Landscaper in Orange County - General Tiki

G gonzo Member Joined: Feb 06, 2003 Posts: 77	G gonzo Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2003 8:22 AM Good Palms for your area that grow well and problem free in full sun from seedling are: Dypsis Baronii Dypsis onilahensis Dypsis decipiens For full shade Burretiokentia hapala For heavy adobe clay areas plant the aboves on top of 1- 2 ft mounds of dirt trucked in. Large Full sun Caryota Gigas. (plant away from structures as palm will fall over in about 20 years after it seeds) Monocarpic I think is the botanical term. Parajubea Coccoides and torallyi Cheap at home depot Pheonix Roebellini (pygmy date palm) small Phoenix Canariensis large More expensive at home depot. Howea Forsterina (Kentia) looks like coconut palm grows great readily available. Home depot kentia are shade grown so a period of conditioning to full sun is required. Happier in half day sun. Jubea chilensis (largest palm of all grows great but slow esp farher from the coast) Genus Chameadoras are fun there are lots of species with varying requirements Excepting the Phoenix, Howea, and Chameadora these are available only at specialty nurseries mostly located in North county San Diego Fallbrook and Encinitas for some reason. There are many others that will gromw well these just come to mind as the fool proof ones. Beware the palm nut selling palms. There are many palmophiles hell bent on growing everything possible in the area to the point of fanaticism. The limiting factor for many palms is the long winter. Extreme measures I have observed include insulated plastic pipe trunk jackets with electric heating cords, water heater jacket insulation etc. So hang on to your wallet and be wary of motives in the greenhouses. These marginal palms will survive but wont thrive. Always look yellowy and ragged. Hyophorbes, Veitchas, Dypsis leptocheilos, and majesty palm come to mind as frequent offenders. The holy grail is to grow the cocos nucifera (coconut palm) out doors. There are a few the most notable one was growing outside a building in Laguna Beach. I dont know if it is still alive. Cycads, Bamboos and ferns are another subject beyond the scope of this post. Unfortunatly most of the plants described are slow growing so GET STARTED! See you at the palm anonymous meeting in about two years. Gonzo

Good Palms for your area that grow well and problem free in full sun from seedling are:

Dypsis Baronii
Dypsis onilahensis
Dypsis decipiens

For full shade
Burretiokentia hapala

For heavy adobe clay areas plant the aboves on top of 1- 2 ft mounds of dirt trucked in.

Large Full sun
Caryota Gigas. (plant away from structures as palm will fall over in about 20 years after it seeds) Monocarpic I think is the botanical term.
Parajubea Coccoides and torallyi

Cheap at home depot
Pheonix Roebellini (pygmy date palm) small
Phoenix Canariensis large

More expensive at home depot.
Howea Forsterina (Kentia) looks like coconut palm grows great readily available. Home depot kentia are shade grown so a period of conditioning to full sun is required. Happier in half day sun.

Jubea chilensis (largest palm of all grows great but slow esp farher from the coast)

Genus Chameadoras are fun there are lots of species with varying requirements

Excepting the Phoenix, Howea, and Chameadora these are available only at specialty nurseries mostly located in North county San Diego Fallbrook and Encinitas for some reason.

There are many others that will gromw well these just come to mind as the fool proof ones.

Beware the palm nut selling palms. There are many palmophiles hell bent on growing everything possible in the area to the point of fanaticism. The limiting factor for many palms is the long winter. Extreme measures I have observed include insulated plastic pipe trunk jackets with electric heating cords, water heater jacket insulation etc. So hang on to your wallet and be wary of motives in the greenhouses. These marginal palms will survive but wont thrive. Always look yellowy and ragged. Hyophorbes, Veitchas, Dypsis leptocheilos, and majesty palm come to mind as frequent offenders.

The holy grail is to grow the cocos nucifera (coconut palm) out doors. There are a few the most notable one was growing outside a building in Laguna Beach. I dont know if it is still alive.

Cycads, Bamboos and ferns are another subject beyond the scope of this post.

Unfortunatly most of the plants described are slow growing so GET STARTED! See you at the palm anonymous meeting in about two years.

Gonzo

Post #30341 by gonzo on Tue, Apr 15, 2003 8:22 AM