Re: Baby palms

Most of what I know about this palm, Pam, I know from Betrock's "Guide to Landscape Palms," which isn't much. Betrock says it's hardy to zone 8 and may reach 10 feet. So it's smallish for a palm. It's also a clumper--develops multiple stems. But it's not a menace like, say, bamboo--just a slow grower that becomes a specimen in 10 or so years.

When I was a kid in SoCal, the green variety of this palm was very popular because it is also drought tolerant and not at all fussy about soil type.

On Apr 30, 2005, at 5:33 PM, Pam Evans wrote:

They're so pretty Jim!  How big will they get?


On 4/30/05, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
In February, I received seeds from Morocco for a silver cultivar of the
European fan palm [Chamaerops humilis v. cecifera]. I planted 10 of
them in pots and today noticed that two are now up. Huzzah. I am going
to begin paying more attention to the rest of the pots. Here is a link
to a picture [not mine] of what the palm looks like when it's 3 or 4
years old.

http://tinyurl.com/ba4nx

Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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Kemp TX
zone 8A

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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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