Cocothrinax Palms San Diego

[Briank]

Good day. 
 

One Palm Species I am not growing but intrigued.   I know this species is real slow in our climate and most Caribbean palms like Heat n Humidity. 
 

I don’t have much Full Sun room anywhere maybe some left in back yard.  
 

what are some that might be good to grow in SD? 
 

Mariguama ? 
 

Barbadensis ? 

[blue240z]

I’m growing barbadensis and a couple other seedlings here, slow but steady seems to be the consensus. 

[JubaeaMan138]

I’m growing several different coccothrinax here in riverside . Full sun from the get !!!

[quaman58]

They all seem to do pretty well here along the coast, although I'm sure they'd all love more heat. That said, I've had good luck with C. argentea, barbadensis, scoparia and others. I've killed a couple of the more slow growing, heat loving ones like borhidiana and such. A great genus that doesn't take up much space!

[Briank]

8 hours ago, JubaeaMan138 said:

I’m growing several different coccothrinax here in riverside . Full sun from the get !!!

I need to get up to KW place next week and buy those ones you were telling me about.  Which ones again ? I’ll look around but gonna grab some 

[Briank]

7 hours ago, quaman58 said:

They all seem to do pretty well here along the coast, although I'm sure they'd all love more heat. That said, I've had good luck with C. argentea, barbadensis, scoparia and others. I've killed a couple of the more slow growing, heat loving ones like borhidiana and such. A great genus that doesn't take up much space!

That’s why I am now interested.  I don’t have much room.   Part of my process.   Catch 22 though cause I planted all my big canopy palms now they all big and taking up the sunlight.  Lol.  
 

I’ll grab a few this week.  

[Tracy]

11 hours ago, blue240z said:

slow but steady seems to be the consensus. 

Slow is always a relative term.  I have two that I put in the ground as 1 gallons, a Coccothrinax argentata and a Coccothrinax NoID, which is looking like a C miraguama.  Both have outpaced many Dypsis which were planted at 1 gallons (D. pilulifera, D honkona, D species "Bef").  Granted those Dypsis did pick up speed later as they got larger, but as small plants the Coccothrinax made more consistent progress in my garden.  I have a larger C miraguama "Azul" form planted as a 5 gallon and a C borhidiana hybrid from a 5 gallon which has exhibited an unusual growth habit having sprouted a second growth point.  The last that I have had success with here in coastal California is C crinita, aka the Old Man Palm.  C crinita was again planted from a 5 gallon size, and has doen well in a spot with filtered early am and late pm sun, full sun mid-day when overhead.  The argentata gets am sun and filtered pm sun and has thrived, while the other 3 are getting late morning and all afternoon full sun.  Given your planting situation try to find spots that will maximize their sunlight even if you can't give them full sun.  Just so you can see growth from a 1 gallon here in San Diego area, the Coccothrinax argentata in September 2020 and September 2018 when planted are below.

[PalmatierMeg]

Barbadensis is one of the faster Coccothrinax. Same for scoparia. Also, miraguama, argentea & cupularis.

[Briank]

11 hours ago, Tracy said:

Slow is always a relative term.  I have two that I put in the ground as 1 gallons, a Coccothrinax argentata and a Coccothrinax NoID, which is looking like a C miraguama.  Both have outpaced many Dypsis which were planted at 1 gallons (D. pilulifera, D honkona, D species "Bef").  Granted those Dypsis did pick up speed later as they got larger, but as small plants the Coccothrinax made more consistent progress in my garden.  I have a larger C miraguama "Azul" form planted as a 5 gallon and a C borhidiana hybrid from a 5 gallon which has exhibited an unusual growth habit having sprouted a second growth point.  The last that I have had success with here in coastal California is C crinita, aka the Old Man Palm.  C crinita was again planted from a 5 gallon size, and has doen well in a spot with filtered early am and late pm sun, full sun mid-day when overhead.  The argentata gets am sun and filtered pm sun and has thrived, while the other 3 are getting late morning and all afternoon full sun.  Given your planting situation try to find spots that will maximize their sunlight even if you can't give them full sun.  Just so you can see growth from a 1 gallon here in San Diego area, the Coccothrinax argentata in September 2020 and September 2018 when planted are below.

Hard to find Mariguama Azul especially 5ga size.  I’d have Bought 2 or 3 already lol.  
 

Gonna give it a shot finding the rest aren’t too hard.   Back yard has full sun spots just might have to maneuver things around