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I think these are gonna be gone by the weekend. I made a post on the local chamber of commerce Facebook page asking about dates for the farmers markets. People asked me what I had. Well there ain't no point in me going now cuz everybody's coming out here. As Martha Stewart used to say, "It's a good thing." @N8ALLRIGHT I might have to break down and buy some more of these colocasia bulbs in the fall.

Anyone, please? Fungi on roots?

That’s great news! At the last CFPACS meeting I was impressed by the potted Fallaensis at Chip Jones nursery nearly undamaged at 24f. The Bismarckias had significant burn in contrast. The Baileyana’s looked to have taken it on the chin. If I had more room in the yard I would certainly try a Fallaensis and Hospita. Lost Prunifera to fungus this winter, which had no other observable damage from the cold. Will replace it with an Alba here soon.

I have read it is possible to remove a sucker from a Areca vestria. Well here’s to trying it out. It’s just a bit gardening fun to see if it works. Any thoughts out there on the subject?

That’s a shame! I did have a 10’ tall Pembana tip over during Milton, but we only had cat 1 winds here, and it never skipped a beat once I stood it back up. I have so many Lanceolata and Pembana in the greenhouse that I’m just treating them as semi-annuals. I do like clumping palms, and always liked the appearance of Onilahensis compared to the other clumping Dypsis, but all the robust specimens are in milder climates. The centerpieces of my landscape are fan palms, Coccothrinax Macroglossa ‘Azul’, Leucothrinax Morissi, Sabal Mauritiformis and Causiarum, which all took Hurricane Milton, and this freeze in stride. Also several lesser common Coccothrinax recently added. Just lost a Copernicia Prunifera to fungus, but have an Alba ready to take its place. I try to keep a good balance of pinnate, palmate, and tropical hardwoods.

Visited the motherland this week. The smaller fruiting coconut is from a ditch that was collected by a lady in homestead Fl 5 years ago . receives no love from the owner . second the largest coconut that has managed to evade the 2021 Texas palm massacre lol over on port Isabel if anyone wants the exact address message me . across the same street I found a yard with 3-4 young cocos that looked really great the lady who lives there mentioned her husband collected all the cocos that washed ashore and they sprouted! other pics are of various parts of the valley for whatever reason palm talk won’t let me insert individual Info per pick so if yall have questions I’ll answer what I can haha . #Zone10A-BTexas IMG_9409.mov

Been 10 years since I’ve been to Cali, but remember being in awe of the Howeas and giant Archontophoenix in Coronado. Wasn’t well versed in palms at the time, but am now jealous in a lot of ways of the climate.

That is a bummer man. I feel you. Lost a trunking Lanceolata and 1/2 Pembanas. The last survivor is defoliated but the main trunk is pushing what is left of a spear. Lost a 15’ Arch. Cunninghamiana var Illawara, as well as a small Myolensis and Tuckeri. My 25’+ tall Cunninghamiana survived, but will take all year to look decent again, hopefully not to be hit with another freeze. The grumpiness is real here too

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26° is pretty warm for so early in the season.

I didn't offer any commentary about its looks, just that it's there and alive. Obviously, it must have looked a thousand times better in the past in order to be able to grow such a fat trunk. Hopefully it regains its former glory, it has good genetics 🌴

I don’t think @happypalms can spruik the cold tolerance of this species without sending us down some to try out!

Caught my bromeliad flowering from the corner of my eye.

It's a Texas thing. There are some houses like that in my neighborhood. No HOA!!!! A lot of people are lazy here.

I find it impressive that it survived 2021 but let's be honest, this is one ugly mofo. Any Butia you didn't like on the pictures that were posted on here looks a gazillion times better than this Queen . The car in the background is cool though.

Very nice! harry

You’re welcome on the pics. It grows well on the sandstone rocks in my garden wherever I created shade. I would welcome the moss any day growing on my advanced palms in the garden a great indicator of the moisture levels and humidity. And ladders and gardeners are one hazard I try to avoid, the other day I was 5 meters up a ladder just for a handful of archontophoenix maxima seeds, not worth the risk I thought after, yer sure for Tahina seeds but archontophoenix.🏥

I recorded 80.4f/26.9c with 35% humidity. I’m guessing St James’s Park would likely have been the warmest official station if it was working. Highest official temp was 26.6c at Kew Gardens. It’s been a very warm April evening, 66f almost 19c just after midnight.

I didnt have much trouble with them. But I did give them plenty of air space. Top little palm definitely one for the shade!

I like it 🌱

Start of April update: First " active " detection / observation in Nayarit, decent jump in cases / detections across most areas, inc. ALL states that border the Pacific, south of Jalisco. Firmly re- established in both Oaxaca and Chiapas. While monitoring all areas, area within the Orange line: = Where i'll be watching closely for -any- new detections thru the month / as we start May.. Encompasses the extremely rugged and remote bulk of the Sierra Madre Occidental, AG -dense Coastal plains region of both Sinaloa and southern Sonora, and, less likely, for now at least, southern tip of Baja Sur..

Wow, looks really good! Everything looks very deep green and lush, do you have any more pictures of your garden?

Everything in the picture was planted by hand circa 2018-2019. New zoysia sod just went in a month ago. Love my little tropical garden! (SW Florida Zone 10b) JD