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This week my work will take me to the southern tip of Texas, down to McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, and South Padre Island are all within reach. Does anyone have an contacts in that area? I have a few hours on Wednesday for a mini-PRA. I found Tad's Palm Farm/Nursery, so that will be a definite stop for sure.
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South-east Queensland Palm Pilgrimage
by Sir Oxylon- 38 replies
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I am up in South-east Queensland being overwhelmed by the plethora of palm species up here in gardens in nurseries (I get excited if I see a Ravenea rivularis where I am from it is so palm depauperate). I drove up so of course I have been visiting the best nurseries up this way. Here is the Toyota Celica (aka 'The Palmobile'). The big question is: How many palms can fit into this car? The answer coming shortly.
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SouthcoastPlaza
by ChulaPalm- 21 replies
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Hello everyone, I am fairly new to this Palm craze. I have been reading several posts on this board for approximately 4 months. So I decided it was time to share my experiences. I was in Costa Mesa,CA last weekend. I was amazed on how much development was done on the mall-SouthCoast Plaza since my last visit(~10yrs ago). In 2000. a pedestrian bridge was constructed(Bridge of Gardens) which lead to many other remodels such as this... Looks like Roystonea regia drive. Now the approach...hello Howea forsteriana
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SouthcoastPlaza II
by Don Little- 27 replies
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The original thread was started by chula palm last month but since SCP is such a nice place to see palms I thought I'd go and more pics because there was a lot that wasn't seen. I Love the royals so I had to post some of them, so here are some in front of Pottery Barn, these things have grown quite abit from when they were just planted. Both sides of the street and the center median are line with these beauties Here is a crown shot
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Southeastern Palm Society Meeting
by JLeVert- 3 replies
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The Southeastern Palm Society will meet next Saturday, 28 April at Aquinas High School, 1920 Highland Avenue, Augusta, GA. All are welcome to attend, although I doubt that we'll get too many people from California and South Florida. The school has a nice collection of 40 species of palms, a variety of bamboo, citrus, eucalyptus, cycads and hollies. A plant sale will be held also. Pictured are Sabal minor 'Tamaulipas' with Tuscarora Crepe Myrtles and Trithrinax acanthocoma.
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I apologize in advance, I know there are multiple sources out there for identifying Washingtonias as either filifera, robusta or both. I've concluded that this Washingtonia I bought a week ago is a filibusta. I wanted to check with the experts, especially the guys out west. What say you? 50 Bucks. I had to get it as they are a rarity around here, they get bought up pretty quick as they're becoming increasingly popular. Its got the hairs Spikes 'n all Also, just for fun I found this picture online of a filibusta (?) just outside of downtown Columbia. This was taken 7 years ago. It has certainly grown in height since then. I've been meaning to…
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Souther Florida palm
by SouthAmerica- 1 reply
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Souther Florida palm what species?
by SouthAmerica- 1 follower
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Southern Ag 8-0-12 premium palm fertilizer
by 3 Milesfrom Gulf of Mexico- 1 follower
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Today I swung over to Dolin’s Garden Center in St. Pete. Picked up two bags of Fox farm soil and a 50 lb bag of fertilizer. What’s everyone’s thought on this palm fertilizer? It’s got great minors. What’s caught my eye was the calcium. I’ve noticed the palm fertilizer at the big box stores. None have calcium in it. Maybe that’s the premium part on the label. $63.00 for a 50lb bag.
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Southern Ag has essential minor elements in new granular form
by PalmatierMeg- 7 replies
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Today I bought a 40lb bag of this new Southern Ag product from a home-based seller in Punta Gorda. I have a number of struggling palms on my new property that I figured needed extra iron and other minors. If you live in S. FL you surely know how poor our soil is. Before I had to pay big bucks for bottles of nasty brown concentrate that I had to mix in water and pour over each plant again and again. And I discovered last weekend that no Big Box or local nursery even carries Southern Ag Chelated Iron or Minor Elements in liquid, much less the new granular. Now I just spread some granules around each palm and water in. In an hour I treated over a dozen palms without breakin…
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Southern Cal Palm Society Meeting
by Peter- 12 replies
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I took a few pics from the meeting last Saturday. There were 2 gardens; the majority of these shots are from the John Rees garden. Maybe the most impressive palms were these monster Queens growing in his front yard. By far the biggest, most robust specimens I've ever seen. I forget the story(help me out Jeff), but I think they are from an island off the coast of Brazil. Rhopie: Boffo Brahea:
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Great turnout today; here are a few pics. Feel free to add your own: Overview: Jeff and Jeff: Getting closer:
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Southern California Caryota Gigas
by joe_OC- 12 replies
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I am still very much a newbie, so I don't know how often if ever this has occurred in Southern California... I was visiting Mr. Ralph Valez when I noticed that his Caryota Gigas (no more than 30 ft) was in full bloom and seeding. He said that he was very surprised that it had happened so soon. He was expecting the palm to grow to 50' before doing so. It did not look like the the palm was stressed to flower... Here are a few pics: Joe
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Southern California Chamaedorea Nubium
by el-blanco- 1 reply
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Who is growing this palm?? I cannot seem to find one for my garden. I have watched this palm for many years and it has never looked anything other than flawless. Looks simialr to a C. Fragrans (Jeff Searle-the two Frgrans I have from you are doing great!). Nubium is straight ahead against the wall. Kentia trunk to the left and C. Benzii (I think) to the right.
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Haven't posted in a long time - thought I'd share my Southern California coconut pictures. I purchased this as a sprouted nut back in 2007 and planted it in a whiskey barrel full of sand. I planted a few others outdoors in a similar fashion, but don't think any lasted more than a year or two. I've tried a few other marginal palms (spindle, bottle) which I was able to limp along for a number of years - but this one is the sole survivor. It was in the whiskey barrel until about a year and a half back the barrel was simply disintegrating, wouldn't hold water, etc - so after digging a really big hole - in the ground it went and has done pretty well. If you look up some o…
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any tips on how oftern to water palms in southern cali in the winter ? bismarkia dypsis (many types such as teddy bear, triangle, decipiens, baronii) jubaea micro climate for me, but its an open topic of course: inland 9 miles with southern exposure
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Southern California Palm Society Journal
by palmazon- 2 followers
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did y'all get yers?
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Southern California Palmageddon 1 2
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 1 follower
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So the red palm weevil has been discovered in Laguna Beach in 2010 and the South American Palm Weevil has been discovered in Tijuana. Does this mean growing palms is going to become more and more difficult? Are palm Society members and nurseries taking all the steps to prevent these pests from spreading? And what are the right steps to take? http://cisr.ucr.edu/blog/invasive-species/palmaggedon-are-california%E2%80%99s-palms-about-to-face-the-perfect-storm/
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I was reading up on Southern California's history with Palms and how they grow so tall and I came upon this article. It states that LA isn't replacing their Washingtonia Robusta and Canary Island Date Palm trees! They state only certain tourist-oriented areas will retain palms. Instead they aim to replace these with lousy Oak and other species. I hate this, Southern California is notorious for its skyscraper Washingtonia Robusta! Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard are prime examples. They suit the SoCal climate perfectly since they require little water and take up next to no space to plant. W. Robusta are from Northern Mexico/Sonora Dessert, so I don't know…
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Southern California Tri county PRA! 1 2
by yachtingone- 57 replies
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Last weekend on saturday morning I left my house in Corona, Riverside county to go on a two day PRA! My first destination is (surf city)Huntington Beach, Orange County. The gardener chooses to remain private. The couple that lives there wanted to let all of you see his efforts! His wife said he's plant crazy and she doesn't mind it a bit. With this thread there are going to be lots of pics posted. I would like to ask of you to please not post while I am posting. I will let you know on my last post when I am done for the moment. Also if you wouldn't multi quote any post with pics in it. It will take me a few trips to the computer to complete this thread. Click o…
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southern california vs florida vs Hawaii for palms.... 1 2
by trioderob- 1 follower
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how do these 3 major palm areas in the united states match up ?
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Southern California Washy's
by TikiRick- 24 replies
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I have often wondered how those extremely tall, thin Washingtonia's that are the picture of Southern California, kept clean? I have two that are getting up in height and the last time the dead fronds were trimmed off, my tree man said that this was it---no more ladders---he'd have to use cleats on his shoes to get any higher. I don't want to resort to this because of the obvious reasons. A bucket truck can not reach these palms either. Do they cleat those tall Washingtonia's in and around LA? If so, do they expire from these wounds eventually? Or do they just clean themselves once that tall? Typically our Florida Washingtonias don't get to that height from li…
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Southern California Zone Pushing Thread
by Alex High- 13 replies
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Hey folks, I've gotten really interesting in SoCal zone pushing recently, and since so many more palms have become available in recent years we have seen an explosion of zone pushers trying lots of tropical species previously thought to be unable to survive in Southern California in fact thrive, as well as other harder to grow palms for SoCal. I'll start things off by posting two videos from my YouTube channel, Palm Planet, of two gorgeous coconuts I have a had the pleasure of seeing, one in Del Mar, and one in Santa Ana. And before someone says it, yes, coconuts DO grow in Southern California. I hope to get out and visit more SoCal coconuts soon. I look forward to s…
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Southern fence
by Than- 10 replies
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Apologies if this is the wrong forum; I wasn't sure where to post it. So I bought a small piece of land recently in southern Greece. It's very small, about 3000 sq. feet and I am planning to create a compact mini jungle. The area can get pretty hot in the summer (100, perhaps 110 F on the hottest days) but in the winter it may drop to 34 or even 32 at some nights. Most winter nights are warmer though, at around 45 F. The plan is to grow marginal species, such as Roystonea regia, Veitchia Joannis, Dypsis lutecens as well as non-palms such as Coffea arabica, Strelitzias etc. I have read many times that to create a good microclimate we need to plant trees on the souther…
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southern most limit of coconut palms
by User00- 0 replies
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What is the southern most limit of coconut palm in Australia and South america
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