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Originally Posted by brydon1
Hi Tog,
I'm not sure but I guess Arch got the same palms at me since he just lives about 45 min away from us.
I got mine on sale at HD. On the tag of the palm it says
Cold Hardy plam
TODDY DATE PLAM
phoenix sylvestris
I tried to find some pics on the phoenix sylvestris but the ones I have sure don't look what I saw online.
As soon as the Thunderstorm passes I get some pics of mine.
Any information you could give me on this palm would be great.
Thanks
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Ok, Lil Rat, thanks and gotcha! This is a very good sprouter as you have noticed since you people have already germinated it.
This palm comes from India and so far there are basically 3 forms offered in sds in the market. The first is the normal tall plant with a very dense and plumose crown. An easy growing palm even for the temperate areas. The leaves do show a slight blueish hue when matured. From seed, it takes a while for the trunk to emerge but once it does, it grows at a steady pace. I find it most attractive when at a trunk height of 10ft which shows the dense crown very well.
The other 2 forms are a stouter trunked and shorter version. The difference between these 2 forms are that
one have the regular slighty kidney shaped sds while the other has
shorter roundish sds. Being a shorter plant, the trunk takes a longer time to form.
The nominal form is a very common landscape plant where I come from. I hope this helps.