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Unfortunately it is just that San Diego comes first as they expand habitat. As the name implies, their original habitat was South America. It wasn't long ago that they were still South of the border with s few incursions into Chula Vista and Bonita. My housein Carlsbad is immediately south of Legoland, across the canyon. Legoland was still flower fields when my wife and I moved to Carlsbad and the SAPW was not even a part of our vocabulary. Time and the weevil just keep marching forward.

Yeah, I'm definitely considering donating them to a botanical garden or some other public garden at some point. This is definitely a tree that deserves as much space and onlookers as it can get! I've heard the same, I think a lot of species in the family Sapotaceae tend to be recalcitrant unfortunately. I've previously tried germinating another species of Chrysophyllum and didn't have any luck. Hopefully you're able to find some viable seeds!

A magnificent explanation; I wasn't aware of that detail regarding this type of palm—I'll pay closer attention from now on. Thanks for the photos; I can clearly see the same spears that my palm currently has!

In thirty days more, winter will be behind you and you'll start a new thread here.

Washingtonia still reside in North America, whearas those other species do not, so its not the same argument. Native ranges shift over time, but a species that has gone exctinct in a given continent cannot have a shifting population/range.

Beautiful little palm, with a nice white backdrop should highlight for all to see from the street and make em go wow! It doesn’t matter where they are, you get a big impact statement for not a lot of trouble of growing.

It’s 96 out again. This is insanity. Not a cloud in the sky day, after day. You cannot irrigate your way out of this when the ground is sand.

Hello PalmTalk members! I have a few extra Brahea moorei in 1-gallon sizes available for sale. These are healthy, well-established plants with great character and clean growth (similar to the photo below). This is a fantastic, collector's palm famous for its stunning silver-blue leaves and impressive cold tolerance. Species: Brahea moorei Size: 1-gallon plants Price: $88 (Includes free shipping via USPS within the contiguous US) Please send me a PM if you are interested. Thanks for looking!

Grows like weeds ..even here. Seed filled pods fly ...Everywhere.. during windstorms ( See this thread: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/80400-flyin-weeds-the-case-of-a-trash-tree-leucanea-leucocephala/ ) Seeds will pop up ..pretty much any / every-where they land. ( Gutters, cracks between pavers / concrete slabs, cracks / nooks near home foundations. Wood is weak / branches break easily during big storms. Doesn't provide much canopy during the winter and will go thru a summer semi deciduous phase in June and July. Avoid like the plague..

I am looking for plan B trees in case my Kigelia drops its leaves again this winter. Has anyone tried Leucaena leucocephala in zone 9b? Does it retain its leaves after mild frosts (around 29 F)? I've read it grows super fast and the roots aren't very aggressive, so I am considering it.

How are your seeds doing? I just got 10 and they should be here soon

By this logic, would you not conclude Metasequoia or camels are currently native to Nevada, since their fossils are there? This is a large speculative jump.

2 of 3 Chambeyronia oliviformis survived at Leu Gardens but have been slow. The first leaf on both were deformed.

I am probably 5 miles from parrish. These are easy to grow here. leave it alone, when the rains come or when we can turn the irrigation back on 2 days a week they will open. We have been in an extended drought, so not much root development has occurred. You also have very lush looking grass and that is likely bad for your bismarckia that like to grow deep roots. When you water frequently, the soil can be water logged near the top and this suffocates the deep roots. My best advice without actually seeing your palm is to space out watering intervals and water for a longer time. I would not remove a leaf that is not at least half browned out. The palm will retrieve its precious fluid(like our blood) as it gives up the leaf. Thta fluid takes time and energy to produce so overtrimming generally leads to mild setbacks and stunted growth. This is also true for overwatering(as in every 2 days in a lawn). The grass around my bismarckia is not very happy these days. But my bizzie is very happy. Bismarckia do well here with 2 days a week irrigation and once mature they mostly dont need irrigation.

Your Bismarckia looks fine. If you can leave it on without it being in your way, leave it until it’s dry. It will not damage anything by hanging down. The only thing would be if someone were mowing and tore it off. That would be worse than just pruning it. The bed is somewhat undersized and it’s understandable. The palm was probably about that big around when you planted it. Of course, a Bismarckia crown can be much larger and will likely increase its width. Until it grows tall enough for that to not interfere with lawn care, you might want to increase the size of the bed.

My macrocarpa is doing great in this spot and microclimate. It just opened up a new frond. Thought I would share in case anyone in the area is considering buying one. I would add Im in central Valencia, climate may differ slightly from places further north in foothills where it gets colder, like Saugus, Canyon Country. The teddy bear palm has been doing exceptionally well, it’s almost in full sun most of the day.

This seems to be concentrated in San Diego. I was up in your neck of the woods a few months ago to go to Legoland. I would say half of the Canary Dates were either dying or dead. However, in LA and Ventura I have not seen any dead Canary dates. I wonder if its because the climate is slightly more temperate in San Diego.

According to the internet it says the ox beetle is harmless and beneficial to the environment......says no palm grower ever.

Banana moth ?? If so they spread fast....

I understand the "don't cut 'em off until they're dead" logic. In my area, fresh cut green leaves can invite palm weevils & other nasty pathogens. But... I'm also balancing the amount of air circulation required in a densely planted garden, as well as the aesthetics. If the palm is robustly growing, that's a leaf I'd remove if it were in my garden. But I'd also treat afterward with tree wound dressing just to cover the bases. Again, that's just me. I know there are a lot of people who might disagree. So that's my disclaimer..

Tracy, I have a visual image of you taking off one of your flip flops and running around like a mad man attempting to murder anything that walks, crawls or flies within a 20-foot radius. Sounds exhausting. Hope you had a cold one after that.

Here is a good example of what the beetles do. I thought I caught the beetle right away, but clearly I didn't. I had two beetles attack this Sabal palmetto "Lisa" about 2 weeks apart that I was able to destroy. After removing the beetles everything seemed good for about a month and then the palm started going downhill fast, and eventually spear pulled. I removed the palm and this is what I saw. This palm was about 5 feet tall.

no rain since last friday. Its dry here, the familiar hot and dry of the late spring and early summer. We are in drought but all the containment ponds have been just about full for a week. The canal is high and slow moving. A few months ago I could see the drought from the low levels of the containment ponds and canal. At my place its feast or famine on the rain and its much less frequent than I remember. We had 4 heavy rainfall days the last month or so, and ~24 totally dry days. This needs to change soon. but at least we are supposed to be getting some cloud cover in the afternoon today.

100%. He said he maintained and trimmed the coconut for years but knew it had internal damage. At the time he said only cocos that had a chance of recivery were the ones at Volcano Bay because of proximity near water. Meanwhile, they're recovering all over town. Purely a reactionary decision. Makes no sense because it lost the crown as well in 2018 and this was it one year later.