Trithrinax campestris - supposedly cold hardy palm... yeah right....I bought a couple of these one as a 1-2 year old and another as 2-3 y...Read Moreear old plants, kept in a greenhouse over winter, took a god care of them, but it got exposed to 28F for some nights inside the mostly unheated greenhouse (only heated to raise temps to 28F) and the spear pulled on both plants. One died by May, another did not show any signs of growth even by now (8th of June 2012) and it does not seem too soft or mushy (I treated it with antibacterial as I did to my other palms) but it does not show any signs of growth and ALL of its fronds are gone by now. All other kinds of palms recovered (or died) such as Washingtonias, Date palms etc. etc. but these ones are just too slow to recover or they are just not lively and not hardy palms, not worth the trouble unless one can buy a large-enough plant (probably with at least 3-5 feet of clear trunk) to plant it directly into the soil. This one along with Livistona nitida are deleted from my future plans.
Slow grower and viciously sharp, but an attractive plant. Takes many many years (20-30) to form any height. Suckers. Trunk has spines ...Read Moreas well as leaf tips. Nice blue-silver-grey leaf color. Drought and extremely wind tolerant. From Uraguay.
Trithrinax campestris - supposedly cold hardy palm... yeah right....I bought a couple of these one as a 1-2 year old and another as 2-3 y...Read More
Growing well, but unbelievably slow growing. I've also seen it growing in Switzerland on Lake Geneva. Full sun and dry conditions are best.
Slow grower and viciously sharp, but an attractive plant. Takes many many years (20-30) to form any height. Suckers. Trunk has spines ...Read More