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Originally Posted by Babbs1957
I'm glad you wrote that, it now all makes sense. Last month I visited a palm nursery looking for a particular palm (not knowing what I was doing). The guy working there said they won't have that palm until the summer palms come in. He then pointed around and said to wait until I saw all these removed and all new tilling complete. Then I would know the summer palms will be coming in.
So, they sell the winter palms to some and the summer palms to the others? I guess a warranty on life would not make sense. Each year, the opposite season palm has issues, so the excuse is it was a weird cold snap or summer water issues? I guess it would actually live, just not very well with slow growth, poor leaves and an overall sickly look year after year. Still alive, so warranty kind of pointless.
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There are no "summer" or "winter" palms. If the palm is healthy and planted correctly, and WATERED properly... summer isn't a problem for ANY palm.
There are a very few palms with a shade preference. Younger Chinese Fan and Lady Palm are the bulk of what you should be planting in this area that should have partial shade or even full shade.
Most of the issues I am seeing with newly planted palms are caused by mounding, poor handling, and poor planting methods by installers or nurseries. Next comes the "I turned off my irrigation because it rained a 1/4" a couple days a few months back" poor looking plants people. I won't go further into them.
I began studying horticulture in 1980 and continue to do so. Have conversed with world class landscapers, and horticulturists with master's degrees from all over the world for nearly half a century, and NEVER HEARD, of a winter or summer palm.
Would LOVE to know what nursery is spreading this nonsense, and to what end.
I find much misinformation beginning in nurseries stem from lazy help, or greedy help, or just plain dumb help.
I even published last year, (speaking of landscape plants and trees, not annuals) "If you can't plant it in the winter here, you shouldn't plant it here... ever". Same goes for the other 3 seasons.
And there is NO PLANT or TREE, that I suggest or design into my landscapes, that I don't give a 1-year warrantee on, WHENEVER I plant it.
Though I will plant for customers that WANT crotons or other subtropical planted , after I educate them, and explain they are not covered against freeze.