Fantasy Nursery
16526 Circle Hill Ln
Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
ph: (626) 482-3317 Polo
fax: (626) 337-6532
alt: (626) 383-1204 Geo
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A King Palm is a widely adaptable palm that adds stately accent to any landscape. This popular, elegant, and fast-growing palm from southern and eastern Australia has grass green leaves, a slim trunk, and a long, smooth crownshaft. An easy-to-grow plant suitable for cool temperate to tropical climates, or for indoors if given bright light. The King Palm is also self-cleaning. All Gregory Palm Farms King Palms are grown locally in our Southern California Nursery
King Palm Characteristics | |
Stem/Trunk | Straight, smooth trunk |
Exposure | Full sun, shade |
Soil | Well drained |
Water | Moderate |
Growth Rate | Moderate - 30'-40' height |
Queen palms are a tall, medium trunk, straight tree reaching up to 50 feet tall, gracefully feathery top with a smooth trunk to 25', edible orange fruits. Used extensively by tropical landscapers as an attractive, durable palm.
Queen Palm Characteristics | |
Stem/Trunk | Straightwith bands of dark and light gray |
Exposure | Full sun, heat, cold |
Soil | Well drained |
Water | Moderate |
Growth Rate | Fast growth rate. - 25'-30' height |
The Pindo or Jelly Palm is a beautiful blue-green leaves, strongly recurved, make it instantly recognisable. An essential palm for the exotic garden.
Small, hardy palm, usually only to 10 or 20ft. Will survive temperatures down to 10F. Palm is drought tolerant, and mildly salt tolerant. Grows both in partial shade to full sun.
Pindo/Jelly Palm Characteristics | |
Stem/Trunk | No crownshaft, Gray with leaf diamonds, 18 inches in diameter |
Exposure | Full sun to light shade |
Soil | Well drained |
Water | Little to moderate water |
Growth Rate | Moderate growth rate, 10' - 20' in height with 12' spread |
The largest of the Fishtail palms, with a huge trunk and massive, flatly-held leaves. Grows extremely fast given the right conditions of warmth and humidity, together with a rich soil and an abundance of water.
Giant Fishtail Palm Characteristics | |
Stem/Trunk | Large, single trunk, non-crownshafted |
Exposure | Full sun to partial shade |
Soil | Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings |
Water | Average Water Needs |
Growth Rate | Medium fast growth rate can reach heights up to 40' |
Sago palms are a wonderful plant for both indoor and outdoor use. It looks great in the shrub border or as an accent on an expanse of lawn or near the patio. Use in entryways or in rock and sand gardens. It mixes well with palms and combines well with border grass, podocarpus and camellias. Sago is an excellent container plant for use outdoors and in the home.
The scientific name for the Sago Palm is Cycas Revoluta and is not a palm at all, but a cycad.
Of all the cycads, the Sago Palm is the most popular, and is seen in almost all botanical gardens, in both temperate and tropical locations.
Sago Palm Characteristics | |
Stem/Trunk | Tall trunk on old specimens, 8-10in diameter; more fern-like when small; produces offsets at base |
Exposure | Full sun or part shade |
Soil | Prepared, not tolerant of alkaline soils, good drainage |
Water | Regular, although drought tolerant once established |
Growth Rate | 10ft, frond spread 3-6ft; extremely slow growth |
The Pygmy Date Palm is a small stature, delicate lacy appearance and easy care make this an exceptional palm that everyone can enjoy whether in the landscape or indoor containers.
Pygmy date palm excels in containers of all kinds. Also looks great by patios and entry ways. Use clumps of these palms as specimens and to serve as focal point in a mass planting of annuals. Also nice combined with evergreen shrubs in a mixed hedge.
Pygmy Date Palm Characteristics | |
Stem/Trunk | The stem is covered with old leaf bases and is topped with a dense head of bright green pinnate leaves that grow to about 4 ft in length |
Exposure | Bright sun to partial shade |
Soil | Very adaptable to most soils (use light, fast draining soils in containers). |
Water | Needs adequate moisture for best look. Has some drought tolerance when mature. |
Growth Rate | Slow growing reaching heights of 8-10 ft |
The Giant Bird of Paradise is an easy to grow, non-messy, low maintenance plant that is a good choice for use near pool and patio. Plants are inexpensive, available in a range of sizes, and grow rather quickly and so are a great choice for new home landscapes in warm areas. Bird of paradise tree is just the ticket when you want tough, durable beauty and unique form in a large plant.
The Windmill palm makes a great accent which fits well into small areas like courtyards and entries. It is a tough plant and survives in both hot & cold urban landscapes and even thrives in Northern California and Washington climates.
Windmill palm is perfect for containers if care is taken that they are well drained. It is very attractive planted in groves and groupings especially when plants of different heights are staggered in irregular patterns.
Windmill Palm Characteristics | |
Stem/Trunk | Single stem that is 8-10" in diameter.Trunks are usually covered with a loose mat of coarse gray or brown fiber. |
Exposure | Partial shade is best, also cold hardy |
Soil | Well drained soil |
Water | Adequate moisture makes for rapid growth and best appearance but it is amazingly drought tolerant |
Growth Rate | Moderate - 30'-40' height |
Canary Island Date Palms are a large majestic palm, with a very solid trunk, and long feather leaves with spined petioles. Quite a popular plant due to its hardiness, attractiveness and speed of growth. Very good for adding a Mediterranean feel.
Canary Island Date Palm Characteristics | |
Stem/Trunk | Single, wide heavy trunk with characteristic leaf diamonds on the trunk. dark brown. |
Exposure | Full sun, wind, heat, aridity and cold |
Soil | Tolerant of most well drained soils. |
Water | Low water needs. |
Growth Rate | Moderate growth rate, 60' in height, 30 - 50' spread. |
Description
Like other cycads, the queen sago resembles a palm tree with its featherlike leaves arranged in a rosette that crowns a single trunk. It is a larger and more graceful version of its more commonly encountered cousin, the Japanese or king sago (Cycas revoluta). The queen sago's solitary trunk can grow to 20 ft (6.1 m) in height, more than twice that of the Japanese sago. In older specimens some branching may occur, producing very handsome plants with multiple crowns.
The dark green pinnate leaves grow to 8 ft (2.4 m) in length with narrow 12 in (30.5 cm) leaflets that curve gracefully downward. New leaves are light green and contrast dramatically with the older foliage. This species is dieocious, with male and female reproductive parts on separate plants. In late winter the male and female "cones" emerge from the centers of the plants. Pollen from the male cones fertilizes the female cones. A colorful show results later in the season when female plants produce large orange seeds in a conelike structure located in the center of the rosette of leaves.
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Fantasy Nursery
16526 Circle Hill Ln
Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
ph: (626) 482-3317 Polo
fax: (626) 337-6532
alt: (626) 383-1204 Geo
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