Author Topic: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?  (Read 4208 times)

NewGen

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Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« on: March 21, 2018, 04:44:13 PM »
Looking to buy a couple, 1 for me, 1 as a gift for family member. There's a place online that will ship (not bare root) a 3-gallon for about $80, with free shipping. Is that a decent price?
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Re: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2018, 08:21:48 PM »
You have to have pretty mild winters for them to flower and flourish. Even down here in San Diego there aren't that many. JF on the forum has a nice one in front of his house, but he is in a mild area of La Habra.

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Re: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2018, 02:02:54 PM »
You have to have pretty mild winters for them to flower and flourish. Even down here in San Diego there aren't that many. JF on the forum has a nice one in front of his house, but he is in a mild area of La Habra.

Yeah, I've seen that tree. It's a beauty!

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Re: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2018, 10:03:14 PM »
Get some seeds and they will grow quite fast in summer. Need protection in winter for small trees. We have a tree in Santa Ana with trunk over 1 foot OD, from seed of course.

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Re: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2018, 10:48:36 PM »
I can get you some seeds

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Re: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2018, 01:37:01 PM »
Thanks for seed offer. I can get them locally  from JF's tree.

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Re: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2018, 04:44:12 PM »
I ordered on Amazon and got seeds a littler bigger than strawberry seeds.

Is there a dwarf Royal Poinciana?

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Re: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2018, 04:48:36 PM »
I ordered on Amazon and got seeds a littler bigger than strawberry seeds.

Is there a dwarf Royal Poinciana?

There are dwarf poinciana, but do not know about a dwarf royal. I have a hybrid dwarf, does not create a canopy like the royal.

The seeds of RP that I've seen around here are pretty big, about jelly bean size. They come from large pods that hang from the trees.

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Re: Where to buy Royal Poinciana trees in SoCal?
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2018, 08:24:56 PM »
Thanks for seed offer. I can get them locally  from JF's tree.

Yes come get some


 

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