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Yes, I’m fully aware of the East Bay early autumn hot dry wind patterns. I was only comparing my west side area climate with that of Rancho Cucamonga’s, not the entire Bay Area which has multiple climate zones within its range.

State is definitely getting peppered with rain the past few days. Down here we’ve gotten a few days of rain in the past week, grand totaling about 1.5 inches. Still drought conditions, but helpful.

Just a question out of curiosity but what is the problem with palm, cactus, citrus soil ? All my palms were planted half with loamy native soil, half with palm, cactus , citrus soil and I can say I have excellent drainage.

Glad you had good luck with it. Looks great

There's another one near my house that looks exactly the same. It looked better last year when it didn't burn its leafes for a whole year. Next time I'm going to take a picture of it.

Sabal minor naturalizing in TN is for sure different than it being native. Just recorded an episode of the Palmcast an hour ago where we all talk about Sabal minors range throughout the southeast specifically. The main point of contention that it’s most certainly not native in TN is the fact that the neighboring counties directly touching the TN state border in all the states surrounding TN are absent of Sabal minor as well.

i was watering a lot less on the established palms but the big ones that were recently transplanted they told me to water everyday

Ok thank you. This is really good to know. So everything survive except the canaries. Dates are surviving, med fans are. They died last time because I wasn’t watering enough. Right now every canary has 6, 4gph emitters. And I was doing 45 minutes 2-3 times per day 6 days a week initially and I pulled back and then I started to see frond regression. So what would you recommend time wise with 6, 4gph emitters?

We have one cat on thyroid meds , one diabetic that gets shots twice a day , and another cat we have to do IV drip for hydration until we get pathology report back. Unfortunately , all our cats are old so health issues are just part of their life. As @happypalms says , part of the family ….”in good times or bad times , going half mad times…” . Thank you Jimmy Buffet , sail on . Harry

I've actually harvested seeds off the Hardin County Cluster multiple times once in 2019 and a few times since. They grow incredibly slow, almost as slow sabal Etonias. I have harvested seeds from naturalized clusters in Shelby county and those grow significantly faster.

A local nursery in Ventura had a few of these for sale a few years ago . Still kicking myself for not grabbing one 🫤.They seem bigger than some of the other Chamaedorea. Harry @kylecawazafla … nice pic ! It looks like they can handle a bit of filtered sun too!

Nice hybrids, my friend. They're great palms. 🌴🦜🗿

I think the Bromeliads are beautiful , too much sun or not . The color is spectacular! Oh….nice C. Baronial too😄. Harry

I have a number of different hybrids available in my collection, all produced in limited quantities and, to my knowledge, several of these crosses are not being commercially offered anywhere else in the world. These aren't intended to compete with typical nursery palms. They are premium collector palms for those of us who enjoy growing something genuinely unusual and hard to find. I wanted to specifically highlight three of my more affordable hybrids, which are currently available for $133 delivered. I thought these would be a good introduction to the collection for anyone who has been wanting to try one of my hybrids without stepping into some of the larger and more expensive specimens. The $133 price includes: Palm shipped in its container FREE UPS 2nd Day Air shipping anywhere in the lower 48 states (SoCal customers can buy from our San Diego distributor) Careful packaging specifically for live palm shipment 100% guaranteed to arrive alive 110% guaranteed to be hybrids The three hybrids I'm highlighting are: TriBear Palm- Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) leptocheilos x decaryi Probably the most popular hybrid we sell- fast growing and beautiful trunks. Sandy Bear Palm- Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) psammophilus x leptocheilos A great new clustering hybrid that should do very well in Mediterranean and drier climates. Golden Triangle Palm- Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) lutescens x decaryi By far our fastest hybrid- about 3x the speed of the TriBear Palm- and highly drought tolerant. There are also additional hybrids and larger specimens available in the store for collectors looking for something even more unusual or established. These palms are being produced in relatively small numbers, and my goal is really to get them into the hands of serious palm enthusiasts who appreciate unusual genetics and enjoy growing something that very few other collections have. You can see the available palms and purchase directly through my Shopify store here: Seabreeze Nurseries IncMail-Order PalmsRare hybrid palm trees shipped worldwide!I'm also happy to answer questions here about any of the crosses, parent palms, characteristics I've observed, or anything else about the hybrids. Thanks for looking! — JD

Wowowwo beautiful

Here’s a Zamia that’s difficult to capture its beauty in photos. The leafs flush with small leaflets that get bigger and bigger over time. By the time they reach full size it doesn’t look like a new flush anymore. Zamia nesophila,

In 2019 I received some seed of Oregon Grown Trachycarpus Fortunei var. Nainital. Compared to Trachycarpus Fortunei this thing is extremely stiff, and extremely cold hardy. It grows a lot slower than generic fortunei. The 2024 event did not damage it for some reason. This has been in the ground it's entire life here in SW Tennessee. I was wondering if anyone here had similar results with these.

We are getting lucky here rained 2 1/2 inches the past 4 days and its raining pretty good now. I see it hitting sarasota and pinellas the past few days too. Sarasota county is getting hammered now on the radar and its coming north. My last walk at the retention ponds looked like the water levels were right up to the grass.

This is just the most common one but grows fine in our heat!!!

This, is correct. This is not.. Bay Area / N. Cal has it's own flavor of " Santa Anas ".. https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/diablo-santa-ana-winds/67827 https://www.kqed.org/news/11139448/lessons-from-the-east-bay-hills-fire-25-years-later That only caveat is that communities located along the west side of S.F. Bay, such as where you're located, aren't as effected by them, ....compared to communities on the east side of the bay ..or down in San Jose.

What a week! 117 F high. 97F morning low. 70 mph winds... Copernicia macroglossa that was previously tied up is now showing it's true potential in the Arizona desert. Nice medium speed grower for the tropics or warm desert if you have the room. Tough palm that withstands the extremes and still looks good. 🌴 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Experimenting with a Malaysian Dwarf Coconut in Fallbrook Sunset zone 23 USDA zone 10a about 15 miles inland from the coast. Its in a hot sunny spot that sees direct all year sun and even direct winter sun. Last winter weeks of mid 80s and low 90s in March. This spot builds a lot of heat and sees little to no frost on this part of my property. Might have to shelter it first couple of winters but we'll see how this goes.

I do have them but this is larger.

So after reading about the Orange County coconuts somewhere around the Santa Ana area and especially the one in Corona that persisted for years I thought I'd give it a try in zone 10a in Fallbrook in northern inland San Diego County. I'm about 15 miles inland and get a lot of heat. Might have to put a popup greenhouse around it first couple winters during cold or near freezing nights. Basically where I am in Fallbrook is sunset zone 23. Highly thermal even in the winter. It seems almost every year we have a lot of hot dry Santa Ana winds in the Fall and throughout the winter well into spring so its been warm a lot. Last winter we were mid 80's for weeks on end even a couple days in early march into the 90s consistently enough even my bananas started pushing new leaves in late March. Nights sometimes cool off quick but rarely freeze. I was noticing this year north of us in LA it was even warmer than my location doing work there in the winter felt actually kind of hot during mid days in what seemed like well in the mid to upper 80s in the middle of winter. For those who live inland southern California it might be worth trying. I'm surprised these aren't attempted inland LA basin more often where they get a good deal of heat, less freezes and generally just benefit from the heat island effect. I assume if you have a hot south facing sheltered pocket on your property it could work if you're far enough away from the cold ocean water which really stunts these guys. I planted this little guy (Malaysian Dwarf) in the middle of a heatwave its been in the upper 90's low 100s outside during the day hardly getting under 70 at night. Our nights recently have been basically tropical because of the north American monsoon humidity hanging around but also the offshore ocean water has been in the mid 70s. Here's a bunch of thermal reads even the retaining wall is in the 90s in the shade at 11am. The ground mount solar is pretty close by should offer some decent reflected heat. This little spot sees full sun even during winter solstice for pretty much almost the whole day since it's south facing and is sheltered by a little hill a fence and huge trees to block cold winds. You can see the dwarf cavendish banana doing really well behind the coco. I'm seeing wet soil over 100F so to me it seems this spot builds some serious heat.

Those extremes are not restricted to just SoCal. We’ve had 100° plus temperatures here too at any time in summer and into early autumn. We just don’t have the Santa Ana winds to go with those high temperatures.