Triangle Palm

[Patrick Palms]

Here is a nice Triangle Palm,  in Fuerteventura. 

Are they drought hardy ??

 

[Patrick Palms]

[redant]

I have found them to be drought hardy. Slow growing but they power through.

[palmsOrl]

Patrick, as far as I'm aware, they are quite drought tolerant.

[Tracy]

3 hours ago, redant said:

I have found them to be drought hardy. Slow growing but they power through.

In my experience they didn't like clay soil and being damp and cool.  If given a well drained soil they perform stellar and are not at all slow.  They appreciate full sun and don't grow to their potential in shade.  I killed a couple in the clay soil garden about 24 years ago.  I got 2 small plants in 2015 and put one in the sandy soil full sun, the other in clay soil part sun.  No comparison in performance.  Once established I think they can handle some drought but wouldn't want to push them too much on that front and find out I had crossed a line.

[redant]

9 hours ago, Tracy said:

In my experience they didn't like clay soil and being damp and cool.  If given a well drained soil they perform stellar and are not at all slow.  They appreciate full sun and don't grow to their potential in shade.  I killed a couple in the clay soil garden about 24 years ago.  I got 2 small plants in 2015 and put one in the sandy soil full sun, the other in clay soil part sun.  No comparison in performance.  Once established I think they can handle some drought but wouldn't want to push them too much on that front and find out I had crossed a line.

I have nothing but sand. I have used these across the street from my home, an arid sandy spot with no irrigation. The triangles seem to be one of the better performers of the palms I plant there.  

[PalmatierMeg]

They are prone to butt rot if planted in low, wet areas or subjected to frequent irrigation. I lost two young ones that way. The third I mound planted on my unirrigated garden lot and it is now the size of the one in your pool photos. My rainy seasons are hot & humid, my winters dry and warm/cool - it likes that.

[redant]

1 hour ago, PalmatierMeg said:

They are prone to butt rot if planted in low, wet areas or subjected to frequent irrigation. I lost two young ones that way. The third I mound planted on my unirrigated garden lot and it is now the size of the one in your pool photos. My rainy seasons are hot & humid, my winters dry and warm/cool - it likes that.

All triangles I use cam from on in my yard, irrigated and it got butt rot and croaked but gave me tons of seed before she died.

[greysrigging]

Fairly drought hardy but do suffer the old yellowing frond scourge in poor soils and an irregular watering regime

[Tracy]

I say not too slow because this is the same plant, one month short of 4 years after planting and immediately after planting it.  I do have it on a drip line, but it's out with my Aloes and other drought resistant plants, so it doesn't get as much water as most of the other palms in my garden.