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Here’s some photos I snapped today. These and hundreds more were found in “logtown” near Pearlington, Mississippi. first pic is an enormous one. Has over 2 feet of trunk and its width and appearance reminds me of a mature butia. there was also some growing straight out of the swamp.

here’s a bonus photo of a cluster of them I took in winter time a few years ago.

I probably still would have had that house but the Sydney City Council decided most of the suburb would be demolished for 'slum' clearance. Okay Woolloomooloo was pretty rough back then, my house needed some work but a 3 story terrace with harbour views wasn't exactly a slum. After we were all bullied and harassed we sold out to the council. The awful thing is that all these years later, every single house bar a few that caught fire are still standing and worth a few million dollars each. My fondest memory is walking down to the Sydney BG to look at the palms and plants I would buy for the yard one day. No doubt a lot of the council members got rich out of that scheme. Peachy

Into each palm lover’s life, there’s bound to be a stump or stumps. I’ve cut down a few over time and those stumps just beg to be removed. This is from an Archontophoenix tuckeri that got removed a while back.

What a process to sow these seeds was. Sent to me as freshly harvested seeds with propagation notes as follows place seeds outside in a dry area, wait six weeks, remove the husk, hammer the seeds and soak, and half bury in medium, then just place in the greenhouse and wait. Well that’s what I have done so time will tell if I have done it correctly. Not sure how they will go in my summer heat I can only find out I guess!

The good old triangle a favourite for being tough and very forgiving to intolerable conditions. Easy to grow super tough lives any attention given to it. My ones are in similar habitat conditions to Madagascar in sandstone rocks loving life.

I have a Syagrus that never kicked in but got tall so I had it cut down but left about 3-4 feet of stump. I then hollowed out the top and filled with soil and moss. It is now home to a Bromeliad! Harry

This one was relatively easy; the wood is soft, it’s half rotted and it came right out.

I absolutely love my Triangle Palms ! They are one of the most talked about in my garden from guests that are not “palmy” people. I get a lot of “ what is that one?” With the strings dangling off the fronds , the fuzzy maroon and grey leaf bases that stubbornly hang on for years , and the silvery green , high arching fronds they stand out even in a crowded garden like mine . I did a botanical tour of Disneyland and the theme of the tour was the historical importance of various plants in the park. Unfortunately the script from the tour guide was not about knowing the plants themselves but why and how they got there. When we came to Frontier Land where the Jungle Cruise is ( they have a lot of cool palms) there was a Triangle palm at the entrance , it is huge . Three people wanted to know “ what is that one?” The tour guide looked at me ( she knew I was a palm collector) and I told them the botanical and common name . “ How old is it?” Well , I would guess at least 50 years old because I remember it when I visited as a young person. The only time the tour was stopped to ask about a plant out of all the gorgeous palms and cycads was to look at that particular palm! Harry Disneyland botanical tour. Out of all the beautiful palms in the park , this one drew attention ! One of two in my garden . This one greets you as you turn towards the gate into the courtyard. “ What the heck is that one ? “ I have heard more than once!

When I bought my very first house at the tender age of 18, apart from weeds the only thing in the yard was a very old Kentia palm. The only reason I even knew that was the former owner had lived in the house for 70 years and remembered planting it when it got too big for indoors, somewhere around 1930 !! These days I some in pots waiting for the day when I have enough canopy to plant them. Peachy

The good old kentia palm. As beeen discussed about there use in commercial landscaping and home gardens. Here’s a few around in the city centre of Coffs Harbour used for commercial landscaping purposes, and the last picture is a home in sunny Sawtell by the beach with a bellmooreana and a fosteriana being used in home garden. I see so many of them in my are and I can only imagine the ones iam not seeing. A beautiful palm that’s a very predictable easy growing palm, we all love them in palm land!

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday in the amazing Montara garden of Jim Sayre. We spent a wonderful, overcast afternoon discovering Jim's creations, enjoying John Greenlee's insights into creating a palm savannah and enjoying everyone's company. Join the Northern California Society on September 6 for our next 2025 garden season event in Concord/Clayton. We will be hosted by two gardens which are hybridization sources for cocoides hybrids which began in the legendary Walnut Creek garden of society founder Dick Douglas. Patrix Schafer - the brilliant mind behind the hybrids - will give us insight into hybridization process and theories. Patrix will also have a selection of his hybrids and other palms on hand for you to take home a treasure with a legacy going back to the garden of Dick Douglas. More news to come!

Tragic story . Over here we have “ imminent domain” in which a government can buy your house or land against your will for various reasons like building or expanding a highway. Many similar stories of how folks were forced to leave their homes and years later the project was abandoned! Don’t get me started ….. Harry ‘Back on topic , sorry mate! Lovely palms , the Howea Foresteriana , Harry

So popular back then and when small they are beautiful but then grow into rather large palms! I don’t grow them and don’t want them in my nursery. Still an impressive palm with unusual colour, not my cup of tea but good for some die hard places I have around my property. Richard

Roebellenii dislike root disturbance and have to be moved and sometimes even repotted with extreme care. From what you were saying about the root ball had my hair standing on end with horror. Sorry to say that I don't hold out much hope for the second plant either but miracles can happen. Peachy

One looks like it’s a goner for sure. I would say you didn’t get a big enough root ball for two palms that size you would need a one tonne machine at least or a small excavator. A good way to transplant a palm is get as big as you can root ball to start with, digging around in a circle around the palm, create trench at a depth of at least 3 to 4 feet. After the trench has been dug backfill it, Then leave it for a month or two to recover from the shock. Then bring in the equipment to lift it out and away you go. Or dig it out and remove on the day you wish to do so.

Mine is the palm pride of the front of my house as you know since you have seen it so many times , but I still like to show pictures of it .

Great photos of palms in habitat. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for the detailed pics and video. I had to cringe a bit seeing you get close to the gnarly thorns they have. I dunno what happened but those may not make it at all. In 1997 I transplanted a few of them , one set just like the two you have and they never skipped a beat. The brown one is most certainly a goner but I would just cut all the brown off and leave the stem for now . The other one just keep the soil moist and hope for the best. Whenever I transplant established palms , I soak the rootball in my wheelbarrow or a tub of water overnight before planting . Some folks use a kelp based liquid fertilizer that is supposed to reduce transplant shock . I haven’t tried it. The twins I got from a house a few blocks away was planted right up against the house on the side of a hill, they were almost identical to yours . The homeowner hated them because of the thorns. I dug as much as I could then cut the roots that had gone too near the foundation. I had the crown tied up and wrapped the rootball in burlap and drug it up the hill to my truck and soaked it as I previously described. It was a lot of work but I look at them now and remember my escapade! Good luck , I still think you could end up with at least one palm. Harry ‘This is the set of twins I transplanted . They were about like yours in size when I ripped them from their home after the owner threatened to cut them down. The first year or so they kind of went dormant but stayed green and looked good , only a few of the lower fronds browned and had to be trimmed. . The other palms around them were not there when they were planted so they were pretty much in full sun. Harry

Thank's Harry. Here's another small one to feast your eyes on. This one is more bold and chunky.

How is this one growing at the "Jardin Public" in Bordeaux, France...!!

Starting to get big. Protected approx. Dec-March each year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2023

I’d originally planted it to be an “over canopy” for the Chambeyronias. When it became clear the Chambeys wouldn’t need the cover I cut them down. Too much in the space.

I have one out front from a large Howea F. that succumbed to the “Death Ray “ 2018 I think. I was out of town so not there to cool the root ball. Harry

Welp, I've spent the last couple hours with a pad and pen and that's never a good sign. When my neighbor gets back from work (he's a riverboat captain) he's gonna bring me the load of landscape timbers. At 3"x4"x8ft by my math it's approx 32 cu/ft if I go 2 high, which should be plenty for anything. I don't know how many are over there, I never counted and it's like a 2 mile hike. But there's gotta be enough to build 3 or 4. And they shouldn't be too warped or bug infested since they've been covered this whole time, maybe some spiders and wasps. That'd give me enough height to keep the grass out, and I could do like different themes for each one. Tiller the bejeezus out of the ground, build the frames out, and I think equal parts of topsoil and compost to a half part of soil conditioner (bark) and lots of mulch on top would work great for most stuff. I've still got some Sabals I'm just gonna plop in the yard when they get bigger, too. I could even start growing my own produce, but I think by state law I'd have to change my wardrobe. No more baggy jorts, flip flops, and Cubs hat - I'd be legally required to wear overalls with no shirt, a straw hat, and go barefoot. I'm thinking of a pseudo Asian theme with some Trachies, a pseudo tropical theme with some Sabals and whatever, and whatever else will look good with this cycad that definitely doesn't want to be a houseplant anymore. I even sketched out plans for a worst case scenario cold tent. I guess if I was feeling really froggy, and since most of the cats are afraid of me and I threaten them with the shovel when they get near my plants now, I could do like @Rickybobby did around his pool in the summer - bury the pots of some tropical stuff I've been hiding indoors and bring it in for winter. Then maybe 5 years down the road when things start to mature I can have an Etsy store if the world doesn't end by then, unless my work visa to become @happypalms assistant goes through. I'm still waiting on him to find me a nurse that looks like Margot Robbie though.

X2 community pots outdoors That's how I got my princeps and waggiexprinceps to germinate. They took forever. I started with moist perlite and a baggie. 7 or 8months nothing. 2 months in the fridge for cold stratification after that. Then probably 3 months in community pots in morning sun they finally started coming up. Princeps has a reputation for being slow. My thought is that trachys like fluctuating temps within reason when germinating. Get an el cheapo wire dog kennel put pots inside. Smile as plants grow turd free

sharing another I saw recently in Southport. These are about as good as a CIDP looks in NC. https://maps.app.goo.gl/n2xftDojCNuFocU69

My little Joey that I bought from you the year before last is still going stong, the cold nights don't bother him at all. He is no rocket at this stage but his little fronds are 3 times the size they were when he arrived. I am making a few tall and narrow pots for all the things in the extra tall forestry tubes. All the pots of the needed height are far to wide for my rare treasures. Peachy

They're everywhere around here and still sold everywhere too. My first Australian palm book, the catalyst that got me into palms all those years ago, mentions them as having a unique three sided trunk. A minor touch of misinformation that sold a million palms. Easy to grow and will survive almost anything but I don't find them particularly attractive. It is not on my wish list for this garden need I add ? Peachy

Chamaedorea rhizomatosa

If you can find one give it a go growing one. But they are exspensive and I would think so in Europe!

I haven't been watering it or fertilizing it for years because it was always growing so fast , and was trunking up to the point where I was worried that it would become very difficult to protect . I have now been watering it and I just fertilized for the first time in years . I feel like it will look great by November .

Got two native bee hives in the garden working on it gor me 🤣

Word to the wise... Do NOT plant for present size, plant for MATURE size. Biggest gardening mistakes ever are always planting too densely and not accounting for mature size of whatever it is you're planting, and planting incompatible plants too closely together. One likes sun, one likes shade, one likes water, one likes it dry.... in your case, the sabals want lots of water, the washy less so, and the agave even less! I would strongly reconsider this planting space entirely. You will thank yourself in years to come when you're not battling with the palms and being impaled by the agave.

CIDP in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8992332,-78.4423914,3a,31.3y,283.69h,90.63t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1shpYOz2UxQVIXmoTYv_vbrg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.6257015209903329%26panoid%3DhpYOz2UxQVIXmoTYv_vbrg%26yaw%3D283.68854796016365!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Mine is the green form in the picture but I do have a nice Cerifera blue form . I'll post a picture of it one of these days .

@ruskinPalms great looking Royal! Did you ever try another Archonto? I have several growing happily here in 9B just outside the urban heat island of Orlando. My biggest is probably 8 feet tall by now.

Nice! I've got some seeds soaking right now. Also cool to see another Mississippi person on here.

Well, these want to root much deeper than 14”. I found the largest seedling grown through bottom already and part broke off when i was inspecting. I’ve taken that one as as a test with another pot beneath for more depth. Sooner or later I’ll see roots come out the holes here too. I removed the ‘t’ in second tree tube.

My two best ones are in a very dry part of my garden. The 3 others that are in reasonably moist areas are not far behind the other 2 but the 3 look more lush green . They don’t mind water but won’t sit in it like rivularis. Richard

😭 Hate to hear that! I had hoped he'd keep it where it was and not remove it. At least yours is doing well.

It used to be any old house in Sydney that was being torn down and had a kentia palm they got transplanted by a few companies and sold back to landscaping companies. More and more landscaping architects know the value of a kentia for there projects.

I had a R. borinquena for several years but eventually removed it due to its dismally slow growth here. The Foxy Lady Palm right next to where the Royal was is growing like a weed and is over twenty feet tall with 6-8” spaces between trunk ring in the same number of years.

Zamia sp. Viñales?

A second Heliconia that died back completely in Jan/Feb is now flowering - H. latispatha 'Dwarf Orange'. The flowers end up a two tone red/peach colour. This one is in a raised bed which was protected with frost cloth and Xmas lights, but all the stems died back anyway. This one grew especially poorly in pots for some reason. Fresh rhizomes today! Always happy with the size and quality from Plant Group Hawaii.

That last shot is a great comparison shot.

Are those my seeds? If so they are waggyxfortunei meaning the waggy is the female. Anyway a community pot outside works well with just normal potting soil. Maybe @teddytn can chime in on easiest method

This is my Chamaerops cerifera. It is very robust but desperately slow unlike other varieties. Note that the other Chamearops in backround, which is about to devour poor cerifera is at least 10 years younger. Latter has been grown from seeds collected from a seemigly solitary trunked specimen in Barcelona Spain, which had fairly silvery leaves and round red fruits. Offspring seems to retain much of those traits but the solitary habit. Now back to my cerifera. What I observe on my plant and often in contrast to pictures of other specimens pictured in this topic, is that segments of my plant are very deeply split and spikes on older petioles are blackish. I wonder whether those feats are connected with a slower growing subvariety.

couldn't get on line yesterday, so I'm late......but, as promised. Grown from small 1 gallon.

I will post some pics tomorrow of the beast I have in the ground. It has the widest spread of any I have seen. I have this for now........