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HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT CALIFORNIA PALM TREESAll of California is not the same. You must consider where exactly you live. And, you must get some understanding of the exact weather you see at your particular location. These include things such as intensity of your sun, high summer temperatures and most importantly your winter low temperatures. Palm trees are affected by all of these things. A common mistake for someone to make is to select species that do well along the coast of Southern California but they live in a desert area like Palm Springs. Palm tree species selected must tolerate the inland sun and heat you'd see in Palm Springs. And, areas like the San Joaquin Valley, the Sierra mountains, Sacramento and Northern California see a lot more cold weather. Thus attention must be paid to one's winter cold weather. Don't just guess at it. Get actual low temperatures from your local weather services. One severely cold night during the winter can ruin all your summer dreams of a tropical appearing palm tree in your yard. This article only shows photos. You can look at the photographs of palm trees below and select the ones you find appealing. Then, try to decide if they'd live in your area. I've given a link below for a more comprehensive list of species with all the information you need on recommended species. If you are completely puzzled, feel free to send me an email and ask questions. By the way, I've not included the super common palms below such as the Queen Palm, Mexican Fan Palm and a few others. |
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CULTURE, DESCRIPTION,
RARITY, SUN REQUIREMENTS, AND COLD HARDINESS, CLICK
OUR
COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE -
GREAT PALMS FOR CALIFORNIA |
![]() Archontophoenix cunninghamiana |
Bismarckia nobiis |
Brahea armata (or others) |
![]() Caryota gigas (or urens) |
![]() Chambeyronia macrocarpa |
Chamaedorea costaricana (others) |
![]() Coccothrinax species (or others) |
Copernicia baileyana |
![]() Cryosophila species |
![]() Cyphophoenix species (or others) |
Dypsis decaryi |
Dypsis decipiens (& other species) |
Dypsis leptocheilos |
![]() Dypsis onilahensis |
![]() Euterpe edulis |
![]() Hedyscepe canterburyana |
Howea forsteriana |
Howea belmoreana |
Jubaea chilensis |
Kentiopsis oliviformis (or others) |
Livistona decipiens (or others) |
![]() Parajubaea torallyi |
![]() Phoenix rupicola (or others) |
Pinanga coronata |
Pritchardia species |
![]() Pritchardia species |
Ravenea glauca |
![]() Ravenea species (or others) |
Rhapis humilus (or excelsa) |
![]() Rhopalostylis sapida (or baueri) |
Roystonea borinquena (or regia) |
Sabal causiarum (or other sp.) |
![]() Syagrus pseudococos (others) |
Veitchia arecina (or others) |
Wodyetia bifurcata |
On all the genera above there may be many more species within the same genus that also grow well for us here. I apologize if I haven't
included your favorite palm species in this group, but this is meant to be a brief introduction and I wanted to keep it simple.
The
comprehensive article linked above has all the information one would
need to make choices. Common palm trees
such as the
Queen Palm, Mexican Fan Palm, etc. have not been shown.
CLICK TO SEE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE ON THE BEST SO CAL PALMS WITH SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS
To read from our collections articles on palm trees, click here
To connect to our Palm & Cycad Blog with new arrivals and special sales, click here.
To see Palm Trees For Sale and Availability, click here
Palm Trees in San Diego, a San Diego Palm Nursery, click here
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