Biggest palm in Portland/Seattle?

[Sunandwater]

Saw this one in an east Portland neighborhood, it’s huge!!

[Chester B]

Tabor West apartments on SE Division has some pretty big ones.

[Chester B]

These ones are on my street.  House was built 1993.  I should ask him when he planted them and at what size.

 

 

 

[Trustandi]

Most likely the biggest Jubaea in Seattle area. I just snapped the photo today. 

[Little Tex]

2 hours ago, Trustandi said:

Most likely the biggest Jubaea in Seattle area. I just snapped the photo today. 

That one is probably the biggest by sheer mass

[Banana Belt]

17 hours ago, Trustandi said:

Most likely the biggest Jubaea in Seattle area. I just snapped the photo today. 

Are most of these Palms about the same age?  They look about 40 years old plus or minus a few years just my guess.  The Jubaea has entered trunk growing stage and will probably catch up in height and overtake the rest in next 10 years.

Edited April 26, 2023 by Banana Belt

[Trustandi]

8 hours ago, Banana Belt said:

Are most of these Palms about the same age?  They look about 40 years old plus or minus a few years just my guess.  The Jubaea has entered trunk growing stage and will probably catch up in height and overtake the rest in next 10 years.

I am not sure if they are the same ages. Dave Alvarez built the garden for his client. I think they got the jubaea from Gary Gragg.

[conceptualizeme]

On 4/25/2023 at 12:03 PM, Trustandi said:

Most likely the biggest Jubaea in Seattle area. I just snapped the photo today. 

That Jubaea is huge. It's probably been there for plenty of time

Trachys look healthy too

Edited April 26, 2023 by poof

[Banana Belt]

2 hours ago, Trustandi said:

I am not sure if they are the same ages. Dave Alvarez built the garden for his client. I think they got the jubaea from Gary Gragg.

Northwestern Washington is a bit different climate wise than SW Oregon, so I was estimating the age of the Jubaea based on the two I grew from seed.  Post to changes of my Jubaea with graph of growth.  Many people are discouraged about the slow growth of a Jubaea and I understand that because Jubaea are slow in their youth, but when they get their hormones, watch out they become giants very fast.  So the moral to all this is if one wants to grow a trunking Jubaea, buy one that is close to 30 years old when it is still a child or juvenile and not too hormonally expensive.  Once a Jubaea goes into Adult stage, it can add 1.5 feet or more verticle trunk per year.   This is when it becomes truly impressive.  Jubaea are also very good at transplanting, of course transplanting an adult with big trunk can be very expensive.

 

Edited April 26, 2023 by Banana Belt

[Chester B]

There definitely seems to be a number of large Jubaeas in Seattle, but I only know of 3 planted down this way.  None big,  they're medium sized.

[Zach K]

Does anybody have addresses to any Seattle Jubaeas? I'm going to be going up there this Saturday and would love to swing by some.

[Trustandi]

@Banana BeltSW Oregon climate is much milder and more conducive to grow palms. It will take some more time for us to grow jubaea here. I planted a 5g size of Jubaea 3 years a go and it is taking its time. I just planted a medium sized jubaea hopefully it will thrive and fatten up faster. 

@Zach K Drive to Seattle arboretum  2300 Arboretum Dr E, Seattle WA 98112. You need to find the Pacific Connections Garden section, it is across the street from the Washington park play field.  

This is the clustered jubaeas @washington park arboretum photo from last year. I haven't had a chance to revisit the park. 

 

[Banana Belt]

Those two Jubaea look very healthy.  The larger one in right forground appears prepared to send up its tall central spire or spear which indicates it is ready to start trunking.   Not all Jubaeas send up a central spire which when present stands verticle spirelike up and above all the older leaves.  The spire is composed of new leaves all bunched together in a tight bundle before unfolding one by one as the tree grows.  For some reason, the spire does not appear in all Jubaea's but when it does it takes shape it does so at the time of trunking when the palm starts rapidly going verticle.  I have noticed that Queen Palm's do the same thing, when the Spire starts forming, a trunk emerges sending the palm rapidly verticle.

[matthedlund]

18 hours ago, Zach K said:

Does anybody have addresses to any Seattle Jubaeas? I'm going to be going up there this Saturday and would love to swing by some.

Easiest large ones to enjoy are at the Washington Park Arboretum across the street from the Seattle Japanese Garden.

[NWpalms@206]

Maybe not the tallest, but sheer mass this one’s up there for a trachy. My place on Vashon Island.