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Dypsis baronii “black petiole” enjoying the sun exposure.

Pretty color on Cyphophoenix elegans.

My first thought is that you build some kind of a chain link fenced compound, including a chain link roof to reduce squirrel temptation. It must be large enough that the varmints can't reach inside to access the plants. Also plan on securing the pots to/into the ground so they can't blow/fall over. I am also leery of framing your structure with wood - squirrels can gnaw/chew wood when determined. Maybe someone of the forum can recommend framing material (metal pipe?). At some point the palms will grow bigger and stronger and you can plant them.

A recent photo shared by CHP in Kern County, and what do you see here! The grove in question haha

Since it won't move / chase them off, it might work for a week or two, but that's about it.. Squirrels will become accustomed to it. Best idea is building some sort of enclosed area as @PalmatierMeg had suggested. Did something similar since i have native Thrashers that will uproot ...anything and everything small, esp stuff in pots.. here. Stay out of the enclosure i built up under my patio.

I didn't realize that was in the queen genus until now, but I can see a little resemblance. Yeah, he had it back behind the greenhouse. Not sure if you went back there and walked that area. Your explanation of why they're less talked about/abundant definitely makes sense. I saw they're hardy to 9b, which is nice. I'll post a picture I took of one of them! There were a few of them but this one photographed particularly well.

Just wanted to give a big thumbs up for Tom and the cycad jungle. Recently was looking for a dioon edule " queretero". Not many leads, and the ones I did find were small and pricey. I stumbled through @cycadjungle website,it was old but had some really good prices. So I shot Tom an email and the rest is history. A beautiful blue queretero was sent,I purchased this 15 gallon beast for probably not much more with shipping than a small seedling from another vendor.

This elephant foot Howea forsteriana caught my eye as I removed a couple old leaf bases this morning before work. Double Cyphophoenix nucele photobombing. Does anyone else have a Howea with this fat of a trunk?

Here's my White Triangle today, I'd guess about 5-6 years in the ground.

Had these sabal Birmingham for a year now. These were bought from my friend Sabal King. 10 popped rather quickly. The remaining just sprouted recently. Maybe it was just a fluke...these were in a baggy on a heat mat in the garage and things got freaky hot in the garage last weekend. I forgot to crack a window 🥵🥵 must have been 90 degrees plus the heat mat. Guess I've recreated Texas heat🤔😮 This one is on steroids

Install a squirrel feeder. Even a bird feeder without squirrel guard works. Pat

This forum is all about Texas palms. Opinions are welcomed !

The good old bangalow by the millions in my part of Australia a great pioneer palm birds love the seeds you will see them sprouting everywhere even in the commercial garden compost for sale now there are a lot of blueberry farms around my area they are slowly changing there habitat germinating in places not seen before due the birds changing habitat feeding areas when the forest are logged (which they never should be) they are one of the first palms to start to regenerate the area partially near gullies not a lot on ridge tops but in the wet areas as well I love them one great Australian palm that is iconic to the the east coast of Australia from plateau temperate rainforest to the sea often growing just behind the sand dunes near the coast often underrated by palm collectors sold by the thousands to chain stores even for sale in Woolworths food stores and so easy to grow also from what I see quite popular overseas with palm enthusiasts I even seen them growing in the Punjab in India tough as nails to grow in India but I do see they are a weed in Hawaii like any plant out of it’s habitat the potential to become a weed is there but a fantastic all round palm that you can’t go past for the tropical look 🌱

Have a few Jubaeas left for sale small one starting at $150 ,$225,$275,$325,$375 and $475 for the largest

Here’s mine a bit less than year ago. It’s grown quite a lot since. C pembanus struggles here and C madagascariensis is a bit of a snail, so it’s nice to have some hybrid vigour. The Chrysalidocarpus hybrids all seem to show great vigour from my experience.

@NCFM, I had this problem recently with some newly germinated palms. I lost an Acrocomia totai that I had just put outside after nearly 18 months in a baggie on a heat mat indoors! Soon after I had some Copernicia hospita seedlings that I had just potted up and put into tall liners. I grabbed an empty tall 15-gal container and placed the liners inside and covered with a small window screen that I wasn't using. I put a large rock on top to keep it in place and that seemed to fix the issue. I'm not sure if that would work for you if you have a large colony that are overly determined since I have not seen too many of the buggers around here. I've had to construct some mini-cages for juvenile palms that I have planted in the yard but like Meg stated, they eventually grow enough where they aren't as appealing. If they had waited a few months they would not have touched the ultra-spiny Acrocomia! What palms are you growing? In my experience the more common palms are ignored and the rarer species are the snack of choice! 😄

Since all the Cycas in the garden are busy with either flushes or cones, it was time to trim back the Cycas thouarsii along my side street again. It took several hours to trim and clean the 5 up as they all have multiple pups and they end up pushing tangled leaves if I don't thin out the older leaves. My Encephalartos laurentiaunus, inside the wall has a new flush which is just becoming visible from the street now too. The last flush is getting pretty beat up, but it does offer some wind protection for now until those soft leaflets fully stretch and eventually harden off.

Washingtonia fiifera Brahea armata Nannorhops ritchiana Chamaerops humilis "cerifiera" Sabal uresana Sabal mexicana Those are what I would try, without understanding how much cold and for how long it lasts in your area.

One of my two Syagrus campylospatha starting to flower 😁

Hi Than be best to go a grafted variety at least you will get some good fruit to eat hass is a great variety and fuerta some good old school tough varieties iam not sure what is available in your country but my choice here would be those varieties ten years of good growing conditions will see a pretty decent below medium sized tree

It’s the season for these Clivia blooms and the palms are “waking up” from winter’s slumber.

Much of the garden is 20 years old but it’s evolved. A lot is significantly younger and a few of the palms are older than 20. None of my backyard is pictured in this thread however.

I came across this post that is looking very similar to this hybrid I have. What do you guys think, is it possible that I came across a white triangle? Sorry for the bad pics, really windy from the storm that just passed. Also any updated pics or new pics would be appreciated as well thanks.

I was in Eastbourne, East Sussex briefly yesterday and had an hour or so spare to go and visit a few of the exotics growing there. My first time ever visiting Eastbourne,l. Anyway, excuse the image dump… This Washingtonia in Eastbourne is probably a hybrid, but it looks very Filifera dominant (entirely green petiole bases with small irregular thorns, wide spaced crown/not compact, pretty wide trunk relevant to size etc. If it is a Filifera, it hasn’t done too badly considering we have just had the wettest 6 month period on record since October with a lot of winter storms battering it. So quite a bit of wet-cold for a Filifera to deal with. Probably 25+ inches of rainfall since October.

selection , quality and diversity of palms is outstanding. pricing is quite reasonable (especially for the quality you get). worth the visit; like being a kid in a candy store! Beccario alfredii, dypsis pembana and licuala ramsayii all from MB Palms.

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Texas Palms are cool, the only thing cooler would be a Texas Palm pic thread… 🤫

here is a picture of my multiple trunked white triangle