palm trees should have names

I think that each and every one of these palm trees should have names. I am open to suggestions! The ones we use will win a free night in the hotel!

More pictures

I will continue to add pictures as they arrive. Here is the story that ran today in the Des Moines Register: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080815/BUSINESS/808150351/-1/NEWS04

http://www.heartofamericahotels.com/HolidayInn&Suites/index.html

There Heeeeeeeeere

The Palm Trees are in!!! The new Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites at Jordan Creek has done the unthinkable! They have planted over 30 Chinese Windmill Palm trees in West Des Moines, Iowa!

at last

30 Chinese Windmill Palm trees are being delivered on Wednesday!!!!!! I cant wait to go see them.

Rain

When will the rain ever end? Yet again the weather has thrown a kink into our plans for palm trees. I will keep you posted as to when they will arrive..... meantime, keep bailing....

palm information

This is what we will be planting!

About the Windmill Palm...
Windmill Palms are considered the kings of northern palms. Gracing palaces in cold winter climates from southern Russia, to Austria, the valleys of Switzerland, and in northern France. The Windmill Palm can easily withstand annual winter temperatures dipping from 0*F to -15*F without any significant damage to its dark lustrous leaves. Its character of a slender petite trunk with a full head of dark green palmate leaves gives any landscape a classy look fit for royalty. The Windmill Palm is highly prized and considered the number one palm for growing in a northern climate and it is also great for the southern landscape as well. It is also found gracing the grounds of most five star resorts, everywhere across Europe and now the U.S.. The Windmill Palm is a tree form palm, growing to 20-30 feet. Like most evergreens it grows in spurts from year to year but one could give it an average of six to twelve inches a year, even in the North. (Grows in Zones 4-10. Refer to Zone Map.)

I do believe that Summer is finally here. I am sitting in my office watching boats go up and down the river. This is the kind of weather in which our palm trees will surely thrive! I am counting the days until they are planted!