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In my climate "a little mulch" is rapidly eaten by microbes. I put down 3" thickness of top mulch every 2 years.

WHen my bismarckia was hit by palmetto weevils, the newest leaves blanched and wrinkled a bit. No sign of trunk damage at all they went in through the newer leafbases. When it was cut down the inside near the grow point was eaten, hollowed. I have no idea how other beatles/weevils hit palms. The eating of leaflets was not in evidence at all. By the time you notice damage it has 2-3 weeks to live at most. Might be desert heat/humidity slows them down, saw you had 117F the other day, brings back memories of slipping around while auto tires melt as you drive.

Wow! That plant is stunning!

That is painful stuff. The high pressure zones seem to be dominating the pattern this year. I hate them. I’d rather cloud and a bit of rain drizzle at this time of year. Has it been a dry July for you this year? It has been here. What’s the bet your Bangalow will grow out of it eventually.

I’ll post this update on the Chrysalidiocarpus Blacki that I was able to sprout . The seeds came to me via our very own @DoomsDave from Larry Blacks palm , I believe. I only lost a few but managed to get 5 healthy babies into pots and in the greenhouse. They are liking our tropical heat spell . Harry Like C. Lanceolata thes have a glossy appearance already, so excited to see these doing well.

That is a lovely hybrid . We had a guy that did hybrids and I once purchased a Chamaedorea Potutalensis/ Elatior hybrid . Within 6 months it started taking over my shade house! The palm was like “ Jack and The Beanstock” ! It was beautiful but way bigger than I wanted so I managed to get it in my pick up truck and rehome it over the hill to my mentor’s jungle . The fronds were large , like Tepejelote , and it grew along the sides of the shade house . It pushed everything aside as it traveled along . I’ve never had a palm grow like that! Harry

So slow growing , Cocothrinax , but years to enjoy before they get tall. I only have one Cocothrinax in my collection , a C. Barbadensis and it has taken time to get head high. Harry

I have some around the garden and most have been in the ground for many years . They do like water and a bit of shade in my climate . The shade grown ones definitely look better here. Some can get rather large. Harry

Great positioning of some remarkable palms . Thank you for the photo tour . Harry

Unbelievable Jason!!! I’m beyond jealous!!!

I like 'em, can't grow 'em tho!

Brutal. Hopefully that's the worst of it for you this winter. Come on spring!

Not what I wanted to see when I woke and read the temperature this morning. A single coarse word came to mind. For my station that has been running since Dec 2016, smashed my low temp record by 0.7C. That's nature, winters seem to be getting milder and milder, barely go below 0 until 1st July and then this week happens. However, especially now I've had a chance to look for damage, realising that a single reading at one point on the section does not tell the whole story. It was so ridiculously still last night it was a 100% radiation event and the temperature likely varied over distances of metres. So far, seems anything under some canopy did surprisingly well. The most exposed bungalow seems to be the main casualty, I'm used to it getting a bit ratty by spring then quickly growing out the damage. This year looks like it will hardly have any green left until the next spear opens in spring. Low was -3.4, did thaw quickly, warmed all the way up to 15.6 in the afternoon.

You must have a good climate to be growing pachystachys!

Couple of nice palms you have there, i could see a Johannesteijsmannia altifrons to match that trio! I have a couple of kerriodoxas floating around the greenhouse!

The Caryotas, as a genus there are some pretty amazing varieties and they can get rather large. The mitis is no exception a large clump can be a bit of a mess to the eye. I like them to a certain degree, but iam yet to be fully converted about them before I start planting hundreds of them around the garden. Easy to grow and germinate with some cool tolerance, and they will tolerate a dry season, that given they are true water lovers and will drink whatever you give them.

Dictyosperma album and a nice kerriodoxa elegans, cool temperatures are not worrying these two garden beauties!

Well I have achieved one thing today, inspired you to get out and mulch away, it just puts that little extra into the garden. 🪴

I bought this plant as the above sp in a very young age. It is still relatively young and grows constantly in a cold frame. To tell the truth it does not look to my eyes a real argentea, at least it has not (yet?) the silvery leaf backside. Perhaps still too young or perhaps the special growing conditions (inside, not direct sun exposure), or just a wrong id? In last case what other Coccothrinax comes to mind as possible candidate?

Only four, two fell completely out of parental type, one deviated more than the remaining one and had been eventually removed, although leaf back side was totally white, last variation is called silverback.

Kind of weevil? Bismarckia is preferred by palmetto weevil in Florida and rpw in southern Europe. So why not also by s.a.p.w. ? But how did it get to AZ, having crossed a surrounding desert (? I am admittedly not familiar with local geography, just an assumption). If it is indeed a weevil I would start searching for the 'Trojan horse' in the vicinity.

Nordic Experience posted a video showing many Canary Island Date Palms, large ones, in Dublin, so clearly mild winter temperatures were more important than summer heat. There are some in SW British Columbia as well.

Ceratozamia sancheziae

Thanks for looking