Piru Queen Palms
The arecastrum romanzoffiana aka.
Piru queen palms. Queen palm trees grow to 50 feet 15 m tall and their canopies can spread to 25 feet 76 m. Able to grow up to 35 feet high these palms are evergreen and thrive in full sun heat or cold exposure. A good rule of thumb is that its practically impossible to over water a queen palm especially during the intense heat of summer months.
Piru queen palms combine superior durability and appearance with familiar queen palm characteristics such as a fast growth rate cream to yellow flowers and the classic feather palm tree look with 10 to 15 foot fronds. These palms thrive only in us department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 9b through 11. Visit our huge palm paradise nursery and witness these beauties and our many other palm tree specimens for yourself.
Unlike many other plants these palms enjoy acidic soil conditions matched with ample nutrients. Queen palms syagrus romanzoffiana are tall beautiful trees but not everyone can grow them. For most palms that dont appear healthy lack of properly applied water combined with nutrient deficiencies is usually the cause.
Queen palms prefer a full sunlight position in your garden along with well drained sandy soil. Syagrus romanzoffiana the queen palm or cocos palm is a palm native to south america introduced throughout the world as a popular ornamental garden tree. Piru queen palm the moon valley piru queen is specifically designed for our climate.
The queen palm syagrus romanzoffiana is a lovely addition to any tropical landscape. They are custom grown at our farms to be extra hardy in heat and cold. Piru queen palm is actually one of the least cold tolerant queen palm trees available out of almost 40 different types.
It can also be used as a hardy potted plant to bring the feel of the tropics to your home or office. Queen palm tree information. These palms have distinctive appearances compared to other palms that you will see and their thicker trunks and fuller crowns make these stand out when compared to the rest.
As mentioned earlier in this article there are dozens of types of queen palm trees. Piru queen palms look great on a variety of landscape styles and complement all types of architectural homes and buildings. It is a good candidate for oceanfront views and larger estates inland.
Romanzoffiana is a medium sized palm quickly reaching maturity at a height of up to 15 m 49 ft tall with pinnate leaves having as many as 494 pinnae leaflets although more typically around 300 each pinna being around 50 centimetres 18 in in length and 35 centimetres 12 in in width. Recorded on march 12 2011 using a flip video camera.