Areca vestiaria

[Daryl]

This is fast becoming one of my favourite palms in the garden. I'm sure a lot of you are growing this palm and have some great photos to share...

To get started, here is my young one that I purchased from Clayton about 3 or 4 years ago...single stemmed orange form...

Daryl

[Joe palma]

That is a really nice looking palm w/ some great color!

Love the large leaflet fronds.

I WISH I could grow that palm!! Sweet.

[Dr. George]

Ours are the red/maroon leaf variety obtained in 3 gal size, Fall 2008 (lower left)

Here are 2 of them 2 1/2 years later (the water tank is 5 ft tall)

This is from Floribunda - the first A. vestiaria that I ever saw

Maybe Bo will post some pics of one of the A. vestiaria walls that he planted...

gmp

[Kim]

Your thread encouraged me to step outside with the camera just before sunset. These are flashy palms for the garden, very much a favorite. This one is getting nice and fat:

[bgl]

Daryl, That's a great looking palm! And thanks for starting a thread about one of my favorite palms. I planted 240 of them in my old garden - more than any other palm! Adds lots of color.

George, thanks but I don't really have a good photo of any of the "vestiaria walls". Only parts of them. The palms in this photo are part of a group of 92 that have been planted three deep and along 70 ft or so.

Kim, I'm happy to see your vestiarias are doing great! Lots of color there!

Bo-Göran

[The Palm Nut]

This is fast becoming one of my favourite palms in the garden. I'm sure a lot of you are growing this palm and have some great photos to share...

To get started, here is my young one that I purchased from Clayton about 3 or 4 years ago...single stemmed orange form...

Daryl

That is a nice one Daryl, surely one of my favourites as well. Have the stilt roots started to form yet?

Here is mine which Iam sure most of you have already seen. Its about 15 years old.

Cheers

Mike

[Daryl]

Hi Mike, it is just getting its stilt roots. Another feature of this fantastic species.

BTW, you're vestiaria looks really great, especially seeing as it is so far south...must be the most southerly one?

regards,

Daryl

[Pedro 65]

Fantastic Colour in all these posts, I have always had mine in deep shade and eventually gave them the chop. Seeing all these has much excited me to try again. In a Much Brighter area as all posted pics are getting. Thanks for the excitement.Pete

[Daryl]

Pete, I've got a clumping red one just behind this, and getting far too much shade. It is not growing at all...come spring it will be ripped out and thrown into the sun...they seem to do much better like that!

Daryl

[Pedro 65]

Pete, I've got a clumping red one just behind this, and getting far too much shade. It is not growing at all...come spring it will be ripped out and thrown into the sun...they seem to do much better like that!

Daryl

Fantastic, i look forward to getting some planted in bright spots and have them looking like all these posts

[Walter John]

Pete, I've got a clumping red one just behind this, and getting far too much shade. It is not growing at all...come spring it will be ripped out and thrown into the sun...they seem to do much better like that!

Daryl

I concur

[kylecawazafla]

There are some beautiful pictures in this thread!!

[realarch]

Gotta love this palm. Bo, only 240 of them? Kim, that mass planting looks really nice. Daryl, my solitary orange is starting to get stilt roots and getting fat too.

Here's a pic from above of my clumping maroon.

[bgl]

Tim,

Well, I would have planted more but even on five acres you do run out of space at some point! And now of course I only have two acres in my new garden. May have to limit myself to 100 or so! That'll be a challenge!

Bo-Göran

[palmislandRandy]

An Areca vestaria purchased at an orange big box store got me this involved in palms. This is a maroon one. My orange ones open with a green leaf. Do the orange variety clump also? Both my oranges are singles & the maroons are all clumpers.

Randy

[bgl]

Randy,

Out of one and the same seed batch you get everything - singles, doubles, multiples, orange and maroon. It's all the same palm except that genetically there are so many variations.

Bo-Göran

[brodklop]

Great thread Daryl, as you know I had to leave behind an orange one that was suckering like mad and just beginning to form a trunk. Maybe I should have taken your advice and dig it up. Moving your red one to more stronger light is a good move. In my new place I've planted one in full sun and it is growing well. The old shade grown leaves burnt a bit but the new sun grown growth is a rich red and looks fantastic. My experience with these suckering Areca is that they sucker more in full sun when planted as small plants. I'll try and get a photo.

Cheers

Brod

[tjwalters]

Great thread and photos!

Does anyone know if seedlings (just sprouting) can take full sun? I'm wondering if I should move my sprouting seeds into more direct sun.

[The Palm Nut]

Hi Mike, it is just getting its stilt roots. Another feature of this fantastic species.

BTW, you're vestiaria looks really great, especially seeing as it is so far south...must be the most southerly one?

regards,

Daryl

With all the heat and humidity you get up there, those stilt roots will only get better. Mine has about the same amount and its quite old. In Cairns the stilt roots form 2 to 3 feet up the trunk which looks spectacular. Dont think mine will ever get like that but still looks great and unusual for this part of the world. Here is a picture of mine. As far as the most southerly one, I dont know, but because of there cold hardiness I wouldnt be supprised if others are growing in and around Sydney

Cheers

Mike

[caixeta]

My Areca vestiaria,very beautiful!

[caixeta]

Now,yes!

[PalmatierMeg]

OOOO, it's beautiful and has seeds. Welcome to PalmTalk, Caixeta

[Kumar]

Wow - this is some fancy stuff! Oddly enough arecas (even catechus) are not sold here as ornamentals. You can only purchase in bulk for commercial planting.

[ariscott]

Pete, I've got a clumping red one just behind this, and getting far too much shade. It is not growing at all...come spring it will be ripped out and thrown into the sun...they seem to do much better like that!

Daryl

Really?? Both of my red & orange ones are in the shade.... I find Darwin sun would burn them to crisp around Sept/Nov. Other time is ok....

Regards, Ari

[chakoro]

Daryl,What can i say ?That vesty sure is a beauty!Is it just me or does it have a slight blueish tint to the leaves?Thanks for the tip regarding too much shade as i have a red crownshaft vesty in shade which has slowly faded to orange since planting out to shade. Regards Craig.

[chakoro]

Oh i almost forgot thanks everybody for showing off your vesty there are some absolute corkers out there...just goes to show what a versitile palm it is...regards Craig.

[Daryl]

Daryl,What can i say ?That vesty sure is a beauty!Is it just me or does it have a slight blueish tint to the leaves?Thanks for the tip regarding too much shade as i have a red crownshaft vesty in shade which has slowly faded to orange since planting out to shade. Regards Craig.

Hi Craig, yes, the leaves are definitely a blueish green coour, similar to that look that palms watered with bore water get. No bore water here though...just what falls from the sky.

regards,

Daryl

[Really full garden]

Pete, I've got a clumping red one just behind this, and getting far too much shade. It is not growing at all...come spring it will be ripped out and thrown into the sun...they seem to do much better like that!

Daryl

Really?? Both of my red & orange ones are in the shade.... I find Darwin sun would burn them to crisp around Sept/Nov. Other time is ok....

Regards, Ari

Ari, I thought the same thing.I have a single trunked maroon leaved one that has done nothing.I think it is getting too much shade.I am going to start pruning out the shade little by little and see what happens.