PlantFiles: Triangle Palm
Dypsis decaryi

My friend has a beutiful specimen in her yard here in Ventura, CA. I ordered seeds from Whatcom Seed Co. and germinated them.(took 3 mos.). How deep do we plant them now that they're going into pots?

I have had great success at growing these palms from seed in Fl. I have a nice crop of year and a half old babies, out of all of them one is extremely gold colored with pink instead of the deep red the other palms have. It is just as healthy and growing at the same rate, same soil and same mother plant. If anyone has had the same experience I would like to find out more.

Having no knowledge of this palm before purchasing back in summer of '07, I had no idea that that winter would end up being the coldest in 35 years! all the mature fronds on it died, except the newest shoot. I was devastated! Somehow, miraculously, it made it. And it's a beautiful specimen once more. taking center stage in my courtyard. getting afternoon shade only, under 4 huge washingtonia palms and a date palm. highly recommended, but for sheltered locations only.

THE PLANT WAS PURCHASED IN ROCKPORT, TX, ON THE TEXAS COAST. I LIVE IN ZONE 7, ABOUT 350 MILES NORTH OF THE TEXAS COAST, SO I KEEP THE PALM IN A CONTAINER AND BRING INSIDE IN WINTER. iT SEEMS TO THRIVE IN PART SUN AND MODERATE WATER, SOME WELL BALANCED FERTILIZER KEEPS NEW GROWTH FORMING. BEAUTIFUL PLANT.

The Triangle palms grows great in southern california but does alot better inland then it does on the coast. Even with a perfect fertilizer diet including all micro nutrients and trace elements it can be difficult to get this palm to look its best without a great amount of heat and sun. Don't get me wrong, here in my coastal garden the tree does great and looks very beautiful however the difference is much like a car. If you wash your car it looks great but if you wax it it looks even better!

I'm growing five triangle palms along the top of a five-foot slope in zone 9b. They survived a little snow that lasted several hours last winter (2004), with negligible damage. They are growing in full sun and get watered sparingly by drip irrigation. They are beautiful trees!

An easy to grow and unusual looking palm. I have several in my yard in partial to full shade and all are doing well here in the SF Bay Area. Mine seem to like lots of water despite what some say about them being better off on the dry side. My soil is a clay loam mix. These palms have become very easy to come by. I recently bought a beautiful 6' tall trunking one in a 15 gal. container at the Home Depot for $39.90.

This is quickly becoming a popular avenue palm in Southern California, in the warmer areas (gets burnt by frosts)- a native of Madagascar. It's called the triangle palm because it grows its leaves in three ranks (tristichous) just like a triangle from above. The crownshaft (not a true crownshaft) has a unique look that is very ornamental, sort of like a pagoda, and is covered with dark, maroon fuzz. THe leaves are a blue-green. This plant is one of the more drought tolerant Madagascan palms, and resents too much water, especially in poorly draining soils.