Biggest Foxtail ?

[James B]

On 4/10/2020 at 12:26 PM, Sr. Califas said:

Not the biggest I've seen, but maybe the biggest in the city. These are at me parent's house, a couple miles south of me. I think in our climate they might only survive against the house facing south. Two others smaller ones died planted away from their house. And everyone that I have planted at my house have died after living for at least three years in large pots that I was able to move against the house during winter. 

There is a beautiful specimen on 16th street between campus and Euclid. It is very thick and healthy looking from the street and is wedged between king palms and giant bird of paradise. That palm inspired me to plant the 2 I have in my garden.

[Butch]

My three.. The last one is the largest..My hand-span is about 10"...

Butch

 

[Mr.SamuraiSword]

On 4/2/2020 at 6:26 AM, Jeff985 said:

Stumbled across this one in Galveston a few days ago. It looks like it was a double but the freeze of 2018 made it a single. If you look close you’ll see it has fruit. 

Wow! I believe even some queens were killed there in 2018. What a survivor!

[Jeff985]

1 hour ago, Mr.SamuraiSword said:

Wow! I believe even some queens were killed there in 2018. What a survivor!

I’m not sure of any queens dying there from that freeze. If there were any they would have been unhealthy going into it. Foxtails did pretty well in Galveston. Some royals survived it as well. Galveston bottomed out at 25 degrees. A few weather stations reported a low of 27. 

Edited April 20, 2020 by Jeff985

[Mr.SamuraiSword]

11 hours ago, Jeff985 said:

I’m not sure of any queens dying there from that freeze. If there were any they would have been unhealthy going into it. Foxtails did pretty well in Galveston. Some royals survived it as well. Galveston bottomed out at 25 degrees. A few weather stations reported a low of 27. 

hmmm, I was under the impression that most were damaged and many killed from some article.  I saw this photo from Galveston on a different PT thread a while back after the freeze, though after doing some street-viewing it seems most weren't damaged very severely.

[Jeff985]

3 minutes ago, Mr.SamuraiSword said:

hmmm, I was under the impression that most were damaged and many killed from some article.  I saw this photo from Galveston on a different PT thread a while back after the freeze, though after doing some street-viewing it seems most weren't damaged very severely.

 

There were a lot that looked like that in Houston, although most recovered. In Galveston I don’t remember seeing any queens damaged very badly. There are several foxtails and royals that survived in Galveston. I just bought a royal that survived that freeze In a nursery  pot. At least that’s what the store told me. Norfolk pines were hit the hardest in Galveston. Only a few planted close to buildings made it through undamaged. 

[Wendy Qld]

Wendy here have been growing foxtails for 7 years i agree slow to start and still learning. Better get some fertilizer on mine coz we starting wrt season biggest problem I have had is cane grubs they look like maggots then eat their way sumhow to the crown entering in the trunk hopefully I have sorted that out this wet season cheers Wendy mackay qld OZ 

[vadertime]

Greetings from Fort Myers, FL where we are zoned a 10b. I recently bought 2 Foxtail Palms, one back in October 2023, which was about 8 feet tall when I got it at our local Lowes. I think it might be around 9 or 10 feet now and a spear, which took 8 months, has finally opened. I have the picture below. I also got a smaller Foxtail for the front yard a couple of months ago. It is about 4 feet high and I can't seem to find any pictures of it. I'll remedy that shortly. I also planted a Foxtail palm in my wife's house in Melbourne, FL some 10 years ago. It is now about 15 feet tall. The Bismarck in her front yard, facing the cul-de-sac, which was my Christmas present from MIL in 2012, i even more beautiful and growing very fast. I will have to get pictures of that and the triangle palms in both houses. I also planted a Jacaranda tree in my wife's back yard. I have also planted many spindle palms in both houses. Fort Myers also has a lovely, triple trunk Christmas palm in the front yard adjacent to the street, which I planted 5 years ago. I'll get pictures on here soon. Cheers.

[WaianaeCrider]

Planted mine about 23 years ago.  It's so tall and w/other trees around it the top can't be seen or appreciated.   Here is a picture from 2019

 

[greysrigging]

Just watched the last episode of 'Hotel Cocaine' based around the infamous 'Mutiny Bar' of the late '70's/early '80's Miami....
There was a sweeping shot of a magnificent avenue of Foxtail palms c/w the authentic yellowing fronds that indicates some sort of soil deficiency ( we have the same 'look' here in Darwin too )
Trouble was ( for me, being a palm enthusiast ) there were no mature foxtails in 1980's Miami, with the species only being discovered in a remote area of Cape York Peninsular, QLD in the late 1970's.
So a small historical inaccuracy in the TV show.... lol

[WaianaeCrider]

This post is 20 years old.  Can't remember if I posted my FOX.   It's at least 25 years old and has so many other plants around it that I can't enjoy the fronds until the fall and I have to haul them to the dump.  The trunk must be at least 24' by now.  Photo is from 2019