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Making room for this years plantings and have some Sabal species that are now buy one get one free for a little while (until they are gone) Sabal blackburniana - https://sabalkingoftexas.etsy.com/listing/1880531662/sabal-blackburniana-liner-seedlings Sabal bermudana - https://sabalkingoftexas.etsy.com/listing/1880534594/sabal-bermudana-seedlings Sabal rosei - https://sabalkingoftexas.etsy.com/listing/4330593057/sabal-rosei-liner-seedlings Also have a lot of other species on sale for the summer in the shop so please feel free to take a look, ask questions and let me know how we can help. Lots of stuff coming very very soon as it will be moved over to the greenhouse and listed!

I spoke too soon. Forecast low was 6C. I was expecting maybe 2 or 3C. The suns not up and the nearest weather station is saying -0.4C. It was 2.4C just after midnight. Grass is crunchy. Gutters are icy. Birdbath has a thin slither of ice. Garden areas don’t have ice yet. Going for a top of 21C today with no clouds for most of it but because we are starting from such a cold start maybe we won’t reach it. Tomorrow morning a cold front approaches so expecting a minimum around 13C. Toasty.

Thanks for your kind offer Gyuseppe! I will have abbondante seeds of Butia yatay later this year to disperse myself!

A heavy dusting of powdered sulfur would be helpful to prevent infection of the raw tissue.

Palm may not have been planted in a good location to start. If so, just remove it. Otherwise, the palm will probably live on without doing anything else to it. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Looking good Richard, but I deny your allegations. I'm just another victim, lol.

I have a couple grown from seed. In my greenhouse often humid microenvironment these have been sensitive to overwatering and seem to like light, airy soil with peat in it (helps lower pH). I also use distilled water with them.

Tell the guest to learn to drive better, and your palm is scared for life now. You could get some pruning wound sealant and paint that on. Palms don’t produce bark to heal over the wounds. And send the bill to your guest. A fungicide treatment and insecticide may help. But in general the palm will live and look a bit unsightly, and unfortunately it will be a place of entry for pathogens to enter. Plant more palms In lieu of it might pass on to replace it with concrete barriers around it to prevent it happening again, either that or tell the guest to not drink and drive I assume that was the cause of such a good night that ended up with your palm being the victim.🤣

What is killing them? I have one here on O'ahu for about 25 years. Planted next to a leaky lily pond so it get lots of water from the pond. Have not taken a picture in about 5 years.....Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle attacked once but drove them away from this palm.

I always thought my oldest and largest Trachycarpus Fortunei is male, as it never produced any seeds and because it had all the traits of male infructesence. But this year it’s as if it discovered its female side. Obviously it struggles with this new task and so the fruits/seeds it produces look very odd. Only very few seeds look like regular Trachycarpus seeds. Can anyone tell me what this is?

Today definitely brought more rain than yesterday. No real downpours here, but just steady light rain. According to the rain gauge at the dam spillway they got 2.56" which seems about right based on the amount of water I see in my gorilla cart. This will really help with the hot weather headed our way. Hopefully some explosive growth this week. I know that my Bamboos are really happy right now.

Shortly after starting a trunk. Basically when the trunk grew high enough where the drooping leaves no longer touched the ground for support, they just fell off on their own. When the palms were still young and looked like bushes, the leaves would turn completely brown but would not fall off so I cut them to a stub. It took many years for those old stubs to become loose enough so I could break them off without damage. In Jubaea there are two factors which break the fibers of the old leaves and stubs. 1) Weight of the dead leaf drooping down which slowly breaks the fibers holding he leaf on the trunk, and 2) expansion of the lower trunk caused by compression of the weight bearing down as the mass of the trunk increases with age. Fibers holding old stubs at the bottom of the trunk will not fall off by gravity, but will over a much longer period of time eventually break away from the trunk due to expansion caused by compression. I know many people do not agree that Jubaea trunks get wider with age because Palms don't normally do that, but when looking at the leaf scars at the bottom of any Jubaea it is obvious the scars are stretched out 2 to 3 times their original width and are flattened or squished thinner several times original. Also I know Jubaea widen at the base with age because I have measured it year by year leaving no doubt.

Pelago’s sold out now.

Good day everyone. Long time lurker, first silly question. A recent guest ran out of talent and skinned an entire side of a Royal Alexander. Fortunately the ground was wet, and sandy so I'm hopeful that there is minimal root damage (despite obviously been bent to the ground after the rear bumper caught it). My question relates to how I might try to protect it now from further damage by insects or whatever.

Ok, thanks Ben.

the second pic is rupicola for sure. Note how you can see through a leaf close to the stem for a inch or so then the leaflets blocks sun/sky away from the stem. The second pic shows this very well. Sometimes it doesnt come from a pic due to the leaf angle with the camera or due to a full crown blocking light. Here is my rupicola triple, hard to make out the individuals. This is a 15 years from 3 gallon triple cooking in our worst drought in 30 years with limited irrigation water. Each palm of the triple has about 5' of trunk still covered in dead leafbases. A closeup of the stem shows the "see through" at the stem Rupicola is not a large palm, the leaves are 8' long and the tree trunk, leaf bases on, is about 13-15". Mine were well watered, right next to irrigation popup and palms that are near the popups tend to get thicker trunks as they get more water and the trunk is ideally 65-70% water. I have found that trunk thickness of a number of common palms here depend on watering and soil drainage(can kill water intake if root systems are small. Those not on irrigation are always skinnier of the trunk. Rupicola is a great mid size palm, not a large palm.

Looks good Steve. I was told Kisambo were super fast. Mine did not get the memo. Whatever I’m doing, Kisambo does not approve cuz it’s slow as molasses. Love Arenarius. Underused in gardens for sure. -dale

Yes Harry, this summer I germinated 20 species of palm trees, I also bought seeds of 4 species of chamaedorea in Europe, not even 1 germinated! I have decided that I will not buy seeds, but I will exchange them with people on this forum.

I germinated a few from one of my adult palms . Same thing , pretty fast at getting their second leaf. Those look great @gyuseppe ! Harry

When did your Jubaea start self cleaning?

Arenarius flush hardening off

Thought I'd bump this for an update, for better or worse..

SLC Mem. Alvin Beggman Poem, (Sc. Beaufort x Laelia esalqueana). My tiniest little Catt type. I just love this little cutie 😊

Yeah, they sure move along! Probably right up there with Washingtonia speed-wise; maybe faster..

A nice one I grew from seed seems to like winter.