Recent Palm Plantings on Garden Lot, Cape Coral, FL: lots of photos and kudos

June 7, 2023

We embarked on a years-long quest to restore our gardens to something resembling their former glory. I managed to convince my husband not to automatically replace all the many dicot trees that hurricanes love to rip apart and topple. Many of the palms losses we suffered were the result of large trees like mahoe, Ficus, snakewood, silk floss, Eucalyptus, Delonix, screw pine and more shattering, falling and taking our large palms with them. Yeah, the Delonix or the half that survived is still here, as well as the black olive, a silk floss and the bridal veil still remain but I was able to talk my way into replacing many of those with palms. I learned, too, that some of the palms I had cannot take cat 4+ hurricane winds for 10-12 hours. Those include Bismarckia, Beccariophoenix alfredii, Attaleas except for maybe phalerata, Elaeis guineensis (although the whole leaf one survived), Caryota mitis and Chrysalidocarpus pembanus. Those species are non grata here now. I am springing for fast-growing palms like coconuts and storm-resistant Sabals. I am also looking into the Hawaiian Pritchardias, which are cold hardier than the wretched pacifica and expanding our plantings of Livistonas, Kentiopsis, Chambeyronia, Satakentia, Dictyosperma and Ptychosperma.

Anyway, we finished planting a whole slew of young palms that I have raised from seed or obtained from the many great members of this forum. Here are photos of them and attributions. If I miss your contribution I apologize for my lax memory. Here they are in pretty much alphabetical order

Carpoxylon macrospermum - from seed from @Bill Austin

Chamaerops humilis 'Vulcano' - from @Steve in Florida

Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos - from @sonorafans

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens 'Fused Leaf' x2 - from seeds from RPS

Cocos nucifera Golden Malayan x2 - from @PalmMom007

Cocos nucifera 'Fiji Dwarf' from @PalmMom007

Cocos nucifera Malayan Dwarf x2

Dictyosperma album - from @sonorafans

Gaussia princeps - from @PalmMom007

Kentiopsis oliviformis from @Jeff Searle

Latania verschaffeltii - from @PalmMom007

Livistona alfredii - from @PalmMom007

Livistona decora x2 - from @PalmMom007

Livistona mariae - from @PalmMom007

Livistona rigida x decora - from @Jubaea_James760

Pritchardia vuylstekeana - from @Jeff Searle

Ptychosperma sp - from seeds from Australia

Sabal causiarum x3 - from @sonorafans

Sabal maritima x2 - from @Jubaea_James760

Sabal palmetto variegated x2 - from @Bigfish

Saribus rotundifolia - from @PalmMom007

Serenoa repens 'Super Silver' x2 from seed

June 7, 2023

Bonus photos:

Hurricane damage to Dypsis/Chrysalidocarpus. Flying debris gouged out a chunk of stem from this Dypsis. Wound is 1" deep. Surviving palms all around the yard bear war wounds