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That white rock albeit is not good for the soil as it’s not going to break down and feed the soil, but it will reflect light for good growth in summer. But not so good in winter for being white not absorbing a lot of sun for thermal mass, black rocks another story they are great for cooler climates in winter for thermal mass. Some nice wood chip is a treat for the garden!

Allagoptera arenaria in bloom, single plants will set viable seeds!

About 3 years in the ground from a 140mm container, so at least 5 years old. I planted 3 all the same size and this one is double in comparison to the other 2, just a nice sweet spot in the garden. The other two are only now just starting to get a move on.

Most of the gardens in East Hawaii where I’ve seen Attalea, most have been A. cohune, for what’s that worth. I’ve one in the garden, but it is still young and rather small. Tim

It’s all for the love of palms basically my drive and passion for my hobby, so can one put a figure on a hobby not really. But you also have to make your money back when that hobby goes into a small business stage. As you say the fuel station is an example, remember the Telstra phone cards sold by the fuel stations, they made no money on the phone cards sold by but it got the people into the shop. That one sabinara as a seedling grown on to a six inch container is still sold for $250, so if you’re buying a small seedling it’s still worth $250 in my nursery that’s the potential of the seedling. Chambeyronias are sold gor $10 bucks in a six inch pot, mainly because the seeds are available locally, take a sabinara and golden canes to the markets and you will bring home the sabinara and sell all the golden canes. The palm collecter market is very small in Australia. It’s tricky market the rare and exotic one, take my palms to the Gold Coast and you will sell the sabinara over time, you have to find that market and in my area it’s another ten years away, it’s slowly coming to my area but slowly. It’s a volatile market out there and until the rare palms become more available it’s a supply and demand thing. And once they become common, there not rare anymore. But for the time being the fuel station is beating my nursery hands down. @tim_brissy_13 summed it up with the syagrus seeds!

I may be crazy about palms but not crazy enough to spend that on a 100 seeds. I got that mucked up it’s $60 a seedling to get my money back, not $60 profit.

Looking for this species as well

Of my three, this one’s the first to recently show a trunk ring.

I'm not sure how old but from what I understand all the palms here would have been planted between 2006 and 2016. It's a giant, hard to get the scale from this photo.

They are more sun tough and cold hardy than (4) archontophoenix sp I have in my yard. The waxy leaf suggests they would be better in dry heat than Archies but that is just an hypothesis that is consistent for observations on other palms. Wax protects against sun and water loss. Mine have been in full summer sun(over the house to the northwest) for ~7 years. The do like to drink as much as my archies to look their best.

The pot looks like it’s 2 different plants in one pot but they are joined together at the bottom. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing. Time will tell

So with much guilt I picked up a A. Ramosissimum today. I’ve been buying a few too many plants for my front yard. Mostly desert hardy plants that can take the Tucson sun. Tracy was kind enough to point to this thread and I’ve enjoyed all the specimens shared here. I was originally fixated on getting an A. Hercules branched out but I do think the A. Ramosissimum fits the bill in that department. Not sure how long I’ll keep this guy in a pot. I’m not much of a pot person (lol). My front yard kind of slopes down and will help with drainage. There’s a young Chinese elm there that can potentially nurse if I plant him in the northeast side. I’ll have to remove a Texas ranger and trade spots. I have a potential new home for the ranger if it accepts being transplanted. The other picture has an A. Dichotomum I picked up earlier in the year from Plants for the Southwest. Still not quite sure where he’ll eventually go. My backyard does not have much shade but I might have to plant something to grow with next to him as a nurse plant until he’s mature enough to hold his own.

I was a student at UCSD above Blacks that winter and working as a seasonal lifeguard for the State, so I remember that winter and El Nino well too. I remember driving to work one weekend on the Coast Highway and as I passed the Cardiff Chart House a wave washed through the restaurant and out the front door at high tide. The road was covered with cobbles in the south bound lane. I hope we don't see an El Nino Winter like that again this winter for beach erosion. That said, it was an ENSO neutral year in 1916 that flooded my business on the South San Diego Bay. 1993's El Nino was the nastiest for us in my life, worse than 82/83 at our site. We are preparing for a challenging fall & winter now.

I also looked a little into Acacia Cognata “Lime Majik”; I’ve heard good things. I understand that there is a ‘Limelight’, and a few other Cognata variants/sub-species, as well.

We have been over 110 for weeks today it was 114 !!! I give all the unusual palms a lot of water they are on drip for 11/2 hours every other day but I am semi retired so I have Sunday and Wednesday off so I run the hose all day long moving it palm to palm!!

I tried one of those, that I received via Etsy. It did not make it. I agree, great plant. I plan to try again.

Planted Dec '25. I think it's finally picking up speed. This shot from a few months ago had better lighting. Compare that color to the weeds overrunning it! I think it will make an impressive tree.

For what it is worth, Acacia cognata variation "Cousin It" does not seem to have problematic roots and is a dwarf. I can't speak to this species though. I like the color, texture and size of the Cousin It mixed in with my other more tropical plants. Good luck with your next germination attempt.

With these hybrids it is difficult to tell if the variations are due to lack of maturity or just due to the diversity of characteristics inherited from the parents. Braden has several horriwoods with some showing a blue tint like horridus and others less so. My female seems to have the most green and glossy leaflets but that could be my climate playing a role. The older big transwood I have seen are really beautiful plants. I think time will just reinforce your love of your specimen. Hopefully it will be a she!

Stuff happens, many of my palms need practice before they consumate ! Like Jim said, you have many more in the future ! Not to worry !

At first, I thought it was atree with spanish moss hanging on it.

I actually occasionally remove inflorescence on my Rhopies because I have so many volunteers coming up when I allow the fruit to develop and drop. I’m allowing some of the volunteers to grow where they’ve sprouted in different parts of the garden and I’ve potted up some too but I otherwise don’t need them fruiting all the time. I wish I could tell you what caused yours to break away. I’ve not seen that happen before but you will most assuredly have many more spathes opening in the future. Good to see you already have a new one! One year old volunteer

The leaflets are highly variable on the entire leaf and seem to mutate with each new flush. This one’s been in the ground for a few years and is getting ready to push out a nice flush.

Yikes, ECMWF winter foreacast is showing a VERY strong blocking signal is expected over Canada, which would lead to the polar vortex being displaced southwards into the mid-west USA and deep south of the USA. It might not start until January, but that is one of the strongest blocking signals over Canada and one of the strongest cold signals I have ever seen. The most anomalous cold signal globally for this coming winter is showing in the area between Texas and Georgia. Louisiana and Mississippi look like they would get absolutely blasted on this, as would the states above them. The extreme El Nino could be a factor in that, but there is also another climatic shift at play I think with more regular vortex displacements like in 21/22, 23/24, 25/26 winters etc. Something is definitely changing in North America. Increased heights/blocking over Canada seems to be the main issue. Not entirely sure what is causing that, but it seems to be the main theme for this upcoming winter.

How often do you water the royal in Phoenix? It hit 102 today and tomorrow 104 🥵 We’re in a massive heat wave, probably childs play to you.