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Umm yes, because summerheat is not the key. It’s all about winter mildness.

I have 3 Gastrococcus crispa Seedlings-4” size pot- $30 for all 3 plus Shipping, Spaghum, & Box. There are a few shabby leaves after that Winter we had. My large mother palm lost most of its leaves @ 27F and the hurricane force wind, but looks great now, has fully recovered. Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com

About 300 fresh seeds, cleaning now. Super Cold Hardy (24F) and Salt Tolerant. $12.50/50 or $25/100. Plus shipping. Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com

Recently had a chance to drive past the old place and check it out. Fortunately the new owner was standing out the front and recognized me, so invited me for a quick walkaround (I only had 15 mins free) Mid winter here, and everything was looking pretty good. The new owner is doing a good job! Looking over towards the Beccariophoenix alfredii and Ptychosperma lauterbachii Veitchia joannis was looking good Pritchardia hillebrandii (rescued from Wal's place ) was doing well Dypsis 215 was still there but owner told me had struggled with dryness and lost some stems. Dictyosperma were growing well, although one has succumbed (or is about to) to a health condition...v. conjugatum on right Ptychosperma lauterbachii was covered in inflorescences and was looking awesome...IMO a better palm in that climate thn P.macarthurii Beccariophonxis alfredii...8.5 years from a 200mm pot...doing well! Full size Alcantarea in front of it for scale Satakentia were looking awesome...should be more widely grown in SE QLD those crownshafts were fat! And the Neoveitchia rescue palm is still alive! Satakentia crowns

Pretty common in parts of Northern CA as well. Archotophoenix cunninghamiana is by far the fastest growing palm up here as long as they get plenty of water. There are quite a few mature ones throughout my neighborhood.

There’s S romanzoffiana in Melbourne pushing 150 years old. I’d assume they can get much older than this if they don’t encounter lightning or other extreme weather events. This one doesn’t have a plaque from memory, but others a similar size in the Melbourne Bptakic Gardens were planted in the late 1800s. This one dwarves the nearby Phoenix canariensis. I’d say it’s at least 20m/70’ tall at a guess.

The newest leaf you have is really starting to show that nice costapalmate shape! Very nice

No chance you're willing to ship are you?

Anything is possible, the seller told me they had gotten it in a trade from someone who is really into trying to hybridize hardy chamaedorea.. and I figure anyone doing that would probably be a member or visitor of Palmtalk haha

I will definitely keep my eye out for a rosei now! I imagine it was hard to leave so many palms behind that you had worked on getting established. I think about that where I’m living now, it’s likely I’ll have to walk away from this yard in the next decade. I live much further south in the valley than you did when you were in clackamas, you guys would get that arctic blast air funneled through the gorge in winter. Our minimum temps would always be 5 - 10 degrees warmer during those bad winter events than the north valley and Portland area. We also have more sunny days and less rain. I’ll keep my expectations low for this Uresana in my yard, but even if it maintains its size or even maintains half its height without putting on visible size growth year to year I’d be happy enough with that long term for the spot I have it in.

Did you transplant the satakentia from a nursery? Your yard kind of looks like it could've been generated by AI. Hopefully that bismarck won't become a lightning rod.

The Verizon over in Galveston randomly has at least 3 uresana planted in the parking lot lol .

D asper & G atroviolacea shoots…

Betel nutz and bamboo…

I think the last one is an Heterospathe elata

Not yet, although that day is coming, I’m sure. As I drive around town, I’ve seen some good ones though..

Por que no los dos My causiarum is getting big, guatemalensis is falling behind. Loving the rain (Just no palmettos please. They are hideous)

My Alphonso Mango tree hasn't produced fruit very consistently since planting it about a decade ago. A friend who is an avid orchid grower shared his secret for getting his under performing orchids to bloom. He holds the orchid over his rubbish pile and advises it that it's next home will be in the trash if it doesn't bloom. I tried threatening my Mango tree because my wife advised me that a non fruiting fruit tree is useless. She wanted to remove it. I see that my threatening has worked. Have you experienced a similar situation?

No Bret, it needed to come down. It is a good thing it was beheaded. There are a couple more that I plan to edit as well. By the way, I do know the difference between here and hear. I didn't catch the typo in my prior post until the edit post feature was no longer available. Have you ever retained a trunk to re-purpose it as a mount?

Pinanga insignis on a rainy day. Tim

I would not say mine are slow, that’s for sure. I wish they were slower in that spot. The only thing I did different was to amend the planting hole with a lot of sand and crushed limestone. The dirt in that bed is very rich, and these grow on limestone cliffs…. At least that was my thinking. I’ll toss them a handful of palm fertilizer here and there, and they get irrigation, and all-day direct sun exposure. They move at a pretty steady clip.

Generally it's better to acclimate palms before moving into full sun.

Those aren’t near as bad but still. To me they remind me of a fountain or sprinkler . The worst is when that is done to a P. Roebelini. I came home from work one day to find my Pygmy palms out front with most of their fronds gone! It was obscene looking . I had a long talk with the gardener who does weed pulling on the hill , he thought he would surprise me. I told him to stick with the weeds and DO NOT TRIM MY PALMS. I was so happy when they filled back in. It was embarrassing. Harry

Agree.. Both ..and a number of other Parrot sps. ..some not included in the CA Parrot link below.. can be found out there.. iNat is a great way to look up all of them. CA Parrot site: https://californiaparrots.com/ Not sure how commonly they are seen but, have heard of numerous " escapee " Toucan sightings out there too.. self - sustaining population of those, in Southern CA ..would be pretty crazy, though neat.