Re: Butia capitata, care for new palm?

Hello,

Thanks to all for the replies.  The Butia has now been planted and I
love it's blue/green arching leaves.  The rain hasn't stopped since we
planted it and a Washingtonia filifera (trunk of 1 metre).  We are still
recovering from the effort of lifting (manoeuvring) such heavy weight...

I am still interested to hear any ideas what else to plant in my palm
bed (about 6 metres diameter).

Thanks again

Maria,
>From a wet Costa Blanca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doobieous" <doobieous@yahoo.com>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: 06 May 2003 07:49
Subject: Re: Butia capitata, care for new palm?


>
> > If you ever see one in fruit, check it out.  You
> > won't be sorry.  For the
> > ten years  plus that I was chief horticulturist at
> > the Huntington Botanical
> > Gardens, when the butias were in fruit I frequently
> > made late afternoon
> > sorties to the Palm Garden.   There were always
> > fallen fruits around the
> > base of the trees, and I looked around for the
> > ripest ones, sampling a few
> > from each plant.  I usually ended up stuffing myself
> > to the degree that I
> > couldn't eat dinner.  Just beating the other beasts
> > to them.  ;-)
> >
>
> THere are two small pretrunk juvenile Butias in an
> industrial part of nearby Seaside. It's among the
> "automall". I've got my eye on them. Though, it may be
> years before they fruit.
>
> Such a shame, it's a perfect medit-plants palm and
> very different from both the Canary Island Dates and
> the numerous ratty Fan Palms here. One street in Santa
> Barbara has a wonderful row of them too (was there
> this weekend).
>
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