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formontcalamus · 01-11-2008, 09:57 PM

Buffy . . . You picked the most unrewarding Palm to gain interest in. A two foot brown trunk will take about four years, six feet ? . . I hope you are under fifty years old so you will see six feet before you go !!

Change cource now before its too late . . . get some seeds of Phoenix roebellini. The pigmy date palm will get to three feet in about two years (needs greenhouse protection in winter) and it will look good with multiple leaves within 5 months.

Another palm to consider that you can grow in your zone (with some winter protection outside against a building ) Livistona chinensis "Chinese fan Palm" Its dwarf looking when young and has wide deep green leaves. Really nice! Its cold hardy to 15*f.)
Logos / Puerto Rico

01-11-2008, 09:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
formontcalamus Wholistic Naturalist Location: South Central Puerto Rico Zone: 11 Name: Logos (French/Greek) Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 58 BananaBucks : 70,471 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 26 Times in 13 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: European Fan Palm Growth Rate Buffy . . . You picked the most unrewarding Palm to gain interest in. A two foot brown trunk will take about four years, six feet ? . . I hope you are under fifty years old so you will see six feet before you go !! Change cource now before its too late . . . get some seeds of Phoenix roebellini. The pigmy date palm will get to three feet in about two years (needs greenhouse protection in winter) and it will look good with multiple leaves within 5 months. Another palm to consider that you can grow in your zone (with some winter protection outside against a building ) Livistona chinensis "Chinese fan Palm" Its dwarf looking when young and has wide deep green leaves. Really nice! Its cold hardy to 15*f.) Logos / Puerto Rico __________________ Love the Earth, Logos / Wholistic Naturalist / Married / Father of ten Cats / Sexual preference: Anything that moves / French-Greek ancestry / Special interests: Codiaeum (Crotons), Evolutionary behavior / Look to the examples of Nature to understand Humanity.