A very nice, clumping palm and not widely grown here. I have to do research and bring things over from California. Seems to grow prett...Read Morey fast and likes Phoenix heat. However, I have it partly shaded beneath cuban royals on a north wall. I don't believe it would remotely take full sun here and needs filtered light.
Well drained soil and lots of water keep it happy in the desert. I fertilize monthly (in small doses) during the warm months. In the coldest nights, some protection is given but fortunately this isn't often here in Phoenix.
We live in Melbourne, Australia - a cool temperate zone with very hot dry days in summer. The temperature can get to 106 degrees F and th...Read Moree Dypsis Baronii survives these scorching days with total impunity. However, it does not survive wind very well. The leaves get ripped to pieces and so a location sheltered from the worst winds is essential. Our specimen fruits readily in mid-summer.
Yet another Dypsis that does extremely well in Southern California- this one is particularly adaptable, doing well in shade, sun, and for...Read More some, even indoors, supposedly. Ideally, the more sun the better it turns out, and it tolerates full sun at a very early age (1-2 leaf size).
It is a very attractive palm, having a lot of color and powdery texture on the crownshaft and tropically ringed trunk(s). Though it can be fairly drought tolerant, it does a lot better if given plenty of water. It can handle pretty hot sun, but not over 100F with low humidity. There are second, and soon be third generation plants in So Cal. It seeds freely and the seeds are particularly easy to germinate for a palm.
Dypsis palms are sometimes known for branching- an unusual characteristic for a palm. It's not considered normal, and may be due to some injury response mechanism... but it makes for an interesting palm. Commonly seen in Dypsis lutescens as well. See photo on this page.
Latest freeze in southern California (Jan 07) showed that this is NOT as hardy a plant as we first thought. Temps 27F for 5 hours killed one 6 year old seedling and severely damaged an 8 year old plant that even had some overhead protection. THis plant is a 'marginal' plant in zone 9b.
A very nice, clumping palm and not widely grown here. I have to do research and bring things over from California. Seems to grow prett...Read More
We live in Melbourne, Australia - a cool temperate zone with very hot dry days in summer. The temperature can get to 106 degrees F and th...Read More
Yet another Dypsis that does extremely well in Southern California- this one is particularly adaptable, doing well in shade, sun, and for...Read More