A very sentimental plant indeed. You made me fall in love with it and it's not even mine 😂 You gave me an idea (I want to keep mine "dwarf") I might plant it in the ground with the pot and slightly cover the base and pot. So that way it looks nice in the garden, will stay small and I can take it out with ease. What do you think?
Definitely something you can try! As long as the roots don’t escape the bottom of the pot and start establishing in the ground, that’s a great way to blend the tree into the landscape. Thank you for the comment!
I'm thinking that that palm isn't full-blooded Robusta. There's a LOT of filaments - what palm aficionados call "cotton." Typically, that indicates some W. filifera DNA in the mix. Pomona is a place where both Filifera and Robusta are commonplace. Given that and the ease with which the two species hybridize, you might just have a "filibusta" on your hands. That too might've had a role to play in that palm surviving while the other 2 died. Filiferas are more cold hardy and tolerate drought better than Robustas.
It’s possible since it’s hard to find full blooded Robustas or Filiferas with how common they’re cultivated together and hybridize. The other two that died were during the summer, so it was definitely from lack of water. This one was the only one getting hit with the yard sprinkler.
