First palm that started my interest in palms overall! Planted three Filferas in my backyard here in South Texas in June. Right into our dense clay soil with no amendments. Incredible growth so far with a new spear about every 10 days. Full sun in 80-95 degrees constantly. Awesome
Yes same here, that’s awesome! I love Washys, best of luck, let me know how it does, it should thrive there! Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more videos! Take care!
Awesome, no way, me too! I remember seeing them in SoCal when I was younger and being completely wowed by them and entranced, they are beautiful palms! I love the fully skirted look but there are also cool ways to prune them, that's one of the things I love about them, there are so many different looks to them! Thanks and take care!
We have two right on either side of our front walk in central Florida. They were planted in 2009. When we moved into the house in 2021, they had about 33-37 feet of trunk. In 2024, I’d say they’re now at 40-45 feet of trunk. I really love them, aside from when they drop millions of seeds all over the walkway and driveway lol. Even worse is when fronds and spadix dry out, they are a serious falling debris risk. One even dinged the hood of our car one time haha.
A friend of mine brought me some seeds back from California over a year ago! Washingtonia robusta palms got some growing in pots. I'm going to put these in my garden.
Awesome, yeah I saw seeds and seedlings everywhere, roubustas were popping up in sidewalk cracks and in bushes, they have naturalized all over the place there. Thanks and take care!
You bet, when you look across the neighborhoods while driving on the freeways they are everywhere and they tower over all the homes and businesses, such amazing palms! Thanks and take care!
I agree, that calling them invasive in Southern California is not logical because they are separated by a political border. I love Washingtonia palms; I just got my first one this season. I’ll probably donate it to my local botanical gardens when it grows too large. Hopefully there will be years of enjoyment before that though.
Yes exactly, I love them too! That’s awesome, so cool, let us know how it does! I have some filifera seedlings that I grew from seed from the oasis I visited near Palm Springs, they are doing well. Thanks for watching!
I have one at 4 months old, and 20+ seedlings in the kitchen window. Have two Chamerops in the garden and a young Trachycarpus, but Robustas are my favourite. Great vid ⭐
That's awesome, yeah I love robustas too, they're incredible palms, I wish we could grow them here! Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching, stay tuned for more videos! Take care!
Mine in Seattle grows slower than Trachycarpus. Both are not irrigated. I have no doubt my Washy would grow faster if I watered it. Most year's it takes a few weeks to recover from winter damage in Spring which I theorize slows it down. Last couple winters mostly unscathed however, only slightest damage on outer parts of a couple leaves.
Very interesting, that's amazing, keep us updated on its progress, I always wondered about W. robusta's long-term success in Seattle. Thanks for sharing and watching, stay tuned for more videos! Take care!
Hello- so how did your palm fare through this last winter? Not sure how cold your locale got, but I believe the arboretum got down to 16. I would think an unprotected Washingtonian would be heavily damaged after that, but a friend told me that the Jubaea palms at the Arboretum ( unprotected ) did ok. I got down to 4 degrees with lots of damage here in Mt Vernon- about 50 miles north of Seattle
You should do a whole video dedicated and talking about prehistoric palms. Palms that was once native in prehistoric America. Would be quite interesting. I know if we go back to the time of the dinosaurs. We have palms pretty much everywhere in America. And I'm sure the Mexican fan palm had a much wider range then just in the last ice age back then. Fan palms have been fossilized and have been seen as far north as Alaska. And even in parts of Canada. And I'm sure many species of fan palms use to be the original natives of north America along with cycads. Would be interesting to see this subject of prehistoric palms on your channel. And id certainly be interested in hearing about it. You got into details on that here. And I surly listened.
In the middle of the land with springs to sustain the forest.a Rich forest with fruit by it's kind,nuts,berries, fruit palms i see birds that block the skies in the afternoons in the middle of the forest i see a grand garden designed to atrack small animals from the wildlife rich forest,insects butterflies by their kind to the colorful flowers i see plants designed with splendor in the center of the garden i see a prairie portion with it's ecosystem in the middle of the prairie i see delicate grasses once sitten Eden your sight receives
Yeah, I have seen pictures, Palm Canyon looks amazing! Unfortunately I was only in Southern California for a day, I really want to visit Balboa Park! Thanks for watching and take care!
Would you recommend one of these for the northeast coast of Florida? Want to plant one about 10ft from my house but don’t want it getting to 100ft tall. Big box stores have them that are like 4 ft tall. Any thoughts?
Definitely, they are fully hardy in all of Florida and make for beautiful palms. And they rarely get to heights like in California, they tend to stay shorter in Florida, would be a great palm to plant!
@@kevinsaint20 It depends. If they’re sheltered up against a super tall building then they can grow to close to 100 feet, but in an exposed spot they usually reach around 60 feet tall and that’s after decades, although they are generally fast growing. They are all over Florida, I bet there are tons of examples near you.
I thought the big palm tree on 2:53 was a washingtonia filifera because of its size. But another question I have is can Mexican fan palms survive a freeze because I live in Texas and when the freeze came in 2021 a lot of them died. So my question is how do you protect them when there tall
Yes you’re absolutely right, I believe many of those behind the fence are hybrids. As for the freeze Mexican fan palms are susceptible to bad freezes like the one in Texas last year, most of the Mexican fan palms north of Houston died. Once they get really large they’re near impossible to protect and it would cost a ton, and they grow super fast so they get to that size quickly. The thing is the deep freeze last year is a once in a century event, if that, so a bad freeze like that shouldn’t happen again for decades if not longer, so now is the ideal time to plant. And I’d say if you are in Houston or San Antonio south you should be pretty safe even in the deep freezes and if you’re north of there the California fan palm is probably a safer bet, although many Mexican fan palms grew for decades in places north of there before the freeze. Thanks for watching and let me know if you have any more questions. Sorry I’m so late to respond, I’ve been really behind on comments and am just now catching up. Stay tuned for more videos, take care!
@@palmplanet Sorry for the late response as well. Also I heard in another video of you talking about Mexican fan palm tree hybrids that can tolerate freeze I believe. And if that’s real do they look exactly the same. And yes I’m from San Antonio and a lot of them died and was sad about it. I did some research to see if theirs something to make it tolerant to the freeze by any chance. Hopefully future science can make a chemical to make the Mexican fan palm tolerant to freeze. Let me know if theirs something like that though
@@baselqashou5716 No problem at all! The California fan palm is the most tolerant of dry cold, surviving in zone 7 and even 6b locations like the Albuquerque area, but the Mexican fan palm is the more tolerant of wet cold. The hybrid is the hardiest in a wet climate, and they are hardy in a dry climate too. The hybrid just looks like a mix between a California and Mexican fan palm which it is, it has a medium thickness trunk and the leaves are medium sized between the two species. Most Washingtonia palms for sale are actually hybridized to some degree. In San Antonio, which is a fairly dry climate, the California fan palm is probably the hardiest, I don’t believe any of them died in the freeze there, only some of the Mexican fan palms. And yes genetically engineering palms to make them hardier is a fascinating subject and likely will be done some day but as of now the ways of increasing hardiness are just to plant against a south-facing wall and to protect the palm if necessary. Thanks and let me know if you have any other questions!
Funny enough most of those palms that I filmed growing behind the fence there are actually hybrid ‘filibusta’, with at least one being pretty pure filifera. It’s easier to tell with the skirts pruned back, I noticed that when I was there a few days ago.
Someday you will vis las cruces new Mexico and Albuquerque new Mexico they have palm trees too. Las cruces have Mexican fan palm and some date palms and Albuquerque too and trachycarpus palms and washingtonia filifera. Few sabal palm in new Mexico. I read and see video on RU-vid about palm trees in new Mexico.
Oh yeah, I really want to, New Mexico is one of the top states I want to visit! Such a beautiful place, and so many amazing palms! Albuquerque is actually the same hardiness zone as D.C. (zone 7), and yet the arid climate allows species like Washingtonia fillifera and Chamaerops humilis to thrive. Incredible, thanks for sharing! Take care Frankie!
@@palmplanet yes and outside of city zone 6 and they survived record low temperatures in 2011 11 below zero f in Albuquerque new Mexico and las cruces 5 below zero f and palm trees leaves froze and grow back.
Which scaffolds? You mean the person in my neighborhood who used to use scaffolding to box in their Washys before they died? That person lives a few miles from me, super cool plantings. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more videos, take care!
@@sl5311 Nope, I live in the Washington, D.C. area. I think I know what you're talking about though, there was some guy who put up scaffolding around his Washys to protect them in St. Louis, that's crazy, I would love to see a picture of it. Cheers!
Yep, all palms grow fruit, that's what surrounds the seed, and pretty much all of them are edible but only some of them taste good (dates, coconuts, acai, etc.). Mexican fan palms definitely grow fruit, it surrounds the seed, you just have to wait until it's old enough to produce seed. The fruits/seeds hang in clusters below the leaves. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more videos! Take care!
