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sur4z

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sur4z Grand Master

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As Dave would say...HowdyAll-

I live in south Florida less than 200 yards from the Atlantic ocean and the gulf stream is only a few miles off shore. I want to replace two sea plum trees near my pool with two specimen palms ...preferrably two of the same. The pool is on the south side of the house and the house is on the south side of the street so this area gets direct sun year round. I have a very tall areca hedge on the east so the area does not get early morning sun. I would love to plant P.pacificas but I already tried that and a two week cold spell killed the tree even though it had 6-8 feet of wood. I would prefer a palmate palm but really open to all suggestions.

Looking south and directly at the area I want to replant

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Looking south west

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Looking south east

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Copernicia baileyana or hospita would be my choice... Not cheap, but stunning. Ken Johnson has some of these in a decent size I would imagine.

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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Any of the native Hawaiian Pritchardia are more tolerant of cold and long cool spells than P. pacifica. The ones I am growing up here survived that 2009-10 winter so definitely would be solid hardy down there.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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sur4z Grand Master

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Copernicia baileyana or hospita would be my choice... Not cheap, but stunning. Ken Johnson has some of these in a decent size I would imagine.

Good suggestion but i think they would get big and too wide. My favorite palm of all is a C.fallaense.

The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

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Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

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Copernicia baileyana or hospita would be my choice... Not cheap, but stunning. Ken Johnson has some of these in a decent size I would imagine.

Good suggestion but i think they would get big and too wide. My favorite palm of all is a C.fallaense.

Hospita the bluest copernicia, is a small palm, perhaps 10' wide in crown as a full adult.

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

Tom Blank

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Any of the native Hawaiian Pritchardia are more tolerant of cold and long cool spells than P. pacifica. The ones I am growing up here survived that 2009-10 winter so definitely would be solid hardy down there.

would that list include P.affinis , P.martii , P.thurstonii ?

The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

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Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

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Copernicia baileyana or hospita would be my choice... Not cheap, but stunning. Ken Johnson has some of these in a decent size I would imagine.

Good suggestion but i think they would get big and too wide. My favorite palm of all is a C.fallaense.

Hospita the bluest copernicia, is a small palm, perhaps 10' wide in crown as a full adult.

You are right...very pretty palm

The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

That doesn't happen there / So when you run make sure you run / To something and not away from

Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

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Satakentia are nearly hurricane proof and tolerate salt like a champ. It does not hurt that they are one of the most beautiful palms in the world either!

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I DIG PALMS

Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

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Can copernicia hospita survive in a place where p. pacifica didn't survive? I thought that thing was super tender, a 10b plant at best.

Since you like p. pacifica, why not plant a couple of prichardia dwarf blues? They combine a bit of the p. pacifica look with more blue color.

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Can copernicia hospita survive in a place where p. pacifica didn't survive? I thought that thing was super tender, a 10b plant at best.

Since you like p. pacifica, why not plant a couple of prichardia dwarf blues? They combine a bit of the p. pacifica look with more blue color.

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I'll take two with 5 feet of wood please. Delivered would be fine. Thank You (LOL) :wub:

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Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

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Can copernicia hospita survive in a place where p. pacifica didn't survive? I thought that thing was super tender, a 10b plant at best.

Since you like p. pacifica, why not plant a couple of prichardia dwarf blues? They combine a bit of the p. pacifica look with more blue color.

hillebrandii.jpg

I'll take two with 5 feet of wood please. Delivered would be fine. Thank You (LOL) :wub:

Ken, I thought you had everything!

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Can copernicia hospita survive in a place where p. pacifica didn't survive? I thought that thing was super tender, a 10b plant at best.

Since you like p. pacifica, why not plant a couple of prichardia dwarf blues? They combine a bit of the p. pacifica look with more blue color.

hillebrandii.jpg

check out this hospita, took 26F in orlando.

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/36648-copernicia-hospita-in-central-florida/?hl=%2Bcopernicia+%2Bhospita

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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Can copernicia hospita survive in a place where p. pacifica didn't survive? I thought that thing was super tender, a 10b plant at best.

Since you like p. pacifica, why not plant a couple of prichardia dwarf blues? They combine a bit of the p. pacifica look with more blue color.

hillebrandii.jpg

check out this hospita, took 26F in orlando.

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/36648-copernicia-hospita-in-central-florida/?hl=%2Bcopernicia+%2Bhospita

26F seems to be the magic number. In my fan-palm fill in project this Spring, I put in a copernicia pruniferus which is now rated at 26F also. I've been drooling over pictures of c. hospita for a while and thought they'd be out of range. Copernicia are super slow in California but I don't care to get trunk on fan palms anyway.

Here is the c. prunifera I just planted, and in 16 years when my son will graduate high school, this thing may have a foot of trunk if I am lucky!

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