Dypsis decipiens after 5 years

[Matt in OC]

@Billeb Literal deaths. My large plant from Bluebell was lovely and seemed to be doing well. Going back to look at pictures since I don't remember exactly what happened, but I lost one trunk in the Fall and then the second the following early summer. I do remember adding soil around the palm before this happened so maybe there was something in that. I put it in the ground about 10 months before I lost the first trunk.

I had a smaller Floribunda plant that I lost when some overhead canopy was wiped out.

[Tracy]

On 1/10/2024 at 5:11 PM, Tracy said:

The first one I planted is acting more like a shrub in the garden than a tall growing palm, but I guess I just need to be patient.

A spring and summer later, and this 14 year in the ground specimen is finally looking like it will develop some vertical growth.  Well I should clarify, vertical growth on one of it's multiple trunks.  It is still way behind it's much younger sibling but perhaps I should appreciate that it remains at eye level a bit longer.