I want to plant some of these for screening purposes...from the street
(not permitted a front fence) and from neighbours.

How far from the boundary and other plants should they be planted...I
know they can get quite big, over time. Also how much time, and whats
the biggest, assuming good conditions..........

TIA

sue

g'day sue,

they can cover to around 2.5 to 3 meters in width, but you can also
trim the outer trunks off to keep them narrower. would leave about 1
to 1.5 meters clearance to fences, again any that threaten damage to
the fence can be removed from the clump. with your front boundry it
shouldn't matter if they encroach onto the footpath a little as in
most cases you are aloowed a garden bed along your front boundary
outside the fence, and fronds and trunks can be kept trimmed or
removed for the comfort of others.

how fast they grow depends on a lot of things least of which is the
medium you plant them in and how much water they get, in a good rich
medium with good watering they will grow quiet fast, keep them well
mulched.

len

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len gardener wrote:
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how fast they grow depends on a lot of things least of which is the
medium you plant them in and how much water they get, in a good rich
medium with good watering they will grow quiet fast, keep them well
mulched.


Thanks for all that, Len. Might even get out and start digging holes
today

cheers
sue

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kyte wrote:

I want to plant some of these for screening purposes...from the street
(not permitted a front fence) and from neighbours.

I am not familiar with the plant but can't imagine that a *palm tree* would be
much of a screen once it grows a bit.

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tghe golden cane 'dypsis leutescans' was 'chrysaldocarpus' (spelling
of both??) can be let grow quiet dense with new trunks growing up most
of the time so yes they can be a pretty good screening plant.

len


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happy gardening
'it works for me it could work for you,'

"in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment
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tghe golden cane 'dypsis leutescans' was 'chrysaldocarpus' (spelling
of both??) can be let grow quiet dense with new trunks growing up most
of the time so yes they can be a pretty good screening plant.

len


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happy gardening
'it works for me it could work for you,'

"in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment
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