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I have several species of woodpeckers that reside on my property, but only one species has been attacking my royal palm, and that is the small downey woodpecker. They peck holes in the trunk. Bugs and yellow jackets infest the holes, I guess eating the sap. Then the woodpeckers eat the bugs. The trunk condition continues to get worse with time. I'd finally had enough and managed to kill one woodpecker (this was about three months ago) with my BB gun. After that I didn't see anymore woodpeckers until about two weeks ago when another one picked up where the first one left off. I tried shooting the second woodpecker with my BB gun but missed. I could definitely blow him a…
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A. Cunninghamiana growth progression 1 2
by ghar41- 67 replies
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Ive enjoyed viewing time progression posts of palm growth, so here's another. I planted these four A. cunninghamiana var. Illawaras in 4/2003 under the four windows in the back of the picture. The plant on the far left, appears to be still in a 5 gallon pot when this picture was taken. My son, in the green sweatshirt was 2 1/2. This next photo was taken 6 months later at his 3rd birthday 10/03. Next, 8/2005, my son is almost 5 years old.
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Biennial Registration Open!
by Cindy Adair- 2 followers
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Another Brisbane garden 1 2
by comic097- 75 replies
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]Hi guys just thought I might post some pics of my garden, I started this 4 years ago after buying our 1st house, hope you like ......... a couple of costas Orange vestiari Red vestiari Physokentia dennisii and in the back ground is a Howea forsteriana
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Scottsdale Coconut 1 2 3 4
by wrigjef- 5 followers
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Hey guys, Its been a while since I posted anything but I have read a lot of the threads. It will be 4 years ago in July I bought a coco from EBay that came from Puerto Rico. I don't know it's variety but sure someone will know. I'll give the most detailed information leading up to today. When it arrived it was about 16 inches tall coming out of the husk with no visible roots yet. I quickly planted it in its current home, a 20 gallon pot. I used pure sand bought from HD. The sand sold where i live is very course and rocky. Not a fine powder so very good drainage. I kept the palm for the first two years outside under a patio in partial sun. I brought it inside …
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- Saturday morning, 8:44AM: The booth location for Jeff Searle's plants had been moved down from where it was just a year ago, but we found ourselves in a great spot right along the main path of the sales area. We had just finished with the final touches in the booth when I took out the camera. These two front tables held the rare of the rare as usual and they were loaded with quite a few species. The palm with a red new leaf in the center is Loxococcus rupicola. - The man... the legend... the moose knuckle himself, Forum member Ron Kiefert... - The booth had plenty of room to space out the plants so nothing was crowded. In the very windy front part of the …
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Florida Royal Palm and Cuban Royal Palm - How Cold Hardy? 1 2 3
by PalmTreeDude- 3 followers
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How cold Hardy are these palms? Are they zone 9b Hardy? I see them in the Tampa and Sarasota Florida area and south. I have even seen a few north of Tampa. How cold Hardy are these things? Thank you for reading!
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Closest coconut mimic 1 2 3 4
by Zeeth- 122 replies
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I think this is enough options. Feel free to chime in with any palms I forgot. It will be interesting to see where this goes! I have the option selected so you can select multiple palms if you can't decide on just 1.
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Somebody posts this type of topic every so often and I just want to see outstanding palm trees ( doesn't everybody?). So what's the palm in your collection that you are most proud of at this point in time? Maybe because its very well grown or because it is super super rare or maybe both. Please show us a picture of it. Thanks.
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What do the QUEEN X JUB look like when they get huge? 1 2 3
by trioderob- 3 followers
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anyone have a photo of a monster queen x jub ??? what do those babies look like when then they get trunking ?
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A couple weeks back I was on an Alaskan cruise... one of the sites I "had to see" was the supposed most northern palm tree in Alaska. The site was Sitka Alaska (latitude 57.053N - longitude -135.33W). The palm was a Trachycarpus Fourtunei. This palm was supposedly planted here some 5 + years ago... no one seemed to be sure! Sadly upon my discovering the palm, I found it to be all but dead. There was a little green left in one frond, yet there really is no hope for the palm to survive as the center spear and growing point were gone, leaving a huge cavity. Evidently this palm lasted longer than it's companion, for I found it a few feet away and it was easily a foot sh…
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A few people have been asking to see some palms of our yard. We had some damage fom the hurricane that took it's toll on many of the palms and plants through-out our yard. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Our house is now 5 1/2 years old.
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Types of coconuts...
by fr8train- 25 replies
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So I was reading about different varieties of coconuts, but I haven't been able to find out too much. I had no idea there was so much verity, from the size of the adult plants to the seeds. Is anyone here growing one of the more unusual verities here? I noticed there are “Tahiti Reds” available on ebay, is anyone growing one? Does anyone know what types of coconuts these are, since they're not labled?
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European Fan Palm Growth Rate 1 2
by buffy- 58 replies
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I know they grow EXTREMELY slow. What should be my time expectation for the central trunk to grow from a seedling to '6 tall? 10' tall? 15' tall? Let's assume fantastic growing conditions.
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Newport Beach coconut pics 1 2 3 4
by Xenon- 3 followers
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It's still alive!
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Central Texas Damage report 1 2 3 4
by iamjv- 1 follower
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A couple of weeks back we had the first hard freeze in several years. The temperature was below freezing for about 14 consecutive hours with an ultimate low of 21.9F in portions of the garden (23F near the house). The following is an initial damage report covering hybrid and standard palms that withstood the freeze. Hybrids: Butia C. x Jubaea – no damage Butia C. x Syagrus – no damage Butia C. x Parajubaea – no damage Phx Reclinata x Canariensis – no damage Phx Canariensis x Rupicola – no damage Phx Roebelenii x Canariensis – 50% leaf burn Livistona Chinesis x Saribus – no damage Livistona Saribus x Decepiens – no damage Sabal (unknown variety*) – 10% leaf bur…
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Spiral Whitefly In Florida
by Steve the palmreader- 20 replies
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Spiral white is causing alot of problems on Coconuts in Florida. Does anyone have any ideas on how to control it? Also will it kill the palm?
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The Ultimate Palm Adventure 1 2 3
by Hilo Jason- 2 followers
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Back on May 19 and 20 4 of us got together to go on the ultimate PRA! Here's where we went: Ralph Velez Garden Larry Black Garden (both of those were part of the May 19 PSSC meeting) Gary Levine Garden Jubaea Grove - Mission Bay Jim Wright Garden Catamaran Hotel Gregg Hamann Garden The group consisted of these Palm Talkers: Perito (Perry From Grover Beach), Frito (Luke from Tallahassee, FL), Chris In Murrieta, and myself. -------------------------------- Up first was Ralph Velez's garden in Orange County, CA. Because there have been a few posts of this garden tour, I will keep these pictures limited (as well as from Larry Blacks) Ravenea Moorei b…
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We've seen pictures shared here of palms with multiple spears, but they just don't seem to want to open. We've speculated on what's going on and most of us though there's a gopher, rot, or some sort of root trauma going on. It's always hard to know exactly what's going on because it's down in the dirt and we're really just guessing. Well with this one I know exactly what's going on. I had a gopher attack my Copernicia cerifera about a year ago. He ran his tunnel right under the trunk and out the other side. Unfortunately I did not install a wire cage on this palm when I planted it. I caught the gopher and packed mulch in the tunnel which was right under the palm,…
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I will let the pictures tell the story but beware of giant ANTS! This is how it started.
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A look at 4 Hawaiian gardens (O'ahu and Kaua'i) 1 2
by Hilo Jason- 1 follower
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My wife and I spent a week on O'ahu and a week on Kaua'i this past December. I've been meaning to post these pictures for a few months now but just have not found the time. So since it was raining all day here and I couldn't be out in the yard, I finally got around to doing this. On O'ahu we visited Foster Garden, Lyon Arboretum and Ho'Omaluhia. Then on Kauai we visited the Allerton Garden, however we did not take the tour since we did that the year before. We just took some pictures from their display gardens when you first get there which are still amazing. I hope you enjoy, and please forgive me for any wrong ID's, I did my best to keep track of what was what. …
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Trimming your Phoenix Canariensis
by iamjv- 29 replies
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This thread is meant to highlight how I go about trimming my Phoenix Canariensis (CIPD), while attempting to get that Pineapple look. The first step that I take in trimming up my CIPD is to trim away the lower hanging fronds. I typically cut away enough to give the fronds a “fountain look”, I think this helps in getting that pineapple look that most people seems to like. From the shot below I'd trim away two or three rows of fronds, reevaluating the look as I go along.
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Coconuts in the Canary Islands
by Carlo Morici- 1 follower
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Here are some fresh pictures taken in Tenerife in late May. They are taken on different places of different coasts. Paseo Marítimo de Punta del Hidalgo Cooler, cloudier and rainier Northern coast In this area coconuts produce few or no fruits, they are weak during their first years and suffer if shaded. They only grow close to the coastline. Hotel Bahía del Duque - Costa Adeje Hotter, sunnier and drier Southern coast This area is much better for coconuts, they often fruit freely and grow steadily even as juveniles. They can also be grown a bit inland (= upland). Carlo
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Garden of Dr. Mardi Darian 1 2 3
by Phil- 87 replies
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Group, I've know Mardi Darian for about 25 years. He and I have become friends during this time and we always talk about palms. He often drops by our Nursery and we chat about topics, especially Madagascar palms. This has been a perfect opportunity for my son, Jesse, to also learn more about palms from one of the real pioneers in the field. Mardi invited me, my son, Rusty (Roosty) and one other friend to tour his garden last Spring. You must understand that Mardi doesn't allow photographs to be taken of his garden. But, on this occasion and with his consent, he allowed Jesse to be the cameraman. He also knows and approves that I am sharing these photos with yo…
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Copernicia hospita 1 2 3
by Ken Johnson- 1 follower
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I think this is a better looking "silver palm" than Bismarkia. Problem is it is slow and hard to get seed of.
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