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is there any plant in the world more prehistoric looking than a E. LATIFRONS ? I rest my case :

You don't really realize just how fast things grow until you look at pictures from a few years back. I planted my first palms in spring of 2008 and now a little over two years later everything is starting to fill in. Here are a few before and after plus some just before pics. This is Rhopalostylis baueri var. cheesmanii. I planted it mid summer 2008 in full sun as a two gallon. Needless to say this thing is a rocket ship. It is smoking my R. Chatham island.

I have heard that Dypsis decipiens should be planted high because it will pull itself further into the soil. I planted mine in April and it has REALLY attached itself to the ground and has pulled itself down closer to where the soil line is getting closer to the growing point. I have heard that the growing point is below th soil line that it could spell disaster for the plant. Enclosed are a few pix of mine. Do I need to dig a little around it to expose more of the growing point or am I just trippin'? I hate to lose this one. This is round four for me. Thanks for any advice. Mike

Foxy lady February 2009 Today. Thanks Ellidro

Syagrus botryophora 2008. Another rocket Today

Dypsis ambositrae 2008 Here it is today. It puts out about three leaves a year.

Seems that Lodoicea maldivica is quite common in these gardens:rolleyes: The first lot are from Nong Nooch gardens in Thailand. I forgot to get a photo of a huge wall with about 200 fake lifesize multicoloured maldivica seeds.

Lovely photos, though in my view Lodoicea deserves a stouter trunk.

the following were from Singapore botanic gardens, check out the trunk of the one in front!!!!

this one was seeding:drool:

dean..... can you just lock the topic now rather than waiting for the inevitable post that will cause you to have to delete it? the information contained in the article is something palm people should know about.

if the growing point rots you will have a dead D.D. I think Matt and Bill have alot of experience with these and when Bill told me to be careful I dug by hand. this summer I got MAJOR growth so they are happy...................

I think we ought to just plant Pinus. Period! "Less Pineapple, more Pinus!!!"

I've killed mine- several times- probably by doing exactly what it is you want to do If you ask me it doesn't look too deep in those photos. And if you're in San Diego you're relatively dry; you don't have a super wet winter on the horizon which is what I get- that's when things rot out for me. I think you're okay but I'd wait for others to chime in as well. Looks nice, BTW!

I hope no one publishes such sensationalist news here. All that repeated mention of palms lifting footpaths would worry a lot of people most of whom have coconuts and borassus palms growing right next to their buildings.

Steering away from the reasons we're broke, suffice it to say I suspect the city pays more per tree for cleanup than property owners do. But I did find the "like living in a war zone" comment amusing. Someone needs to get that guy a ticket to Afghanistan. Might give him the opportunity to make a more informed comparison..

Lee, Some of the tallest are just down the road from you. http://www.palmpedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1448

I'm not so sure, Kim looks like she's keeping everyone pretty happy.

The flowers sure look like B. americana but the leaves seem too elongated.

I'm like Jeff, I have a large property and I would not spend time on Palmtalk if the garden needs attending. My garden is number one and it is also my form of Zanax, just calms the soul. Lucky I can check in periodically throughout the day if I want. Gary