Parajubaea torallyi

[Stan]

A great dry climate palm with moderate water needs. A fast grower.

[Geoff]

Fast grower is indeed a relative term. Compared to really fast growers, such as Queen, King and Mexican fan palms, this plant is a super slug... but it is indeed a great species for California and should be grown far more often.

[Stan]

In the bay area- its a faster grower then Howea. For an exotic palm,its fast. Ceroxylon here take a decade to make a ring of trunk..some sp. 20+ years. Its also fast to make a number of fronds before it trunks. So,in that way it makes an impression fast.
The P.cocoides at the Oakland palmetum in 30 years are near 30 '.
I really have a huge gopher problem or I might have been more of a palm collector. Palms are lettuce to gophers!

[Stan]

Local Mountain palms at ground level.

[Stan]

More of yesterdays pics.

[Stan]

Still growing.

[Meangreen94z]

It would be nice if Parajubaea would grow long term in Texas but too hot and humid at night, or too cold during the winter. There is a guy near you Stan that grows Parajubaea x Butia in pretty much every combination. To me they just don’t look quite right. Not a Parajubaea, and not attractive.

[Stan]

I know what you mean. I think they are going for both cold hardy and less prone to root rot. I've seen some (well,one) that looked great,and like you said others were stiffs with less suple fronds than the parents.
A lot of years go by until the grower realizes he's giving prime locations to a mutt and removes it. If you specialize in palms..that's how the interest goes.
I made my mistake in tree's over the decades. At least they are common because they need no extra water and are bullet proof. I tell myself for not planting rare trees