Parajubaea Species, Zunka Palm

This is a palm I really like. It looks great year round and grows steadily. Not the fastest palm but once it gets planted in the ground i...Read Moret seems to pick up some speed. I'm in zone 9b and seems solid here in terms of cold. Also I like the fact this this palm is a bit smaller than torallyi which makes it suitible for a smaller yard like mine. Plant one and people will notice it's quite a bit different than anything common like Queen palms.

Really like this tree. Got it from Discovery Island Palms and planted in San Diego on 7/31/2014, from 15 gal container. Was about 6 foot...Read More planted, has grown at least 24", date today 1/7/2015. Have not given it much food or water yet. Nice dark green color, and very different looking, from most common palms.
Update 11/20/16
Now have 7 of these, they are easy to trans-plant from a container and they grow pretty quickly. The largest one started leaning over, so I added 3" of dirt and kept the tree staked for about 8 months. It's now very solid, without any support. I planted the other 6, 3" deeper than they were in the container.. They are all very sold, without support.. I use Vigoro palm fertilizer and have had better results than using expensive nursery fertilizer. I give these Sunkhas average amount of food and water. Next to the Claras, they are my favorite tree.

I have had this plant for about two years in North Central Florida zone 9a. It is planted in a mound of sand and limestone and although i...Read Moret grows very slowly it also stays a deep green and looks very happy, even when it is hot and humid for many days in a row (unusual for Parajubaea). It doesn't grow much once it gets really hot outside though, and this may be why it is taking so long to grow. Definitely try one if you live in zone 9, maybe even a protected 8b while you could cover it.

Relatively newly described species of Parajubaea (considered by some a variation of P torallyi) that is from a lower elevation from the ...Read Moreothers. It is a much smaller tree and has a thicker head of leaves. It is still pretty cold hardy and handles some frost OK. Too new for any adults to be growing in Southern California, but unlike other species, this one might be worth a try in Florida. Some growing it in So Cal now have small, trunking plants, and have reported this to be the least likely Parajubaea to have cultural problems here (P coccoides and torralyi can sometimes take a dive for unknown reasons). Definitely a slower grower than P torralyii (my larger seedling has already been passed up by a torralyi seedling that was almost half its size last year).