Any luck with green crownshaft palms?
Thanks.
The following thread was started by north cali Kyle on December 23, 2004 at 12:29 am PST
Hey, I'm a Northern CA Kyle too
Your Dypsis Dcipens should be fine, and if you are anywhere south of Sacremento in the valley or south of Crescent City California on the coast, the rest of your palms should be fine, but your Hedyscepe and Lepidorrhachis could be damaged by frost.
The above followup was added by kyle on December 23, 2004 at 2:12 pm PST.
The other ones (besides Dypsis and Illarawa) I don't have. I've just been contemplating getting them and wondering which ones are the best for this climate. I live in Eureka Ca, about 3.5 hours north of the bay area. There are alot of Kyles nowdays ; you're the second one I've talked to today(although over the internet this time) I read somewhere the name Kyle means a funny looking perfectly round hill, they are all over Scotland. There is also a town called Kyle of lochalsh near the inner heberdese islands, but I don't know if it's a hill or a town.
Thanks, for the palm info at any rate.
The above followup was added by north cali Kyle on December 23, 2004 at 3:01 pm PST.
There is a Kyle in Texas and a Kyle in South Dakota also.
Anyway, how much frost do you get there? If you only get very light frosts occasionally, some very rare and strange looking palms that are being experimented there (North coastal CA) are:
Wettinia kalbreyeri
Wettinia praemorsa
Dictyocaryum lamarkianum
Ceroxylon alpinum
Ceroxylon parvifrons
Ceroxylon quindiuense
All of those palms will grow moderatley fast in your area, (although Dictyocaryum may not survive) while the other palms you listed will probably not move at all. And all the palms I listed are native to elevation higher than 6000 feet in their habitat.
The above followup was added by kyle on December 23, 2004 at 5:38 pm PST.
Thanks for the info,
I was wondering about those high equadorian species. That's a big PLUS being moderate growers in this climate. Do you know how long they have been trying them here?
As far as frost goes it varies greatly around this area. Some times Musa basjoo is fine and sometimes it loses it's leaves, usally one good frost a year. I have bamboo all over and that seems to create a microclimate since next door gets frost and basically none at my place. For the borderline species(of whatever) I plant or move under evergreen tree branches. I'll be moving soon to a place with mostly alders, so not much winter protection.
The above followup was added by north cali kyle on December 24, 2004 at 1:17 pm PST.
Unfortunatley, I haven't heard the results of the experiments, except for in Fort Bragg where they survived well one winter and are doing well this winter also. I hope this helps.
The above followup was added by kyle on December 24, 2004 at 4:31 pm PST.
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The above followup was added by M.A.Matheson on February 04, 2005 at 12:14 am PST.