Dypsis rosea

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Anyone in Fl has success with these beauties? Just planted 2 so will see how long they last.

[Cindy Adair]

Lovely! I hope they do great for you.

[Stevetoad]

They’ve been easy for me here in San Diego.  Great little dypsis. You can plug them in anywhere.

[Matt in OC]

Agree with @Stevetoad. Ridiculously hardy for their size and color. They’ll burn in the sun but just keep chugging. 

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9 hours ago, Stevetoad said:

They’ve been easy for me here in San Diego.  Great little dypsis. You can plug them in anywhere.

Lol I like your "you can plug them in anywhere" which is where my garden has gone, so little room left. Pretty much only little guys now.

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9 hours ago, Matt in OC said:

Agree with @Stevetoad. Ridiculously hardy for their size and color. They’ll burn in the sun but just keep chugging. 

Sun is a rare commodity in my garden so not an issue. Glad to know they work for you in CA.

[dmc]

I have seen a few in Fl that look great. Personally i have struggled with them. Good luck

[Central Floridave]

I’ve got two. Was three planted as a triple. One died. My hand is at the six foot level. It was a pretty Palm when it was in view.   Central Florida. Merritt Island.  Shade grown. Rarely watered or feed. I actually forgot about D. rosea as it has rocketed up and out of sight & mind.   Fast grower.  Pretty red emerging leaf.  1 of 3 died.  

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On 4/24/2020 at 2:49 PM, Central Floridave said:

I’ve got two. Was three planted as a triple. One died. My hand is at the six foot level. It was a pretty Palm when it was in view.   Central Florida. Merritt Island.  Shade grown. Rarely watered or feed. I actually forgot about D. rosea as it has rocketed up and out of sight & mind.   Fast grower.  Pretty red emerging leaf.  1 of 3 died.  

Nice, any idea how long it's been in the ground, min low?

[TomJ]

What I did was order four from FB last year. 

Plant them all straight into ground in various exposures.

One's off to the races, the other three not so much.  Cheap and easy.

[Central Floridave]

Mine was a 2014 floribunda order and planted then.  Min temp since has been around upper 30s.   They grew fast. I forget why 1 of the 3 died, but it just flopped over while the other two were racing to the sky.  They were pretty when they were at eye level, now I don't even notice them. 

[Jim in Los Altos]

Mine grew steadily for years up here in Northern California until one night a rat climbed it and chewed off the entire canopy right down past the growing point. I found the nest with the palm fragments in it nearby.  

[tim_brissy_13]

2 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Mine grew steadily for years up here in Northern California until one night a rat climbed it and chewed off the entire canopy right down past the growing point. I found the nest with the palm fragments in it nearby.  

Hi Jim,

any issues with D rosea dealing with cool winters? I’m probably even a touch cooler than you in winter, but I do have some spots where I could protect from frost and was thinking of giving this one a go. Any recommendations for sun exposure in our type of climate? I was thinking east facing wall with filtered light so it still gets some warmth in the winter mornings. 

[Steve Mac]

My two don't show the same amount of emergent colour, pretty little things still, at this age.

These are protected under the house eaves, NE aspect but the neighbour is close and it has a ton of Murraya and other stuff filtering the sun.