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A short visit to Villa Thuret in Antibes (INRAE). It's a garden where many species of plants are acclimatized, including palms. Here is Chamaedorea radicalis arborescent form.

Ho Lee Grail, Ho Lee Chit! Thankfully I have a garden large enough to wander and wonder at the beauty and variability of the various species of plants. Every now and then an event happens that well......, takes one's breath away. This Lemurophoenix has decided to come out of it's shell. It has held it's leaf sheaths for years now and they finally gave way to reveal the most spectacular display, in a large way, of mauve, purple, and pink. Planted almost 12 years to the day from a 3 gallon, it was certainly worth the wait. Now, where's that bus, I'm ready to be run over. Tim

Dropped a leaf sheath this morning…’ INCOMING’! Not nearly as colorful as the first sheath and not sure why. Time of year maybe? Anyway, it’s growing pretty dang fast since it started trunking. The sheath alone weighs a ton, not easy dragging that thing to the truck. Tim

A few more..... Tim

Wishing you all a fun and safe Thanksgiving holiday. We're in full transition to winter in Fresno, 50s/60s throughout the day, with fog cover most days. 70s and sunny if the stars align (which sounds like a San Francisco summer ) . Lots of annuals are holding on to color, but they'll soon start getting powdery mildew and will need to be cut out. For now, palms seem to be loving the increase in humidity and some cloudforest plants are loving it too.

That's looking really good James, mine took nearly 2 years to acclimate to the spot I planted it in but man oh man is it a looker now.

Sabal Palmetto thriving in Uzbekistan (pics not mine) I thought these don't grow here in cold arid desert climate at all!

Update from June - nice, deep-green fronds.

More pics Washingtonia robusta pic I posted earlier a year later Palmetto Queen palm with newer growth Live oaks Citrus tree with lemons ripening

The last picture is I believe Dypsis malcomberi towering overhead.

And more and more. The last picture shows the tallest Sabal mauritiiformis I've ever seen.

Hey Y'all. I had a very large Dypsis heteromorpha die from a fungal infection, leaving this Licuala exposed to full midday to afternoon sun. I thought for sure it was gonna fry after growing up in the filtered light of the Dypsis above, but it made it through the second half of summer completely perfect. My question is: Do you think I should plant another taller clumping Dypsis (D. lafazamanga) next to it to give it some filtered light again, or do you think that this Licuala can take this much sun? I'm in SoCal about 9 miles from the coast. Something to consider is that the stumps of the dead Dypsis is buried under that mulch, so I'm not sure if that would be smart to replant in that spot so soon without the old stumps rotting away first. Any ideas would be welcomed. Thanks.

All gone.

Probably OK but wouldn't leave those that size out in freezing again though. I planted that potted one this year. Roots seemed OKKKKKKKK

Ryan - I have fallen deep into tropical fruit trees. Plinias / Eugenias / Mangoes have my undivided attention now. Such a different world from palms.

I finger planted (just the tip of the index finger) 6 D. plumosa seeds @DoomsDave gifted me. 5 sprouted. 4 were killed by feral cats who loved, yes, past tense, to play with what they thought was tall blades of grass. I have one survivor. It's doing well.

Yes looks a lot like a C. scoparia!

Here's one of mine that I transplanted back in August from my my brother's old property. It set seed last year and I'm debating on letting it set a bract of pure Butia before doing hybrids on it.

You seem to be in 6B. I have a small Palmetto in 7A and it will need some protection. In 6B most winters it will need to be covered. it will take 3 years for you to have a 3 foot tall palm from the Plant Delights ones. Here is a pic of mine after about 3 seasons from Plant Delights.

More awesome visuals!

The host standing next to a Dypsis orange crush in the first picture.

I got some pictures to post. Greg's garden is definitely a masterpiece! It was great seeing everyone. It had been years since I made it to a meeting.

I came across this gem in Laguna Beach. Off Ocean Way and Ruby if you’re in the area.

And a Dypsis pilurifera (spelling?)

such a view!

Here's mine this year versus a year ago. Planted it in the ground sometime in 2019 from a 3 gallon grown from seed years ago (it just languished in a pot forever). Currently gets full Florida sun up until about 2 pm.

Elaeis guineensis, the African Oil Palm, is grown commercially for the oil in its seeds. It is a very large palm with a Jurassic Park look I really like. It reaches 70'+ tall and has a crown of 40 massive leaves - when we cut one down we have to slice it in two to carry it to the street. The trunk is covered with spirally arranged leaf bases. It is hardy to zone 10. Our oldest palm is now dropping large seeds that germinate soon after hitting the ground. This is an eye-catching palm if you have the space for it and a palm you will never find at your local BB garden center. I have nearly 60 seeds at the moment and I am selling them in either two lots of 25+ or one lot of 50+ Elaeis guineensis: TWO LOTS of 25+ seeds each @ $5.00 per lot Shipping = $5.00 per lot TOTAL = $10.00 per lot ---------------------------OR------------------------------------------- Elaeis guineensis: ONE LOT of 50+ seeds @ $8.00 for the lot Shipping = $6.00 for the lot TOTAL = $14.00 Payment via Paypal. PM me if interested Photos Seeds Mother Palm

Any suggestions on doing this myself? I have an electric pole saw but am worried about the crown. The leaves are HEAVY and being that it’s right between me and the neighbor, this tree had become a pain.

Thank you for your efforts. I'll send an email in support of preserving the garden as it is. It seems everywhere, people with influence try to limit public access to green spaces. In Fresno, residents of N Fresno have been fighting the city for years in order to limit access to a parkway along the river...

Sabal palmetto will grow in next to any climate that stays above a certain temperature threshold provided they get enough water. It looks great!

Removing the endocarp is not necessary, however, some of these articles imply that one gets better germination with proper sterilization and conditions. It would certainly be time consuming trying to crack thousands, but if one was experimenting with a handful certainly doable. As for how to do it, you put the seed in a vice and gently squeeze until it pops and cracks, then you carefully pry it off the kernal.

I use it completely on its own. This will provide a sterile, well-drained environment for recovery. Here is one of the Hyphaene that was nearly dead in the ground before I went for the save:

I don't remember anyone on here with one from Plant Delights more than a few years old. They are more cold hardy when trunk is at ground level. They take many years to get a trunk of any size. Most trunked Palmetto you see are dug from FL where they are like weeds but may be many decades old. Palms grown from seedlings in a colder area will be more cold hardy because of their better root structure than palms put in at a larger size. Palmetto are a 8A palm and I know PD says 7B on some but who knows. I think they are more 7B when they are small. When trunked 10F is around their practical limit, when sized like mine 5F or so maybe.

NWS is forecasting 38F for tonight, 38F for tomorrow night. Then, on Friday night, 36F. I think it might be getting close to winter

I have visited when group sports are in play so already lots of space. Interesting that the Palmetum is not even featured on the website. It is literally and figuratively the centerpiece although the bay view makes a nice background! If money were to be available for a park upgrade, fixing the existing public pool makes lots more sense to me than cutting down a couple hundred beautiful palm trees.

Who wants to walk through and get cut up by huge Cycads!!! Just walk right thru here! Awesome

I have seen Trachycarpus that look decent here, but they get nicer once you get above the 29th parallel for sure. I haven't heard of many Dypsis decipiens doing well here. Anyone know of any?

Here's another pic of one of the luxury homes in summerville, I noticed the pic is not showing now. This pic is of the outside of the home Another beautiful Aiken live oak Washingtonia robusta and CIDP in Augusta, I took this pic in July

...this is prolly the biggest tahina in this zone:

Here is one bismarckia throwing shade about 11 years since it was barely a foot and a half tall. The first leaves are about 11-12' in height off the ground

Looks like a Corypha to me though I could very well be wrong. Not as rare as a Tahina but far from common anywhere in Florida. Excellent find either way! Any unexpected palm sighting makes for a better day.

sorry to hear this Daniel. That is defiantly not cool that Chris would stiff you like that.

Just need the other party to engage.

Hope so too.

I hope there is a happy ending to this story =)

Well, about time for an update. You might have noticed that JubaeaMan183 (Chris Mestas) is posting on here again. I sent him a message when he first started logging in again. He never responded and is no longer accepting PMs. At this point, I consider him a scammer. Buyer beware.

If it can be useful, in Palermo, Italy, Mediterranean climate, it dies with average minimum winter temperatures of 9/10 °C (48.2 / 50 °F) and lowest never below 0 °C (32 °F). This is the last failed attempt (2018) with a 20 year old plant:

A bit of color here! Pinanga insignis group.