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palm possibilities
My mom was a licensed horticulturist so I kinda grew up in Angelle’s Nursery where she worked. I have fond childhood memories of playing hide and seek in the greenhouse there… I loved the smell of the earth and the way the temperature changed within all of the vegetation. I even remember the “attack” rabbit that lived in the main office and would eat your shoes while on your feet if you weren’t careful. Funny, I haven’t thought about that damn rabbit for years lol. I guess you could debate the whole nature vs. nurture thing, but either way I love to garden.
There aren’t many nurseries in the Greater New Orleans area that give me that “warm and fuzzy” feeling anymore. Most of the smaller family owned nurseries just can’t compete with the pricing at big box warehouse stores like Home Depot and Lowes and have since closed. The only one that really gets my heart racing is Banting’s Nursery… but that is a different story.
My point? Well, we went on the search for something to replace the crepe myrtle that used to be at the end of my driveway that was knocked down during Hurricane Gustav. I was looking for something different than the same ole same ole… and we came across this nursery in Harvey, LA called Creative Gardens & Landscaping. I had been there about four years ago and it was small and not worth mentioning. Since then, they purchased the surrounding land and just exploded, it is a little “warm and fuzzy” there now. I took some pictures (see below) and I think I may have found a possibility for the crepe myrtle, a palm!
I haven’t seen this particular palm before, it is called an Adonida Palm (Veitchia Merrillii). It is currently on my list of possibilities but I needed to research it a bit before committing to it, they are priced at $150. After googling it, I found that it is not recommended to plant in the ground due to lethal yellowing disease and its hardiness zone is 10B to 11. If anyone has had success with this palm, please let me know.
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