What are your regions most popular/common palms?

[kylecawazafla]

After reading this forum for a while I have noticed how some palms are one person's weed, while another person's treasure.

As of a week ago, I live in Archer, Florida, which is right next to Gainesville, and the most common palms here are Sabal palmetto, Serenoa repens, Sabal minor and Butia capitata. The first three are native to this region, which would explain why they are so common.

In Seattle trachycarpus fortunei are beginning to show up in every garden now if you look closely which is really nice, and in San Francisco Washingtonia robusta are very common, but Phoenix canariensis are the only palms there that show up as weeds.

Which ones are common in your area?

[Coloradoboi]

Any type of palm here in Colorado is a treasure.

Especially the 14 ft T-Fortunei in grand junction.

[Jeff in St Pete]

The most common palm in the Quepos area of Costa Rica would have to be African Oil Palms.  There are thousands of acres of them planted on the outskirts of town.  I've been told they were planted back in the 40's or 50's to replace the banana plants that died of Panama disease.  They harvest the seeds and process the oil here from the palms.

[epicure3]

Queens tied with washingtonias, I would guess.

[Gaston in Argentina]

Kyle

Trithrinax campestris is a weed in some places of the mountains of here, an single Roystonea would be a jewell here.-

gaston

[Jim in Los Altos]

I have to mention three because there are so many of each that it's hard to know which one is the most common. They are P. canariensis, W. robusta, and S. romanzoffiana.

[Walter John]

Redefine popular because there's a prolific growing palm here that is also the most unpopular. Best I just don't mention it. Council/Govt grown palms shouldn't count.

Meanwhile, and without doubt, the most popular/common palms in my region are Dypsis lutescens and Archontophoenix alexandrae. After these two it is daylight but the candidate for 3rd spot is probably a battle between Roystonea regia, Wodyeti bifurcata and Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.

Livistona chinesis and Dypsis decaryii are close behind with Ptychosperma elegans and the two big Hyophorbe species having a real go at them.

[Jeff Searle]

Here in South Florida, our native and state palm, Sabal palmetto is maybe the most common palm used.  Only because they are used by the thousands along all our highways and interstates. But wait, we have many, many more that are now used around town. Phoenix roebelenii,Queens, Foxtails, Bismarckia, Ptycho. elegans, Bottle's and many others are quite common now.

Jeff

[Daryl]

I gotta agree with Wal...and also add Phoenix roebelini and Ravenea rivularis which are everywhere. I'd slot them in above the Hyophorbes on the list though.

As an aside I was at our local Bunnings (Oz style home Depot) and looked through their nursery today. Lo and behold, they had Beccariophoenix for sale!

Maybe over time they will replace all those damned Queen Palms with Beccarios!

Daryl

[Howeadypsis]

well being in a frost prone area we don't see that many palms around here. but in scarborough there are T.fortunei everywhere,not a bad thing when all you get in my immediate area are Yuccas,albeit some very large magnificent specimens!

[Really full garden]

Here in my part of Guatemala coconuts are by far the most common followed by royals, sabal guatemalensis and then Bactris major which is sadly dissapearing due to the massive planting of sugarcane.

                                                                                             

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[NBTX11]

Close call between Washingtonia Filifera and Robusta, and Hybrids for that matter.  That seems to be the main palm sold around here.  There are huge old Filiferas that have been around forever and lived through all the 80s freezes.  CIDP are fairly common as are Sabal Mexicana to a certain extent.  Queens are sold frequently as well.

[Alicehunter2000]

In order

1. Serenoa repens

2. Sabal palmetto

3. Butia capita

4. Washingtonia robusta (with mixed heritage probably)

5. Phoenix canariensis

6. Trachecarpus fortunei

I want to see the day that queens and bizzies are in every neighborhood

[Gileno Machado]

Here in Sirinhaém:

Any doubts?

[Neofolis]

Here it is probably Trachycarpus fortunei followed by Pheonix canariensis in terms of public plantings, but in private gardens, although the same two palms, the Pheonix may have the slight edge.  With both of these choices it is largely down to availability.  Almost every nursery, garden centre and home store has both species by the hundreds.

[Gileno Machado]

In Recife:

Cocos, Cocos, Cocos, Acrocomia intumescens, Dypsis lutescens, Roystonea oleracea, Pritchardia pacifica, Ptychosperma macarturii, Elaeis guineensis.

More often seen now: Adonidia merrilii, Dypsis decaryi, Sabal causiarum, Euterpe oleracea, Copernicia prunifera, Phoenix reclinata and roebelenii, Attalea oleifera.

[Mike4284m]

(Jeff Searle @ Jan. 30 2007,06:35)

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Here in South Florida, our native and state palm, Sabal palmetto is maybe the most common palm used.  Only because they are used by the thousands along all our highways and interstates. But wait, we have many, many more that are now used around town. Phoenix roebelenii,Queens, Foxtails, Bismarckia, Ptycho. elegans, Bottle's and many others are quite common now.

Jeff

Don't forget the royals!  At least in my town anyway they number in the thousands.  The road I live off of is lined with them and the school I work at almost seems to plant them exclusively.

[Alberto]

´´Easy´´palms to find in nurseries:

 1-Queen

 2-Butia eriospatha

 3-P.roebellini

 4-Livistona chinensis

 5-Trachycarpus fortunei

 6-Lytocarium wedelianum

 7-Chamaedorea elegans

[Carlo Morici]

Las guasintonias, la canaria, la real, el coco plumoso, la mascareña, la areca, la kentia y la triangular, and now la veicha, la cola de zorro y la bismarquia. El cocotero, only on some islands.

Carlo, Tenerife

[ariscott]

Carpentaria and carpentaria... oh did I mention carpentaria...   . It was popular a few years back, and people were planting them all around town like there is no tomorrow... The seeds dropped and self-germinated, hence there are now even more. You don't even have to have the trees to have seedlings in the garden, birds bring them whether you want them or not.

I guess Dypsis lutescens too... Too many and too neglected, some of them look absolutely shocking.

Regards, Ari

[Daryl]

Ari, what would Darwin be without Carpies!

Daryl

[Carlo Morici]

Carpies are a winner here on the southern coasts. They arrived about 10 years ago here. I knew them from Florida and I thought it was a fast floppy tender palm for "no-tomorrow". But it proved to be a "fat", tough, drought-resistant, freely fruiting species for our area.

Carlo, Tenerife

[Walter John]

(Carlo Morici @ Jan. 31 2007,20:45)

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Carpies are a winner here on the southern coasts. They arrived about 10 years ago here. I knew them from Florida and I thought it was a fast floppy tender palm for "no-tomorrow". But it proved to be a "fat", tough, drought-resistant, freely fruiting species for our area.

Carlo, Tenerife

speaking of fruit, they would have the best looking fruit of them all. Foxtails are cool too, and coconuts of course.

[Daryl]

Not to mention speed. When I lived in Darwin in the late 1970's I grew some Carpies. They went from no trunk to 6ft of trunk in 12 months...I've been hooked ever since!

Daryl.

[Kom Thai Palm]

Here in Thailand, very common palms are Coconut and Areca catechu  

[ariscott]

(Daryl @ Jan. 31 2007,06:34)

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Ari, what would Darwin be without Carpies!

Daryl

Less weeding, Daryl. If you know how many carpies seedlings I pulled out of my pot plants... you would understand my frustation.... They came up absolutely everywhere...

Regards, Ari

[fiji jim]

Unfortunately our native palms are well hidden in areas in the bush and not used in landscaping to any extent.

Most common palms are Roystonea regia, Dypsis lutescens, Pinanga kuhlii, Areca catechu and Ptychosperma macarthurii. But the most common is of course the coconut which is our biggest weed also.

[Trópico]

Around here Orlando FL:

Sabal palmetto, Serenoa repens, Syagrus romanzoffiana, Washingtonia robusta, Phoenix canariensis, Phoenix reclinata, Phoenix datura, Phoenix roebellenii, and Dypsis lutescens.

Being introduced more: Dypsis decaryi, Bismarkia nobilis, Adonidia merrilli (in triples only), Bottles, Livistona chinensis, Foxtails, Fishtails, Rhapis excelsa

In San Juan Puerto Rico:

Cocos nucifera, Adonidia merrilli, Dypsis lutescens, Acrocomia aculeata, Ptychosperma elegans, Roystonea borinquena, Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, Pritchardia pacifica, Sabal causiarum, Foxtails

Not very common but being introduced: Areca catechu, Bizmarckia nobilis, Cyrtostachys renda

In Bogota Colombia:

Ceroxylon quindiuense, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Phoenix canariensis, Phoenix reclinata, Phoenix roebellenii

Being introduced: Roystonea regia

[paulgila]

socal:washies,howea,archontophoenix,CIDP,syagrus r.

bali:cocos,a.catechu,hyophorbe,l.grandis,a.pinnata.

not necessarily in that order.

[Gileno Machado]

(Carlo Morici @ Jan. 31 2007,06:33)

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la veicha, la cola de zorro y la bismarquia.

La cola de zorro? What is it? El sargento Garcia?  

[Carlo Morici]

Cola = Tail

Zorro = Fox

Well, I forgot, "cola de pescado" is also quite common in this area (pescado is fish... it is Caryota!).

...

Caryota urens has been around for decades but Wodyetia is new - one of many new species introduced to large scale production on the islands in the last 10 years.

There is an ongoing palm delirium with about 30 "new" species being grown by 1000s on commercial scale and planted in treet linings. The team of the new ones is leadered by Wodyetia, Veitchia, Bismarckia and both common Hyophorbe spp. The "old ones" are coming back with P.canariensis and R.regia competing for the first position.

Besides the palms I mentioned before, there are bottles everywhere, pritchardias of various spp., Ptychosperma, Ravenea, Livistonas, coconuts, Archontophoenix elegans, etc.

And, if you want just a few, a dozen or maybe a hundred, there are about 150 palm species always on sale in the islands. Surprisingly few adonidias can be seen - white fly loves them too much.

Palm planting in Tenerife has recently become obsessive. We are in the pre-electoral year. Public plantings this year added about 6.000 palms to the city, possibly 30.000 in this island. I lack data, but I heard that some 65% of the trees in this city are palms. The main highway among Santa Cruz and La Laguna has been "repalmificated" recently and so the main urban road, with some 15 species + cycads.

This happens because large scale nurseries on the islands often produce palms as a major export produce and also because city administrators fell in love with palms as perfect street-trees (roots, transplant, etc.).

Carlo

[Logolight]

Here in Jacksonville, FL we've got:

Sabal pumos

Sabal palmeto

Sabal minor

R. romazoffiana

B. capitata

In my house  Adonidia merrillii, C. acuminata, and Wodyetia bifurcata are common.

[Gileno Machado]

(Carlo Morici @ Jan. 31 2007,21:00)

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Cola = Tail

Zorro = Fox

Hi Amigo:

Who said that Portuguese and Spanish are similar languages? Here "cola" means glue (tail is cauda, or rabo) and Fox is Raposa...

Here's my Cola de Zorro at home:

[Carlo Morici]

Obrigado, Gileno. My portugues is a bit primitive.

Cola in Spanish is both tail and glue. But glue is more often called pegamento.

In Italia, Colla is glue and Coda is tail. It was cauda in Latin, I think ... think of Arenga caudata, or Allagoptera caudescens (formerly Polyandrococos)

[kylecawazafla]

(Trópico @ Jan. 31 2007,13:55)

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Around here Orlando FL:

Sabal palmetto, Serenoa repens, Syagrus romanzoffiana, Washingtonia robusta, Phoenix canariensis, Phoenix reclinata, Phoenix datura, Phoenix roebellenii, and Dypsis lutescens.

Being introduced more: Dypsis decaryi, Bismarkia nobilis, Adonidia merrilli (in triples only), Bottles, Livistona chinensis, Foxtails, Fishtails, Rhapis excelsa

In San Juan Puerto Rico:

Cocos nucifera, Adonidia merrilli, Dypsis lutescens, Acrocomia aculeata, Ptychosperma elegans, Roystonea borinquena, Hyophorbe verschaffeltii, Pritchardia pacifica, Sabal causiarum, Foxtails

Not very common but being introduced: Areca catechu, Bizmarckia nobilis, Cyrtostachys renda

In Bogota Colombia:

Ceroxylon quindiuense, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Phoenix canariensis, Phoenix reclinata, Phoenix roebellenii

Being introduced: Roystonea regia

you lived in all those places??

[Alberto]

(Carlo Morici @ Feb. 01 2007,08:45)

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Obrigado, Gileno. My portugues is a bit primitive.

Cola in Spanish is both tail and glue. But glue is more often called pegamento.

In Italia, Colla is glue and Coda is tail. It was cauda in Latin, I think ... think of Arenga caudata, or Allagoptera caudescens (formerly Polyandrococos)

in Portuguese ´´tail´´is ´´cauda´´ or ´´rabo´´. So cola is related to the word ´´cauda´´, the same in Latin

[MattyB]

Here in Lemon Grove it's Lemurophoenix, Lodociea, the real D. ambositrae, and Brahea spp.

[paulgila]

stop LYING matt!

there are no brahea in lemon grove.its "lemon"grove,not "brahea" grove.

[MattyB]

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