PALM GUIDE | An Extensive Look at the Most Familiar Palms Found in Florida

[@csotnick]

What a great video! I'm a plant enthusiast living in Canada and I know a lot about Northern trees. I've been in love with Florida and specifically it's palm trees since I was a child. Thank you for the tour and the ID's and the background info on each species. I look very forward to seeing more videos from you and learning more about Floridas plants!

[@RichardSites]

Be sure and watch the tour of my tropical yard.

[@danielesmith8349]

Great video, I have a lot of comments, but I’ll start with this. The solitaire fishtail is not dying because of the lack of fertilizer, it’s monocarpic, and as you can see, it has seeds. Unless you own an actual jungle, it’s a terrible waste of time. Oh, also, the queen palm is super messy, but if you take the time to keep it cleaned up, it’s a beautiful plant, but like I said, you have to devote yourself to it like you own a resort. I don’t have the. Because they are so labor intensive. Love the videos!

[@RichardSites]

Thanks and please look/comment on some of my other Tropical Plant videos.

[@susieparotthead]

Boy, you sure know your palms! Very interesting video! Thank you!

[@RichardSites]

So nice of you

[@billweithman52]

I’ll use this video for reference. You are such a wealth of knowledge.

[@RichardSites]

I appreciate that more videos coming, stay tuned

[@RyanSimba]

I would love to live in this neighborhood, I’ll be out all day enjoying and learning about all the palms

[@RichardSites]

These old Florida neighborhoods are interesting because the plant material is old and the plants are different than what you see today. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@seantaylor589]

Thank you So much useful information I can use. We have most of these palms here in The Bahamas.

[@RichardSites]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Dominic.Hughes]

love the video Richard!!! i’m so jealous, i can’t wait to be able to do this and have this much love for plants!

[@RichardSites]

Be sure and check out the tour of my tropical yard out in Jupiter Farms on the channel.

[@w.a.stewart3191]

Very interestingly.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I plan to do several more of these videos so I hope you’ll hang around and subscribe.

[@palmplanet]

Love this video! I have been watching your different palm videos and they are all fantastic, I loved this palm tour! Thanks for sharing!

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting, more videos on the way so stay tuned.

[@MAD-zx8cn]

really liked your video ! Best regards from France

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@phylliswright5812]

Love learning ab the different palms and tropical plants..Thanks for taking yr time to show us them all.

[@RichardSites]

You are welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting. I have several more of these videos planned so I hope you’ll hang around and subscribe.

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

That's a great video 👍 I just started weaving a few weeks ago and palm debris is all I'm using right now. The clasping part of the royal palm fron makes really nice strips to weave and the phoenix frons split and work much like mahogany. You have a new subscriber.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@1rythm1]

Really enjoyed the video..just getting in to palms and tropical plants, will be watching all of your content, thanks!

[@RichardSites]

Great, ck out my playlist Tropical plants

[@craigeslim7212]

I love this video! Nice calming walk, presented casual yet professional and very informative and relaxing!

[@RichardSites]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SoilHealthpk]

Very informative video share Thanks

[@RichardSites]

Most welcome

[@Renny1953]

All very interesting. I recently moved to the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia - not a lot of non-native trees like it here - but we do have Mexican Palms and Washingtonia Palms in some abundance. I have three big Mexican Palms and have learned a lot about their maintenance by trial and error. They are starting to get big- and are about 30 feet high. I like them very much seeing them as almost sculptural. I think the Foxtail Palms are glorious - we don't have those here at all.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@gregjackson5426]

Very nice video.... and informative. Thank you!

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@jessec377]

Great video!

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting. You might enjoy my playlist called tropical plants

[@fansaaga4033]

Love this video. There’s not much palms in Ireland. Only Chinese windmill palm and canary island date palms on the street

[@RichardSites]

I didn't know any palms would grow in Ireland, thanks.

[@fansaaga4033]

@@RichardSites there are more and more species now. Actually coastal Ireland is usda zone 9 so winter temps like northern to central Florida. Many plants can boarder line grow here but just bit too wet and no sun

[@rhombifer566]

Cool video thank you

[@RichardSites]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@marciareid3722]

Love your video!

[@RichardSites]

Thank you!!

[@araucariasightings3247]

Great video Richard. That was a huge Bismarckia. There are some decent size ones here in San Diego but usually not as tall as that one. The dypsis lutescens probably grow slower here along with many other palms due to the climate in Southern California. My grandfather has a rare palm and African cycad garden with many mature palms that he planted after World War 2. He passed away about 12 years ago but his garden is known amongst all the palm guru's. He has a Livistona chinensis with two heads that is gigantic and splits into a perfect V shape. He also has a gigantic Roystonea Regia which you don't see too much in San Diego. There also is pritchardia, parajubaea, Jubaea chilensis, Brahea Armada, butia capitata, which some are the tallest I have ever seen with the skirts attached on two of the Armadas with philodendron wrapping around the skirts. One of the most finicky palms he has is the Acoeloraphe wrightii or paurotis palm. It grows better in Florida where it is native like you said or has more moisture. I soak those a lot with the hose and have lost a few on occasion out of the clump if you don't finesse them. He also has a lot of Sabal's. If you are ever in San Diego for any reason you can contact me on here and I will show you the garden. African cycads were his main love amongst palms. I think he fell in love with palms during World War 2 being in the South Pacific and Fiji and also he was at Pearl Harbor.

[@RichardSites]

Great love story. Thanks for sharing with the group.

[@RossIsBored]

Good tour, thanks!

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@jadawngriffis3745]

Wish i could live in Florida i never get tired of palms and the pine smell of the state. I like the south west coast they have California fan and Mexican fan palms everywhere

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@deepharrow8520]

I was taking a trip as soon as we hit the Georgia line there was one palm tree and we ain’t see anymore

[@jadawngriffis3745]

@@deepharrow8520 I've seen Hella palms in southern georgia

[@johnsix.51-69]

Thanks for sharing. I'm looking for a short palm tree like the Pygmy Date Palm for my driveway. I didn't know the name until I watched this video.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching. One of the big mistakes people make with landscape plants, whether palms or other trees, if they fail to take into account the mature size. Be sure to give your plants and trees adequate room to mature or you may be forced to remove them later. Thanks for commenting and there are more videos coming stay tuned

[@rdemm05]

I enjoyed this video! Could you tell me whether Royal Palm seeds are ripe yet this time of year? Palms are beautiful. 🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@RichardSites]

No, Royal Palm seeds are not right this time of year. Like most trees a flower early in the year and the seeds ripen. I have several more of these videos planned so I hope you’ll hang around and subscribe. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@Zam-rz8si]

Hi Richard, i'm trying to identify a palm from your video. It's at 4.35 in the garden next to some Foxtail Palms. You do say what it is but sorry i can't quite get it right to search for more info on it. Veechy Amerili?? Great videos thanks a lot

[@RichardSites]

It must be an Adonidia Merillii. The genus used to be Veitchia or something similar. Hope this helps.

[@jrbaeronz9840]

Hi Richard, thanks for the interesting video. I'm down in New Zealand and have 3 Washingtonias, 3 triple Bangalows, 3 Queens, a Chinese fan palm, a Nikau, and one other (can't remember the name), Also there was obviously a Phoenix palm growing at one stage way back, which has been removed (propagation of Phoenix palms is banned in NZ, but existing ones can only be moved within your property, as they can be invasive to our native bush) and I have seedlings popping up all over which need removing, . I live on a coastal area north of Auckland, and the main road is lined on one side with 40ft+ tall Washingtonias, which look great. If I had the room I'd grow more palms, as they really suit a coastal area.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for the input, I'm sure other viewers will enjoy hearing about NZ.

[@darenoeschler7048]

Please check out Drake Bay in Costa Rica ! You can visit the number one national park in all of Central America, the incredible Corcovado Park that occupies most of the Osa Peninsula !

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@siberiancajun]

Thanks!

[@RichardSites]

No problem!

[@jgraeff1]

Can you do a video on best practices to take care of the palms?

[@RichardSites]

Gosh, I'm no palm expert but will give it a shot. I'm behind on my tropical plant videos tho.

[@TheBarefootedGardener]

Nice tour! I grow several of these palms as houseplants and I like Sabal minor and Needle Palm because they’re hardy in zone 6. Would you mind talking more about Ptchyosperma elegans? I think Chinese fan Palm look nicer in colder climates where they’re kept more shrubby.

[@RichardSites]

Sure, thanks for watching and commenting

[@jonahhex9620]

Interesting

[@RichardSites]

TNX

[@husseinmourad1718]

Hey Richard, great video! Are fox tail palms, Christmas palms and king palms the same thing?

[@RichardSites]

No

[@yosefebarnabasdaka5413]

Thank you so much. Very detailed video on palm varieties.

[@RichardSites]

You are most welcome

[@trinityranchservices8088]

What’s the most cold tolerant palm on your tour? I have a place along the texas gulf coast.

[@RichardSites]

Boy, that's hard to say. but maybe Washintonians since they take the colder weather in CA. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@paigemacbeth3947]

I need help with my recently planted Bismarck Palm. The leaves have continued to increase in browning. Help?

[@RichardSites]

Just a guess but was it planted correctly with no air pockets and in a very large hole? Otherwise, not really sure what to say.

[@paigemacbeth3947]

@@RichardSites We think we planted it well enough. I did have marble chips atop the soil, but I decided to remove those just in case they were responsible for the poor appearance. I have given it palm food, added more top quality soil to it and am hoping for the best.

[@darenoeschler7048]

Palms are my favorite tree, but those yards need other kinds of tropical trees to accompany them. Perhaps the Royal Poinciana, African Tulip, Jacaranda, Rainbow Eucalyptus, Rubber Tree, banyan, and the list goes on about colorful and tropical trees that should be planted and covered as well !

[@RichardSites]

I agree, I'm from Miami and loved all the colorful tropical trees down there. I try and make the videos about things I find that are in bloom or doing something special. If you check my playlist on tropical plants you may find other videos that you like.

[@deepharrow8520]

I’m staying at a hotel in Oakland park Florida the neighborhood I walk my dog in had a different palm tree and mango tree at every house

[@RichardSites]

Welcome to Florida

[@craigelectric5241]

I have 🌴 trees in my yard... ( The TOWN South Central Florida ) I watched your documentary here , because I needed to know what my two giant "BISMARCKIA NOBALIS" Palms were.. 👍 There are sprouts around on the ground ( hadn't seen them before) I'm going to pot them So when I'm 110 I'll sell them for a hundred grand. 😎 🤙

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching

[@tomyalbi4213]

Where? Wich City you are going around?

[@RichardSites]

All shot in and around Jupiter, FL 100 miles north of Miami

[@PureSwank]

Nicest palms IMO are the triple/double christmas palms, mature bottle palms, and foxtails.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@davidrocque1587]

You passed by a few Coconut Palms too.

[@RichardSites]

This is Florida, right?

[@GCar35]

Never been a fan of those triangle palms.. they nearly always look ratty and unhealthy anywhere I see them. Great video!! You pronounce their scientific names very well…

[@RichardSites]

Glad you enjoyed the video. You would probably enjoy My Tropical Yard or other videos I made earlier when I lived in Jupiter Farms. There is also a playlist called Tropical Plants.

[@tomcushman4047]

Planting fox tail palms seeds

[@RichardSites]

Palm seeds take a long time to germinate, good luck and thanks for watching.

[@HighSpeedPursuit1]

The one in the yard with the Triangle Palm, is actually a Spindle Palm.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for the ID. I don't know how to tell a spindle from a bottle or buccaneer

[@danielesmith8349]

By monocarpic, I mean that they die after they bloom.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks

[@pinegd1]

Best new palm for Florida is from Hawaii. The blue moon palm also called the Molokai palm - Pritchardia hillebrandi is beautiful and cold tolerant.

[@RichardSites]

I'll be watching for it

[@Thomas-xy4sh]

Three types of Royals, you forgot S American.

[@RichardSites]

Never heard of it.

[@ronaldmansfield.6439]

Unfortunately thousands of Australian gardeners planted syagrus romanzoffiana (back in the seventies they were very popular) or what they call "cocos palms" everywhere. They are a very messy palm and their fruits attract fruit bats. I love palm trees and used to propagate them and there are many useful and or beautiful palms in the world. The only one I would never recommend is the syagrus. Beware.

[@RichardSites]

Thanks for the advice!

[@raed.awlakey]

To be honest, whatever they say or do…the fact that coconut palms are not native to southern Florida will not enter my mind what so ever. it just doesn’t make any sense, scientifically and historically.

[@RichardSites]

I agree

[@raed.awlakey]

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[@Rocketman0407]

Trough times, it has been slightly too cold for coconuts.

[@RichardSites]

@Rocketman0407 Yeah

[@raed.awlakey]

@@Rocketman0407 well our earth evolves and you gotta accept your fate. Beaked Whales once weren’t found in the Arabian Gulf till it warmed up. Does that mean folks over there should declare the species non native ???? Of course not.

[@RH421939]

How big will the fox tails get?

[@RichardSites]

I think only about 20 ft. but check the internet. Thanks for watching.