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Here are 2 Allagoptera arenaria planted in the corner of the house. I finally got them to produce seed which are just starting to germinate. P sargentii also producing a bit of seeds. Serenoa repens which replaced another one that got too big and out of control. C proctorii Pinanga javana. This one is too exposed to the sea breeze but is hanging in there. Carpoxylon macrospermum. This one has grown well in this climate.

Its been a while since I've posted anything, and figured I'd step it up and document the life of a copernicia fallaensis in my front yard. Here's when I first got it. It was all alone and looking for a forever home. Grown by Josh Allen at his Vista nursery, it was ready to move out and make a life of its own. Hitchhiked it's way to my house in Fresno back in May. Life's been good to it so far. A good, deep, sandy loam (some 80% sand), a warm climate (many days above 100F) and plenty of water. Some cool, though spiky, neighbors as well. No tantrums yet, though we've been enveloped in a thick fog for the better part of 2 weeks. Seems to not mind the chill.

Seems like PalmTalk has been a bit slow lately and since I don’t post that much I figured now is probably a good time to post more. So here are a few photos of some palms in my garden. We just came out of the rainy season so most look pretty good at this time. First up is C lanceolata and S yapa to the right. A group of H lagenicaulis Another group but of H verschaffeltii This Pritchardia beccariana got planted last year and replaced a coco palm that got hit by lightning. You can still see the cut off truck of the lightning victim.

A few more photos of my palms. The first is Coccothrinax crinita sp. brevicinis Dictyosperma album Ravenea hildebrandii in the middle of a few Encephalartos Here’s an unknown Dypsis with a Wodyetia and A alexandrae in the back ground Arenga hookeriana clump. It’s hard to keep these looking good here. A clump of Hydriastele rostrata (?) The moon raising over C. decaryi. I just noticed the new fronds look bad. Not sure what’s going on but hopefully it recovers. I’ve already lost 2 of these. Moquitos are coming out. I’ll continue posting a few more photos in the morning.

I have some nice, blue Sabal uresana available for shipping within the US. They are in liners and busting out of the bottom. I have 10 available - some have multiple plants in them and you could separate them if you wish, but i would prefer to ship these potted to avoid bare-rooting at this time of year. $20 each for these + shipping from Fresno. Cheers! 🤙🏽

I agree completely with Bill's observation about the 'Hedyscepe complex'. They are erratic, even within the same seed lot. I have a slender trunked one that makes excellent, strong seedlings and a thick trunked one with poor seedlings. They are not like Howea or Chamaedorea, where all the seedlings are quite regular. A strong Hedyscepe seedling will have a fully pinnate eophyll with 3 or 4 leaflets on each side of the rachis. Also, they dislike pot culture beyond the 1 or 5 gallon size, this is one reason, (besides the basic slow growth), that large plants are so expensive.

Moving on to some Licualas. Most I’ve lost the names to but this one is L spinosa. Unknown Licuala. I just noticed it has some ripe seeds I need to plant. Another unknown Licuala This one is seriously overcrowded by a Heleconia. Unknown Licuala This one probably gets too much sun. That’s it for now. I’ll see if I can post a few more palm photos this afternoon. Thanks for looking!

Been quite a while since I checked in! All good here on the Space Coast, Brevard County FL USA! Here is a scene looking north from the west side of our home in the 32951.

Alive and kicking Usually check in daily Don't always post And yes,no Facebook, Twitter etc. Good people losing their minds on that over nothing, saying things they wouldn't say in person, being prodded into confrontations or fanaticism from a bot Nope

Itaya amicorum, I really like this one but it probably needs to be in a more protected area. A big clump of Walichia siamensis Caryota zebrina. This one deserves more then one photo. C crinita with C leptocheilos

A lovely time of the day on dusk, the colours are always different!

Two beautiful dypsis saintlucei caught my eye today.

Just looking at this thread again, was looking at mine this morning and thought I’d post an update. Tim

A Dorset Canary… 🇬🇧 A fat old trunk on that specimen…

There is a couple of super tall ones in Ventura at one of the Sullivans apartments . Harry I've posted this before but worth a second look!

Thought I’d post a couple of recent photos of this Australian palm that’s been in the ground for 14 years. It’s been a steady grow here in East Hawaii and is robust in stature. Might be a few years yet before it starts trunking. Check out the shove for scale. Richard posted photos of his sprouts a few weeks ago, the transition is slow, but well worth it. Tim

Sitting in my home office yesterday in the middle of one of those Eternal Zoom Conferences when I hear this sudden crash thud and see a shadow across my nearby window. it turned out to be an abscised leaf from my watermelon hookeri. Okay, not big like a royal but still big. Maybe you have palms and/or parts of same with unexpectedly large size?

Hybrid Jubaea x Butia F2 seeds compared to Jubaea Chilensis seeds. Right away the hybrid has a darker seed appearance than both Butia odorata and the Jubaea seeds. They look a lot like Butia Witeckii seeds except rounder in shape! But about the same size aa Witeckii seeds otherwise. They are a little smaller than the Jubaea seeds. Hopefully they will sprout and survive the wet cold. I currently have two Jubaea seedlings that survived brief 25F so far. Pindos do very well here with rarely any damage.

Josue, am I first in line ? Select your two fattest ones for me, PM to follow !

Great plants..endless shapes and colours for any plant enthusiast...few of mine..dont know all names..recently got agave salomonii and guadajalarana...

If I am zone pushing I only buy in summer or if it is irresistible and from a local grower I risk it. !4 years ago, I had a holiday (3 days) the first and last since 1997 as I can't go away and leave baby plants, little dogs, neurotic cats and eternally fecund parrots. For a group of people who really love palms we seem to murder far more of them than the average person ever dreams of. Peachy

Most of the palms I can get now are ebay or mail order so I have a big shadehouse packed with tiny seedlings that are so slow growing and very labour intensive. This year we had a freak winter hail storm that blew tiny hail under the roof then an extreme heat wave instead of spring and 50% of my small stuff died. I would buy both of those gorgeous palms if available in a plantable size. My garden is only 4 years old and miniscule so space is at a premium so I go for things now to make it look like a garden.

You might have been hearing the mating call, the owls siren song, may I ask did it lure you! I never let my cat out at night that’s the way it is no nocturnal cats for me. One because there killing machines and two the powerful would easily catch a cat for dinner not a problem.

Thanks for the kind words tin👍. I basically experienced a massive rug pull which took me several years to sort of navigate so at the time the palms were not my biggest concern😐. Thats why I was MIA from this website. While I do miss the palms and my old houses I have always kinda been forward looking and try not to dwell to much on the past. Im trying to buy another house now so I can do it all one more time but in the interim time since I had my last house/garden home prices have tripled in my area! Yes that two headed Dypsis was legendary. Glad I still have a pic of it. Thanks again🤙 steve

I just planted two of these here in Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs area)...they had been sitting at a posh local nursery for about a year, presumably grown in Florida, only one of the original three had been purchased, all in 35gal containers and carrying a very high price-tag (and that doesn't usually seem to put off the Palm Springs designers, but I think many customers might have thought they were just some overpriced Bismarckia). I documented these palms in another thread last December...in any event, we needed a couple of specimen palms street-side in front of our house and we made the decision to plunk down the money as this is such a spectacular species and the likelihood of encountering it again here at this size is very slim indeed. The justification also being that I'm 63 at present, so need that 15 or so years of extra growth so I can feel like I planted them when I was 48...even though I'm quite the poorer for enjoying that illusion. They are doing just fine, and I am old enough and palm-experienced enough now to have gobs of patience during the establishment phase, so I don't expect to see much noticeable movement for a couple of years on these. I'm assuming they will endure the occasional temps around the freezing point here without issue since we don't experience frost here in general due to the low dewpoints. Of course Fresno is not going to be so kind in the latter regard, so you may find that to be a problem, although the leaves are largely vertically held, which would minimize any frost accumulation, I would think. In any event, keep all of us posted as this one I think has a future (if a slow-growing one) in California. You won't know until you try it...and keep in mind that there was a day when most of us assumed the exotic Bismarckia nobilis was a tender tropical that belonged only in Florida or Hawai'i.

When I posted my C. Decaryi a while ago , I was told they struggle and usually fail in the humid Hawaii climate. It is arid here most of the year and mine are 25 years old or so , doing well. Nice , nonetheless. Some very nice palms in your collection. They all look very nice , hopefully the Triangle will pull through. Harry

I'm still here but not as much. Mainly post on the Cold hardy Forum.

Thanks Harry. The lanceolata is clumping although it only clumped at an early age. Here is a photo of the base.

Super nice garden and palms. Is the Lanceolata a clump or separate individual stems? I understand that sometimes they clump. Harry

A beautiful little palm perfect for the understory the triphylla. A real gem of a palm, definitely the miniature look for a palm that fits into any spot that’s beside a path or an entrance way. As we would say in Australia an absolute bonza of a palm!

This varieagated Agave Attenuata is turning into one of my favorites! I love the striation in the leaves and no 2 are the same. It is even starting to get a slight hint of blue in the center. The pic I posted earlier was an old one. This is from today.

More user friendly Variegated Agave Attenuata. No spines on this one👍

Unless you're @happypalms Richard seems to have every seed known to man, and some unknown! Will have the best palm nursery in the country in a few years.

One of the best from Aus. Seems under appreciated in general, I suspect because of the slow growth and the fact they did if they slightly dry out. Certainly cold hardy though, no issues well below zero and extended cool winters. I also suspect there would be more interest in them if they were called Ceroxylon, which they may be in the future.

Beautiful Tim.. Wish I could grow them here; I've certainly tried. But they want warm. Yours looks awesome.

Wow incredible palm. From a tiny little white sprout to one of the most gorgeous looking palms out there in the plant kingdom

I realized I forgot to make a post about an agave I got from lowe’s about 2 weeks ago. Found Agave isthmensis kissho kan for 20$ and couldn’t resist a cool rareish agave. I have been quite active in the agave family lately, having bought 2 yuccas recently. But when palms no longer fit anywhere I have to look for cool compact alternatives. Here’s what it looks like. @Merlyn I credit you for getting me started with this addiction 😂😂

It’s a nice palm, but I don’t think I would’ve picked it out I’m a fan of Veitchia or at least palms I’ve obtained as such!

I also have one that was given to me as a Veitchia. Oh well, it's doing all right. The crown is kinda skimpy on mine.

Your garden looks amazing Brian!

They are Dypsis cabadae x decaryi. Now the crowns are so high harder to see the awesomeness. His garden is hands down best non tropical garden I have ever seen.

It's a tie between Rhapidophyllum and Sabal minor for me. Both of mine stay green in most winters here in northeastern Middle Tennessee and survived the December 2022 and January 2024 winters in unfavorable microclimates without protection nor any close calls (my dwarf palmetto only lost half of its green leaves each time and needle palm only had mild leaf spotting in January 2024). I feel emboldened to grow Sabal brazoriensis too but haven't done it yet, so I'm not 100% sure how they'll do - but if they do as well as @Allen's experience suggests, having healthy tree-sized palms outdoors like the ones in Dallas and Virginia Beach will be a dream come true!

My Bismarkia caught my eye

Hi Steve in 2010 pogo sent me seeds from his biggest Hedyscepe Today I proudly show the results of those seeds as Hedyscepe grow like escapees in the ground in my coastal Tasmania garden. I also have a smaller one from San clemente garden

I am thankful for all the palms in the garden and in love with this 10 years old blue Latania

That’s kind of a tough question being that I appreciate all the palms in the garden. My Chrysalidocarpus decipiens would at the top of the list being that it’s taken nearly twenty years to get to where it is today. The other species that is special to me is not because it’s rare. It’s because the groves of them I gave created massive canopy in just a few years and remain an integral part of the garden. That would be Archontophoenix cunninghamiana and ‘Illawara.’

Agave Titanotas are a whole other addiction of their own! I’m just getting started because there are hundreds of varietals, variegates and hybrids. Here is Agave Titanota ice blue.

Agave Potatorum Cameron blue. I really like the scalloped edges on this one.

Agave Isthmensis inland form.