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Thanks Tin! I know this inflation is hitting alot of people so I basically listed everything at 1990’s prices🤙

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Pindos are tough, oh yeah and the fruit is good to eat. They’re a good bit bulkier than a queen. Buteagrus “mules” are even tougher but they get HUGE. I’ll have to share some pictures. They get bulky like a CIDP without the thorns.

The averages are a nice guide for optimists; unfortunately sometimes you get bad winters a number of years in a row.

Close but clouds rolling through right around 3 and kept us a 89.. A few 90 /90+ here and there where the thickest clouds had passed though. 81 at 7:17PM, which is perfect.

Alfredii are reliably hardy to upper 20s, with variable burn around 25...and maybe serious damage and/or death below about 23. Butia are a bit hardier for sure. Mules are in the same range (generally speaking) as Butia. A super silver Butia would be pretty cool. Alfredii get to HUGE frond diameter if allowed to grow to a full crown (like 50ish feet), but can also be trimmed to a more "shuttlecock" shape. So part of your decision may be shape and final size too. One other you could conside is a Jubaea, Parajubaea or a Butia x Jubaea hybrid. I think all grow really well out there.

I concur with @Harry’s Palms about mule palms etc, but royals can rock the desert with enough water, which can get expensive after a while.

If it could be trimmed like a CIDP, it'd be nice.

You can probably get by with a queen-leaning mule. I love B.armata but they're slow and expen$$ive.

Im leaning heavily on the Pindo. Not as common as the queen, but hardier I would want to trim it like this, similar to canary date.

It’s a wonderful joy planting a couple of palms. And even better in remembrance of one the greatest palm germinaters that I have know. So a couple of Mercs palms went into the garden today, a ravenea hillbrandtii and a hypohorbe indica red form along the driveway in a prime viewing spot for that extra bit of remembrance!

Those are killer deals Steve!!! Wish I loved closer man.

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We’re technically 33 miles from santa monica. But no one drives to Santa Monica because the drive to Ventura is much easier 😂 its an extra 20 miles but the drive on the 126 is a nice drive to the coast, as opposed to the hell that is the 405. I probably drive by you at least once a month.

My experience with A. pinnata is that it always comes back after a hard freeze, even if the center spear pulls out. Just wait. One year I had to wait until August before a new leaf pushed up from the center. Frank (New Smyrna Beach)

Raised beds are a game changer in palm growing, I have a similar situation with my property lots of rocks and rock shelves. About 30 years ago I landscaped around my house with raised beds, and raised beds are far superior for growing palms if your property has rocks. Make the beds at least 3 feet tall or higher if you can terrace if you have too as well that works just as good. Even a small raised bed works well, a simple one foot border edge works wonders, backfill with the best soil you can find. Then sit back and water and in a few years time instant garden!!

Agave Kishokan Variegated $10. There are more plants! I will try to go through them tomorrow and post more pics but thats all for now. Thanks for looking! Steve

Yea , there is very little moisture to be had out there. The highs can reach well over 100f quite often. It is more like a desert in Santa Clarita than weather charts suggest. That’s why I don’t recommend Roystonea or other palms that do well in a more coastal environment. I am inland about 20 miles from the ocean and they are 45-50 miles inland . When the heat hits it will be 92 at my house and 105 out there with very low humidity. Brahea , Butia , or Mule palms would be much more adaptable to that climate than Majesty or Royal palms. I wouldn’t want to try to keep tropical looking feather palms looking nice in , basically, a desert environment. I guess it could be done but not without a lot of water and protection. I am out there on business 2-3 times a week and it is hot most days and quite a bit colder in winter . Harry

Agave Attenuata Variegata $10

Cereus Respandus Peruvian mountain apple $10

Beat inflation with these companion plants at $10! Dudleya Brittonii.

E Nubimontanus tree pots at $75 ea.

E Ferox liners at $20 ea.

E Lehmannii x Blue Longifolious liners at $30.