Arenga australasica

[Eric in Orlando]

Here is a mature clump of Arenga australasica growing at the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden in West Palm Beach, FL. Its a very nice palm you don't see too often and is fairly cold tolerant. It survives here in Orlando.

[Walter John]

I want this palm, I need this palm, I must have it.

[aussiearoids]

Wal , I was given a tray of seedlings of this , when I find it , I will send you your birthday present .

[Joe palma]

Thanks for posting a pic of this palm Eric.

I have been wondering what a large one looks like and I had read that they weren't as cold hardy as engleri but if it is growing in Orlando, that is a good cold hardy sign. Excellent.

Glad I recently bought 1k seeds of these and they are sprouting!!

If Mike can't find his tray Wal, I will send you one.

[Really full garden]

I wonder how old this palm is? Mine is very slow.

[tropicbreeze]

Mine's been fairly slow but lately seems to have sped up. Maybe that's the way they grow, slow settling in, then accelerating.

[Jeff Searle]

Eric,

This is a great palm, used as a screen or just as an accent. I have several of them planted here and some are dropping tons of seed as we speak.

[Walter John]

Thanks....

[Tropicgardener]

The local council has planted quite a lot of them around Gladstone in areas where they never get watered......and they don't look back, many of them are fruiting.

[Eric in Orlando]

They aren't as hardy as A. engleri but the specimen here fared well after the cold winter of 2009-10 with only minor burn. Its about 6ft tall but is slow growing.

Thanks for posting a pic of this palm Eric.

I have been wondering what a large one looks like and I had read that they weren't as cold hardy as engleri but if it is growing in Orlando, that is a good cold hardy sign. Excellent.

Glad I recently bought 1k seeds of these and they are sprouting!!

If Mike can't find his tray Wal, I will send you one.

[Walter John]

I got one today from PFB 200ml pot size but a biggie, will get pic tomorrow..still happy to accept seedlings etc, thanks folks..

[Ken Johnson]

Poor Wal. Please send him as much help as you can.

Jokes aside that is one very nice looking palm at the gallery.

[KrisKupsch]

I have several (28deg South) and whilst being slow have performed very well even in the colder frostier zone at the bottom of the property-though I planted them beside a creek but still with good drainage which they seem to require. They seem to prefer more light rather than full shade.

[Walter John]

I got one today from PFB 200ml pot size but a biggie, will get pic tomorrow..still happy to accept seedlings etc, thanks folks..

Here she be with local butcher bird watching over..it's a ripper and I'd like to get it in the ground as soon as possible.

[Tropicgardener]

Nice score Wal.........a nursery in Rocky has a few overgrown ones going cheap........... I should get one myself next time I am up that way.

[Walter John]

And planted already...

[hanapalms]

Just planted four out front to screen my yard from the highway. I may have overkilled. But I will thin out the clumps as they get thick, so I can have airflow. How long does it take to get that big?

[Walter John]

Just planted four out front to screen my yard from the highway. I may have overkilled. But I will thin out the clumps as they get thick, so I can have airflow. How long does it take to get that big?

It is supposed to be rather slow, that first pic must be over 10 years old I would guess.

[aussiearoids]

No such thing as slow growing palms in Hawaii Wal