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Igloo??? That looks like something Hugh Hefner would go for.

I don't agree, not all homes lend themselves well to a palm garden. However, the igloo does go well with palms:

He plays the other (read: more boring) kind of football

So, I never heard of him. Who is it?

Igloo??? That looks like something Hugh Hefner would go for. Dean, I missed that the first time around but now that you mention it... So we now know what's on your mind.

I doubt that teddy bear palm can handle palm springs sun/dry/heat. If you're gonna try it, Axel's source for hardened trunking specimines is s good start and worth trying. But I'd suggest that starting smaller (pretrunking), covering with shade cloth for a few years, so it can attain maximum girth and root mass. Those are usually stronger, beefier trees in the end.

I bet you can. I've seen both teddy and triangle in Riverside, quite healthy in full sun, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to grow those in Palm Springs, as long as you're not in the lower part of town where cold air pools. Send me a PM and I can hook you up with where you can buy full inland empire sun grown trunking teddy bear palms. These would be your best bet in the lower desert. Riverside is often 105F during the Summer, they apparently don't burn in that. Chambeyronia is a whole different can of worms. You need plenty of shade for that in Indio.

Ed, No apologies needed, maybe a better choice of words would be idiots.

Looks very coconutty to me

All by myself, no heavy machinery other than my butt muscles.