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Three in one hole...poll

Walter John

By Walter John
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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  1. 1. Okay, which species would you prefer to plant, for that tropical bend effect, when you plant three single palms in the one hole.

    • Archontophoenix alexandrae
      5
    • Roystonea regia
      4
    • Dictyosperma album
      3
    • Carpentaria acuminata
      3
    • Ptcyhosperma elegans
      6
    • Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
      4
    • Livistona decora
      3
    • Areca catechu
      4
    • Chamaedorea plumosa
      1
    • Clinostigma samoense
      2
    • Euterpe edulis
      2
    • Heterospathe elata
      0
    • Kentiopsis oliviformis
      2
    • Veitchia joannis
      8
    • Howea forsteriana
      7

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Which triple palm for a grouping bend effect ?

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Got Palms Mentor

Got Palms

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I voted Areca Catacu if i could grow it, but i think they all look great as triples! Sergio

aussiearoids Grand Master

aussiearoids

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thanks Wal , must get a few more Betels and do a triple .

How's this super bent betel ?

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Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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UnderAPalmNapping

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You could always go for the giant 'W' like in the movie "it's a mad mad mad world"......

palmislandRandy Grand Master

palmislandRandy

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Chambeyronia macrocarpa make nice triples :D but I voted for the Veitchias.

Randy :)

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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I'd love to try a triple Normanbya or Wodyetia.

Tyrone

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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I voted for Ptychosperma elegans because I have some, and they're in a group and they bend gracefully . . . .

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Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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There's nothing grander than a well grown fat bummed triple alex imo.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Daryl Grand Master

Daryl

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Wal, I think you should triple plant Corypha umbraculifera..you don't see that every day...:mrlooney:

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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I'm doing a triple Bizzie and a triple Jubaea!

Matt Bradford

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

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Kim Grand Master

Kim

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Why stop at three? :)

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tikitiki Mentor

tikitiki

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What about a triple beccario?

With a tin cup for a chalice

Fill it up with good red wine,

And I'm-a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine.

edric Grand Master

edric

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Adonidia merrillii, Ed

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hanapalms Proficient

hanapalms

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Sounds like you may run out of room if you plant some of the suggested trios. It wasn't on your survey, but I thought you might like to see Pritchardia in a group:

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They're spreading slowly; don't know what will happen after they space by height. These are P. pacifica.

William

Hana, Maui

 

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Jim in Los Altos Grand Master

Jim in Los Altos

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What about a triple beccario?

Great idea. I may try that myself with three B.'alfredii'.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

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Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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Hey a nicely grown grouping of 3-Howea forsteriana is very attractive. If planted next to each other they almost appears as if it is a clumping palm. I also like the look better if each of the three is of a slightly different size (height). I have seen some very nice plantings of this in SoCal. They are often sold in containers this way, but not commonly found in Hawaii nurseries. Sadly for us in most of Hawaii this beautiful palm does not usually grow or thrive like it does in a cooler climate. However, it should be tried more at some of our higher elevations where I feel it should grow well.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Here's my grouping of P. elegans.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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With the Shoe for scale, 12.5", 32 cm long, more or less . . .

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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A full-monty shot . . .

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The Palm Nut Mentor

The Palm Nut

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Hi Wal

You havent got the species that I would like to see to vote on, but if you did planting a Dypsis cabadae along with a lutescens with a much larger cabadae of course, would be stunning. Blues and yellows and everything in between, cant get much better than that!

Cheers

Mike

Port Macquarie NSW Australia

Warm temperate to subtropical

Record low of -2C at airport 2006

Pushing the limit of palm survivabilities

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Wal, I think you should triple plant Corypha umbraculifera..you don't see that every day...:mrlooney:

I like the idea...:rolleyes::D

love conquers all..

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Gileno Machado Grand Master

Gileno Machado

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I voted Veitchias because that's the species I chose to plant as a trio a few years ago. They're performing nicely but when planted like this, the gowth rate is much slower than if planted as singles. The bending effect is still not noticeable at this young stage, let's see them in the years to come...

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Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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SoTropiCal Ben

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Why aren't triple Wodyetia found in there? They go fast when I have them in stock.

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John Case Grand Master

John Case

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What about a triple beccario?

Great idea. I may try that myself with three B.'alfredii'.

Jim, Doing that exact thing today....photos to follow.

John Case

Brentwood CA

Owner and curator of Hana Keu Garden

USDA Zone 9b more or less, Sunset Zone 14 in winter 9 in summer

"Its always exciting the first time you save the world. Its a real thrill!"

John Case Grand Master

John Case

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What about a triple beccario?

Great idea. I may try that myself with three B.'alfredii'.

Jim, Doing that exact thing today....photos to follow.

Starting a new thread on my little project....with photos too!

John Case

Brentwood CA

Owner and curator of Hana Keu Garden

USDA Zone 9b more or less, Sunset Zone 14 in winter 9 in summer

"Its always exciting the first time you save the world. Its a real thrill!"

tikitiki Mentor

tikitiki

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I have all three species now so I'm going to try it that way. Photos to follow.

With a tin cup for a chalice

Fill it up with good red wine,

And I'm-a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine.

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Moose Grand Master

Moose

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Which triple palm for a grouping bend effect ?

None of the above! sad.gif

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

Ken Johnson Grand Master

Ken Johnson

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I'm with moose. I like the solitary look in groups but not on top of each other. If you want bent palms just plant then crooked.

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Jerry@TreeZoo Grand Master

Jerry@TreeZoo

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I hate to be a "me too" kind of guy but I agree with the Mooster and Kenneth. Besides, you left out coconuts. IMO, triples work as framing elements in a semi formal type of landscape but not a natural landscape. The only things worse than triples are doubles. I do make an exception for naturally occurring multis, though, but I almost never plant them that way. I have seen Royals occurring that way quite a bit and like them for their "uniqueness". The way I would plant three palms close together is to have them of different ages so the trunks grow straight but their crowns are separated in height by 5' or 10' or whatever the size of the crown dictates. For example, you could plant Bizzies 5' away from eachother, but the tallest would have 10' of wood, the next 2' of wood and the third might be a 3 gallon.

I remember my old boss wanted me to grow Queen triples. In our landscapes, the only way we would plant would be to use extra large tree material, our queens being big fatties with 14"-18" thick trunks. This required bigger rootballs when moving them. I told him that if we grew triple queens, we would not have a machine big enough to lift them.

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

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amazondk Grand Master

amazondk

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Although I do agree with Jerry and Kens comment I do have a triple E. precatoria group planted. It is on the edge of a large group of E. precatorias. And, it was in the pot that way so I just put them in the ground. They will look nice though.

dk

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