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Thanks. Based on the fast growth and bluish tint to the leaves it may have been one of his Sabal ‘Riverside’. Conrad Bering grew a number of species from RPS seed. After he sold the nursery , the new owners have no interest in oddball palms. He kept the palm/yucca farm, so they sold what was left in the greenhouses and now only stock basic palms from local wholesalers. Sabal minor, Washingtonia , Chamaerops humilis, occasionally Phoenix sylvestris , etc.

I think there's a good chance that's Paulownia tomentosa. Although it's a tree from temperate areas of China, it was introduced and became invasive in some areas of Hawai'i, so it's possible you could have found it there.

I will wait for the flash that is coming soon and it should tell us. Will Provide update soon!

That’s what they say, water religiously. I doubt you can kill a Sabal mexicana that way, they grow in standing water and marsh in certain areas.

Hello I already have one ! I agree. I have a lot of different palms and hybrid palms. IMO the best representation of a hybrid or mix of 2 palms is the Jubaea x syagrus, I have seen a few and they are stunning.

They look a little nutrient deficient, but I have never heard of a Washingtonia being affected negatively by alkaline soil. Their native soil is alkaline.

@Meangreen94z the Pearland palms are nuts, great work. Amazed by the majesty palm, very jealous of the A. totai. My yard is neglected and much less palmy these days, but a few things are chugging along: Sabal uresana from Barton Springs Nursery. Not as silvery as the John Fairey palms but still pretty nice. I am not sure what this one is. Also bought from Barton Springs Nursery in a 1 gallon pot years ago. I remember the pots and signage had different labels, some said Sabal bermudana, others Sabal domingensis. It has grown nearly as fast as my Sabal causiarum and looks very similar. The causarium is unfortunately dead... a transplant casualty during our yard remodel.

Hey Dale do you know who might still be selling these?

Dry and cool conditions.

I’d be all over the S glaucescens and A rousselii if you were in Aus Len. Nice job getting them to maturity and offering seeds. Beautiful palms!

What’s “stored well”?

Just ordered Parajubaea sunkha. Thanks for offering these!

Just added a few Parajubaea sunkha and Syagrus glaucescens seed packs.

Hello, My 2nd generation Inga Hoffman cunninghamia has produced a new crop of seeds. My last crop was in late 2024 and '25 was a dud year. This year was gangbusters so I have lots of seeds. Inga Hoffman lived in San Leandro, CA and ran the IPS seed bank for many years. she sourced seed from and had (still there as far as I know) a beautiful cunninghamia at her property. The parent seed was sought out and collected by her when she was on a trip to Australia, collecting seed, and she saw a cunninghamia growing up high, higher- and more importantly colder- than where a cunninghamia should be growing. They ventured up to the location and collected seeds. The resulting offspring is the tree that she grew at her home in San Leandro, and its cold hardiness was tested and proven in the '89 freeze. It survived. I'm not sure of the damage but I do remember scarring down low- only a few feet up-on the trunk from that year. I don't know how cold it got in Castro valley but it was definitely the low twenties. I was 1 hour east and I can say that it got into the teens. It was a very cold winter. Anyways, these seeds are from an offspring of that tree at Inga's place. I'd like to get like 5-10 cents per seed. I'd prefer US only but I am willing to do international. I've had an experience where the guy that bought seeds never got them and they showed up at my house 6 months later after travelling all over the world, apparently; and I had to make several calls to the customs office in that city to answer a bunch of questions to no avail. Hours of time wasted to try to help a guy out.. Very disappointing for both parties. The biggest thing is I'd like to be covered for shipping. I have 5x7" padded envelopes and shipping is going to be like $10 in the US so I'd like at least that. I'll give the seeds away within in reason; I'd like to be able to distribute these seeds around a little bit. Seeds have been cleaned and soaked in hydrogen peroxide. I have probably 700 seeds so PM me, I'll get back to you and first come first served. Thanks for your consideration! I can do Paypal or Zelle or if you want to mail me cash or check that works to, but that's like 14 seeds for the cost of a stamp!

I ended up planting the E. munchii and the E. Horridus x Arenarus.

Here is my fiji currently after 100% defoliation.

They're holding 5-6 apiece. The Atlantic Tall is slightly more recovered than the Maypan, but both have a long road ahead of them assuming they survive next winter. Atlantic Tall: Maypan:

Here’s one in Pearland, Texas. Seed from a South Texas palm . The wet humid climate bleaches the blue a bit.

Update from Pearland Livistona decora, Ravenea rivularis(Majesty) Archontophoenix tuckeri #1(4 feet of trunk) Hyphaene petersiana: Bismarckia nobilis#1 Livistona australis: Acrocomia totai: Archontophoenix tuckeri #2: Butia sp.: Beccariophoenix alfredii : Bismarckia nobilis#2: Sabal uresana: Medemia argun: Livistona nitida, Copernicia alba(8 feet of trunk), Butia sp.: Copernicia alba#1(more sun, 8 feet of trunk): Copernicia alba #2(more shade, 2 feet of trunk ) Queen palm:Mule Palm (Butia x Syagrus): Butia x Parajubaea torallyi: Phoenix theophrastii “Golkoy”:Phoenix sylvestris: Ravenea rivularis(Majesty):

That little bit less precipitation actually makes a difference especially in winter. South Salem had more Washingtonia in the ground than the Portland area. During those polar incursions you are right about Portland getting that terrible east wind through the gorge. Fortunately I was more protected than NE Portland, but it still could affect me. Portland would get snow and I would get rain or mixing. What I can say is that even when you go down to Salem the average winter temps are colder which gives it that half zone rating lower. It would be frosty and frozen in Salem and further south and it wasn’t at my place. Hopefully your palm is able to tolerate the climate. I don’t think you will have to worry so much about winter damage but more so it having a growth rate equal to or greater than the aging out of older fronds. Keep us updated.

Got it from a reputable farm and they sale that size often.

Our municiple supply is 7.3-7.6 depending. Soil was tested as 8.1 three years ago. But that was a spot in my front yard; I have nearly an acre so I don't know the distribution across all soil I have, nor how it changes with depth. Given the known averages, feels like a safe assumption. I'm agreeing with sonoranfans; I think irrigation has washed away usable nutrients. The fertilizer I used has water soluable iron, manganese and magnesium. Hopefully that helps it recover. Epsom salt worries me a bit; I've read the line between enough and too much is really narrow.

Tracy, I just went outside and photographed both the F. abutilifolia and the F. glumosa. Both have grown quite a lot over the nearly 11 months since the above photos, although the F. abutilifolia sure seems to be looking around for some rocks to snake through. I suppose at some point it might decide to be an upright tree? Maybe not. But it has beautiful foliage, a nice lemon-yellow tinge to the bark, and loves the extreme heat out here. The same toughness of character can be attributed to F. glumosa, although that one would be a model student in any teacher's class, neatly confined to their seat with a sense of great propriety! I'm fascinated by the woolly and yet glossy-green foliage. F. abutilifolia: F. glumosa: