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Here is a pretty little broadleaf evergreen that I saw in the St. John's Botanical Garden in Hastings, Florida. The director of the garden didn't know the name of this plant. Can anyone identify it? It is fairly young. I think the average leaf size was approximately 4 inches long (guess).

That may be true but you can say the same thing for the rest of the eastern USA. Northern Florida right by the Gulf of Mexico still gets into the teen temperatures every now and then despite being zone 9a. But you cannot go out and compare zone 9a Florida to, let's say, Atlanta for example. Palm trees are sensitive to cold snaps but my point is that they also respond well to average mild winters. A zone 6 or 2 winter a decade is much better than a true zone 6 with it getting to zone 6 temperatures every year. You cannot compare Nashville to a true zone 6b just because it gets that a couple of times a year. The definition of USDA cold hardiness zones is just the average winter lowest temperature, not what it gets every year. So yes, an average zone 7b location will likely have zone 6 and zone 8 temperatures mixed into a 30 year average, which logically equals out to zone 7b. This is still helpful for palm growing. Needle palms and dwarf palmettos should still do well in Nashville, much better than a place averaging to zone 6b. If you want to get technical, most places in the USA have much lower record cold temperatures than their cold hardiness zones would lead you to believe. Florida's record low is -2 if I recall, but we don't call Florida zone 6, and palms still happily grow there because some cold hardy palms can handle very cold temperatures once every so many years, but if it happens every year then they have no time to recover. They need recovery years which zone 7 areas and up provide, years where it doesn't get below zero. If I recall correctly, even at the northern end of the sabal palmetto native range, it has gotten to single digit temperatures before. The cold hardiness of palms is a lot more nuanced than many people believe. A sabal palmetto might survive single digits (if the ecotype is cold hardy) once every 20 years but cannot handle that every year most likely. Do we call sabal palmettos zone 7 palms then? Not really. People still largely refer to them as zone 8 palms and up (probably more 8b than 8a). But I agree for the most part, palms with true trunks are mostly off limits to Nashville. Notice I say mostly. Find the right microclimate, close to a brick wall for example, and that may be enough for a windmill palm to survive. I have seen tall windmill palms survive years and years by a brick building in Knoxville for example.

Thats been there for a long time

There would be the question why B deficiency. Its either very high drainage or soil channeling local to that spot or its a pH issue. If its a pH issue, adding borax should be done with a some epsom salt to ensure the uptake. This is because as stated previously, boron binds with Ca at alkaline pH. Epsom salts will cause a more rapid(and likely temporary) change in local soil pH. The sulfur pH adjustment is slow due to the need for microbe activation of the sulfur. Hence you can put a bunch of sulfur down and not worry about pH shock.

I actually know about them . They must grow in Santa Paula , California . There is a place on hospital hill to send them to. They will be quite happy there. I really don’t know but if they are anything like Engleri , very easy , cool tolerant . They look just like the baby Engleri I got for a friend . Harry

Jonathon, your info makes perfect sense. Fulva is likely too heat sensitive for my climate. Mine died so definitively I decided not to apply my "3 strikes" rule and go straight to "out". BTW, last week I watched a Public Broadcast System documentary on some of the animals on Tasmania. Very cool. David Attenborough narrated and anything he does is great. Love that guy - 100 y.o. and still carrying on.

Unfortunately it is in a traffic zone, and it has caused me trouble before, right down to the doctor in Sydney wanting to know what palm it was! They are so hard to remove the needles. You can run your hand down the trunk, but heaven forbid the other way going up. Richard

I cannot find any information on this palm, apart from it was wallichia nana. Does anyone have pictures of this palm?

Some nice dictyosperma album var conjugatum needed a bit of attention. So time to wack em across the potting bench. Thanks Merc!

The good old Chambeyronia and the dypsis saintlucei poking its head up above the greenhouse.

Gausia maya, Burretokentia hapala.

Yes it is a chamaedorea adscendens, it’s about 3ft tall, I have one that is 5ft. Both are 26 years old. Do you want any seeds ?

Calyptrocalyx hollrungii seedlings

Blame @tim_brissy_13

It seems they are a popular variety of palm, globally!

Good stuff, great you kiwis can give the Tasmanians a run for there money across the ditch!

Excuses excuses, you polar bears need a a germinating lesson! But honestly would Tim our president of the southern palm mafia chapter send you the floater iam shocked at such accusations! I reckon it’s the happypalms knack!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ps hopefully I can get a few to you

Thank you to all for the information

I have some of the same seed batch and they are germinating well. About 50% to date. In a baggie outside in a shady spot here in NZ.

Maybe one of these boys crossed Bass Strait! Would have thought drudei would do well for you Meg? I've seen them in habitat north of Townsville growing in sand nearly right on the beach. Pretty similar climate to south Florida, hot with cyclones!?! On the other hand, the Blackdown Tablelands where fulva comes from can be pretty damn cold at night in winter.

It it Chamaedorea adscendens? How tall is it? I have two Chamaedorea adscendens that are in a pot that are 18 or 19 years old and are only about 2 ft (61 cm) tall. It’s a very tough palm, but very slow here (my experience).

Also...have never had problems germinating Ceroxylon species in the past, which is frustrating now that I've got seeds of the one I've always wanted...Bah Humbug!!