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Container Grown Bottle Palms

Big Tex

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I have a pretty nice size bottle palm growing in a pot. I have had it for about 2 years and it puts on about 4 fronds each year. There is no way it would make it here in Houston in the ground so I am forced to leave it in a pot. Next spring I am going put it in a much larger pot. It's still light enough I am carry it myself. But the next size pot will probably require the dolly to move it in during the winter. No big deal.....its worth it. How well do bottle palms do as container grown palms? Anyone have any long term experience growing bottle palms in containers?

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Houston, Texas

29.8649°N - 95.6521°W

Elevation 114.8 ft

Sunset zone 28

USDA zone 9a

Average maximum high temperature 93.60 F

Average maximum low temperature 45.20 F

The annual average precipitation is 53.34 Inches

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Bottle palms do great in containers. I've had my larger one in 15 gallon since 2001 and it grows as well or better than an in-ground specimen. The genus Hyophorbe as a whole performs well in containers.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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I can tell you that they like it hot and in full all day sun. This is how I kept mine alive in the ground last winter; all day sun. It spotted up, but kept growing and did not set it back. It threw 3 beautiful fronds this summer.

Matt Bradford

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Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Large ones will live a long time in containers, though you'll need to periodically remove and replace the potting mix when the humus dissipates.

I've got two that are doing relatively well.

When they get large, put them on a dolly to haul them to shelter, or put a heated tent around them on those cold nights.

dave

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I have experience, they last for ever in pots, arguably the best palm for pots with usual maintenance.

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Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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I agree w/ everyone here. I have a much larger one that i have had for years, and FINALLY i put it into the ground!

But it did fantastic in the pot because i kept bumping it up every year. Yours will do just fine!

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I can tell you that they like it hot and in full all day sun. This is how I kept mine alive in the ground last winter; all day sun. It spotted up, but kept growing and did not set it back. It threw 3 beautiful fronds this summer.

Nice. B)

Coastal San Diego, California

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warm summer/mild winter

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I can tell you that they like it hot and in full all day sun. This is how I kept mine alive in the ground last winter; all day sun. It spotted up, but kept growing and did not set it back. It threw 3 beautiful fronds this summer.

how cold did it get?

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I was traveling around Vietnam a couple of months ago and saw dozens of bottle palms in pots all around the country. Many of them looked terribly pot-bound but, incredibly, were simply thriving. I imagine that the humid conditions in that part of the world help the palms survive with little or no soil left in their cramped quarters. Here's a picture of a particularly nice specimen I saw in the Saigon Botanical Gardens.

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Mike Lock, North coast of Maui, 330 ft/100 m elevaton, 80 in/2000 mm average rainfall

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Hey, thanks to everyone who replied. Especially grateful for the pictures you put up. Those palms are definitely in much smaller pots that I have. I am encouraged to keep this one in a pot and watch it grow. I guess I will leave it in this pot for 1-2 more years and then bump it up a few sizes.

Houston, Texas

29.8649°N - 95.6521°W

Elevation 114.8 ft

Sunset zone 28

USDA zone 9a

Average maximum high temperature 93.60 F

Average maximum low temperature 45.20 F

The annual average precipitation is 53.34 Inches

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Eric Schmidt had a very large potted specimen at Leu Gardens many years ago. I wonder if it's still around.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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