pics of palms in Albuquerque,New Mexico 7a-7b

15 years ago

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this california fan palm looses all its fronds every winter but come mid summer its full of fronds and looks alot better than this.

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the pic of these windmills was taken in Feb.08 and they looked very very healthy.

HERE ARE A FEW PALMS THAT DIDNT MAKE IT-they were like this last year also and no growth.

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NOW HERE ARE SOME PICS OF PALMS AT THE ZOO-

ALL PICS WERE TAKEN TODAY EXCEPT FOR THE 1 MENTIONED

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Comments (6)

islandbreeze
15 years ago
Its cool to see so many palms growing in such an unexpected place. Thanks for sharing the great pics! I'm just a little surprised that those windmill palms didn't make a comeback but the washingtonias did.
andyandy
15 years ago
Great pictures, congratulations.
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wineandlobos
Original Author
15 years ago
its true Albuquerque is an unexpected place for palms and they are still rare here but 3 hours south of us they are all over, anyways I am surprised too that the windmills didnt make it,I just dont know how the washingtonias are surviving before some of the windmills.A guy up the street from me has 2 small washingtonias and he didnt protect them and they look so good right now and already have full sets of fronds but I lost all mine,it must have been my protection method.
austinl
15 years ago
Awesome. Thanks for the field trip to Albuquerque!
palmlover1
15 years ago
Huh? How are these residents growing Robustas in Zone 7a & 7b?
wineandlobos
Original Author
15 years ago
I think there was only 1 pic that had the robustas, the 9th one down, I think they are robustas but not too sure, the other ones are filifera though.They always loose all their fronds then come back looking great and I've never seen one protected.

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