Livistona chinensis 'Ruffles'

[Loxahatchee Adam]

I was driving in Wellington, FL and had to do a double take when I went by these, as I had no idea what they were.     I parked on the side and went up to them. They are Livistona chinensis with an interesting haircut.  I think it's actually one of the coolest looking palm trimmings I've ever seen.  I almost want to go do it to a double of mine here.

[Palmaceae]

Wow, actually looks pretty cool  Kind of wonder how they got the idea to do that.

[Really full garden]

It looks like a Licuala on steroids!

[Neil C]

It does look good and fairly recently done. Won't the edges of all the cut leaves brown and ruin the look?

 

Regards Neil

[Alberto]

11 hours ago, Palmaceae said:

Wow, actually looks pretty cool  Kind of wonder how they got the idea to do that.

Here, generally only the tips of the leaflets burn with the freezes, and I ´ve seen this kind of ''leave pruning'' before and imagined a kind of weird licuala

[Monòver]

Wow, new hybrid, "Licualastona"! Lol

 

[wimmie]

Any ideas why this is done?

[sergiskan]

13 hours ago, Monòver said:

Wow, new hybrid, "Licualastona"! Lol

 

Or Liviscuala!!, I really like "ruffles" look.

[Tropicgardener]

I saw this done to a Washingtonia many years ago, made an ordinary palm look fabulous

 

[Jim in Los Altos]

15 hours ago, wimmie said:

Any ideas why this is done?

To create a unique look.

[Pando]

Lol. Add some spray paint and it can look even better!

[Pip]

2 hours ago, Pando said:

Lol. Add some spray paint and it can look even better!

I was thinking glitter why not make them sparkle while we are at it! Lol

[Jeff_Cabinda]

Original! I bet it also helps reducing water evaporation thru the leaves in dry climates

[Missi]

Ugh. Not a fan 

[Alberto]

Does Wellington see heavy freezes/ If the answer is yes I bet the frost burned top of leaves were pruned, like I did here....