Re: Wild Palms
I'd have to agree with Randy. Virginia Beach is a tourist town. It is built on tourism and so they have tried to make it look tropical. (HA) They bring in trees from either nurseries that are just stupid, or (I'm sure) some people take them from the wild. The trees they bring in are not hardy here. You go down a boulevard and see 20 or 30 palms trees with maybe one leaf, or none at all. Just dead- which is probably what you'll get if you get one from the wild.
Your best bet and my best bet if I ever wanted to get another palm is a nice Trachycarpus Fortunei. Yes, it won't be 12 feet tall already, but you cannot expect to just go and pluck one from nature and plant it.
Just get a medium sized one from a nice nursery either online or local, and let it grow out. You'll be much happier with a tree that you grew yourself than with a tree that you took from the wild and didn't grow it.
Later
Taylor
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