Post #764783 by Polly_Nesia on Tue, Jun 7, 2016 5:56 PM

Luckydesigns, aren't you in a Zone 10 area (no need for cold hardy ones if so)? You have a whole world of cool palms to choose from in that case. Since I'm in Zone 9, I kind of wear blinders on the more tropical southern cal palms and plants so not best person to reply for your area. I like your Robelinis palms along the yard wall and the tiki along the house wall.

You might want to check out the Palm Society of Southern California to learn more about palms and plants that grow in your area. They are very active. You have a lot of palm sources down that way too. I'll also mention that a lot of socal palm people post on PalmTalk.org. BTW for cold hardy palm people, PalmTalk has people in cold areas (ie Iowa, TN, NY, UK, Japan etc) posting in a Cold Hardy section. We've learned a lot about palms from the local palm societies and forums like PalmTalk.

Palm Society of Southern Calif -- http://palmssc.org
Palm Society of Northern California -- http://www.palmsnc.org/index.htm
PalmTalk palm forum -- http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/