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Tracy, that palm is looking pretty darn good and has some size as well. The name is still accepted for the species, according to the Kew site. I never heard of the possibility moving it to Syagrus. Tim

Thanks! If the olive tree won't survive the next winter, I am thinking of buying a Casaliva Olive tree which sucesfully grows in central Slovenia (zone 7a and 7b).

Bill's??? I bought mine after a Southern California Palm Society meeting at Jason's old Fallbrook garden in roughly 2013 or 14. I planted it later after running out of space in prominent positions in garden, so it hides behind my garage out of site. Tim, do I recall correctly that there was talk of moving this to Syagrus briefly before the Allagoptera caudescens assignment from Polyandrococcus?

G. coulteri, ...the little dude.. Neighborhood Royal Poinciana waiting for a little more heat.. Other neighbor's yard full of Canna / etc.. Weepy- looking tree up near the front of the house? Ficus benjamina. Desert Willow.. ** Pseudalbizzia ( No longer lumped in w/ Albizia < ..Which now appears to be assigned only to the old world sps. > ) sinaloensis w/ the surprise development of flowers.. Only been in the ground since '22 ..Think i'd started it back in '18 ..or maybe 2019. Under 10ft total height atm. Was not anticipating seeing -any- flowers on it for another year or two. Might be the first residentially - planted specimen to flower anywhere in AZ, let alone the U.S.. Fine if i'm wrong, but someone contesting my thoughts will have to find and post pictures of.. / the location of... another flowering sized, yard- grown specimen somewhere in AZ / the U.S. to prove that..

Lake Charles today

Please advise. I poured peroxide into the heart (middle) of tree. I saw no bubbling. But am I to completely cut 2 inches from the topof the tree first? Like cut off all fronds and then 2 inches of trunk? Gwen

Yes, it's impressive indeed for survival at that small size! I've seen them spear-pull at a slightly larger size around +20°F here but with almost no damage to existing fronds.

Just picked up this one at the orange big box store. Not bad for US$15!

At 35.8933 degrees North from the equator in Attard Malta, my Cocos nucifera is probably the farthest from the equator 24/7 outdoors Coconut palm surviving outdoors wet winter

@kinzyjr I'm trying to get all the big jobs done this spring because I can see the proverbial "light at the end of the tunnel," and I'm reasonably certain it's not a train! I really only have three small-ish open spots in the entire yard, and then it's mostly into "maintenance mode" after ~7 years of working in the yard. One job I did was to trash the dying Wrightii from above and replace it with one of the last two potted Encephalartos Whitelockii. On the left is the small 2-leafer Attalea Speciosa and the 4 leaf Whitelockii in the bottom right. Behind the Butia on my Easter planting area I used to have three Cycas Micholitzii in a cluster. I repotted two and moved one to the East pathway in front of the Dioon Mejiae and between the Cphophoenix Nucele (L) and Rhapis Humils (R): To replace the cluster under the Butia I planted a single leaf Licuala Ramsayi seedling next to a big one, then a pair of Licuala Distans, a triple Licuala Peltata v. Sumawongii, and then a pair of Chuniophoenix Hainanensis: And near the garage I had transplanted a Cyphophoenix Alba last fall, and it promptly died. Sometimes transplanting just isn't a good idea! I replaced it with a Burretiokentia Koghiensis between the foxtail ferns:

The -10f happened in 2/2011, so two seasons of growth after the big freeze.

So basically this breaks the Newport beach california coconut record of the farthest from the equator surviving specimen 24/7 outdoors

Could you do a point by point “key” comparison?

That's one helluva recovery!

I would leave the dead fronds in place to provide support from the wind for the new fronds. The damaged fronds won't turn green again.

JJ " Queen Amber " ..on the way.. Another unexpected surprise? JJ " Xanadu " Should know if this will be a nub or successful inflo. in a week or two. That is 3 out of the 5 JJ cultivars flowering this year. Not bad.. Rest of the older plants look like they'll need another season to catch up. ...That or i could see flowers later on on at least a couple of them.

Thank you so much. I'm so encouraged. So, I shouldn't cut away the dead yellow fronds? Probably a dumb question but do those yellow fronds have a chance to turn green again? Gwen

That new spear looks good - you don't have to do anything more for it but let it grow out of it. It might take awhile before it looks like the other two again. Maybe some dogs have been marking their territory with that palm! Since Chamaerops humilis is a suckering palm even if the main stem dies from some strange event the pups can continue growing. This happened with mine in February 2021 when it hit 9°F in San Antonio

2011(-10f unprotected) 2012 Today(4f - 1/2025) 9' tall

This is a palm you don’t see or hear about much., even here in Hawaii. The few Allagoptera caudescens I have encountered have been impressive specimens and I can sorta see similarities with the smaller A. arenaria. These photos were taken ten years back, I would think it is still there. Good on everyone for keeping the faith cultivating this species. Tim

Here's mine I grew from seed in Arizona. It is 25 years old. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Motivation to not give up on your palms over inclement weather, spend a few hours protecting. 17°F in January. Pictures from today in Pearland, Texas Copernicia alba Phoenix theophrastii ‘Golkoy’ Butia Copernicia alba Liviston nitida King Ravenea rivularis Phoenix sylvestris and Livistona decora Livistona decora Queen Beaucarnea recurves Bismarckia Bismarckia Livistona Australis

community garden: maximum of 27.7 degrees celsius / 81.86 degrees fahrenheit on monday, yesterday 28.7 degrees celsius / 83.66 and today 29.4 degrees celsius / 84.92 degrees fahrenheit and in the nights a minimum of 7.5 degrees celsius / 45.5 degrees fahrenheit. weather station works perfectly, sabine got sunburnt and was only briefly in the community garden ... so the differences between minimum and maximum are simply enormous for this area.