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Good stuff Tim, I think that's worthy of a bit of self indulgence! Would not have suspected this would survive in Melbourne, but that probably applies to most of your garden. Well done!

A wonderful gift of some Ferox seedlings sent to me by a PACSOA member. They shall be greatly treasured and grown with love. If iam gifted a plant I never forget that gift and will always remember who gifted me that plant, always with great remembrance. Thanks Gary

That's all good. Everyone has their own threshold for privacy...I figure that if my details haven't been stolen, sold and abused 100 times already then I'm well ahead of the game! Hope your Bentinkias pull their socks up and get on with life.

Lisa or no Lisa it’s one crook palm!

Today the big sallehana I purchased at the recent pacsoa show went in the ground, I have others in my garden so iam confident it will live they are quite tough, there only weakness is lack of water!

At least they haven’t changed there name to some other obscure name. They had the sense to stick with beccariophoenix north south or windows or no windows, A B or c.

Today the good old phoenix robellenii got my attention, fitting in so well as a landscape plant. They may be common but they have that tropical landscape feel about them!

It gets blasted by sun, and also blasted by an irrigation head nearby. Cuban palms seem pretty happy in South Florida most of the time. I think it’s a true Hospita. Pretty blue. Not too massive. Those Bailey leaves are big, big. I think bigger than this. I know there is a science to digging up and root pruning these for transplant, that Ken is a master of. Those big carrots may not die all the way back, but might heal and branch out again. I’m not 100% sure either. Either way, the root systems of these Copernicias are insane.

Yup. They'll go out into a shade first, then to lighter shade, till eventually full sun. I've burned my plants before being too quick with acclimating them to full sun, so I'll err on the slow side.

Agree with the above. I don’t see variegation or fused leaflets. Looks like Borrasodendron.

Palm Springs and nearby.. Yuma and Bullhead.. Vegas and ST George.. S.D. County.. Some prelim. Records reports region -wide so far:

Our kings burned when planted and that was in typical west side SF weather, no heat waves as I recall. They are slowly growing out of it. This is their second year in the ground so I hope they pick up speed.

78F right now ( 9:37PM ) after hitting 106 ( Downtown Chandler ) ..3 deg above the forecasted high. Closer to the house? ..closest two neighborhood stations touched 110F Some of the local / other AZ numbers captured between 3:30 and 4PM. Several 110 / 110+ readings around the valley today ..ooof. Tucson and points south of there.. 90 /90+ in Sonoita ( 4902K elevation ) / upper 90s in Patagonia = Wild Flag ...and the Rim.. Kingman area..

The elusive and rarely seen early spring, monsoon tease.. Not all the time you see a " cool season " thunderstorm w/ marginal summer - like structure produce a brief ..but very summer - like.. haboob .. Haboob -lite? Mini -boob? perhaps? ha ha.. 3 / 10 /26 ...Right before the " Meltdown " began.. Whenever you hear the term " Virga " in a Wx forecast, this is what they mean.. In this case, it managed to reach the ground.

Yes @Hu Palmeras, it is a very beautiful island. But we did have a little weather after my arrival. I arrived on March 10, then lots of rain. Lots! Saturday, March 14 at 8:30 am the power went out as winds picked up to very intense gusts and rain fell in sideways-blown sheets. We wisely decided to skip our usual trip into Hilo for lunch and grocery shopping. Friends brought a small generator to keep the refrigerator going and we had dinners by candle light.. This lasted through Sunday and finally Monday at 2:30 in the afternoon the power came back on -- but not for everyone. Sleeping at night during the storm sounded like an oceanfront condo with storm waves crashing. The interminable wind and rain had quickly become exhuasting. When things finally calmed, I walked the garden to find big dead, very heavy! ohi'a logs had fallen and broken up into pieces in several places in the garden, but amazingly no real damage. I have a lot of cleanup to do, but am so grateful for friends and neighbors pulling together here to make sure everyone is safe and not stressing too much. I realize how addicted I have become to my devices for weather reports, news, and virtually every kind of information. With no power and no internet we were cut off from the world -- but we could drive into town, buy a delicious coffee from Kohala Coffee Company, and catch up on the essentials, then vacate the table for others in the same situation. Our area had more than 20 inches of rain from Saturday through Sunday but some areas of the island had in excess of 45 inches, and damage from rain was worse on Maui and Oahu. This kind of storm is known as a Kona Low, for you weather buffs out there. 😉 A friend on the Kailua-Kona side said it was the worst storm she had experienced in her 33 years here!

Out in the scrub again running around. Getting in a swim before winter gets here, and as usual bangalows in the wet areas and creek beds. Such a tough palm, but they do like moisture. Even there native habitat some of the leaves can look a bit tatty. So if your plants need is not perfect fear not even in habitat they can appear a bit tatty.

Don't instantly move them to direct all-day sun. Only morning exposure for maybe 2-4 hours to start. See how they do. Gradually shift them to more sun if they are responding positively.

Thanks very much for the replies. I will proceed with removing the 2 trees. From what I’ve gathered from different sources, I also think it’s Lethal Bronzing.

Howea fosteriana and if you like the curved look of the leaf get a bellmoreana. A much better choice for indoors!

First up sack the gardener for cutting of a bit of garden eye candy, they said it years the younger generation are not interested in things like gardening, pidgeon racing or anything outdoors. Heaven forbid nowadays they are only interested in a google pixel addiction, what will our palms become in the future. There will come a day when they will look at botanical gardens and go what are those things growing, that’s if botanical gardens exist in 200 years. Seeds are the future generations and without people germinating them a lot will be lost. Richard

Hook up that V8 you got and haul her out of there, oh that’s right the price of fuel now you can’t afford to that V8 to haul her outta there!

I agree that this is not Sabal Lisa. I may be pulling at straws. It has been this odd color for over a year. Accordingly, it is not cold damage. Perhaps it is a sick Borassodendron as suggested by idontknowwhatnametuse. If it is a sick palm, I do not why Mounts is allowing it to propagate. An enigma wrapped in a riddle.

@Honza the existing fronds look pretty good. It doss look like the older fronds are starting to spread slightly downwards, which can be a sign of an upcoming flush. Mine in the ground here in Florida usually flush twice per year. But in ground is always faster. I use "palm" type fertilizers, similar to PalmGain. Revoluta aren't picky, but will probably want some micronutrients too, especially Manganese (avoids "frizzle top" flushes) and Magnesium (avoids yellow tips "Aurea" effect).

While this particular ridge may back down, ..a little.. and parts of CA / Pac. NW may ..emphasize ...may.. see a return to something " not quite as ridge -y " as we start April, going with our local forecasters ..and current data elsewhere ..a transition to " unsettled " here is quite unlikely. FYI: Daniel Swain will be live again tomorrow at noon local AZ and PST.

Hard to see if there’s an embryo there. Make a clean cut with some sharp pruners. But there’s a pretty good chance that they are viable seeds.