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Great hobby to share with the children . I remember my little girl , then a toddler , following me around with her pink beach pail “helping “ me plant palms everywhere around our home . She would go with me to Jungle Music and different palm specialty nurseries around the north San Diego area on “ safari “ . Cherish the memories , as your palms grow , the child’s voices will echo after they have grown and left the nest . My favorite …” Why are you trying to hide our house , Dad ?” Now , at 71 it means so much. Once , while visiting us on holiday , she posted on social media a photo of the view from our deck with a one word caption “Home” ! Harry

Hi from Old Beach Tasmania My climate is very similar to San Francisco Bay area although in summer usually in the 70s F winter 50f to 60 f average. All my Rhopalostylis are growing like escapees in the ground if full sun and I water 3 times a week for 45minutes. I fertilize 3 times a year with lashings of rich organic fertiliser seaweed pellets and mulch well. I think that you will find that the slightly lighter green frond are just temporarily as your Rhopalostylis adjusts to its new home and subsequent fronds should be a rich green colour if you water regularly ( you can't overwater Rhopalostylis)

32. Got into palms 4 years ago after buying my first house. I do remember seeing my first coconut palm outside Ron Jon’s in Cocoa Beach as a kid, and that blew my mind. (Grew up in inland central Florida) This hobby has been awesome now that fishing/hunting hobbies have been harder to work out with having kids. Now digging in the yard with my boy has become something I look forward to every week.

Hello fellow PT folks. For those of us that have Triangle palms , we know how the leaf bases can hang on for years. I haven’t been able to find a way to cut them without threatening damage to the trunk. They will eventually come off with a hard tug but only after a while. I don’t mind the rugged look but I have one out front that had a couple of years of bases stacked up. The rain finally stopped yesterday and now we have brisk, windy conditions and getting time in the garden. I looked up at the Triangle palm and just gave a tug , wow I got about six bases to just pull off . They were water soaked and came off easily exposing about 6” of more trunk. Harry This was during the rain with stacks of leaf bases After finishing the clean up Close up! Harry

Probably 65 yrs ago i was staying with my Uncle's family on their small turkey ranch in Lancaster... I was about 12, and when we woke up in the morning the whole desert was a beautiful white... It got blanketed with snow.... I remember it vividly, because it was the 1st good thing I can remember happening after my Dad died... I was staying with them because my Mom was trying to get our life back together, and thought I might be distracted by staying with my cousins... Sorry about derailing the post, but it was a beautiful memory... Butch

My Leppidorachis is very close to trunking now, can feel the internode under crown shaft, hopefully next week 🙏

lol sorry to break it to you Mazat, but I wasn't actually in jail. It was just a light hearted joke. I deliberately mentioned the whole posting from a 'burner phone' in jail in the hope that people wouldn't take it seriously! Although I do agree with all the points you make anyway. But yeah, I was joking around. It was more myself making a joke about the situation in the UK nowadays and the state of affairs, rather than me trying to dupe anyone or cause drama. One issue with the forums at the moment though, on multiple sites, is that there is a bit of a lack of personal engagement, jokes, entertainment, drama etc. So things kind of feel a little bit mundane. While it is important to keep stuff on topic and palm related in our case, you also need to balance it with funny, light hearted, entertaining discussions. There has to be some fun had. We aren't robots after all. And as you mentioned, overbearing strictness will wear you down too. Things have felt a little bit robotic on here over the past 12 months, but maybe that is just me. Also as much as I love palms, I think I have got a bit burnt out with the topic after a number of years. Of course I own plenty of palms and I will continue to be an avid palm spotter, collector and grower, but at the same time I have felt a bit worn out with it all lately, compared to say several years back. That is my own personal reason for not posting as much on here, especially in recent months. I seem to post more about weather and my tomato growing exploits more than I do palms nowadays, both here and on X. Perhaps that will change again soon. Anyway, I hope you are well Mazat. And I hope everyone else on PT is keeping well too. 👍

Just turned 30. Best thing about palms is I can enjoy this slow burn of a hobby for the next 50 years

Of the several Chambeyronia in the garden, this one originally identified as C. macrocarpa has the yellowish trunk of a hookeri and nearly black petioles. Is this unusual or have any of you seen this characteristic before?

Ahhh I think it's safe to say on the behalf of others that you are liked and welcomed here. I see a great deal of hard work and dedication through your posts. I'm not sure if I've seen the post you're referring to but I wouldn't be surprised if it's pushed way down the boards due to the excessive posting previously mentioned.....

Hi, you probably all know Japan is not the largest country in the world, so things have to be put close together.... Here we go.... What do we have here....? from to left to right - V. winin (thin trunks) C. umbraculifera (the big leaves behind the V.winin) V. joannis (trunk front center) B. alfredii (behind the V. joannis) B. nobilis (in the back on the right) V. spiralis or arecina (the leaf sticking out above the B. nobilis) S. liukiuensis (still young, front right side) ....and there is one more.... R. pharinifera (right behind the Satakentia) How is that for a start? 😉 Lars

I have a number of Rhopalostylis in the garden and all are in shade to partial sun. All were planted as very tiny seedlings. Leaves have always been fairly deep green. I do have volunteer seedlings in afternoon sun that are very bright green however.

The common and exotic, both have a role in the garden to do!

$500! Wow, that's commitment to the cause. I bought 20 sprouts from LHI nursery for $20 years ago, planted some, gave some away and killed some. Same with Lepidorrachis. It's a pity that they no longer supply seeds or seedlings of these species from the island, would be a boost to ex situ conservation to get more into cultivation I'd have thought.

I’m growing many palm seeds using the baggie method on a heat mat (set at 90F). I’m in Lancaster, California — Zone 9a. Here are all the palms I’m currently growing from seed: Palm Species Parajubaea cocoides Jubaeopsis caffra Phoenix reclinata Kentiopsis oliviformis Carpentaria acuminata Calamus sedans Bactris gasipaes (Peach Palm) Dypsis onilahensis (stiff-leaf form) Dypsis leptocheilos Arenga micrantha Arenga engleri Dictyosperma album Butiagrus nabonnandii Gaussia maya Caryota mitis Jubaea chilensis Washingtonia filibusta Nikau palm Ceroxylon quindiuense Ceroxylon parvifrons Seeds That Have Already Germinated Butiagrus nabonnandii (already potted) Gaussia maya (one seed) Washingtonia filibusta (all seeds germinated) Bactris gasipaes Calamus sedans

Mine is still small but I wonder when I can expect for things to start going plumose. It doesn’t have the heaviest markings and wasn’t the most colorful one of the batch when I bought it but it was the largest one available. I have a lot of heeled Dypsis/Chyrsalidocarpus planted out and this guy has been very fast compared to my other ones since it was thrown in the ground from a 1 gallon four months ago in Oceanside, CA

Reviving an old thread to show off a seedling that popped up in my yard last year. My guess is that it is just over 2 years old from seed. I had forgotten that I had shoved a few seeds from one of my mature Howea in the ground around the garden. This is the best of three that popped up and is quite happy in its temporary pot . It got blown around a bit yesterday so I picked it up and added a bit of mix to the top of its pot , the little , tough palm was unscathed and happy. With patience these are easy to germinate in warm temperate climates and they reward you with continuous growth all year round. Harry A happy little Kentia! in 1990 these were the first palms I grew from seed. Those are now mature palms!

Yes , protect your palms for the winter . Snow or not , you have cold winter temps where you are . Fortunately it warms up during the day which will help a lot. Harry

If I am counted, I am here sneakily navigating through! Winter is coming, but the fever for planting and buying is still going strong. It's a hard to get rid of the fever in fall and spring.

Your king palms will definitely not like the cold usually associated with snow. So protect them as best you can. Over the years Randall (inland palms) has had occasional snow, but his palm selection is generally able to withstand the cold. Plus he’s got a lot of canopy at this point.

It's in Palms in Pots which is basically a ghost town. I've done a lot on a small budget and yes, this time I am actively seeking affirmation and a pat on the head. Read it while you're on the toilet, it's a long thread and I get wordy.

For Palmtalk I can say I am retired, I started growing palms in 1998, joined Palmtalk in 2007, and currently have around 60 in ground palms in my yard, and half a dozen containers. I have planted a few hundred deciduous trees as well in 5 other homes I have lived in. So I have always liked growing plants.

Nope, none here but Troy's would be getting close. I reckon somewhere in NZ you'd find the sweet spot for growing them. Maybe on the West Coast of the South Island? I reckon they'd like the NW Coast of Tassie too, very mild climate, never particularly hot or cold, with high rainfall and deep basalt soil. Perfect!

Oldest is just over 20 years old.

I'm lucky enough to have a signed copy of Designing With Palms. Highly recommended reading.

I’m always thrilled and entirely impressed with the variety, quality, and superbly packed species. Closest thing to waiting for Xmas presents as a youngster. I recommend checking out the list and ordering some beautiful palms from Floribunda. Recent additions: Licuala tryphylla and var. stenophylla Lemurophoenix halleuxii Chamaedorea woodsoniana Dypsis minuta , ‘Maroantsetra’, heterophylla ‘fine’ Chrysalidocarpus hankona, albofarinosus, basilongis, oropedionis Johannes. Magnifica I started to prioritize slower growing species that I wish to have . Also so nice to buy a 4” palm for what i used to spend on 100 seed in many cases. I do love growing from seed and still intend to try as many as I can. Happy palming ya’ll

I would give it more time to adapt before feeding it . Especially as we are going into winter. I am assuming you are in Long Beach , California you have the perfect climate for Sapida . I am inland about 20 miles from the beach , in a valley so we are about 8 degrees f. warmer than Ventura on sunny summer days. Harry This was taken today . The spear that is about to open will be the third frond since I planted it . It is definitely getting darker as it acclimates to its shady position in the garden . The palm came from @DoomsDave , the first time I visited him . He has very similar climate to me so as soon as I planted it , it took off . From what I have observed , this will be a fast growing palm. ‘This is how it looked just over a year ago . Hard to tell from the photo , but it was much lighter in color . Harry A side note : I gave this one some E B Stone organic fertilizer during spring and summer due to the mottled look to the fronds .

I planted a Rhopalostylus Bauri ( Cheesemania) a little over a year ago . It is a very healthy palm and is growing well . I noticed it was a lighter color than some other palms but still looked very healthy . It seems as though it is getting darker green , growing in mostly shade . Here , we have warm summers and these like cooler temps , more so for Sapida. Harry

A view from my new garden. I moved in April.

Update on my Medemia argun seedlings. Just moved them into the sunroom where they'll remain without water through the rest of the fall and winter. Each of them now has four leaves, though that's a bit hard to make out in the photo.

Also added a few Rhopalostylis baueri in the next garden down which I guess is trending towards Norfolk Island...they had these mysterious labels. Any thoughts @Darold Petty? I've also got a few R baueri cheesemanii to go in this area soon if I can get my act together.

L weddelianum today.

Skippy the bush kangaroo in amongst the palms.

I’m 9b/10a equivalent with about 600mm of rain annually, but winters can be quite damp for months at a time without warmth to dry things out. For me, Basselinia pseudoveltina seems like a winner so far. Basselinia pendulina ok o far but too early to say. Same for B favieri and gracilis. Cyphophoenix elegans and nucele are very happy and established in the garden. C fulcita struggled as a seedling but probably more related to nutrient deficiency. A friend has a long term surviving C alba but it’s very slow.

Just harvested today! 50/$20. 100/$30 total; shipping included. Seeds sent cleaned or with fruit on to prolong freshness - your choice. Very fast growing palm once a trunk is formed. DM aztropic Mesa, Arizona

https://www.plinthetal.com/blog-1/2020/3/22/design-with-palms-jason-dewees

Toni, I have sapida, baueri, and ‘cheesmanii.’ All were purchased as tiny one leaf seedlings and planted directly into the ground. I don’t purposely grow from seed but I have potted up several volunteers as well as planted some seeds in the ground of which many have sprouted and continued growing.

The first pic was from today. Harry

@xtazia nice to meet you! If you’re up for a visit come see my garden up near Whittier in La Habra! I’ve got half an acre with 125 kinds of palms!

How about a recent picture?

Whoeee damn!

I’m sure someone once said there’s had, possibly in NZ David. I’d expect NZ would offer as many suitable locations to give them a good chance as anywhere else in the world. I can’t say I know of a single mature specimen anywhere on the Australian mainland (or Tassie?).

Some nice growing philodendrons to have in the collection. All are destined for the garden!

Here's what I ordered from the fall 2025 Floribunda price list. The list can be read top-to-bottom to match the images of palms in the box left to right. I spent hours yesterday finding pots, mixing soil and planting these palms. Most of them will spend years in containers before I consider planting them in the garden. Many will spend the winters in my sunroom and the summers on my patio. At least one of the species will likely be donated to a conservatory. You can probably guess which one, right? For now I'm testing this Brazilian species' temperature tolerances.😉

I don't agree with creating more sub-forums. Nowadays I feel like there is so much self-segregation "banishment" into the cold hardy forum for example. What happened to the days when everyone whether from India, New York, Croatia, the Philippines, etc were all in the same thread? Cold hardy palms, potted palms, freeze damaged palms...in the end all of this discussion is still centered around palms! A forum imo shouldn't feel like an archive or an encyclopedia meant for "user convenience" in storing and/or extracting information. The priority should be community and active engagement. If you want to search for and/or save certain things, then the search engine and/or bookmarks work fine. Fwiw, I enjoy @happypalms posts. I'm glad there's someone enthusiastic about palms posting tons of pictures of a wide variety of palms keeping palmtalk alive despite forums being ancient history at this point. What's stopping everyone else from posting or bumping threads? Where are the people bumping 10-15 year old threads? Please come back...actually everyone please come back...yes even the lurkers 😆

This^^^^^

A coconut palm doing well in my 9b suburb of Orlando:

It seems I have another palm that needs some pictures taken of, so here it is a nice syagrus Schizophylla that’s as tough as nails a bit like the Australian spirit that shall never be broken!

I am 81- 1/2 year old. Joined this Forum in 2013 . Grew up in Daytona Beach , but only discovered the Palm Society in about 1964 , while spending time in one of the local Libraries looking for palm info , and in one of the books , it slowly dawned on me that many of the pictures looked like my town !! Further searching revealed the Palm Society , and the Dent Smith connection etc . Been hanging in there for all of this time . Still active , and occasionally adding a new palm , but my yard is limited in size , so.....