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That's an awfully thin leaf for a Butiagrus cross. Is the other one next to it one of mine?

Very cool find! That's definitely another oddball!

These Dioon's are becoming more interesting to me:

Trachycarpus princeps

That one to the right of the driveway is typical 10 years after a five-gallon pot. Those larger ones would be closer to 20 years. Palmetto is drought tolerant, but it won't grow much. It's a swamp Palm.

I’m hoping my trunks will start fattening up like yours, but that could take many years, if they even last that long.

Yes. Central San Diego.

Three nice rare ones!marojejya darisabinara magnifica cocothrinax eckmanii

Enter the sandman off to never never land!

Bactris gassiapaes, Chambeyronia watermelon and a rather well dressed moth.

Found this variegated Crinum asiaticum

Good question... Both genus are comprised of very tough palms that are drought tolerant, light freeze resistant, and are happy to grow in western USA's alkaline soils. Biggest issue I see is their generally slow rate of growth under dry air and desert conditions. That being said, I've grown out several species of Coccothrinax and other Caribbean native palms from seed, but it generally takes me 7-10 years just to produce a 'west coast' 5 gallon plant for sale. Here's a few examples in order left to right. Coccothrinax argentata,Coccothrinax miraguama, Coccothrinax borhidiana, and a Pseudophoenix sargentii thrown in for good measure. 😄 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Thank you 😊

The sable and Pindo's are replacements. The originals were twice the size. The original sable was twice as big, and the pindos were a little bigger too. In 2021 the big arctic freeze hit texas. It was like -14F to -20F for a week. I didn't wrap that year and the sable took a big hit. It was alive but never the same. Just dwendled down to dead last year. One pindo died and the other just suffered as well and got a big bug infestation. So I uprooted that one and let installer have it. Last years freeze didn't help it any. So now that "Zone 8b" here it Texas gets major arctic freezes. Without a big wrap on these cold hardy palms. They will simply die and they are big envestments.

Maybe a hedge of Calamus australis...they sound like pretty obnoxious neighbours!

Coconuts on the beach on windy day:

A new bloomer:

Really glad I took today off lol. All day rain and drizzle. 1.25" and more to come in Uptown, nearing 2" towards Katy... Would be nice to go the whole summer without supplemental water like last year 🌴

Some others with a clearer day:

Updated shots after initial overcast: