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Thank you! That's a great idea! I will look into these. It's amazing how difficult it is to find palms online! I can't even find Roystonea oleracea 😩

The Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, vol 4, by Elliot & Jones (1986 - ISBN 0 85091 213 X) states Eucalyptus erythrocorys (large red buds and yellow flowers) while "Best results are gained in semi-arid or warm temperate zones, but success is possible in cool temperate and subtropical regions." Subtropical being hot summer-rainfall climates, such as southerm and central Florida. This book says several other eucalyptus from Western Australia that are also adaptable to subtropics: Conferruminata (yellow flowers) - "Best suited to temperate and subtropical zones...Deep or shallow soils including slightly alkaline or saline."" Grossa (yellow flowers) - "Has proved extremely adaptable but does best in semi-arid and warm temparate regions. It can succeed in subtropical and cool temperate zones if it receives plenty of sunshine...Well drained sands or loams." Mooreana (white to yellow flowers) - "Plants are suited to cultivation is dry tropical and subtropical regions...Soils with unimpeded drainage."" Perfoliata (white flowers) - "Most suited to tropical and subtropical regions... Wide range of stoney and skeletal soils." Ptychocarpa (pink, red, or white flowers) - "Has proved adaptable and grows very well in Brisbane suburbs and on the Gold Coast." (note: I've grown this from seed in 10A southern FL in sandy soil, where it's done well and produces pink flowers). Talyuberlup (greenish-yellow flowers, smooth bark) - "Trials in subtropical regions are warranted...Near neutral soils."" Torquata (pink, red, or white flowers, smooth bark on small branches) - "Ideally-suited tosemi-arid and warm temperate zones, but also grows in cool temperate and subtropical regions...Grows well in alkaline and acidic soils." This highly recommended book gives detailed information about hundreds of eucalyptus species for a wide variety of climates.

Current state of affairs and at peak flower opening on this bromeliad from the Andes high elevation. Puya alpestris ssp zoellneri.

That was my discussion with my wife on the walk today. Especially considering that my Leucadia home is on the southwest side of the lagoon about a half mile from it and my Carlsbad garden is about 3/4 of a mile north of the lagoon. Just a nursery to propogate weevils to attack my gardens.

Thank you. Every time the turneri cones, I wish I knew someone with a female. This specimen is a really nice form with it's plumose leaflets. I haven't seen many in cultivation in gardens around here. Another under utilized species.

They plant out in full sun. My burned a bit at first but the new leaves were fine. My sun is quite a bit stronger here in southwest Florida than your location too. Mine also has 6 foot plus of clear trunk under the crownshaft in 10 years.

I think mine has some watermelon traits. You can see some variegation in the crownshaft. Also, the petioles on mine are green, not the chocolate color one sees on some. There seems to be some variation in hookeri palms.

Mine has flowered 2 or 3 times now but no seeds yet. The spathe and inflorescence looked somewhat dwarfed. Will see what this year brings. Has a larger one now. Started flowering with 6 feet of clear trunk below the crownshaft last year. Planted out in full sun as a 3 gallon in May of 2016, so now 10 years in the ground. Has much more shade now since the gardens have grown. This picture is from September 2025. Good luck with yours.

Nice! Looks like it self cleans more than the regular queen palm. Beautiful palm!

Red spicata is great!! Almost fluorescent orange colors. This picture is from last year. Planted as a sprout in May 2016, so about 9 years in the picture. A bit bigger now.

I think you have the regular Pinanga philippinensis form. My little ones have a metallic sheen to the leaves and being so small in 4 inch pots, they have several suckers more than yours does. Mine is the compact form.

Looks like your bananas should be hitting their stride. Did the papayas make it through winter? I didn’t plant any but i had a number of volunteers that have outpaced my DCs.

These are all pushing out new growth now, FWIW. They likely won't look normal for a while but it appears that most of them might make it.

Price cut $75. I wanna move it before it's too big to ship. Corms also available 2/$30. Robust grower. Will need a lot of light and is well fed. I've also been giving it a soil drench of sns209 to keep the critters away. 1g pot. Pushing 3 feet now and feeding it with 20/10/20, cal mag and silica in RO water.

This area is on the same latitude as some extremely hot and dry climates. I dont think it will ever be a reliable climate for depending on timely rains and freeze/frost free winters for growing. To be successful you have to have intervention techniques, from as simple as an irrigation system, to as complicated as a complete soil overhaul and a conservatory or protection structure. If you have the money you can grow anything, but if you have that kind of money you just move to Hawaii lol.

I’m lucky to have been given a few seedlings of L sp ‘Large Mottled’ Alberto. We’ve had a very mild June so far, so it’s too early too tell how it will go in cool conditions long term but I’d suspect it would be similarly hardy to L dasyantha based on habitat. At the one leaf stage, it looks nearly identical to every other Lanonia I’ve grown from seed.

What's the name of the nursery ?

CA doesn't allow me to send plants to you in Long Beach unless I'm a Certified Nursery. I'm just a Backyard Grower. If I tell the people at the Inspection Station in Hilo that I'm sending a rooted plant to CA, they turn me away. Someday I may get seeds from my Mother plant, and these I can send to you. They are from Guyana in northern South America, so I don't know if your Winters are warm enough for them anyway.

I can’t believe the Met Office haven’t put out a red heat advisory warning yet. This heatwave looks to potentially be about as bad as it gets for us here. Shaping up for 3-4 days of 37C+ / 100F+ with a POSSIBLE peak of 41C / 106F… 24C / 75F minimum at Kew Gardens lol… Both ARPEGE and UKV have 41C / 106F plotted on there.

Hi Tim, Is the C. nubium still available? Thanks, Josh

Im officialy throwing in the towel here. I dont have the time to soak an acre worth of plants everyday. It dies it dies. This area of the state is nowhere near tropical or anything of the sort. It's a desert with humidity. We only get rain from tropical systems and its cold af every winter. If I ever decide to grow anything again ill.move to a place where the stuff actualy grows.

Your little mysterious seedling has grown. At the moment it’s one of those lucky dips you get at the fair! Richard

The baggie method is a proven technique for germinating palm seeds. And in your case even better that it is proven, as all other attempts failed. Never give up on seeds until they are completely rotted. And it does look like the bench is getting full of seedlings in the garage, and I also suspect that the wife’s Tupperware cupboard is getting more room by the looks of the plastic container collection, I get the complaints from my wife about have you seen any containers there are some missing.😂 Richard

so so tempted on this one. I have been wanting this for awhile to try. not sure if it would make it where I'm at.