This palm is growing steadily but slowly here in Cape Coral Florida. Produces about 3 to 4 leaves per year. Planted on the northern si...Read Morede of a small palm garden so gets full Winter shade but blazing Summer sun. The leaf is usually a blood red when opening. At times a bit more burgundy red. I find the longer the leaf does not open, the more burgundy red the color. Yellowish trunk and crownshaft. Should be grown more often here. Planted in 2016 as a one gallon plant. Now overall height about 8 to 9 feet with a trunk equivalent to the size of the crownshaft. No Winter damage at all ever. Solid zone 10a/10b.
The Hookeri is one of my most favorite palms to grow. It is a steady grower and puts out several fronds per year. The new fronds are wort...Read Moreh the wait with the great red to maroon color! Likes a semi shade area to keep it looking nice. Will take full sun in the coastal area but gets a bit dull in color. I also found that it likes the soil well draining and moist to keep it healthy.
A must have palm for Southern California!
Oceanside, CA (Zone 10b) | January 2006 | positive
I've had great success growing this variety. I've got several from Floribunda Palms in Hawaii and they have all done very well for me. It...Read More certainly isn't the fastest grower, especially since all my palms are in containers but it does grow alot faster then my standard macrocarpa's. A very beautiful specimen and well worth the wait!
In general, the hookeri tends to have a brighter red color to the emergent leaf than the the standard macrocarpa. Also, my hookeri seems...Read More to handle the sun a little better.
THis form of the Chambeyronia has a pale yellow crownshaft (as opposed to the dark green one of the regular form), and is considered the ...Read Moresame species by most botanists... but a different one by most collectors who see how different the plant looks- seems to grow about the same, but maybe a slight smaller plant as an adult. New leaf is bright red to maroon and quite remarkable- this is an excellent specimen palm in southern California (keep out of high winds) and into the tropics. One of the faster and easier growing palms from New Caledonia
This palm is growing steadily but slowly here in Cape Coral Florida. Produces about 3 to 4 leaves per year. Planted on the northern si...Read More
The Hookeri is one of my most favorite palms to grow. It is a steady grower and puts out several fronds per year. The new fronds are wort...Read More
I've had great success growing this variety. I've got several from Floribunda Palms in Hawaii and they have all done very well for me. It...Read More
In general, the hookeri tends to have a brighter red color to the emergent leaf than the the standard macrocarpa. Also, my hookeri seems...Read More
THis form of the Chambeyronia has a pale yellow crownshaft (as opposed to the dark green one of the regular form), and is considered the ...Read More