[Arid_gardener] Re: Queen palm care

[RodMcQ6@aol.com]

Sorry but I don't have any info on the growth rate of a queen palm. Perhaps 
someone else on line will have that info. The queen palm will do very well on 
the same irrigation circuit as the other trees. Your trees would do better if 
for summer watering you changed your irrigation interval to once per week and 
doubled the 3 hour watering time. The bougainvillea would blossom more 
prolifically if you took it off the irrigation system and deep watered it 
once a month in the summer.
       Check out the Master Gardener Manual chapter on irrigatoion at:  
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/arboriculture/watering.html

Good luck.
Rod McKusick
Master Gardener and Arborist