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A short two hour drive north to the town of Lismore for a weekend getaway. And well as we all know you have to visit the nurseries. A lovely nursery with a beautiful garden centre. A great assortment of plants with some common and some rare plants down to a great selection of exotics. So a hoffmania plant along with a sandra Gordon grevillia, plus a couple of rainforest trees later iam out of there one happy gardener. A great nursery clean and tidy along with no weeds. And as usual being a nursery man myself you get into that race about plants that can go on for hours or a yarn as we would say in Australia. Oh and I did mention I had a few exotic palms for sale, wherever I see a nursery I always stop in and do a sales pitch. And nine times out of ten I get a sale. An old sales trick you basically sell yourself with the product after we all have a bit of sales rep in us.

First picture is the front area with a Adonia merrillii and a bentickia nicobarica planted in 2023 2nd picture are 2 coconuts the biggest one planted in 2015 and the smaller one grown from seed from hurricane irma in 2017 3rd picture is a small dypsis decaryi 4th picture is "palm row" with a bottle palm spindle palm and a foxtail all planted in 2013 5th picture is a robelini and the back part of palm row 6th picture is a robelini planted in 1997 with a spindle planted in 2012 7th picture is the side with a coconut and Chinese fan palm both planted in 2012 with a satakenita planted in 2024 to replace a huge Sylvester palm killed from hurricane ian The last 2 pictures are the patio with some butias sabals , licuala grandis and some king palms all ready for whatever I come up with next lol.

Got this view last week of some of my Lord Howe Island 🏝 Palms from the upper deck.

Chamaedorea hooperiana

there was a foxtail in a shopping center near Sacramento that has been there for about 4 years and it seems to be doing well

Here is my young Sabal palmetto in central Virginia, I germinated this in 2019/2020 from seed I collected in Virginia Beach and planted it last spring. It’s doing pretty well and survived the winter with some damage, I did not protect it. I put it against the house to try to give it some more winter heat.

YES hooperiana

Couple of Pachypodium brevicaule plants I've been growing for about 12 years now. These buttery blooms come before the leaves early each spring.

There were 7 of these tarantula wasps on this one latifrons juvenile. It had just put out this nice flush which, apparently, they found irresistible. There were 3 other latifrons juveniles within two feet of this plant, but only this one was suitable for their intentions 🤔

Chrysalidocarpus Hovomantsina showing off

Some nice old baronii in the garden doing well. The new golden cane is my sales push on this palm far more attractive to me than lutescens, but each to there own on that one. I do get the odd seed or two from them.

very beautiful, large specimens.

I've seen this map a few times, I'm sure its not 100% accurate but it gives a general idea of the amounts of Sunshine in the two regions.

Dale i have found Howea belmoreana to be a little slower. I don't have any Howea forsteriana here in Leucadia but my neighbor has several along our fence line. I have 3 belmoreana in Carlsbad and about a dozen forsteriana and the forsteriana are much taller after a couple of decades. The belmoreana do great but they are definitely a little slower for me. I planted this Howea belmoreana around 2011, and had to transplant it in 2013 to a different spot due to a house remodel. It never faltered. Hedyscepe canterburyana has been very finicky for me. I have planted 4 or 5 and only one has been a long term survivor. It is probably 15 years old and a fraction of the size of any of my Howeas.

Since I've moved to this house 2017 I've been taking branches with seeds on them from my Sabal minor (across the back of the property) to try to extend their range along both property lines on the left and right. I'm happy to say it has been successful. Here's a shot of crape myrtle 'Sioux', which I just planted last year along the driveway (a fragment of which is visible in lower left hand corner of photo) with naturalized sabals below. It will eventually get to the point where I have too many and will have to begin pulling them, but I haven't reached that point yet. In fact, I'm thrilled with the results. Having Sabal minor as filler gives the landscaping a graceful, tropical appearance. And I have hibiscus (syriacus) too!

This is about palm seeds from close up, i will be updating this with photos of seeds i make over time. Let me know if you think i could improve in any way or of what species would you like me to make some photos of this style. 1. Brahea armata, cross-sections of a mature seed

For all of my American palm growers happy Independence Day I hope you have an amazing day we live in such a great country!!!

Happy 10th anniversary to this post! @Jmil check out the year.

Some palms when they get damaged trunks will grow limbs. I have seen this on Hedyscepe as well. It can happen after lightning srike nearby for example. I would sell the triple and replace it for less with an advanced single trunk one Regards Colin

Here's a few pics of the undersides of the the fronds. Heavy tomentum and silvery under sides.

Welp, this morning I learned that for every foot of canopy their roots spread 4 feet out and I also learned they can be propegated by cuttings. I've literally trimmed 15 foot branches off some of these, and I'm having to dig deep enough to get my pruners in to trim roots for this flowerbed.

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It’s a fantastic palm. The orange colour in the background is the winter sunset colour the far red spectrum for flowering. I expect to see one coming to your garden soon. Richard

The true species will be easy to identify by the presence of a ligule. Read this older thread.

According to the experts it is not possible to cross them. But Mother Nature when manipulated will do strange things, the crossing was done simply because I had the pollen of adscendens and the female flower next to the genoformis so i just went for it purely out something to do, not to play Mother Nature. Sort of a social experiment out of curiosity!

I started this addiction of mine during covid and I'm hooked, still planting away even though I dont have the space so I cut away concrete to make more land. My wife thinks I'm nuts but supports my alot better habit compared to others out there.

The best bit will be it doesn’t sucker! Enter the peachy sales pitch! Richard

This is also latifrons just showing that not all latifrons are curly with big spines. This was created at Kirstenbosch 30 years ago from their many, many huge latifrons specimens. I got it as a two-inch seedling. Glad I kept it to mature like this!

theres also a groupingn of very healthy king palms in Elk Grove California

When you’re obsessed with palms, short on space, and totally ignore the ‘space them out’ rule… Fast forward a few years, and boom!

Belmores do great here 10 miles from the beach North county Bonsall

Took these earlier today, Thought I'd post a new photo heres since it's been a while but it's moving along also the hibiscus next to it because they look so pretty.

I used to think that my Sabal Louisiana had shorter inflorescences than Minors but after fertilizing the Louisiana they are about the same height . What I have noticed is how compact the inflorescences are on my Louisianas and how the Minors have more sprawling inflorescences . Another difference is that the Louisianas inflorescences seem to be maturing faster . They are a darker color than the whiter less mature flowers in the Minors . Sprawling Minor inflorescences below : The more compact and as of today more mature looking Sabal Louisiana below ( These pictures were taken over a week ago and the Louisiana inflorescences look to be more mature today ) :

Yes,Trachy's.. Would need to dig 3x3x3 for a successful transplant. Can you lift 500 pounds by yourself? 🤔 Probably better off to buy a potted tree and put in the time to grow to that size . 🤷‍♂️ Aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Beautiful pictures!

Not sure if I got the image to load but this is a pure Queen palm in Wilmington,NC. I bought it at HD in 2012. It has lived indoors in various pots and locations until we moved here 4 years ago and planted it outside. It has survived winters on the south side of the house with the usual Christmas lights and wrapping on the coldest ( 19 deg F ) nights. It is impossible to protect the fronds so they burn extensively but come back as the weather warms. It is as high as the top of the roof now and the trunk is huge at the base. I'm posting it because I think it's notable for it's size at this latitude. The other two large plants are an Angel Trumpet and a Robusta that was about 18" tall 3 years ago.

Queen palm on 7th Ave Tallahassee. Planted as a 19.99 Home Depot 5 gallon in 1997. Has taken some tough winters.

I also have some triple cone action on this E. Eugene-maraise of my best form. Never got more than one cone on an Encephalartos before!

The North Sea in Scheveningen is 19°C/67°F right now.

I signed up. I dunno that I'd be able to make any trips to Georgia or whatnot, but I'm a relative newbie currently in East Mississippi (maybe 10 miles from the Alabama border) and I'd like to connect with more locals to see what works and what doesn't. The majority of what I'm growing is indoors in pots, and honestly most of what I've got has been gifted to me. I've got a variety of Sabals germinating since it seems like they're my best bet for growing outdoors here, especially with these crazy winters we've been having. There's probably more palms growing in the wild here than in people's yards, especially this deep in the country. I guess i need to spend a weekend driving around and asking to collect seeds from what I see in people's yards and, when my health cooperates, take a hike through the woods and see what I can find and transplant to my yard. Anyway, just really looking to see what works here. Pictures of Florida and Hawaii and Australia are cool and all, but we go from triple digits to single digit temps and we wander from swampy humidity to droughts on a whim.

I stopped and spoke to the owner today. This is off 7th Ave in midtown. Planted as a 5 gallon palm from Home Depot for 19.99 in 1997. It has seen some tough winters here. Makes you rethink Queens in Tallahassee. Also, large one on FSU campus and several large ones in the College Town neighborhood.

If you watch his video, some people in the comments note that all the windmill palms in the area (and I presume any other palm) died in the 2014 freeze. Protected, I think you could get away with growing a lot. It's just that once every 10 or so years South Jersey will get a crazy cold front that kills anything not hardy enough. There's a reason Sabals didn't make it up there naturally.

These did…

A new discovery I found recently with the help of a lady online lol . Here is a queen that’s still alive today after the 2021 freeze over in league city along the bayside

Lol There are lots of palms in there, but most of them are small (5G and under). In that area (behind the fence) there are the following : 3x Brahea armata (3G) 1x Brahea 'Super Sillver' (1G) 1x Brahea dulcis (15G) 1x CIDP (3G) 1x Phoenix slyvestris 'Robusta' (3G) 3x Chaemerops humilis v. Cerifera (3G) 3x Nannorrhops ritchiana (3G) 2x Thrithrinax campestris (1G) 3x Sabal brazoriensis (2x 7G and 3x 3G) 4x Sabal uresana (1x 15G, 1x 7G, and 2x 5G) 1x Sabal 'Riverside' (1x 15G) ... I agree, obviously not enough plants 😄. It'll be dense in a few years. I'll need to review the list of cycads, yucca, etc. It's easily as long. Then there is another area (not pictured) I did outside of there that's got more similiar plants. Yes, it's a ton of work. Good exercise, but sometimes it will mess up a joint or muscle for a few days or more. I enjoy doing it though. The reward is worth it ... kinda like going Griswold on Christmas lights ... I am kinda guilty on that too. Once I get rid of the massive brush pile to the left of that area I'll be able to double the size of that bed. It will be with palms and cycads, etc that can thrive in the understory of the live oaks. It's gonna take a while to get that brush pile disposed of ... it started from damaged trees in Palmageddon, then a massive ice storm, plus the big trees I cut down. Feel free to come to the Austin area if you wanna assist -Matt

Any wound into living tissue should by dusted with a heavy coat of powdered sulfur. This is a preventative against infection by fungi or bacteria, it is cheap and non-toxic, and is the best insurance against loss of the entire plant.

Even the leaflet tips that aren’t necrotic are praemorse. See the zoomed in shot. There’s many unhealthy A cunninghamiana in my city and I’ve never seen one with leaflets held at a V to the rachis or with such short petioles.

Imagine the progress in the world and where humanity would be if more people could just learn to say these three simple words and be open to learning new possibilities. Cheers Palmerr way to be apart of the global healing process, respect brother. 🙏

Slightly fried royal in Kuklia after winter, 2 km from the coast and 80-90 m above sea level.