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You can try but try as you might!

I would call it a big Bertha!!!

Bring a trailer! By trying new things and changing things up as you try you learn. I have seen a few people on palmtalk be inspired to do things differently and give things a try, iam no expert by any means and the things I myself have learned on palmtalk have been an inspiration for me as well! Richard

One can only try!

A beautiful palm that would be welcome in a large space to be enjoyed . Harry

Thank you , Richard . You have provided so much for our Palm community. Sharing experience and knowledge helps us all! Harry plus , we would all love to go on a shopping spree at @happypalms🌴

That is a beauty! So is the C. hookeri!

Free Areca vestria I suppose! Just doing for a trial and to share the knowledge. Richard

Absolute Beast! Bravo!

@bubba I had a 1 gallon Syagrus Schizophylla for about 3 years . The growth was hardly noticeable. That example is amazing . Even if the gopher didn’t eat mine , I don’t think I would be on this planet long enough to see any kind of height like the example you posted . Not here in Southern California , that’s for sure . Thank you for posting. Harry R.I.P. My little Syagrus just before becoming gopher food! As planted 3 years prior! Yea …. I know!

Above normal temps and below normal precipitation. One good one bad. Predictions are a wet fall/winter with a scorcher of a summer for 2027.

It is a disgrace that the St James Park station has been offline for 2-3 months now! Goodness knows how warm it would have recorded yesterday, but I suspect at least 27C there. I screenshotted the PWS’s near to it. Look how warm they were, although it is central London with UHI. I had 26C here… I see some places managed 23-24C today as well. I had 22C here at 1pm but a cold front came in and dropped it back down to 15C by 5pm this afternoon. Like the Fremantle Doctor. Very windy as well. How is this for crazy as well… Barcelona in Spain hasn’t recorded a temperature above 21C yet this spring. Yet. And London has already had 26-27C.

Nineteen years ago I crossed my fat trunking Butia eriospatha with Jubaea chilensis. I have several of this palms growing here. A few were imported into England also. Yesterday I cleaned the trunk of one of this two. It are beasts! How you call the hybrid of a Butia eriospatha x Jubaea?

I have been keeping tabs on the ENSO cycle. El Nino summers are typically on the cooler side and unsettled, with more rain. Some of the worst summers in recent decades have been during El Nino summers. Specifically neutral ENSO in spring that transitions into El Nino by May-June, almost always results in a lacklustre, cool, damp summer. But there aren't a huge amount of moderate-strong El Nino summers to use in an analog/case-study. The Csb warm-summer Med summers usually fall during La Nina or ENSO neutral conditions, generally speaking. But there is no set formula to it. There are lots of other background drivers that influence things and also there are twice as many La Nina years as El Nino to use in a case study. Some analogs and predictions actually has it being pretty warm and dry here. So at this point, no idea what we get. We could get anything really. I am going to throw my neck out on the line and say we are going to get a blazing hot and fairly dry summer. Seeing 1976 come up in certain analogs always fills me with hope. 🤣 How has this spring been for you guys in Houston? Warm/hot? Dry/wet?

I forgot to mention, my Alba took no damage. It's pretty small and had tall stuff to the NW side of it, across the driveway. So it probably did have a little shelter from the wind. Here it is, nearly buried by dead bamboo leaves!

I believe the parents to red jaboticaba are plinia cauliflora and plinia aureana. I'm growing the red type only since I'm 8a and colder. What he said.

The next step in this flush. It clearly has a tilt toward the southwest sky, which is where it gets the fullest sun exposure.

Very nice, organic shapes and edging contrast reminiscent of Roberto Burle Marx!

Found the updated version of the paper Abstract This research paper analyzes the spatial distribution of precipitation and the microclimate of the coastal enclave of Xerokampos, Lasithi, providing strong evidence for the area's classification under the Hot Desert climate type (Köppen: BWh). The study utilizes primary data from a network of homogeneous meteorological stations, comparing the Xerokampos time series (2020–2026) with the reference stations of Ierapetra and Toplou Monastery (Kotroni et al., 2020). While the broader eastern coastline records a mean annual precipitation of over 330.0 mm (Ierapetra: 363.2 mm, Toplou: 337.2 mm), Xerokampos is limited to 219.0 mm, with a mean annual temperature reaching 20.9°C (USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 11a) (Magarey et al., 2008). The mathematical extrapolation of historical data from the 1915-1929 period (Mariolopoulos, 1938) indicates an estimated historical precipitation of 148.7 mm for Xerokampos, highlighting its long-term, hyper-arid character. The statistical synthesis of these data with contemporary records establishes a synthetic mean of 168.8 mm for a 21-year sample, a value that falls 19% below the desertification threshold of 209.0 mm. Combined with the extreme precipitation drop during the 2023-2025 triennium (averaging 119.4 mm), the thermodynamics of descending winds (Foehn) (Whiteman, 2000), and the dominance of desert vegetation (Nobel, 1994), strong evidence is provided for the existence of a structural desert zone (BWh) that is clearly distinguished from the neighboring semi-arid (BSh) environment (Peel et al., 2007). These findings align with the official recognition by the Sitia UNESCO Global Geopark of the semi-desert climate and the presence of North African flora in the adjacent maritime zone (Koufonisi, Kavalloi islets). Simultaneously, the application of the Holdridge Life Zones bioclimatic system further certifies this identity, as the extreme Potential Evapotranspiration Ratio (PET Ratio) definitively classifies the enclave as a "Subtropical Desert Scrub" (Holdridge, 1947). The hyper-arid character is further confirmed by the classic De Martonne Aridity Index, which classifies Xerokampos from arid (I = 7.09) to extreme arid (I = 4.81). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19488877

impressive Jim, simply impressive 🤗

Paul, they’re much like orchids in the need for excellent drainage as well as plants of water during dry periods. Their roots even look like orchid roots and will sometimes grow over rocks and mulch. Most of my garden’s soil is fertile loam that drains fast so my Clivias are watered regularly. Their roots are naturally fairly shallow so deep watering isn’t necessary.

Absolutely correct...in the name of science, or failing that in the name of Jonathan or Tim!

Good question, with a few different answers. A couple of ways around that one, bare rooted is another method for larger plants, courier is another choice. But the way the cost of things are going, when a plant is $5 for sale and postage is going to cost $25 you’re not going to sell many plants. At the moment what Iam selling is paying for itself in getting my investment back. As the stock grows I will transition to the local community markets and still supply a certain local family owed hardware store mitre 10. And as for the rest of sales word of mouth and contacts that visit the nursery is my main goal. I get a couple of growers coming down from Gold Coast area and for now that’s fine. Ultimately I will still have small stock coming through so those sales will pay for themselves. And after that it’s a unique market I will target, but by ten years time if they want it they come and get it. Doing the markets will increase sales by word of mouth. But hey if it doesnt sell iam quite happy to plant out the best of the best in my garden, that’s one advantage as a grower I get to choose the best strongest and healthiest plants for my garden and that’s what my main goal was, I did that about 30 years ago and look at the garden I got, so round two now with that many new palms available it’s going to be one heck of a ride into the garden for my retirement!

I checked the Jubaea Tues. April 7, and the male bloom was in progress, I returned April 9 and the male bloom had dropped . So I collected unopened sprays on April 1 , dried them and sent them to Scott. I collected open male blooms on the seventh and they are still drying but two days later they had all dropped. I can see lots of pollen on the remaining female blooms so maybe there will be a seed set.

Regarding the non- black / purple or red Jaboticaba varieties / species, All are distinctly different. Yellow, Myrciaria glazioviana, tastes like Apricots or Peaches and is a steady grower, White, Plinia aureana, taste similar to the " standard " Jabo. types, but with addtnl. " Mango / Papaya / or Pineapple -like " notes.. Slow -ish and burns easier than others. Blue, Myrciaria vexator, tastes like Grape and Blueberry.. Seemed to handle the most sun out of all of them.. Grown all of 'em here in the desert w/ few issues, ..except that they must stay moist, in pots esp. ..and should never be grown in anything but high, bright shade. Neighbor's in- ground specimens seem to handle the dry breaks between their " lawn -esque " watering schedule.