New palm planter

[Love them palms]

Here's an Idea for pallets by a hot tub.contains a Blue Moroccan, CIDP, parajubea, Bird of Paradise,Waggie,Chamaedorea radicalis. Mukilteo wa zone 8b

[8B palms]

A nice selection of cold hardy palms but they seem very densely packed in, if everything does well its gonna get crazy, CIPD's can get huge, curious what are the planter detentions? 

[Love them palms]

42 minutes ago, 8B palms said:

A nice selection of cold hardy palms but they seem very densely packed in, if everything does well its gonna get crazy, CIPD's can get huge, curious what are the planter detentions? 

4 regular pallets screwed together with plastic lining inside with the bottom of the planter open so the roots can still grow down. When winter comes I will stick a heating cable in the dirt around the parameter of the planter with protection on the rest of the trees upper leaves plus they are right by a hot tub at 104F even during the winter. if the roots get to packed just add extra pallets for more room. 

Edited June 6, 2020 by Love them palms

[Trustandi]

Lovely selection, especially the parajubaea.

[Dimovi]

Looks nice. I hope it is not permanent, because the trunk just of the parajubaea will get almost as wide as the whole raised bed especially if it is Torallyi.

Where did you get the parajubaea from?

[LivistonaFan]

2 hours ago, Dimovi said:

Looks nice. I hope it is not permanent, because the trunk just of the parajubaea will get almost as wide as the whole raised bed especially if it is Torallyi.

Where did you get the parajubaea from?

I agree. Parajubaea and CIDP could fill the planter on their own within the next few years. Even the Chamaerops humilis cerifera would be able to do that (within a few decades).   I personally would remove the CIDP and plant it somewhere else. The planter would still be densely filled but it should work.

 

All the plants seem to be good choices for your climate, maybe the exception being Strelitzia reginae. I think they are more like 9b-plants if you want to see them flower on a regular base.

Especially the Parajubaea and the Chamaedorea radicalis don't look like they were grown in full sun. My smaller Parajubaea Microcarpa has much stiffer and more upright fronds than yours.

My bigger Parajubaea which was greenhouse-grown hasn't grown much whereas my smaller one which I acclimatized to full sun last year has produced almost two fronds this year. Therefore don't expect that your Parajubaea will grow much this year.

The smaller one (I won't photograph the bigger one with its elongated fronds):

 

Chamaedorea Radicalis (if it's full-sun-grown):

[Love them palms]

1 hour ago, LivistonaFan said:

I agree. Parajubaea and CIDP could fill the planter on their own within the next few years. Even the Chamaerops humilis cerifera would be able to do that (within a few decades).   I personally would remove the CIDP and plant it somewhere else. The planter would still be densely filled but it should work.

 

All the plants seem to be good choices for your climate, maybe the exception being Strelitzia reginae. I think they are more like 9b-plants if you want to see them flower on a regular base.

Especially the Parajubaea and the Chamaedorea radicalis don't look like they were grown in full sun. My smaller Parajubaea Microcarpa has much stiffer and more upright fronds than yours.

My bigger Parajubaea which was greenhouse-grown hasn't grown much whereas my smaller one which I acclimatized to full sun last year has produced almost two fronds this year. Therefore don't expect that your Parajubaea will grow much this year.

The smaller one (I won't photograph the bigger one with its elongated fronds):

 

Chamaedorea Radicalis (if it's full-sun-grown):

I will adjust the size of the planter with a couple more pallets once they get too big for that one

[Love them palms]

5 hours ago, Dimovi said:

Looks nice. I hope it is not permanent, because the trunk just of the parajubaea will get almost as wide as the whole raised bed especially if it is Torallyi.

Where did you get the parajubaea from?

Got it from a friend of mine