Who Else Grows This Little Gem Of A Palm?

[Jim in Los Altos]

This little cutesy of a palm is Dypsis rosea. It throws a pink/red new frond every couple of months during warm weather and its trunk has a blush in it too. Anyone else growing this species. Mine's about four or five years old.

[Richie]

G'day Jim , this is a great little Dypsis , here is a pic of mine , been in the ground about 4 years and is going strong now , mine was a bit taller than yours when I planted it .

A pretty fast grower in North Queensland , good luck with yours and your garden is inspirational , keep up the great work .

[Jim in Los Altos]

That's very pretty, Richie. How tall would you say yours is?

[Richie]

  On 8/27/2015 at 7:46 AM, Jim in Los Altos said:

That's very pretty, Richie. How tall would you say yours is?

Jim , it has about 7 feet of trunk and has not had an inflorescence yet , It was about 3 foot overall when I bought it .I have another that get's more sun that is a bit smaller , it's about 6 feet overall .

[Pip]

I have a few that I bought on line from a south east Queensland nursery. I got them in autumn as bare rooted seedlings. They have a few spots now but overall I'm happy with how they have come through winter and they all have new spears. Not sure when or if I'll plant them out.

[Phoenikakias]

Jim,sorry for the off-topic question; does the trunk to the left of Dypsis belong to Phoenix cross of reclinata with roebelenii?

[Jim in Los Altos]

  On 8/27/2015 at 9:11 AM, Phoenikakias said:

Jim,sorry for the off-topic question; does the trunk to the left of Dypsis belong to Phoenix cross of reclinata with roebelenii?

It most certainly does.

[doranakandawatta]

A two years old seedling we planted two weeks ago. Looking forward to seeing it growing , let's hope.

[Alcibiades]

This is really D. rosea after 2 years? Here is one of mine after 2 years. 6 leafs so far and one of the slowest palms i ever grew from seed.

[Ken Johnson]

I think I killed some of those in South Florida...

[tbearz]

Beautiful - Jim and everyone else. I have long admired this palm and had considered it for mygarden but I eventually concluded that it would not work here. Jim, in your experience, is this a pretty good Bay Area grower? Do you need to provide any special conditions or coddle it to an enormous degree? Do you think it would survive in a San Francisco location that also grows, albeit slowly, some of the sturdier New Caledonians? I have a spot that opened up with the removal of a small tree fern and I have been wondering what palm I should place there.

Thanks, Thom

[Kim]

This is my little rosea, planted barely a month ago. I hope someday it will grow up to resemble Bill Austin's gorgeous specimen, shown here in a photo from January 2012. Maybe Bill will give us an updated photo?

[Jim in Los Altos]

  On 8/27/2015 at 11:18 PM, tbearz said:

Beautiful - Jim and everyone else. I have long admired this palm and had considered it for mygarden but I eventually concluded that it would not work here. Jim, in your experience, is this a pretty good Bay Area grower? Do you need to provide any special conditions or coddle it to an enormous degree? Do you think it would survive in a San Francisco location that also grows, albeit slowly, some of the sturdier New Caledonians? I have a spot that opened up with the removal of a small tree fern and I have been wondering what palm I should place there.

Thanks, Thom

Thom, I guess it would depend on what part of SF you're in. D. rosea is a fairly slow growing palm in my garden and only seems to grow when temperatures are consistently 80F daytime. Late fall through early spring it's growth is practically nonexistent. Maybe someone in a cooler climate whose tried this species can chime in.

[Jim in Los Altos]

  On 8/28/2015 at 4:44 AM, Kim said:

This is my little rosea, planted barely a month ago. I hope someday it will grow up to resemble Bill Austin's gorgeous specimen, shown here in a photo from January 2012. Maybe Bill will give us an updated photo?

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Kim, Those ribbon like leaves are fantastic. What a pretty palm!

[Josh-O]

  On 8/28/2015 at 4:44 AM, Kim said:

This is my little rosea, planted barely a month ago. I hope someday it will grow up to resemble Bill Austin's gorgeous specimen, shown here in a photo from January 2012. Maybe Bill will give us an updated photo?

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Kim,

with your killer growing climate it will catch up to bills in no-time

keep us posted on your grow.

Jim,

this is a great palm for California and fun not to mention an easy grow. Every one should be growing this palm in their garden.

[doranakandawatta]

Today's news:

new leave and quite a red stem!

I'll have to plant the other babies next time

[John Case]

Nice...but I'll bet the temps in the interior may be too much on both ends for it....

[Pando]

Looks good Jim! Those little Dypsis are great, perfect for an already crowded garden. And Bill's specimen is stunning!

I have one that I bought as D. rosea (was "Neophloga" / Dypsis "pink crownshaft" at the time). It turned out something slightly different (unofficial name as D. sp. "Maroantsetra", from the Pinnatifrons complex, perhaps a variation of rosea, or even some kind of hybrid). It's going nuts in my garden: 7 feet tall now, 4 feet of growth in one year, never stopped growing during winter. It holds 10 leaves at a time and new leaf opens every 4 weeks.