What is this palm?

[mrjc]

Anyone know what palm this is I know it’s a bad pic but I forgot to take a better one it’s not a fan palm and it should be cold hardy because I found it in dc I would really like to know what it is thank you!

[Las Palmas Norte]

Wow. Crown-shaft palms are hardy in DC! Cool.

[Fusca]

1 hour ago, mrjc said:

Anyone know what palm this is I know it’s a bad pic but I forgot to take a better one it’s not a fan palm and it should be cold hardy because I found it in dc I would really like to know what it is thank you!

Not very cold hardy below 25°F.  😆  I believe it's an Archontophoenix alexandrae but not sure which species exactly from the photo.  It's likely a new planting or it gets dug out each winter.  That Strelitzia reginae next to it isn't very cold hardy either.

[Xenon]

Looks like a Christmas palm (Adonidia merrillii). It's very cold tender and will likely be dead in the ground in DC within the next 30 days. 

[mrjc]

I will check in late fall or winter again and see if it’s still there

[Fusca]

18 hours ago, Xenon said:

Looks like a Christmas palm (Adonidia merrillii). It's very cold tender and will likely be dead in the ground in DC within the next 30 days. 

Yeah, makes sense.  I recall someone posting that one of the big boxes was selling Adonidia earlier this year in MD or CT.  At that size I have trouble telling them apart from Archontophoenix.

[PalmsInBaltimore]

On 10/27/2024 at 1:56 PM, mrjc said:

I will check in late fall or winter again and see if it’s still there

It will absolutely not be in the ground (alive) unless they have a contraption to protect it. Although the first frost might not be until after Thanksgiving for us in the 295 corridor this year--we'll see

You know better than I do how serious people in DC are about gardening. Petworth...logan circle....anything off Connecticut ave...every house is gorgeous and you can tell how much work/$$$ people put into their front yards. 

You can buy Adonidia of that size from a landscape wholesaler (by Father's day they are marked down hard because the growing season is already almost half over) for like $250. Considering DC has the highest median income of any state or territory, that's a pretty small price to have the best garden in the neighborhood every summer. My guess is they just replace it every year

[CascadiaPalms]

wow beautiful I must say!

[PalmatierMeg]

On 10/27/2024 at 1:56 PM, mrjc said:

I will check in late fall or winter again and see if it’s still there

Without major protection and supplemental heat, including cables to warm the ground it's planted in, it could be a goner tomorrow morning. No hope for Adonidia or Archo Alex in No Va. I know because No Va is my old stomping ground. You'd do better with Sabal minor, Trachycarpus, needle palm, which are all palmate.

[mrjc]

On 11/3/2024 at 10:50 AM, PalmsInBaltimore said:

It will absolutely not be in the ground (alive) unless they have a contraption to protect it. Although the first frost might not be until after Thanksgiving for us in the 295 corridor this year--we'll see

You know better than I do how serious people in DC are about gardening. Petworth...logan circle....anything off Connecticut ave...every house is gorgeous and you can tell how much work/$$$ people put into their front yards. 

You can buy Adonidia of that size from a landscape wholesaler (by Father's day they are marked down hard because the growing season is already almost half over) for like $250. Considering DC has the highest median income of any state or territory, that's a pretty small price to have the best garden in the neighborhood every summer. My guess is they just replace it every year

Somehow it’s still alive just revisited today

[DTS]

10 hours ago, mrjc said:

Somehow it’s still alive just revisited today

Surprised the Giant White Bird next to it looks decent still

[PalmsInBaltimore]

I'm surprised it's holding up so well after the last couple weeks

[SeanK]

Perhaps Adonidia polyethilii

[mrjc]

they also have Bismarck palms and more unexpected plants! if anyone wants to see them in the area its the side part across the street from the national botanical gardens.