Queen Palm in Las Vegas

[4sight]

Hi all,

I have one small Queen Palm in my yard that seems to be struggling. I have three others that are doing okay, but I really want to help this little guy.

They all receive plenty of water everyday, and everyso often I'll do a deep watering. I also use Carl Pool fertilizer and a foliar spray, but nothing seems to help.

The trees are wrapped to protect them during the winter months.

The new fronds were much longer, but snapped during a recent wind storm.

I've attached a few photos. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

Edited May 8, 2021 by 4sight

[redant]

From my experience it's extremely difficult if not impossible to save a palm this far gone.

[Chris Chance]

I used to live in Las Vegas and queens honestly don't do well there at all. They sometimes look good then out of nowhere they decline. The one you have looks like it's growing some new leaves but long term you might be better off replacing it.  I would definitely recommend a mule out there.  They look way better and don't mind the heat. 

[Darold Petty]

I would remove this palm and replace with a mule palm.  

[4sight]

1 hour ago, Chris Chance said:

I used to live in Las Vegas and queens honestly don't do well there at all. They sometimes look good then out of nowhere they decline. The one you have looks like it's growing some new leaves but long term you might be better off replacing it.  I would definitely recommend a mule out there.  They look way better and don't mind the heat. 

Thanks for the advice. I do notice most of the Queen Palms I see around Vegas have some brown on them, vs. the ones my brother has in Florida, which are always a healthy, deep green color.

I will certainly look into mule palms. This is the first I've heard of them.

[bubba]

I think I saw a B noblis in front of one of the Hotel/Casinos. They may have brought in a grown one for the glitz but it may not last long!

[PalmatierMeg]

1 hour ago, Darold Petty said:

I would remove this palm and replace with a mule palm.  

Agree

[Chris Chance]

I planted a mule as a seedling 6 years ago and it's a beast today! Definitely look better than queens in my opinion. 

[NicholasTolley]

On 5/8/2021 at 6:55 PM, 4sight said:

Hi all,

I have one small Queen Palm in my yard that seems to be struggling. I have three others that are doing okay, but I really want to help this little guy.

They all receive plenty of water everyday, and everyso often I'll do a deep watering. I also use Carl Pool fertilizer and a foliar spray, but nothing seems to help.

The trees are wrapped to protect them during the winter months.

The new fronds were much longer, but snapped during a recent wind storm.

I've attached a few photos. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

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I would remove this palm

[ahosey01]

In most places in Las Vegas, you don't even really have soil.  You just have crushed rock and sand.

I live in deep South Texas and there is an imaginary line here coming south down highway 69E around San Benito.  South of that line, the soil is a thick, heavy, black clay that weighs a million pounds when it's wet and drains like shit.  This is the only place I've seen in all my travels where queen palms actually consistently look large, lush and beautiful almost everywhere they're planted and getting enough water.  Even north of that line where the soil gets a little more sandy, they look worse.

Very difficult palm to keep happy, despite its ubiquity.

If you wanted to plant something very cool that would do well in your area, get a Brahea armata.  Absolutely gorgeous, doesn't have hardly any nutrient requirements, bulletproof to the cold and the heat, and totally unique.  There's a guy down in Phoenix who has acres of them planted in giant boxes.  I could get you some contact info if you needed.  He's a wholesaler but if you show up and tell him you work for Franklin Industries he'd probably sell to you.

[SeanK]

Vegas is intermediate desert. Perhaps winter minimums, perhaps soil pH, perhaps missing micronutrients.

[SM458]

Las Vegas is are better off with Washingtonias, Phoenix, Chamaerops, Brahea. 😅

I would agree with others, replace it with a mule palm, if you love the look of the Queen Palm. 

[bubba]

LV, Nevada seems like a place where the queen should flourish based upon its iconic "in the heat" place portrayed as a part of its destination promotion. Upon a review of minimum temperatures historically, however it does not appear appropriate to that area.

In December 2022, LV recorded 4 straight days with minimums freezing or below. However, in 1947, LV recorded thirty-two (32) straight days of minimums of freezing or below. The lowest recorded temperature of 8°F was observed three times in 1962 and twice in 1937.

No question this was before global rounding, but these temperatures were recorded at the heat island of the airport. Mules are the best bet. I do know about friends that have attempted to play golf in January and found it beyond brisk.