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  1. Pictures of my last trip in Seychelles island https://www.flickr.com/photos/88672295@N02/albums/72157712918735358
    7 points
  2. Remove it and replace with brahea,bailey,filifera,or bismarck.The space is too valuable for a weed tree. aztropic Mesa,Arizona
    5 points
  3. My young var conjugatum, and other forms behind it. Last winter was weird, with many clear cool nights...no frost but temps down to about 5C (40F) on occasion, and many nights below 10C (50F). The regular forms actually had some minor marking but the conjugatum was perfect...
    5 points
  4. If you live west of the Mississippi, the answer is to always remove Washingtonia. I have hundreds of palms and almost as many species in my yard, and not one of these. They're everywhere around me, so why do I need one?
    4 points
  5. I love it. I was using Miraclegro shake and feed palm fertilizer before. I saw no real results. A year and a half ago several forum members recommended PalmGain. It has worked. Leaves on all my palms are green.
    4 points
  6. Here’s one of mine about six feet tall
    3 points
  7. These palms have been severely over-pruned, as well. It seems that this practice would increase the palm's vulnerability to infection.
    3 points
  8. Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, Wallichia disticha, Serenoa repens.
    3 points
  9. The big box stores are the ultimate zone pushers. They sell thousands of trees and some of them will survive and eventually seed. There are tons of palms growing in Florida right now in places that I would never think they would live but somehow they do. I love what the big box stores are doing. Yes they're killing thousands of palms, but they're speeding up the genetic sorting of the ones that are just a little bit tougher.
    3 points
  10. My young Veitchia spiralis...still recovering after the severe drought we have had for the last couple of years, but wit the recent rain are now getting a growth spurt and normal sized leaves again...
    3 points
  11. What happens when something that grows all over the place appears in the yard. ..No regrets. Aww.. Aint that a purtty lil' Canary Be gone with you, bleep-n' local Horticultural atrocity!.. No regrets
    3 points
  12. A pic of potted palms/tropicals in my garage. So many kinds hidden in here!
    2 points
  13. Early February I applied salt to the cocos. Come March, I will apply fertilizer. I alternate monthly.
    2 points
  14. If you don’t buy them, I’ll drive over and get some. I’m guessing the price is pretty reasonable (big box stores usually are). So think of it in terms of the time value of money: if you get 3-7+ years of enjoyment out of it before we have our next big cold snap, that’s pretty solid for maybe $70. Same goes for the ubiquitous A. Merilli the BBS loooooove to carry. That’s my mindset any way! now get one of those in the ground!!!
    2 points
  15. I've tried several in various sunny to shaded positions and conclude they are a no go for Phoenix.Too hot! aztropic Mesa,Arizona
    2 points
  16. I know a lot of projects have switched to specifying Dactyliferas in place of Canaries. Besides being more cost effective, they are less susceptible to fusarium wilt & don’t have the high attrition rate
    2 points
  17. They're one of the fastest growing palms in the world.
    2 points
  18. It’s been lots of years now, but back (96’ - 13’ ) when I worked in the landscape construction field on custom homes mainly along the coast from Newport down to Laguna Beach, our cost on Canariensis was about $225 - $250 a trunk foot. We would regularly pay between $6000 & $8000 for canaries with between 25’ and 30’ of bth (bare trunk height). That is just palm cost not including crane, labor & planting material cost. Those palms look much bigger & have probably been planted for a little while. I know towards the end canaries we’re not being used near as much because of the fusarium wilt issues & economy downturn and as such the prices were starting to drop as well.
    2 points
  19. @NickJames Definitely coconut palms, likely Green Malayan Dwarf judging by the appearance. About 6 months ago, I was at a Home Depot here and they had about a dozen of these on pallets here. Three of them were tagged as sold already and were staged on a pallet for the buyer to come pick them up. I'd consider Coconuts and Adonidia merrillii marginal here, but you do get some brave (or foolish) gardeners that will plant their entire property full of coconuts. A recent planting of this nature can be viewed here: Coconut Planting in Bartow, FL - Jan. 2019 That said, there is a Jan. 2010 surviving coconut in Daytona. It took another whack in Jan. 2018 but is still alive to my knowledge: 2010 Survivor Coconut - Daytona, FL 2010 Survivor Coconut - Daytona, FL - When Healthy We do have a handful of at least 2010-2011 surviving Adonidia merrillii in town, and a few healthy fruiting ones that survived 2018's advective freeze. These are still there as I saw them with an aborted flower stalk today (02/15/2020): Adonidia merrillii recovering from the 2010-2011 winter Fruiting, but can only be verified to 2016: Fruiting Adonidia merrillii - Lake Hollingsworth, Lakeland, FL If you're feeling adventurous or don't mind protecting a palm once in a while over the winter, they aren't much in the way of maintenance. Since protection eventually becomes an issue with Talls and Malayans (which are not true dwarfs), you may want to consider a Fiji Dwarf since they stay a lot smaller and don't appear to be extremely cold tender from @Zeeth's experiments. A shorter palm is easier to trim and protect.
    2 points
  20. Wrap that thing up and ship it to sc, I'll throw ya cash for the shipping
    2 points
  21. Here’s my bigger one about 8 - 9 feet (2.6-3 m) tall.
    2 points
  22. Not a huge zone push, but I've seen more of these Dictyosperma album popping up in spots. This particular palm has been around since at least late 2010.
    2 points
  23. I have a few in the ground. Colors in the trunk never get old. This double Arecina is my biggest and oldest. 15 years in the ground. Height and close planting make it hard to get a full shot of it.
    2 points
  24. Here's mine. Can't wait for it to get as big as Dave's. Hard to get a good shot of the whole plant because I plant everything too close together....
    2 points
  25. 2 points
  26. 4 years old Areca catechu in Israel. so far so good.
    2 points
  27. I have had great luck with this Pritchardia pacifica, germinated from seed collected in 2013 from PR.
    2 points
  28. Still chugging along just fine Dave. About 8' overall & getting its first ring of trunk. I'm amazed, given all the trouble I had early on, how easy they are here. Here's a couple quick pics from this morning. Still one of the fastest palms in the garden.
    2 points
  29. Well I guess the predictions came true. My coconut was not able to even survive half way through the winter. My best guess was that it just didn’t get enough warmth for too long to survive. Every 2 weeks a leaf would turn brown and this continued until the plant was no more. Also when I was getting rid of it, the whole plant separated from the nut. Does this sound consistent with a chilly coconut? I also wanted to keep the wooden part of the nut and see what was inside and what’s inside is pretty interesting. RIP Coco 2019-2020
    1 point
  30. I have yet to find a person who doesnt love a bizzie. I use to be against fan palms in general but Bizzies converted me then I fell in love with Sabal Causiarum. Was just at Maas nursery and there shade grown Palmettos are absolutely stunning all stretched out =) Livistona Chilensis are much better looking then any washie , just ones opinion
    1 point
  31. Hey guys! I'm feeling a little nostalgic today and since a lot of the photos shared in here are no longer available, I've decided to post some old pictures I've found of the cocos that were growing in the avenida do mar before they were removed back in 2009. There were definitely more coconut trees on the Island back then than today, even though the climate seems to be warmer now. I've also been gathering the IPMA official temperature of 2019 of many stations like the one in Lido in Funchal. This year was particularly dry (with almost no precipitation) and warm, especially in Winter with tropical temperatures (no average below 18 C if we calculate them the traditional way: (TM + Tm)/2). I hope they watered them a lot to compensate the lack of precipitation. PS: (I missed one day in August and another one in October, but I think it wouldn't change a lot to the final mean scores)
    1 point
  32. 80s ..with a few low 90s thrown in through the summer are perfect, especially when it cools off nicely at night, say the mid 60s to around 72 or so.. Pretty much optimal growing conditions for practically anything, except maybe stuff that likes it frigid, not much thrives when it is 110-115 for weeks on end either.. It amazes me how much things grow like crazy here until late may.. then its as if everything hits a wall and slows down ..or stops growing completely.. until moisture returns in July or August. Saw that also.. We might see a night or two in the high 30s over the next 3 weeks but looking more and more like spring is setting in. Ready to see how this years' stretch of cool days/ cold nights and roughly average rain effect how certain cacti i have flower over the next 3 months.. Hopefully more of my rarer Echinocereus decide to flower this year
    1 point
  33. Fair enough. I enjoy it until it gets over 109. Plus, we don’t have the summer “too hot to grow” that I forget you have, because it cools off significantly more at night up here. I don’t want the 100s really fast either, that causes flooding downstream. I was thinking more around the 80s haha. When the breeze isn’t “hot” but the air sort of is. looks like two more little groups of freezes for us, then we should be in the clear.
    1 point
  34. To illustrate in concrete terms what Alex is saying, here are a few of my coconuts when I first got them on 04/25/2017: Here is one of the Jamaican Talls in the previous photo as of 10/30/2019:
    1 point
  35. Long growing season would be great as long as we don't jump from great weather to the 100s / 100F+ too quickly. In no rush at all lol. If all goes well, will avoid having to deal w/ another summer scorch fest.
    1 point
  36. Interesting you're already seeing them. Haven't even seen our resident Med. Geckos out yet so far this year.
    1 point
  37. Awesome! Keep us updated on how they do! heres a video of how the bubblers work if you are interested. It’s just higher water than a drip emitter IMG_2058.MP4
    1 point
  38. If you grew it from a store bought Avo. pit, it will be similar to the parent variety, which, since they're the most commonly sold, would be "Hass" or which ever is most commonly sold there.. Won't be until it Fruits and you can compare various aspects like whether or not it is an A or B type, when it flowers, and quality of the fruit before you'll know if you have a distinct variety, something average ..or a dud.
    1 point
  39. Here is the same frond taken today. You can see the spotting and tip burn. I could only imagine how bad it would look if it had seen 40 F (4.4c) every night. I am sure it would be dead. However I have to admit the meristem looks very healthy so only time will tell. This is also my most successful boundary push which is not saying much LOL
    1 point
  40. Here’s a few at the place I’m staying at. Pretty decent size.
    1 point
  41. I have a coco in the ground for 3 years and In a pot 4 years before then. I live in Phoenix also and am now convinced a coco will never live unprotected here. Even though we have a 10a zone In some parts of town, our nightly lows are just too low for long term unprotected success. I still have mine in a greenhouse and the lowest recorded temp shown was 48 degrees this winter but my fronds are spotted miserably and it hasn’t even experienced real cold. Our nightly lows bottom out in winter anywhere between 35 (1.667 C) and 45(7.222 C) every night which is just too cold for even short term success without protection. I will send some pics of mine later today on how it currently looks. This is what the frond I’m referring too looked like back on Dec 8 before winter set in
    1 point
  42. Cars in a garage??? Where do my palms go?
    1 point
  43. This one has had a rough year and looked a little bad at times in the past, but hopefully going to pull thru... And it's offspring... And it's half-breed offspring... Butch
    1 point
  44. Oh, how could I forget them... Tim's V. metitis inspired me a year ago to order seeds of them, too... Doing very well so far - my own V. metitis, planted out half a year ago. best regards - Lars
    1 point
  45. A couple more......here's V. vitiense. Amazing crown shaft on this little palm. Tim
    1 point
  46. Hydrogen peroxide is better than copper fungicide in that overapplying the later or using a mix with too high a concentration of copper will poison a palm.
    1 point
  47. 18F and 15 hours below freezing with high wind. 35g pot. Minor cosmetic damage. minor burn scar on outer fronds from frozen wind tie on fronds
    1 point
  48. Back fill & mulching, & final new home. Thanks for looking.
    1 point
  49. Here's the palm waiting to be freed. More to follow later..
    1 point
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