Palms that are suitable to the outdoors
I love this little part of Minami-Izu. This grove of Washingtonia and Date Palms sits on a spit of land off of Yumigahama beach. The benches allow people to sit among the trees and watch the sunset on the other side of the gracefully-curving beach.
Larger trees are very exciting to buy, because they add instant landscape to your yard. And in one sense, they are also an easier product to buy, because they are older and less sensitive to the moving and root damage. A younger plant may need extra protection in the first winter or two (depending on…
The Bangalow Palm, also know as Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana, is a mainstay in Australia. Very common from the northwest to the northeast, this stately palm is comfortable from tropical to sub-tropical climates. It doesn’t typically like a lot of sun or wind exposure; it tends to look weaker and a bit ragged. But in a little…
Seeds we’ve raised… Bismarckia Nobilis, Howea Fosteriana, Livistona Chinensis, Licuala Dasyantha, Phoenix Roebellini, Trachycarpus Fortunei and more… Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Dypsis decaryi, Nannorrhops ritchiana, Syagrus romanzoffiana, and the enthusiastic and fast-growing Washingtonia Which would you like to try?
Kentia Palms (as they are known in Japanese) thrive in areas that fall under the influence of Japan’s kuroshio current, a warm Pacific trade current similar to North America’s Gulf Stream. While rare in much of northern Honshu, they are commonplace in Tokyo’s more tropical Ryukyu and Bonin island chains. Here you see two species side-by-side:…