit and eat lunch!
And,you can get plenty of trunking in a lifetime..a bonus to me-lol.