Small footprint but tall palm

[TropicsEnjoyer]

35 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

love them, too, but could not get them to survive more than a few weeks - very cold sensitive.

That’s surprising, they’re a super tropical species then - like zone 11+?

[PalmatierMeg]

2 minutes ago, TropicsEnjoyer said:

That’s surprising, they’re a super tropical species then - like zone 11+?

Maybe z10b if planted with canopy/protection. When I planted mine ca. 2009 Cape Coral had many fewer residents, more open space for howling north winds and tipped the mark at z10a. I lost every Euterpe I had on a record cold day of 01-10-10.

[Jdash]

I second the areca catechus, and any coccothrinax. however if you want something native, go with coccothrinax argentata, won't get you the height you'd like, but a thrinax radiata would in time.

[Merlyn]

9 hours ago, TropicsEnjoyer said:

Are these offsets/suckers/runners able to be dug up and potted? Asking for future reference, I just ordered a small lady palm online.

As @aabell said, sometimes yes.  I got several 7g buckets of mostly "root stock" from a neighbor who hacked all the tops off before I noticed.  I helped him dig out the rhizomes and a lot of them survived.  It was the ones with at least a short sprout already growing a couple of leaves that survived and grew.  Just chunks of rhizome I tossed out, since they were unlikely to have enough energy stored to turn sideways and grow upwards into a palm.