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Old 10-06-2008, 12:58 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: Hardy Foxtail Palm?

Yeah they always look great. They sell all sorts of stuff here that people use as container plants...Bottle Palms--hardy to a whopping 38F but that doesn;t stop them from selling them (Hyophorbe lagencaulis), Spindle Palms (Hyophorbe vershafftia) (I am probably misspelling these LOL) Adonidia merrellii (Christmas Palms)...the Adonidias are always nice, usually 10 or so ft tall, sell for about $25.

We always joke when we see this stuff that the buyer for the Box Store nursery must have been forcibly transferred up from So FL, hasn;t been through a cooler winter yet, and is still ordering palms that he'd be growing in Miami because he hasn;t caught on yet that they aren't hardy here

I do have a small foxtail, I got it as part of a trade. Its about 3 ft tall, I keep it greenhoused in winter in a pot. I'd never actually spend real dollars for one unless I had a dedicated spot in the GH to plant it out in there
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