Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva (Syagrus romanzoffiana)

by Kell Nov 18, 2008 3:27 PM

Here are some younger plants in Santa Monica, California

Queens are commonly 'bent' on purpose for lanscaping uses. They are planted in large boxes and then the boxes are dumped on their sides. Several years later the Queen has grown a right angle and is planted, hoping to duplicate the look a of the more tropical Coconut Palm

Queen Palm Flower Stem

Here are some nice trees that are over-pruned, a common situation for all publicly planted palms in So Cal

Here are few more Queen Palms in So Cal

Here's some seed on the ground to show what size color it is (here in Los Angeles)- can be messy

And if you don't clean up the seed, notice the 'lawn' of Queen palms you start to get.

This is one of the tallest Queen Palms I've seen, in Santa Barbara- about 60'

seedling in Southern California, just starting to show split leaves

A very variable species. This one is has 16 foot leaves with 2 foot diameter trunk. Johanessburg ZA.

Queen palm date cluster, Venice, Florida, February 6, 2005

A close-up of the crownshaft. Very widely grown in central and southern FL, USA.

fruiting in southern California showing parts of the woody spathes still covering the infructesences

Saw this palm this week in San Fernando Valley, California- towering over a Washingtonia! At least 50' tall and going strong.

Queen palms ready to be planted.

Older Queen Palms in a breeze. San Diego County

One year old. Ramos Mej�a, Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 2006 (Autumn)

12 foot Queen Palm

seed off sidewalks in Los Angeles, which is all over the place as these are common street trees... surprised not more common lawsuits from slipping on these squishy fruits

one of the tallest Queen palms I have ever seen, here in front of a 2 and 3 story building, next to a Phoenix canariensis in San Diego

Bellas Artes. Santiago, Chile.

still has its strap leaves on it

syagrus in landscape. Bluffton, SC

Christmas Day 2004 Victoria, TX after 12" snow. Survived 20 degrees, no damage.

This is the Queen palm next to my house last summer (2006). It's about the same size this year.

My Queen Palm - San Ramon, CA

Queen Palms in front garden.

Nice Specimen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

large older collection in front yard, Los Angeles

The smaller palm on the left survived our severe freeze this jan 07 (2 nights w/ 18 degree temp). the one on the right was planted in march 07

Nov 07, zone 9b/10a central CA. There is a smaller one to the right, barely visible, whose growth was stunted by unusually cold temp this past Jan.

Young Queen just starting to bulge at the trunk, meaning it will begin to skyrocket soon. very common throughout central and southern CA.

Freeze damaged frond at 18 degrees for only an hour during our jan 07 freeze. This spear was inside the crown at the time and nonetheless got damaged pretty badly.

It has taken this young queen 10 months to produce a healthy looking frond after a severe freeze in Jan 07 (low 20s for a week). It's companion queen died and was replaced later.

Nov 2007. z9b/10a CA

Commonly used in public landscapes. z9b/10a Fresno CA

Queen Palm, Cocos Plumosa, Jeriva (Syagrus romanzoffiana) during a tropical rain in Maui

Newly emerged frond showing a bit of frost damage on the tips. Dec 15. z9b CA

Common public landscape palm. This one is one of many at a gas station alongside hwy 99. Suprisingly healthy, as opposed to other public palms which are under-fertilized.

Queens in their native habitat in Brazil

Three healthy queens in La Mirada, CA.

Minimal frost damage to some of the fronds

My Seedling in Sydney, Australia, about year old approx

Now these are nice Queen Palms growing in the desert - La Quinta, CA -2007-

Frost damage from prior winter, damage occured at 23 degrees in Baton Rouge

holes created by climbing a palm with spikes- these holes will not ever heal as they would in a non-palm tree

another flower shot... covered with bees. This palm in southern California

Grown from seed!

These next four Pictures were taken ten minutes ago. 25 October 2008. Black spots are Bees feeding on pollen. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

These four Pictures were taken ten minutes ago. 25 October 2008. Black spots are Bees feeding on pollen. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Young queens in z9b Fresno, CA

Syagrus romanzoffiana, Split (Croatia-Europe) Zone 9a/b

young queen palms in a nursery, southern California

southern California

baby that was self seeded from an adult

Adult few, that the baby might have come from, note the trimmed leafs, not my idea, neighbours asked to do it and over trimmed, not impressed at all :(

sometimes when grown in a clump, these will arch out a bit, like King Palms so often do

Growing robustly in Inge Hoffmann's beautiful garden in San Leandro, Ca.

Growing robustly in Inge Hoffmann's beautiful garden in San Leandro, Ca. Tallest palm out of so many different kinds.

ripening infructescence, southern California

new flower and maturing fruit on tree in a southern California strip mall

the species name can be seen on name tags on these trees at the Natural History Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

Close up of the flowers

Close up of the seeds/fruit

A queen palm (Syragrus romanzoffianum) planted 8 years ago (5' high then), now towering over our home.

About as nice and full as they come in California. Hayward Ca.

San Francisco Botanical Garden

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

Germinated in 1993, edric, Oak Hill Florida

A Queen Palm branch at Waitakaruru Arboretum near Hamilton, New Zealand

Queen Palm in a natural setting at Waitakaruru Arboretum near Hamilton, New Zealand

Unique form. Hayward ca.

Sharply recurved fronds,and very dark green. Not another like it in town that I've seen.

The trunk of Bill's Queen Palm in his Waihi garden, NZ

In pot culture, wonderful patio palms.

After freeze into upper teens with a couple other nights well into the 20's (deg F), this wasn't the most full and healthy specimen to begin with. This freeze killed the tree- Zone 8b NW FL

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Queen palms in a temperate landscape.

The trunk - which was in excess of 25' high in Sydney, NSW last week

Rainbow Lorikeets feeding on the bloom which is bursting out of its 6' plus high pod last week in Sydney, NSW

Close up of Rainbow Lorikeets feeding on the bloom in Sydney, NSW last week

Botanical Garden of Curitiba, Brazil. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com