Canary Island Date Palm Advice

[Daniel23]

Hi,

I'm hoping someone could give me some advice about growing a Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix Canariensis). I'm thinking of planting one in a circular, slightly raised brick bed in the centre of my garden, and would love the palm to start out small (about 1 to 1.5 meters tall) and grow big over the years. However, I'm not sure if the circular bed, which measures 80 cm in diameter, is big enough to achieve this. The other issue I have is that the soil under and surrounding the bed is compacted and very hard to dig. I've dug a hole about a meter deep below the bed, but as it stands, I think the roots would have difficulty breaking out into the wider soil. I can excavate the area below the bed some more to give the roots room to grow, but I'm not sure how deep and wide I should go. I'd be really grateful if someone could give me some advice on planting a Phoenix Canariensis in this environment.

Thanks,

Daniel

 

[96720]

I think 21/2 feet might be pushing it my canary has a trunk closer to 3 feet you might be better off with a rupicola as for soil is it softer when it is wet palm roots push through almost anything my “soil” is mainly rock but no problem for roots they just push through it.