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How's yours doing Mat? I am considering one but my climate is Mediterranean too, and summers can be hot and dry. Some days humidity can be just 20% and with hot wind.. Ofc I am planning to put it under canopy and water every day in the summer. Should I bother?

And a few Cerotazamia seeds from @palmtreesforpleasure have made an appearance. Even a couple of eBay varieties the Stangeria and cycas tuckeri. It pays to shop around!

What’s been popping up on the heat mats. Some interesting varieties coming up and a few late arrivals. Mostly imported seeds, but a few local varieties a big thank you to @tim_brissy_13 for the trackycarpus varietys.

I actually think you’ve brought facts to light because you have an open mind, whereas many people who just go with the flow systematically overlook them—and I don’t mean that disrespectfully; they’re entitled to do so 😁—but it’s precisely this kind of information that’s important for understanding just how diverse and complex nature is, We also have an area on Lake Walen near the village of Quinten that actually represents a climatic anomaly and is deliberately downplayed by government institutions, with well-known cities and destinations being favored when it comes to climate. Yet it’s extremely warm to hot there—almost a subtropical climate with very mild winters—which isn’t accurately portrayed. Furthermore, the biodiversity of animals and plants is vast.

Next time you’re having a BBQ, or grill as you call them. Wrap up bananas with a piece of bacon 🥓. No iam not. Canadian but when i showed them this one in Canada they loved it. Just try it @DoomsDave you will love it a very Australian thing!

Hi there, looking out of one of the living room's windows... All the best from Okinawa - Lars

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Five top palms for any collection. Left to right, licuala ramsayi, Chambeyronia macrocarpa,Ravenna glauca, dictyosperma album and ptychosperma elegans!

What the someone stole it. We all know what happens to a person who steals from a memorial garden……..

So your short of a few sandwiches for a full picnic as well. I would gladly send you down a vietchi, just to get that picnic basket full🤪

I planted some in my mother:s memorial garden with her ashes. Stolen! Go Cairns. #hometown

Yank a Bougainvillea, Replace with ... Citharexylum spinosum, ..which, unknown to me, had started to root itself into the ground last fall. Likely the first of this genus ..and/or.. species to hit the ground -anywhere- in state 48.. If not?? ..prove it by finding me another ...That has been in the ground longer, not just planted ..tomorrow. Performed perfectly in it's pot for 10 years here but started exploding in size late last fall, which was a give away it likely had started to venture outside it's container... ..We'll see how it does now that it's feet are free to roam. No thorns, ..so it won't be a literal pain to trim, when needed ...or be a " grabby / stabby hazard " for anyone passing near it. Large, glossy leaves will complement the Ficus nearby. Exceptionally fragrant ..small.. flowers, like it's cousin, Duranta, that everything seems to love. Unlike the Bougs. tiny flowers = essentially disappear into the gravel, rather than blowing around ..everywhere.. / accumulating into deep piles of " crunchy Magenta Snow " ..and because it is single ( Citharexylum are generally dioecious. ) it will not produce fruit ..so no mess ..let alone any threat of it escaping via " winged transportation ". ....On to yanking the last Bougainvillea atrocity in the yard ( Essentially - Thornless one in a different spot, stays put ) Replacing that one/ ..Large - leaved " form "?.... of Calliandra haematocephala ..and probably a Plumeria..

You are weird, for sure, 😆 Your idea of tender is probably a few degrees north of mine, I suspect!

Dr. Rossi has asked us to remind folks to bring a cart if they have one. There are a few carts for use at the garden, but bringing your own will eliminate a wait. The forecast has a decent chance of rain, so bringing an umbrella would be a good precaution. We look forward to seeing everyone there.

Next time you’re having a BBQ, or grill as you call them. Wrap up bananas with a piece of bacon 🥓. No iam not. Canadian but when i showed them this one in Canada they loved it. Just try it @DoomsDave you will love it a very Australian thing!

If you thought palms were addictive, stay away from aroids they are the most addictive of all plants. If you get a taste for them your hooked and there is no therapist for aroid addiction only the need for more of them, your bank account goes down faster than the titanic. And if you do go down the road of aroid addiction expect great loses not only in your bank account but also plant loses trying to zone push with them. Dont say i didnt warn you!!!

^ Agree with this ..100% Let that survivor grow.. Plant any seedlings elsewhere.

I have only just discovered these wonderful looking plants, and they are beautiful! I hope you had your safety glasses on!

It’s not the cold weather but the wet weather that does them in. Australian plants must be a good seller overseas!

Next shipment I will chuck a pup in.

And I thought I was weird, that’s a classic aroid! If you want to try an anthurium try vietchi. Quite cool tolerant surprisingly, don’t believe all the hype about vietchi being tender and fussy they are easy to grow.

Chamaedorea klotzshciana loving the shade.

I would most likely say schefferi!

You might not want to remove it so quickly, unless of course you just don't like its position and wanted to get rid of it anyway. In my experience when this thing is happy and in heat and sun, it grows like a rocketship. You can take advantage of the fact that it has a large established root-system, far larger than your seedlings will have of course, and that's what will give it the power to overtake any seedling you might want to use in its stead. They can grow six feet a year under good conditions (mine did the year after I planted it here in the low desert). Just pick a leader out of those "feelers" once they get a little bigger, and go with it. Nobody will ever know anything ever happened...

Put it out, still in the pot, where you’re considering planting it. Then keep an eye on it and see if it starts to burn. If it does you’ll still be able to harden it off.