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This is the main drag down the palm jungle. Good thing I love being outside and working in the yard, it's a huge amount of work. There is so much more to see then just the main path, so many beautiful palms from every corner of the planet. iphone11 and people know how to improve the quality on video, choppy and blurred from time to time. Hope you all enjoy

New member, but have been getting some good info from everyone on this site for a while. Started getting some palms a few years back and got inspired to start a bigger garden. In DeBary FL, about 30 miles north of Orlando. Progress so far: 2 B. Alfredii, one on the left planted from a 15g in June 2022, other went in this week from a 25g. Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana planted from a 7g in November 2021. Side yard has a couple of flamethrowers, Chambeyronia Oliviformis, another king palm, Lanonia Dasyantha, Caryota Obtusa, Chamaedorea Radicalis x Cataractarum (most likely) and Chamaedorea Microspadix. Plenty of other tropicals mixed in, big fan of Plumerias. Always run the risk of a hard freeze, but taking advantage of some high oak canopy and looking forward to a dense jungle look in a few years time.

I kind of have a trunk now after trimming

Fellow palm folks, about 7-8 months ago I broke my hip and had to have it repaired. Anyone who has been through this knows it is life changing. I will be 70 this year but I’m in very good shape and the doc says my bones are “super strong” for my age. I have been back on my bikes for a few months (avid cyclist) but haven’t ventured down the hill to visit my palms that are down there. I was afraid of losing balance and falling , it is steep. We have had above average rainfall so the weeds have really gotten bad. My wife and I have taken advantage of a cloudy day to clear out around our palms. My , how they have grown! I thought I would share some pictures of them. Harry

Here's a spring 2024 update, in the same photo order as the 11/3/2019 post. These are about 5.5 years from ~5' tall big 3 gallon plantings. The front yard one is still the smallest, but is around 15 feet tall: The East side of the house has the biggest, and at about 20' tall is very close to trunking. The backyard SE pair is towering over everything nearby, here is one of them crowding a 5' tall Chamaerops Humilis: And the SW center of the bed is my favorite placement out of the big ones:

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

yeah I dont have an unobstructed view far enough from the palm to get it all in a frame without distortion. The crown is a lot wider than I expected, between 30-35 feet is a guess. Id estimate its about 30' tall.

With temperatures approaching 30c, combined with the postal service from hell, I was afraid to open my box of young palms that had been floating around in the nether regions of the state for 4 days instead of the express delivery they were meant to do. Fearfully I cut away 200 metres of tape, lifted the lid and expected to see little dehydrated crispy things but thanks to very careful packing, they were fine just wanted a little drink, as did I after the experience. So here are my pretty babies, Satakentia, Lanonia dasyanthus, Licuala kunsterii, Chamaedorea adscendens and Calyptrocalyx yummytummy or some name like that. I bought these little beauties from Australia's newest online palm nursery and can recommend them personally. Contact happypalms on this site for your own personal satisfying palm purchasing experience. Peachy PS If anyone is wondering why I vanished from FB today, I have been banned for 24 hours for inciting hate speech !! OOOH naughty Moi. I was offered a plant which I refused with the horrific 4 words "I will kill them" talk about touchy sheesh. Didn't their mothers teach them about sticks and stones ?

I’m reporting back a 100% germination rate on the dozen “Pinanga mooreana” seeds purchased back in January. They are expressing an interesting burgundy color now as seedlings. I’m looking forward to watching the color and leaflet shape develop as they mature. Thanks again for the making these seeds available.

And because I'm just a wee bit loony, here are two triples! In the backyard I planted a "close triple" using a bit less than 1' spacing between them. Theoretically the huge 4+ foot trunk diameter will start pushing them apart in a couple of years. If I'm *extremely* lucky it'll even look like a curved set of cocos! This is in the exact center of the backyard bed, so I hope it'll turn out interesting: In the front yard NW corner I planted another triple with around 3-4' spacing between them. They are about 2-4' tall overall. I'm guessing it'll look like a chaotic mess for a while...maybe forever! In the foreground is a Butia x Jubaea...and the side of my wheelbarrow for size reference:

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.

My friend Phil is giving me some of his rhapis palms there just simply to big for him to handle in his garden anymore they are some rhapis excelsea gave to him some 20 years ago now they have come back home to live there days out in the shade under the gum trees so thanks Phil for growing them to such large specimens in containers you’re one palm gardening in my eyes and for all the grow tips on plants

Here are 2 of mine. My largest is too hard to get a good picture of. This one is solitary: this one is clumping: and here’s a photo with both of them: here are a couple that I bought at Chrysalidocarpus Sp. Mayotte that show that “white triangle look”. This first pic shows it’s growing so fast that’s it’s busting off fronds while still green: here’s another: and here’s my favorite of all the tristichous hybrids, Chrysalidocarpus Robustus Hybrid (most like crossed with Lanceolatus):

@Gville Palms here is my twistiest Butia, some of the fronds curve around almost to horizontal!

March will be 7 years. Pic taken in early Jan, Orlando, FL

Purchased a couple of Metallica champs for the garden they will be group planted I have some good specimens already in my garden but you can never have enough chamaedorea in the garden especially this beautiful little palm there wa# also two Caryota maxima in the order as well I also have two giant specimens in my garden so I know they grow well

I got more information from the nursery man, who planted this palm in November 2019. I inquired about the use of various fungicide's recommended by connoisseur, Steve Stern. None of these has been used on this specimen. That stated, it would probably help substantially if they were used. During this time frame, the minimum temperature recorded at PBIA was 37°F. Low 40°F (43F) temperatures nearly every year at the airport during this time frame. At all times, the median temperature well exceeded the necessary Koeppen temperature required for tropical rendering. In fact, most months median temperatures were closer to 70°F than the required 64.8°F. This palm is located at latitude, 26.93° north. It is in an area surrounded by water not far from the ocean. However, I would not describe it as "flourishing". It reminds me of the Newport Beach Coconut. The browning tips of the Palm are evident. This is definitely a very ticklish palm that requires close attention for success in southeast Florida.

Over a year update!

I just trimmed these 3 they are in more sun

Saw this nice Ravenea albicans a few days ago

Dypsis baronii “black petiole” enjoying the sun exposure.

yep when well watered and fed these get thick trunks. My largest is 14 years int he ground from a 3 gallon.

Today we got a few in the ground. First up is the Acoelorrhaphe Wrightii to replace the one I killed by transplanting too late last year. This just arrived today from Multiflora. Next is my Uresana that I've been growing in a pot for about 2 years now. Got this one from @palmsrgreat on the classifieds here. Next is a Chamaedorea Costaricana that also just came in from Multiflora. Everything I read says full sun but that doesn't always apply to TX so I went with half day sun and light canopy. Lastly, not a palm but I've wanted one forever, is the Philodendron Evansii. Hopefully this is as tough as it's rumored to be.

Ok I'm 99% sure that these are the same palms in this video Long live the cold hardy silver queen??? 😆 Here they are in Jan 2022 via streetview Looks like the big one may just end up surviving the triple barrage of polar vortex !!!

@Johnny Palmseed You are correct , one of the pictures has a Florida in the background and AeAe in the other across the pool , have a few of them

I’ve known about these palms in my area for a very long time but just felt like posting a picture of them today while I’m on a walk. Such incredible palms which have definitely seen some very cold temperatures over the years. Only if these were easy to come by! Here are also some pics of a mystery palm (it is unlabeled). Looks like a mule but I’m no expert at identifying these hybrids. Regardless, it is a beauty.

This is the most it has ever grown this early . I know it's because I kept the incandescent lights on it with the blankets into April , and I forced it to grow faster . It is almost respectable and it's only April . I know many have seen this palm , but it is my baby and I have been so impressed with its growth . I say I'm in 7B but I'm actually a few hundred yards into 8A now . But I'm sure I'll have more 7B temps in the future . Sorry I don't have Shaylen modeling . Will This picture below was earlier when I just took off the blankets :

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

Pretty color on Cyphophoenix elegans.

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

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 😁

Hey Stacy, here’s my larger Leucomalla. Definitely past the slow stage!

rostrata is flowering

Found a unicorn in Sugar Land today

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

Between the green leaves and fairly slim trunks they all look like mules or possibly ‘Jubutyagrus’ IMHO. Most Jubaea x Butia are heavier trunked even if F2 or F3 generation. F1s can also vary but here’s an extra thick specimen growing in FL:

Bizzy finally snapped out of zombie phase and is pushing a spear again. This is my survivor that made it through the last 3 polar vortexes (although I had to cut it after the previous 2). This year it went unprotected at a low of 19.8°.

Yeah, those sp. mayotte hybrids are ridiculously fast. Here’s one in my Hilo garden that I bought as a 4” plant about 6 years ago. It’s probably 25’ tall now. This one has the most upright form of the several of these that I have. Sorry the photos are not the best.

Under watered and WAY over-pruned but it can certainly be revived.

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 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.

one year later, it took a short 23F under a polycarbonate greenhouse this winter, without damages. lower frond got more cold and are more brown, i think leaves burns around 20/21F. anyone has a larger one ?

man i just love this agave and is a show stopper. having it only about 10 years from a small 1 gallon to what it is now approx. 5ft in diameter, its been a great addition with contrasting colors in the garden. plus it really lives up to the extremes of the high desert. in any case, i will be sad once its gone and now debating if i should watch it flower for its full term or dig it out and plant something new ... well, it was beautiful while it lasted. from research and friend's experience, 10 years is about the average life span of these. cheers tin

And here’s Chrysalidocarpus Hovomantsina Hybrid (with a juvenile true form behind it to the left)

It is flowering season again for my dwarf form of Acacia cognata. The puffy mounds are a nice contrast to the may angular leaflets on my adjacent Cycads. I also am happy about the miniature size, as it fits the bill of a shrub more than a tree. Part of my success has been to keep any fertilizer away from its root zone when I apply my palm specific fertilizer to nearby palms and cycads.

This girl needed a haircut before the many pups below her flushed again. Rather than have a tangle of emerging new leaves, I opted to trim off most of the leaves on the pups, despite the fact that they were still green and healthy. This hybrid Cycad, Cycas thouarsii x cupida, is a vigorous grower in my climate so I have no fear of setting it back by over-trimming the pups once in a while.

A couple more towards the top of the hill. Harry

Nice looking palms, Peachy. Hope they do well for you. Seeing as how a sense of humor was subjected to a worldwide ban on Jan. 1, 2000 (as, apparently, was common sense) please repeat the following mantra I am trying to follow: Down with Hate, Up with Love. Down with thought and wit, Up with feelings and paranoia. Down with courage and honesty, Up with Fear, crayons and bunny rabbits. Because........ All you need is Love (Ya Ta Da Da Da), All you need is Love (Ya Ta Da Da Da) All you need is Love: LOVE! All you need is Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love ............ Credit and Kudos to the late, great John Lennon (look him up)

On this day April 17 in 1794, the Father of Palms, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, was born. Today is International Palm Day, a day to recognize the plight of endangered palms, their fragile ecosystems, and their roles in the environment. Join us in celebrating palms!