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In the past six years, the one in my front yard has formed trunk rings and is speeding up in growth. First photo is in 2018. I had to take photos in the dark tonight but you can still get an idea of growth progression.

One of my absolute favourite palms in the garden is the Kerriodoxa I planted 20 plus years past it has faired quite well taking neglect and still looking good I never really noticed it until about 5 years past when it started to get a bit bigger they do look good small but nothing can beat one once past the juvenile age I will be planting more in the garden

My chamaedorea are loving this time of the with some starting to flower I will definitely be planting more chamaedorea in the garden over the next couple of years that’s for sure they grow so well in the garden

My hookeri is flowering for for the second time after more than 20 years of growing if iam lucky I might geta couple of seeds but don’t think that will happen I have others that have flowered I might get lucky one day

I had been driving by my old Washy pal for months thinking it had given up after 4 winters of 0° to single digit exposure! This one, by a Mexican restaurant in Garland, Texas (last 30 odd years), is a true fighter! Surely one of only a handful that are left in N Tx area with any sort of trunk. And it is totally exposed in a concrete surrounded jungle! 🥰

Every time I visit our chocolate farm in El Salvador, I try to take seedlings with me to plant there. I also have sourced non-palm plants locally (Couroupita guianensis, Delonix regia, a number of different Handroanthus, Ceiba, Mahogany...but the selection of palms locally is pretty slim. We are in the process of planning a new home construction (and the rest of the acreage is cultivated) so I don't have a lot of confidence with planting much yet - I don't want to end up having things ripped out or damaged when it comes time to build - but I have planted a couple of things over the last few years which seem to be doing ok with no irrigation. The dry season here can be brutal. I hope to start brining in some really exotic species once the house is built and we have irrigation in place. This is a really wonderful property and I have a lot of space to play around with. 20240703_052837.mp4 This is some of our heirloom cacao. Tested by USDA and confirmed criollo (of the 10 or so identified genotypes, criollo is the least common but occurs naturally in Central America. We found this particular variety growing wild in a nearby canyon and have cloned a whole lot with it. I like the maroon color on the new flush. First are these kerriodoxa - I planted two and both are going great! they are under a giant Ficus inspida (I believe). Then we have a duo of Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos. Really excited about his one, as I have not seen these here anywhere. This, I believe, is Livistona saribus A bismarckia nobilis And a few Ravenala as well.

A warm day today 23 degrees Celsius for a bright sunny winter day making gardening a bit of fun in the warm air wondering around doing a bit of pruning I just chop up the leaves and use them as mulch creating a natural process of feeding the garden.

Well I know it's not the best time of year to move this palm but the last 2 years this palm has taken lots more damage in it's spot in the yard. Add that to that it is growing too tall for where it was and I decided to move it by the house. There are a few more reasons including us not being able to see the palm where it was. Now it is more sheltered and going to be in a group of 3 or more going up close to the wall.

Zero is too low. I'm not buying this AI generated tripe and it's misleading. Go to the freeze damage data on this website and look up the Washingtonia threads to get a real world idea of how low they can really go. I would almost bet on filifera to go lower than robusta; but I wouldn't know first hand. I enjoy both species in OTHER peoples' yards. I'm sorry if I've offended tripe.

Butia archeri Azul, Syagrus microphylla and Syagrus graminifolia Azul ( a slow grower for me)

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I think you may offend the people that live there more than an AI. Again its not ideal but it is possible in dry desert cold. I lived there for a long time and its not normal but it is possible. Like a coconut in central florida its not the best choice but they do succeed. Check out some street views and weather data for the area or some threads here in palmtalk in the cold weather section.

Check out Las Cruces, New Mexico or Albuquerque. You will likely get replies from people in the region too, but it is possible. Not ideal however. The washies there routinely see low teens every year and some single digits in spots. In 2011 a monster freeze with zone 8 areas dropping below 0 did just that and killed a lot of palms, but many survived. Carlsbad as well has some that have lived through the latest polar outbreaks.

Got this from @Steve in Florida last year, so happy to see it flowering already!

And in 2023. Slow trunk growth but it kept it’s special features

Full sun changes the look all together. Mine has been in full sun since it was young . I planted it on a south facing slope when it was quite small . The older fronds show a bit of stress but the palm keeps on going . I can’t remember how long it’s been there , but at least 5-6 years. My climate is probably not quite as harsh as yours. Harry

I’m still trying to remember what street the towering B. edulis are in my town but here’s one much smaller but nice one in my area. The house was knocked down and a new home was built since this street view was taken and luckily the palm was spared and still looks good.

Josue, sounds like you have a great plan! Also agree quality over quantity. I was able to visit a Cacao farm in Cuba last October, it was so interesting to learn the process, of which I knew nothing about. Just understanding the growth and process was very interesting to me. We were able to bring samples back, in different stages of the Cacao, including Cocoa butter, which was cool to learn it is a by product of Cacao. Added some pics below from the farm in Baracoa, Cuba.

Tracy, yes there is a Cz hildae variant that flushes with color. I have a small colony. I hope to make seed in the near future.

Not much growth considering it is almost August. Poor thing! But I should add, I have seen a large washie take until July 4 here to show any green in 2011. It is now fully recovered. So maybe it will become what it once was, and then some!

I saw another good sized Bismarckia last weekend in Bacliff. At one time it was surrounded by queens. I guess they all died and it made it. Kind of rough looking house so I don't think it would've been protected. I can see it dating back to 2008 on google maps. Bing maps has the most recent photo. https://maps.app.goo.gl/aCqUJpx4CvRmu1tQ8

I've spent a lot of time looking for palms in the I-95 states (Mid-Atlantic/Northeast)...and it seems for the most part that there are few long term plantings above the zone 7 areas. North of Virgnia Beach...mostly from eastern/southern Maryland to coastal Rhode Island) is where it seems most of the palms are (zone 7a/b). Just 25 - 50 miles inland and you see very few. So mostly in coastal Maryland/southeastern Maryland, most of Deleware, southern/coastal NJ, NYC area, Long Island, coastal/southern Connecticut, and coastal Rhode Island. As to the northernmost, it's hard to say. Coastal Del/Ocean City, MD has many bigger ones, like this one in Rehobeth Beach, DE I took last year: (about 15 - 18 feet tall): There are several big windmills on Long Island and coastal New Jersey that I have seen , maybe 12 - 15 feet tall. One of the biggest Palmettos I've seen north of VA Beach is the famous one in front of the University of Bridgeport on the Connecticut coast of Long Island Sound, maybe 15 - 18 feet tall: As far as Pindo's ...I see some now and then in the Ocean City, MD/DE coast, and I've seen one growing in Atlantic County, NJ maybe 8 feet tall. I'm sure there are a few near me on Long Island/coastal Connecticut, but I've never seen even one. This is mine, it's about 7 feet tall:

Exactly 6 years later ( july 23 2018) I' ll post pics of the same palm. Maybe other people that showed a pic of there D. decipiens in this thread, can also show how thy grew at there place.

Detail

Another specimen

Dypsis decaryi planted a little over 1 year ago as a neglected Craigslist find. Finally opened up new spear.

Sabal uresana, commonly known as the Sonoran palmetto is a species that is native to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Ocidental in northwestern Mexico. It's habitat is very dry and I had concerns if it would thrive in my not so hot and year round humid subtropical climate ( 1600 mm rain/ year). I have two planted out in the garden. One grew better then the other. The young leaves are blue but the wax is slowly removed by the frequent rains.

These grow in Portugal side by side. First google image is from 2014. The dark green foliage and silvery petioles on the abreojos are quite distinct

On the rachis, yes, but not on the leaflets. First three photos are details of the plant in question. The last two are a more mature Encephalartos arenarius specimen showing the longer leaflets particularly less wide in the lower half of the racist than on the purported hybrid.

From a different angle the differences are more clear

lol I think we might be close also… in the last month we’re up to right around 14” which is a boatload for this time of year here.

I got my betel nut palms in december and they were all dead within 10 days. I am surprised at the Calyptrocalyx. In the past mine saw many minus 3 nights without damage. My baby Kerriodoxa is doing fine, the cold hasn't bothered it at all. Only one of the small palms outside is showing any sign of damage, and that is just some yellow cold spot marks. It is all the bigger ones that I bought at the palm show and brought indoors for winter that have died. I was needlessly worrying about my joey on a stick, it is doing fine on the back patio and not a trace of damage so far. Peachy

It’s a washingtonia robusta (Mexican fan palm) about 4 years old. It doesn’t have any spider mites of insects it would feed off of.

As cold as it was with a layer of sleet & snow? Low temps are low temps. Her dna must be superior!

Yep, That's Ficus for ya, esp. there where the soil is rarely dry for long. Other than killing the tree, you'll be battling them .....forever..... Barriers? heh, ...those tiny little fingers weave or bust right through em'

Very nice garden . Very proper ….unlike mine! Harry

Seems like a steal to me ! T J

yeah. looks pretty similar to photos I found online. it’s a pretty nice looking palm!

Give any palm a go if your confident it will surprise you what will live you have to be prepared to lose a few but you will win a few it’s a gamble but well worth it you just never know.

Broadley Green nursery, South Australia had this Butia growing that produced lovely fruit with zero string. It was like pineapple, but more complex. Very tasty and full of juice, I had no problem cleaning the seeds 😋😂. Not sure on the exact species, but I will plant it's offspring in my own garden in the hopes it will one day produce the same quality fruit.

Place in ground, water.... June 2023 Julv 2024

Of course nobody is stopping you Marcus but let's dial it down. To put it mildly, the comments seem uncalled/discouraging especially for someone who posts very rarely (that was the poster's 5th post on this site) and took the time to upload all of those pretty pictures for our free viewing pleasure. Nobody asked if or insinuated that all of those palms were bulletproof or would need costly removal or whatever, I don't see the need to try to bait an argument like what you are seemingly trying to do with me now. Just chill out and enjoy the pics lol, maybe drop a like 🤷‍♂️

Even the queen palms will be wiped out if it gets as cold as the 1985 freeze. 9 degrees in Jacksonville, and below zero in interior South Georgia. All of north Florida dropped to single digits. By comparison, Houston “only” dropped to 20 and San Antonio 19 in that freeze. Texas does not always get the brunt of freezes. Sometimes they dive straight into North Florida.

Surprised no mention of oropedionis, Surely a candidate for best cool grower.

It's gone well. Sumawongis continue to germinate. I continue to move them on and off the heat mat and keep them minimally moist.. I have shifted them all to peat which seems to perform best--grower pots inside baggies. Some pictures are grandis, and the leftmost, bowing low is my only orbicularis.

This is in my brothers back yard, planted as a 15 gallon about 6 or 7 yrs ago. Part sun

Wow those a very different from each other. Full sun it is!

I lost mine as well. My guess was too shaded and rotted out...

@Alberto, those are fine specimens! I wish I could say they were easy, but they're easier if their specific conditions are met, which appears to be where you are! More pictures, por favor?

Seeds are easy to crack. I just put seeds on newspaper on the sidewalk, and roll around with my foot applying light pressure and they come right off. Then soak for a day or two and plant in moist spaghum, giving heat. They start sprouting within 2 months but then continue to sprout for many months. In other words, not all at same time. Merc, yours already have shells removed as required by AU customs. Here’s a photo with seed clearly showing the ones that have shells removed.