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Old 02-19-2012, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Idaho Desert
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If you're finding palm trees, you aren't in the desert. Palm trees are tropical and grow very few places in America without human assistance. I believe only sabal and palmetto palms are actually native to the continental U.S.
The desert palm (Washingtonia filifera) are native to Arizona and the deserts of California. They are a true desert palm and don't need much water. They do well in the colder areas like Cochise County and may have been planted by Native Americans in southern Nevada in places like Moaba/Glendale area before whiteman ever set foot in that valley.
Even its close cousin sky duster palms (Washingtonia robusta) do well without much exrtra irragation, but a much more weedy sp. and will pop up just about everywhere. Med fans and a few others do very well in the deserts.
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Old 02-21-2012, 03:32 PM
 
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If you're finding palm trees, you aren't in the desert. Palm trees are tropical and grow very few places in America without human assistance. I believe only sabal and palmetto palms are actually native to the continental U.S.
This is simply NOT true. There are some species of palm that are native to deserts and a few that are native to deserts in the US. The California Fan Palm comes to mind:

Washingtonia filifera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 05-26-2012, 06:44 AM
 
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I owned property in the high desert in California (up Joshua Tree way). The elevation was about 4,000 feet or so. It is the most bizarre thing to see snow falling on your cactus.
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Old 05-26-2012, 11:42 PM
 
Location: West of the Catalinas East of the Tortolitas
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I owned property in the high desert in California (up Joshua Tree way). The elevation was about 4,000 feet or so. It is the most bizarre thing to see snow falling on your cactus.
Snow falls on cactus here, too. It has snowed the last couple of winters, and it's weird to see snow on cactus. It doesn't snow much, maybe an inch or two, once or twice a winter, but it's really fun to see it when it does!
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Old 05-27-2012, 11:22 PM
 
Location: Tucson, AZ
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Fort Lowell area, is probably what you are looking for.
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Old 05-23-2013, 06:47 PM
 
Location: South Eastern Montana
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Heidiinpa...palm trees still grow quite readily at 4500 foot elevation ...even at 5500 foot elevation

Just wonderin'...did you ever move out there?! Do you like it if ya did?
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