Need help with Palm Tree (not sure what kind it is)
Bryan Craig
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4 years agostanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
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What kind of palm tree is this?
Comments (6)Im not sure about that one, but I did realise that the trunks of these palms are much more bare in california and the southwest than they are in florida and the southeast. Im not sure if it has to do with the dryness that makes it easier for the leaf bases to pull off, the overall older age of washingtonias in the southwest, or if its just a coincidence. Actually I do remember hearing that in california in high winds, the old leaves hanging in a skirt fall off very easily, but during a hurricane the skirt leaves in florida dont fall off easily, so maybe it does have to do with the dryness of california....See Moreanyone know what kind if palm tree this is?
Comments (4)Queen palms (Syagrus romanzoffianas)...See MorePool side Palm tree garden -- Need Help
Comments (2)Personally I would chainsaw the pygmies. They are too thorny and drop a lot of seed. Yours do not look well tended. Do you water? "Stunning colorful look" is not so easy in a low-water environment. I suggest succulents such as Euphorbia tirucalli, Echeveria -- various colors, Kalanchoe luciae or thyrsiflora, Aeonium zwartkopf, other various colors, Senecio mandraliscae, and so on. Go for Aloes in the larger sizes, maybe some Kniphofia. These plants are not fast growers, they take some time to fill in, but you will not get a lot of litter from them, a big plus around a pool. They look most colorful in winter, and retain a good look all year round. They need water to establish, but after that, don't need much. Plant in groups, taller plants toward the back of a planter or in the middle of a round planter, for example. If you plant 5 of one kind of Echeveria it will be more effective than "one of this and one of that."...See MoreNeed help IDing a palm (?) tree
Comments (11)The one in the last shot, that had the trunk cleared doesn't look as good as the one above it that still has a wrapping of dead leaves. In my area the palm - this time it really is one - that has a similar zone of half dead leaves, between the trunk and the completely fresh looking leaves on top is windmill palm. While it is understandable that many would find this ring of partly dead leaves objectionable when people here skin the local palms up they look scalped also. In other words if every browning leaf was cut off of the bigger of the two yuccas in the last picture the tufts of leaves left afterward would be too small, in proportion to the trunks....See Moredirtygardener
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