Palm planting mistakes let’s see yours

[happypalms]

A couple of planting mistakes from my early days I don’t know what I was thinking planting a rhapis next to a chuniophoenix only to lose the chuniophoenix from viewing being next to the rhapis with similar leaves and a lytocarum only inches away from a chamaedorea and the last photo of some palms I found on a website buyer to remove I thought he had no idea what palms he had planted so close to a house I guess we all do it 

[aabell]

Just dug this Serenoa out yesterday, same story... too close to the house. It hadn't grown too much in three years, just forming a dense cluster. I almost wonder if there wasn't more than one seedling in the original pot. It was also being shaded out by other shrubs. If it got much bigger it would be difficult to remove and would become a long term problem.

I have another one nearby that is in full sun, planted the same time and three times this size. I'm attempting to keep it thinned and pruned back from the house, since it's too big to remove. Still regretting planting them so close to the house, it's growing way faster than I expected here in it's native environment. 

[Merlyn]

I plant a lot of stuff and then change my mind and move it.  But this is definitely my worst placement decision.  Those are ~5 foot tall Beccariophoenix Alfredii, and the one in the center of the photo is only about 4-6 feet from the well tanks.  Fortunately I realized my mistake about 8 months later and transplanted it.  Even though the foreground right Alfredii looks just as close to the house, it's actually about 10 feet away.  I do have to aggressively prune off branches towards the house, but generally it's been an ok spot.

[happypalms]

8 hours ago, aabell said:

Just dug this Serenoa out yesterday, same story... too close to the house. It hadn't grown too much in three years, just forming a dense cluster. I almost wonder if there wasn't more than one seedling in the original pot. It was also being shaded out by other shrubs. If it got much bigger it would be difficult to remove and would become a long term problem.

I have another one nearby that is in full sun, planted the same time and three times this size. I'm attempting to keep it thinned and pruned back from the house, since it's too big to remove. Still regretting planting them so close to the house, it's growing way faster than I expected here in it's native environment. 

It’s an old nursery’s man’s trick with clumping palms they even do it with single stem multiple plants in containers to sell them quicker to the unknown public planting up to dozen or more palms in a container you plant them and 5 years later you have a massive clump of something you wish you never planted 

[happypalms]

8 hours ago, Merlyn said:

I plant a lot of stuff and then change my mind and move it.  But this is definitely my worst placement decision.  Those are ~5 foot tall Beccariophoenix Alfredii, and the one in the center of the photo is only about 4-6 feet from the well tanks.  Fortunately I realized my mistake about 8 months later and transplanted it.  Even though the foreground right Alfredii looks just as close to the house, it's actually about 10 feet away.  I do have to aggressively prune off branches towards the house, but generally it's been an ok spot.

I always thought of  you as a palm guru who would never plant a palm in the wrong spot you have proven me wrong 😄 could have been worse a rubber tree instead or a fig tree 🤣

[flplantguy]

I think they do the clumping seeds together but for chrysalidocarpus lutescens too.  I'm taking advantage of it to block a southwest exposure into the shade garden, hopefully I didn't plant it too close to the corner of the house (5 feet). If I did I will have a post for here lol.

[tim_brissy_13]

@happypalms I don’t mind the Syagrus/Lytocaryum and Chamaedorea planting but I am a fan of the jungle look you’ve got going. I think if people saw my house they’d think all of my plantings are mistakes. I definitely plant too close compared to the general advice. 

[Merlyn]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

I always thought of  you as a palm guru who would never plant a palm in the wrong spot you have proven me wrong 😄 could have been worse a rubber tree instead or a fig tree 🤣

Hah, no definitely not a palm guru!  I planted my first palm in 2018 so I'm still a newbie compared to many people here.  I have, however, learned a whole LOT of things not to do!