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I germinated these from seeds in 2006. I can’t believe how cool they’ve turned out.

Good article regarding one ( ...of a few, lol.. ) non native trees that almost everyone knows ..or has delt with that might have seemed like a close to perfect landscape option, but quickly revealed it's true colors.. Never liked them at all anywhere i have lived, esp. after seeing what a typical summer Thunderstorm ..let alone historic Ice Storm can do to them.. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/us/bradford-pear-tree-south-carolina.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab Flowers might look nice, from a distance ..but stink, and i myself end up w/ headaches whenever i'm near them ( same with X-plitive Ligustrum Privets ).. Good to see they're being banned in more places, and that bounties / incentives are being enacted on eradicating them. Hopefully those areas where the spawn of Bradfords has invaded natural areas can get a handle on these. A great lesson that while humans may try to tinker w/ a plant to try and keep it from reproducing, nature always finds a way to ..be nature.. Don't fall for " this cultivar is sterile/ won't fruit / set seed " bad salesman trap, no mater how " pretty " it might look. Pretty can turn into a curse- filled nightmare pretty quickly..

Hello palmtalkers! I've already had some experience of germinating Butia and now I'm starting my second palm from scratch - Washingtonia, possibly a pure filifera. This is a motherpalm, located in Termez, Uzbekistan. This Washy is 13 years old and it's fruiting for the first time this year. At age of 6-7 it managed to survive an extreme cold snap in february 2014, with a low temperature of -22C (-7.6F), the lowest recorded temperatures in the whole region, and continuous 168 hours of subfreezing temperatures, this is what makes this specimen interesting. These seeds arrived to me Cleaned and soaking in the water

Please consider visiting the IPS Main Site and reading about the new initiative that the IPS has created to help save palms and native habitat. You can click here for the full background and it's latest effort to save the habitat of the spectacular newly discovered Sabinaria magnifica in Colombia. A brief description is as follow. WHAT IS SAVE THE SPECIES? Our Save the Species effort directly targets rainforest and habitat protection. To do so, we: Provide financial support to in-situ conservation, upkeep, and preservation. Sponsor the ex-situ conservation of Sabinaria magnifica. Enable researchers to continue their scientific inquiries. With your help, we will acquire about 100 hectares of rainforest at La Paloma camp, with an additional 130 hectares to follow. Not only will this result in the successful conservation of Sabinaria magnifica in habitat, but at least another 30 species of palms, along with the “jaguars and wonderful monkeys and toucans.” Read more about the Sabineria efforts HERE.

Surviving for now, but ring spacing is decreasing. This is in full sun, on the north side of Peninsula Ave. The adjoining Queens and P. roebelenii are thriving, so I think this gets enough water.

Received four new thermometers with daily min/max recording to place around various parts of the yard. Hoping to see how much temperature varies across my one acre, which has a low lying area next to water, high side with oak coverage and large trees and bamboo on another side.

I'll keep an eye on this palm. Given the health of the other palms on the property, I think irrigation and nutrition probably are fine. This palm appears to have a dedicated irrigation head. As you point out, I think this palm is limited by lack of heat. This climate is intermediate between Jim Denz's in Los Altos, and Darold Petty's in San Francisco.

Keep an eye on my yard thread this spring. If you see any you like, speak up.

They might stand up to some of the windstorms out there a bit better < not a ton better by any stretch though > ( Don't think they fare any better in the Pac. N.W. than back east either. ) but everything else gets to them ..heat, drought, insects that attack stressed specimens, etc.. Think the < cough> "appeal" was more about human desires -in the landscape- rather than properly accessing how tough the trees actually were.. The whole "ideal" of the perfect -sized tree that can fit almost anywhere / won't get too large, etc.. " When you think about it, this sort of thing happens often ..Designers get caught up in " plant fads " like almost anyone can.. Here, Sissoo, African Sumac, and Ficus nitida used to be planted by the dozens in a good % 'age of new sub divisions, until the trees started causing expensive repair issues.. Chilean Mesquite will probably be the next " not as great of an option as first thought " tree that gets planted less and less ( mainly due to how easily they can break up during storms ). Human tinkering is kind of a fine line, imo.. some positives for sure.. but, can look at Fountain Grass as one example where the " ideal " was just a sales pitch.. The so called " sterile " varieties?.. can still seed, and spread.. A hybrid bedding plant that might produce pretty flowers, but doesn't produce nectar for pollinators ( Pentas is a good example ) serves no real purpose other than to satisfy those who are needlessly afraid of stinging insects. Which are often better? Heirloom Tomatoes? or some newer, extensively over bred cultivar? You'll have to do an update next spring w/ the new Opuntias..

That is weird they’ve been tougher out west than east…Agreed overall. Human intervention has its place in plant cultivation for sure, but with huge landscape trees that can damage property I’m not a fan. What was the big push with the Bradfords anyways? Side note I’ve been trying to gather a bunch of opuntia hybrids lately, trying to get a bunch of different bloom colors and different shapes and sizes.

@Ryland It has been an exceptionally cold spell for late autumn/fall here. Certainly one of the coldest I have ever experienced. I mean even St. James Park in central London went down to -2.1C last night. London City Airport had its first frost too with a low of 0C there last night. My lowest here was -1.7C last night. On the whole, very cold for the time of year. Clear skies at night causing severe radiation freezes for most of the UK. Autumn has been pretty mild-warm for us in general this year and pretty good, but this last week has been one of the coldest ends to an autumn in decades. Hardly palm killing temps, but certainly cold for the time of year. I am surprised how cold it got in London especially. Ireland on the other hand escaped it with parts of southwest Ireland not dropping below +9C last night. Part of that is just due to freak luck though as we have a cold northeasterly wind blowing in from Scandinavia and they probably had plenty of cloud cover in Ireland, unlike England and Scotland. The dusting of snow I had yesterday evening has melted by now thankfully and it is currently 3.3C with sunny skies. Cold as hell though with a northeasterly wind still. I’m expecting it to go down to 0C around 6pm this evening, before a warm Atlantic front moves in overnight and lifts the temperature to +10C by sunrise tomorrow.

Never got the appeal of trees that smell like canine excrement.

My Livistona chinensis did a funny thing. I have multiple clusters of them around the perimeter of a large ficus tree. Most are about 12 to 15' tall. Last year I did a major pruning of the ficus tree, and one of the Livistona chinensis that was about 20' tall quickly shot up to over 35' tall once it got more sunlight with the ficus canopy partially removed. The other Livistona chinensis nearby did not have this sudden growth spurt. The one on the upper right is the one that shot up.

A few from the Christina neighborhood. Dypsis lutescens ~20ft. Large Delonix regia: Adonidia merrillii: Roystonea regia in flower:

My primary methods: Typically use 50/50 standard potting mix/vermiculite or perlite, especially for the smaller seed species. Keep it moist, either baggy or open air, and crank the temperature to about 90F. Make sure to keep about an inch or two of potting medium between your seeds and the bottom of the container or bag if you're using a heat mat. This is what I used for the batch of Teddy Bears I shared with you and just pulled two germinated seeds out of the bag. For larger seeds like Dypsis decaryi, you can grab a bag of the cheap big box Orchid moss, cut the top of the bag and dump a 24 oz. cup of water in and let it soak for about 10-15 minutes. Grab a handful of the soaked orchid moss, put your thumb from your opposite hand longways across the orchid moss, squeeze hard until all of the water comes out. The orchid moss will still be moist, but not wet. Lay a bed of this in the container or baggy, set the seeds on top, then grab another handful of orchid moss and repeat for the top dressing.

Your location will define the limits of what you can use. Can you grow orchids outdoors? For me they are a favorite for mounting on textured palm trunks at about eye level for some eye candy. Lately I have a developing addiction to Vireya, tropical rhododendrons. Vreisea bromeliads are lovely accents for their patterned foliage, and hibiscus are fine for taller accents. Certain gingers are quite lovely; I really like a tall purple flowering one that has variegated foliage. It appeared in the garden on its own, so I hope it doesn't become a management problem. Ti plants are so easy, and come in so many color variations. Examples below -- orchid, ti plant, bromeliads along a path, hibiscus, vireya

I don’t care that there are more CIDPs than people in the southwest. Still one of my two or three favorite palms. Here is mine in April, then again in October:

Likely "Green Maylayan dwarf". Welcome to PalmTalk. Coconuts want lots of light, heat and humidity. You should consider grow lights, a small space heater and humidifier. My son lived in Montgomery County for years and I'm a Washington, DC native so I know that area well.

Foxtails suffer from frequent nutritional issues. Don't under fertilize and provide extra micronutrients. If you are in the SF Bay Area lack of regular heat may also cause slower growth and shorter internodes. Foxtails also don't deal well with cool/chilly weather. A very needy palm

I had two of the accursed trees, fortunately I have almost no sense of smell so they didn't bother me or seem all that different from the other flowering plants. Last winter we had a historic ice storm and things got ugly. There might have been 30+ of them in my neighborhood that the city planted back in the mid 90's. Now there's less than ten, and for those that didn't properly remove the trunks they are suckering like crazy.

Here's one to compare that's about the same age,I grew from seed, entirely in Arizona. About the same size,but unfortunately,I can't let mine show it's true beauty yet,due to space constrictions. Hopefully someday... aztropic Mesa,Arizona

Bradford pear trees get branches ripped off or whole trees toppled here in “normal” storms. Really bad ice storms and tornado related thunderstorms will have the streets littered with branches from Branford’s

Absolutely amazing garden!!

Got some Winter planting to do. planted a Few Small Dypsis yesterday. Dypsis Affinis Dypsis Bertch Dypsis Pembana What I left Remaining is 4 Chamaedorea Woodsoniana 5ga’s and 15 GA Jubbie Already Planted a 15ga Jubbie a month ago, but got such a good deal on a 15ga Blue Jubbie had to grab it. Forgot, I also found couple Myolensis Kings which are hard to find so now I have every King Species growing in front yard. love being able to plant Year around in San Diego!

Scott, that D. decaryi is one of the best examples I have seen!

DYPSIS DECARYI (Triangle Palm). I did NOT germinate these, but purchased them as seedlings from Ed @The Germinator and would like to have him give us the details....These are the strongest, healthiest species I have ever potted up and maintained as I have NOT LOST A SINGLE PALM. ONLY A GUESS FROM ME: It appears Ed filled a 10" container (perhaps a 2 gallon) with his soil mix, sowed the seeds on top with perhaps a little of the soil mix covering them all and kept his many containers outside in the shade to germinate. First photo is Ed's with donor behind the container. Next photos are day one of repotting each as individuals. The vertical height is 24 inches and almost not enough. The last photo shows the ones that have completed second phase of growth.

DYPSIS PEMBANA: seeds from @NatureGirl and seedlings from @PalmatierMeg I used a converted ice chest with 40 watt drop light, lid raised 1+ inches and the temp. is 85 deg. F 24/7, 50-50 Peat / Perlite mix, open plastic tub (no drainage so moisture is more critical - so no standing water, heavy misting daily). Photo is 1 month after first sprout. I HAVE A WAY TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF SOME OF THESE SEEN AND THOSE PURCHASED FROM MEG.....I use 16 oz. styrofoam cups with 4 drain holes in the bottom for potting up from the community pot, moist soil mix, poke a finger hole to allow roots to lower and put more soil mix around those roots.....BUT I LEARNED THAT I DO NOT PACK ENOUGH OF THE SOIL AROUND THOSE ROOTS, so an air pocket is present causing the death. I am making the mix a little more moist and pushing the outer most soil inward on the roots. The family photo of germinated seeds and seedlings was taken in September and most are now creating their 3rd set of leaves.

Hi ZenMan, You really shouldn't post your address on here in public. PM bill with it. Anyone on the internet can see your name and address now.

Sorry, I know I have posted this before but never gets old ( for me.)

It's always been one of mine too, I don't even understand some people's obsession with super rare, exotic, limited edition, palms...., unless one is a dealer and in a business, who cares how common they are?! I grew mine from seeds.

Fog rolling in on Seal Beach Pier CA... Butch

A few from last week... The 1st from Seal Beach Pier CA... The second bunch from from desert camping near Ridgcreast CA Butch

Aphonopelma chalcodes i believe, though it could also be Aphonopelma iodius. One of the bug guys will be able to tell you for sure. They’re both equally friendly.

Public park, botanical garden, back yard... 6 of one, half-dozen of the other

I did just that today, will retreat next weekend and see if they survive. Thank you.

Hello. I visited a beautiful garden on the French Riviera in Menton. This is the Villa Maria Serena. I photographed a Brahea and would like to know if if it is the variety decumbens or calcarea?

Temperatures have been all over the place and we've already gotten our first frost. I'm protecting a few small palms with 5 gallon buckets and mulch - arenga engleri, Syagrus romanzoffiana, and a couple Phoenix species. Two lytocaryum Hoehnei have lights wrapped around them and a good bit of mulch at their bases. They'll get some additional overhead protection when it rains

Defuniak Springs, Fl was founded in 1901 so plenty of time to get big. I've been spotting folks from South Texas in the Panhandle for decades so not far fetched at all. An early Texan could have brought a Brazoria seedling from Texas not knowing there was any difference between native Texan Sabal palms. Ive seen a bunch of Phoenix canariensis, likely started from California seed, planted on rural lots next to very old houses.

B. Panchari

There are a couple of trunking coconuts left in Matamoros

Palm Sale at my house next weekend Oct 2-3 in Satellite Beach. (Saturday 7:30am-4:00pm Sunday 8:30 - 4:00) Send my a PM or Email if you want me address. Beachpalms@cfl.rr.com First Come, First Served....I can't save anything for pick up later....Cash and Carry.....No Shipping. Sorry still working on some Prices. Also Please Note- some palms I have several of, others only one. So if after something specific, best to text before coming. Will post some pics....more later. Aiphanes minima - $5 (Macaw Palm) Allagoptera arenaria $15 Archontophoenix purpurea $7-15 (Purple King) Areca triandra - $6 Arenga australasica $15 Attalea speciosa $20 Borassus aethiopum $25 Burretiokentia hapala $20 Calyptrocalyx polyphyllus $20 (new leaf comes out red) Copernicia berteroana $20 and larger one $35 Cop.ekmanii $25 Cop. hospital-regular silver $15-$20 Cop. hospita- super silver, upright form $30 Cop. macroglossa $35 Coccothrinax argentata $15 Cyphophoenix nucele $30- $40 Dictyosperma album $5 and $20 Dypsis carlsmithii $20 (aka ’Stumpy’) Dypsis leptocheilos $7 (Teddy Bear) - one gallon size Dypsis pembana x ‘mahajanga’ F2 Hybrid $10,$20,$25 Hydriastele beguinii ‘Obi Island form’ $20 Gaussia attenuata $5 Hyphaene coriacea $7 Latania lontoroides (Red Latania) $20-$25 Livistona muelleri $10 Pinanga coronata $15-$20 Ptychosperma cuneatum $7 Ptychosperma pullenii $18 Roystonea borinquena $25 Syagrus X Montgomeryana $35 (Queen/Schizophylla Hybrid) Syagrus schizophylla $15 (1) Sabinaria magnifica ‘seedling’ - 3 strap leaves (1) Licuala mattaensis ‘Mapu’. 2.5 qt. (4) Euterpe olaracea - 3 gals. (1) Hydriastele kasesa - 3 gal. (3) Orania palinda - 3 gals. (2) Latania lontaroides - 3 gals. (1) Lytocarium weddellianum - 3 gal. (1) Caryota obtusa - 3 gal. (2) Johannesteijmannia magnifica - 2.5 qt. (3) Chamaedorea arenbergiana - 3 gals. (2) Chamaedorea hooperiana - 3 gals. (1) Cyphophoenix elegans - 3 gal. (1) Copernicia macroglossa - tall 10? gal. (1) Hyphaene thebaica tall - 10? gal. (cheap!) (4) Coccothrinax - random (one possibly inaguensis, one possibly crinita) (2) Pseudophoenix vinifera - 2.5 qt (1) Pseudophoenix sargentii (small) (6) Pseudophoenix sargentii seedlings (2 in one pot, 4 in second pot) (1) Marorjejya darianii 10 gal.? These Palms may have to be picked up in Cocoa Beach CB. All pretty large specimens…and/or spiny! (1) Areca catechu, dwarf (1) Pelegodoxa henryana Marqueses form (1) Verschaffeltia splendida (2) Salacca wallichiana (1) Chamaedorea, pochutlensis or costaricana

Truly unbelievable turn-out! Thanks to everyone who came out. Met a few new people I didnt know. Pretty much Sold out early, so I think tomorrow is cancelled. However, I will post some Large Tropical beauties for someone who might be able to grow them down South. Here’s a pic at 7:30am showing some of the palms. (Not all).

After doing some research, have decided to mark Areca catechu down to $300. 30 gal size. Pick up in Cocoa Beach.

More Palms and Cycads available: (2) 3 gal Thrinax radiata $10 (2) 3 gal Veitchia spiralis $10 (1) 7 gal Pseudophoenix vinifera $75 (1) 3 gal Dypsis sp. “fine leaf” X decaryii F2 $15 (1) 3 gal Sabal minor (Eastern Texas – Habitat seed) $10 (1) 7 gal Butia capitata X Jubaea chilensis $40 (1) 3 gal Chamaedorea stolonifera $10 (3) 1 gal Copernicia baileyana $10 (2) 3 gal Normanbya normanbyi $15 (1) 3 gal Coccothrinax sp. “Azul” $15 (1) 7 gal Attalea brejinhoensis $50 (2) 3 gal Attalea brejinhoensis $30 (2) 4” citrus liner Attalea brejinhoensis $15 Cycads: (2) 1 gal Encephalartos gratus (F) X E. laurentianus (M) $15 (1) 3 gal Certozamia norstogii (flat leaf form) $40 (1) 3 gal Encephalartos trispinosis $60 (1) 3 gal Encephalartos gratus (F) X E. “Blue” munchii (M) $40 (2) 3 gal Cycas litoralis $20 (1) 7 gal Encephalartos sp. Manikensis-type $75 (1) 3 gal Zamia lucayana hybrid $30 Trees: 3 gal Lignum vitae $20

Spring seems to have finally set it in in Spain, so I decided to pot up my germinated seedlings from last summer/autumn... Almost all have made it through the winter indoors. Tensions are running high at home regarding my continued use of the dining room table, so almost all have now gone outside... Beccariophoenix Alfredii.. A mix of stuff, all of my original list are represented (including a variegated Caryota Mitis I forgot to mention), with the exception of Veitchia Spiralis which really let me down... Mauritia Flexuosa and several Veitchia Arecina.. Sabal Palmetto Lisa Three of the five Jubaepsis seeds have sent down strong tap roots which are coming out of the bottom of their pots, but no sign of any alveoli yet... should I be worried? Fingers crossed! J P. S. Forgot to mention, I also received some Chamaedorea Radicalis seeds from Doomsdave which have started popping too

Wow! Germination within 11 days seems very impressive for Jubaeopsis, you're obviously on to something... I take it you didn't crack open or "de-lid" the seeds as others recommend.. And I guess your internet router will give off as much heat as a heat mat. So maybe 24-hour heat helps this species germinate too. Interesting how different approaches can all work, I guess the main thing is to avoid rot... Thanks!

Jim, have you seen this Royal in San Jose a few minutes away from David and Eric’s garden? I went to see it two years ago after they told me about it during our chapter’s tour at their place. It’s quite impressive and is obviously in an ideal spot, being so close to the house with south facing wall and high porch. Would Sacramento have a chance if someone copy this setup? street view from iPhone maps

Ive seen some in street-views around that area. the most northern Trunking ones longterm on the east coast seem to stop a little north of charelston sc here are a few while there are some trunking ones north it seems pre 1989 ones are not common at all. heres some in southeastern NC that got badly burned after this winter. heres a pre winter pic. the most northern CIDP trunking seems to be this one located in hateras island NC. the property seems to have quite a few other palms including euro fan palms sabal minor, palmetto and a sago too.

Ben this looks very different than usual hybrids around! For sure will turn into enormous palm kinda saying im ready to go in the ground