Showing posts with label robust palms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robust palms. Show all posts

Sunday, November 26, 2023

PALMS FOR SALE! FUN FACTS ABOUT PALMS FROM THE GREGORY PALM FARMS (714) 814-8525/760)975-4605 CANARY SAVER, TRIANGLE PALMS, JELLY PALMS, KING PALMS, WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA


PALM FUN FACTS! READ THEM HERE. 

The quintessential image of a tropical paradise, the palm tree is much more significant than you might think. At the sight of a palm tree, most people imagine a sunny beach setting — but these sturdy plants can also grow in a variety of other environments. Here are 10 things you may not have known about these tropical beauties: 

1. There are over 2,500 species of palm trees. The Arecaceae family of plants includes wonderfully diverse species found throughout the world, from the desert to the rainforest.  

2. Not all palm trees are "trees," and not all plants called "palms" are truly palms. These evergreen plants can grow in the form of shrubs, trees or long, woody vines called lianas. Plants like the yucca palm, Torbay palm (pictured right), sago palm and traveler's palm are not part of the Arecaceae family. 

3. Palm trees have two different types of leaves: palmate and pinnate. Palmate leaves, like hands, grow in a bunch at the end of a stem. Pinnate leaves are like feathers, growing all along either side of a stem. 

4. Palm trees are important religious symbols.  In the Bible, the people of Jerusalem greeted a triumphant Jesus just one week before his death and resurrection, a tradition now known and celebrated as Palm Sunday the week before Easter. Palms are mentioned dozens of times in both the Bible and the Quran. In Judaism, palms represent peace and plenty. 

5. Lots of staples come from palm trees. Coconuts are an obvious product of palm trees, but did you know that dates, betel nuts and acai fruit all come from palm trees as well? Palm oil, as its name indicates, also comes from the fruit of the oil palm tree. 

6. Palms grow best in USDA Zones 8-10. You don't have to live in Florida or California to use large palm trees in your landscaping. 

7. The tallest palm tree can grow up to 197 feet tall! The Quindio wax palm (seen above), Colombia's national tree, is the tallest-growing species of palm. 

8. The coco de mer palm tree has the largest seeds of any plant on Earth. The seeds can be as large as 20 inches in diameter and as heavy as 66 pounds! 

9. Palm trees have a history with humans as old as the first societies. Archeological finds have shown that the date palm was commonly used in Mesopotamian society, for food and other purposes. Romans gave palm branches as a symbol of triumph to the triumphant champions of games and wars. 

10. Have you ever heard of palm wine? Yeah! Also called "kallu," palm wine is a common alcoholic spirit in regions of Asia and Africa. It can be created from coconut palms, date palms, the Chilean wine palm, and other species. 
Though many species of palms are sturdy and plentiful, as many as 100 species are endangered due to deforestation and unsustainable cultivation practices, such as for the heart of palm, which comes from a part of the tree that cannot be regrown. The rarest palm tree is the Hyophorbe amaricaulis; the only one left currently lives at the Botanic Gardens of Curepipe in Mauritius (pictured right). 



WOW! PRETTY COOL! GREGORY PALM FARMS
714) 814-8525 OR 760)975-4605

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Canary Island Date Palm Maintenance... by Gregory Palm Farms… 714-814-8525 or 760-975-4605 CALL THE PALM EXPERT ON ALL PALM MAINTENANCE - OPEN DAILY




Here, we planted these amazing Canary Island Date Palms in a home in Granada Hills.
They are perfect in every way!
Pineapples? You ask?
Nope, the trees are too young and it would be bad for the health of the trees.
So, once the trees grown 4 to 5' more feet, it will be the size necessary for the pineapple.

What is your dream?
These trees are stately no matter what the size.

Gregory Palm Farms
(714) 814-8525

Thursday, October 19, 2023

TRIPLE QUEENS WITH CLASS AND BEAUTY.... AT THE GREGORY PALM FARMS (714)814-8525/760)975-4605 OPEN DAILY

 HI!

QUEENS!!! YES, QUEENS.... THESE ARE SPECIMEN 

QUEENS AND THEY ARE DOUBLE-G GORGEOUS!!!



I WAS WONDERING WHY THE QUEENS HAVE GOTTEN SUCH A BAD WRAP?
REALLY!!
 WHY DO SO MANY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS OMIT THEM IN JOBS?
 WHY DO CITIES DISCOUNT THEIR BEAUTY AND VITALITY?
WHY DO HOMEOWNERS OVERLOOK THESE PALMS?

SO, I RESEARCHED IT! YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND?
I FOUND THAT THEIR HAS BEEN AN INFUX OF QUEEN PALMS COMING FROM FLORIDA! FLORIDA!!! guess what????  THEY ARE NOT SUITED FOR CALIFORNIA CLIMATE AND THUS TURN YELLOW AND TRUNKS ARE PUNY AND STRUGGLE MOST TIMES TO SURVIVE.  I bet you have seen those varieties as you drive down the street! I have!!!

WE HAVE CALIFORNIA QUEEN PALMS THAT ARE SO MUCH MORE ROBUST!!




PLANTED HERE IN CALIFORNIA FROM AN ITSY BITSY SEED....


THAT'S 15 YEARS OF GROWTH! THAT QUEEN, AS THE OTHER ONES, ARE GREEN, STRONG, ROBUST, AND WITH THREE, THEIR HEADS ARE FULLER THAN EVER!!
Home Sweet Home... for now....

GOT A DESIGN YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT?
GOT A SPECIAL SPOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCENT?
GOT GUTS TO DO SOMETHING BETTER?

TRY A TRIPLE QUEEN PALM, YOU WILL  N O T  BE DISAPPOINTED!!!

SMILES
Gregory Palm Farms

GIVE A QUEEN A CHANCE AND YOUR POCKET BOOK WILL LOVE YOU!

Sunday, August 6, 2023

JELLY PALMS AKA BUTIA CAPITATA, DIAMOND CUT, 48 INCH BOXED SPECIMEN CALL Gregory Palm Farms FOR DETAILS AT 714-814-8525 OR 760-975-4605 - open now

HI!

HERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR AMAZING SPECIMENS!
 COME TAKE A TOUR OF OUR FARM AND SEE OUR JELLY PALMS!


FRESHLY TRIMMED!!

48” SPECIMEN BOXED AND READY!!

GREGORY PALM FARMS!
CALL NOW AT 714-814-8525 OR 760-975-4605
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