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Great to see that they’re getting through winter there. Harry

Cayenne works great. Augie ( the dog) really liked digging up my Musa basjoo clumps. He stopped after I dumped a couple of bottles in the bed.

Pinanga capitata with immature fruit Kinabalu NP

Pinanga pilosa. Wonderful palm at 1500m

That’s great news gysuppe. So pretty well much 100 percent good stuff!

I knew that butia would get you out of the woodwork! I ditched the old ones I had, you can only hold onto the for so long.

Nice Richard. I didn’t get any out of my 10 B purpurescens seeds. I still have the seed but don’t hold much hope.

A well grown one in hot sunny spot is magnificent. In habitat that would be another story totally mind blowing. I see thousands of archontophoenix cuninghammiana in habitat acres upon acres of them and hardly notice them, but to a person from overseas it would be mind blowing to see that many in habitat. I love the old conservatory, almost like the Kew palm house absolutely beautiful. I might have to book a ticket to Hawaii next holiday I think!

They sort of become so popular that they have done there dash with collectors. Another ten years and they will be growing everywhere like foxtails. Theres two in my town of Grafton planted next to a set of steps, planted about a foot away from the steps and the house! I feel like telling them, mate do you realise how big they will get. That’s the people who buy them now no idea about palms they just see the pretty colours and buy away. Like those variegated rubber trees I see planted 3or 4 in a row next to a driveway or along the front yard in a row! Please someone tell them to take out a bank loan to pay for the plumbing repairs for the entire bloke of houses. No idea gardeners the chain stores see them coming! Richard

They would grow like weeds in WA one would think!

Plant two not one!

Here’s one I saw in India when I was there last year, they seem to do well in pots in India! And all I can see here is costa farms and there 1000 acres of hothouses and blueberries!

Hi Garry, they are popular palms in Australia. Some real beautiful ones around to be seen in gardens and outside the big resorts, and used by commercial businesses around town. Richard

Here you can get kentia rhapis alexander Lutescens bismark chamaedorea elegans, costricana Thats all, you guys are spoilt for choice!

There’s a dypsis Metallica, wonders never cease! Great now there is another palm to obsess over. My therapist will be disappointed in me, we were making progress in the palm buying obsession, now I have to schedule more appointments for another palm OCD session! Thanks peachy for setting my progress back in my therapy, I was going so well. ( secretly between us I have stopped buying due to winter) But don’t tell my therapist that! Richard

Look into a company called “PalmBoss” in your area. Pete may be able to assist.

10 seeds out of 10 germinated, percentage 100%, an excellent result

ok I understand everything, let's take life as it comes

Two rare Cerotazamia the Toman, you won’t find these ones in the chain stores that’s for sure. Purchased as a group of five from eBay, a super good buy. Planted in between a row of three satakentia that have been planted a month ago. Iam sure they will all look good in the years to come as an entrance to the greenhouses!

Another great tropical look plants, the hoffmania and vireya you can’t beat them for bright shade understory plants, or some good morning sun locations. Both love rich organic soil with good moisture. So for that tropical look here’s two great winners and cool tolerant plant nes at that no frost but they tolerate cooler conditions.

Yep that’s the one for the good old marginata. Leave them in the ground one you will soon be ripping out the plant roots and all there vigorous growers. And if you decide to leave it in the pit it will soon out grow it. There tough as nails.

This lot are taking winter well, they are acclimated to the cool so nothing to worry about as far as palm seedlings go in winter. The Butia was the only one out of ten RPS seeds so lucky to get that one and it’s rare. And the other two were a purchase from a Sydney grower as tiny seedlings. A nice repot in spring and they will be underway for the garden the following season. Except for the Butia it’s a bit slow so far.

Why not plant palms if you have them and I seem to have a few. Today just the easy growers are dictyosperma album conjugatum, lanonia dasyantha and a kerriodoxa along with a chamaedorea elatior, some top tropical palms well worth growing for that exotic look throughout the garden. There cool tolerant acclimated so winter won’t bother them, they will most likely enjoy getting in the ground now!

A batch of imported nationsiana seeds has given a near 90 percent strike rate, super healthy seeds. If you import seeds and get a strike rate like that one can’t complain about that. A few will go into private gardens and some botanical gardens in the state of NSW. And the rest will be planted in my garden!

since cat palms are cheap and readily available in my area, I might just see if it aclimates to the sun. If not ill move it to a shadier spot and try an Arenga engleri in place of the cat palm.