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Comments (20)The bad part of that branch looks like it has probably walled itself off and the rest of the plant should be okay. It has some healthy looking growth on there. The southern exposure is probably okay in Phx this time of year but come later spring/summer I would put it in afternoon shade or dappled shade. We had ours under a huge cottonwood tree when we lived in Phx where they got dappled shade and they did good that way. You might also consider putting them in the ground and mulching around the root area once you find a spot that your brugs like in the yard in the spring. It is easier to keep them watered and the roots cooler if you put them in the ground and mulch them. Just keep your mulch a little ways off of the trunk to prevent any rot around the trunk. You can run a soaker hose under the mulch and water at night or early morning to prevent evaporation since it is so dry there. At least you do not have to worry too much about fungal diseases or slugs there as some places :) ~Lenette...See MorePhoenix sylvestris - Silver date palm
Comments (24)Yes it's a beauty. I think with the ever growing selection of palms available people tend to get confused and plant something they've never heard of before and be disappointed with the result and effect. A good form of P. Sylvestris is a gorgeous thing. It's well worth taking the time to select for the characteristics that make it so lovely. A little grove of intense silvery blue Sylvestris is more evocative of place and more effective than hundreds of mixed species no matter how rare. If you are lucky and can afford, choose trunking specimens. You will immiedetly see there are differences in leaf arrangement colour and outline, so you may have to select from various growers. In younger palms this is also apparent, don't think something will turn powder blue or silver as it matures it won't, generaly what you see is what it will be with these. The only difference is with seedlings they all tend to be dark green but by the time there are at least ten to twelve leaves on a juvenile the colour is apparent so that's the size to do your selecting if going for little ones. Choose leaflets that are broad and short and have a plumose arrangement on the mid rib. Thin long narrow leaflets don't look so attractive on a mature palm even if a nice silver colour. The leaflet attachment to the mid rib should however be narrow or you are looking at a possible hybrid with a date palm. This will mean a slower growing fatter and less attractive palm, also avoid anything with fat leaf bases, Sylvestris bases are flat, strap like. The nice thing about them is it's never too late to plant one as they look just as lovely as a small fecund fountain of leaves as they do as mature adults. They have many leaves making a very nice full head. If you have small dogs and children it might be wise to choose your planting site carefully as they have quite sharp thorns. The other fantastic thing about them is that unlike most Phoenix they are very happy in high humidity and retain their colour just as well as a dry climate if not even better. So if you are in the tropics it will still thrive and look good. In fact they positively explode with regular watering and feeding, in cooler weather or during your dry season keep on the dry side to give them a rest, this encourages a deeper root system. Think of each leaf as a food storage organ, the more the stronger it will be, so only cut off when the leaf is completely dead and when doing so don't cut into any living white tissue because the sap could attract boring insects. P. lourii is a lovely Palm too. However most people tend to think because it's a Phoenix it thrives in dry arid climates and icy wet winters. However this is not so. It thrives in seasonally very high humid summer rainfall areas where it's much faster growing and more rewarding, it prefers a dry cool winter. Definitely more sub-tropical than tropical but not an arid wet winter species at all. Most you see depicted on the net and growing in parks and botanical gardens are hybrids including palmpedia. The trunk is always narrow and delicate looking only slightly thicker (and much taller) than a P. Roebelenii and smooth, the long bright green leaves with leaflets on a single plain make a lovely full head and have a characteristic arching twist to them. Happy hunting....See MoreHelp my Pygmy Palms - Phoenix roebelenii are dying???
Comments (10)These are generally easy potted palms, and can survive in the same pots for decades… but you need to have good soil, good drainage and good water (need to really soak the heck out potted palms every few months to leach out all the salts that build up in them)… I only recommend fertilizing potted palms 1-2x a year, and carefully. They do NOT do well when it freezes… how cold has it gotten in Corona? I don't think that's a particularly cold climate. Did you check the bottom of the pot of the dead palms to see if it was wet and gooey down there… or dry as a bone?...See Morest augustine dying in florida summer
Comments (14)Literally everyone who writes in here from Florida is watering every day - literally every day. Literally everyone with no exceptions, except you. Thank you for that. I'm sort of familiar with the Maseca products. I think the instant one is the right one. Their labeling could not be more confusing - at least to me. When I see the word instant, I start thinking all the additives are in there so you just add water, but not with Maseca....See MoreUser
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