The Secret Palm Tree Garden! Part 3 Zombie Palm

Part 3 consists of an assortment of palms. The first palm the Zombia antillarum or Zombie Palm takes 15 years before it starts to show trunk.

Zombia antillarum The Zombie Palm

A Very Tall Bismarckia nobilis

The Crown

I think maybe Licuala spinosa. Wind blown from TS Fay


And 2 NOID's

Maybe you can name them


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Bismarckia nobilis , Silver Bismarck Palm , Bismark Palm Pictures & Slideshow

This is one of the top palms on my list of coolest palm trees. This Madagascar native, Bismarckia nobilis , or Silver Bismarck stands out! Some have more blue/silver coloring than others. Some can be almost white. The leaves a very stiff, heavy and have a waxy coating, especially the blue/silver form- waxy coating can be rubbed off with your hand to expose the green leaf beneath. These palm trees have one of the most massive and impressive crowns of all the palms, and fairly fast growers here in FL. In my opinion one of the toughest looking palms around. These pictures are nice specimens from around town. These first 2 show how the Bismarck stands out over all the other trees.

These are the Bismarcks that are growing in my yard. I purchased these back in Nov 07 and I am very excited about the warm weather so these can begin their growth spirt.

Floating Bismarckia seeds

The absolute worst thing I could have wanted to see. I will start with how I always am looking for palm seeds. Bismarckia and Foxtails are tough to find in my area because they have not been here for that long, but I thought I had scored. A big mature female with a male not as old a few houses away had been fruiting. I talked to the man who lived at the house and asked him if I could collect some seeds. Of course the man said. So I filled my pockets with seeds off of the ground. I got home started to clean and soak them. This is what happened. Every single last 1 of them floated not 1 sinker. So once again I am looking for that 1 Bismarckia fruiting with viable seeds.

Bismarckia nobilis Bismark

Bismarckia Nobilis also called Bismarck has a silver color to it. The fronds are very large and in my opinion 1 of the toughest looking palms around. I have a couple picture of these from around town. I found 1 the other day that had seeded. The man was outside so I asked if I could collect some and he said sure. So I filled my pockets. SCORE This is 1 of my favorite palms. Here are a few shots of this big palm tree.