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By popular demand sale will continue available costaricana, hooperiana, baby queens, more Brahea Edulis and 15 gallon Huge Chamaerops Humilis Cerifera. Get them while they last

Beautiful Meyrta Balansae!!

Has anyone had success growing Senegal Date Palm in coastal Alabama?

That’s a beauty Jason and getting some size to it. What a nice crown shaft. I’m in Bret’s camp, mine looks nothing like your palm. Tall, thin, wispy crown and it bifurcated. Whatever mine is, it’s an attractive small palm. Tim

Here is a better shot of the whole palm

Zamia angustifolia Seedlings- native to Bahamas, very thin leaflets that flush a pretty bronze when new. Cold Hardy, No damage on mine here @27F. $5 each, (5 minimum for shipping) Plus Shipping, box, and spaghum). Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com

Zamia angustifolia Seedlings- native to Bahamas, very thin leaflets that flush a pretty bronze when new. Cold Hardy, No damage on mine here @27F. $5 each, (5 minimum for shipping) Plus Shipping, box, and spaghum).

Do t yet know if a true variegation or just a nutrient deficiency. Transplanted near Iona swfl

It could be boron or manganese deficiency Why at that stage? It's hard to say, but something like this happens to my palms too, they grow well and suddenly start to show signs of micronutrient deficiency

@happypalmsdo you have the arenga australsica?

It’s a female, and as far as I know it’s the only one that Ive heard of that has bifurcated

Close to all day full sun 1.5 miles from the ocean.

Perhaps someone knows how quickly a crown collapse occurs.

Very nice. Good looking garden

The gouges look suspiciously the same size. Perhaps someone took out some anger on it with a golf club or machete???

I am ready to try Licuala again. I just love the look of them . I think there are a couple that would work now that I have a canopy and great protection in certain areas of my garden . I am thinking , maybe , start with L. Ramsayi. @DoomsDave has a beauty and we have very similar climates. Floribunda has some and when my buddy gets back from Japan in June we are going in on an order of palms. Harry

I would plant Sabal minor (or both species?). I've often said you can landscape a whole yard with S. minor cultivars so your choices are many. Needle palms are relict palms from the Pleistocene that some palm experts claim were aided reproductively by now extinct giant sloths - bears are thought to do that chore now. Whether they are on the way to extinction themselves I don't know but they are what they are - no cultivars or varieties unlike Sabal minors. While they are beautiful and tough in their own right I have discovered that they don't thrive in my SWFL sweltering, ferocious sun climate. I believe my winters are not cold enough for them. I have been unable to keep a needle alive long term even in shade and given up on them - 3 strikes put this species out of my lineup. If I were you I would experiment with both species and report the results to PT. If more people did that we'd learn a lot more faster.

Dypsis can take months to germinate here . I understand , especially if it is something you’re not that interested in . Me ? I would probably scoop a few up and plant around the garden . That’s just me . I still scatter C. Radicalis seeds around! Harry Near the Chamaedorea Plumosa to the right and Dypsis Basilonga on the left are a few C. Radicalis in a community pot and in the garden behind in the Plumosa . I have more C. Radicalis seeds that I will be planting soon. Never a dull moment at Harry’s Palms!

Looking great Bob.

San Diego is the best but Southern California is very friendly to a lot of palms . I have been at this house in Santa Paula , on the south facing hill for about 30 years . Our climate zone has officially changed from 9b to 10a . I have never had frost in my garden , only on the car , in the north side a couple of times . What makes San Diego so much better is a bit more humidity than I get , and a bit more warmth. Harry

It must prefer the Cali mediterranean climate to FL swelter. I will take photos soon. I didn't know they split. Is it male or female?