Dypsis mirabilis with strings of pop beads.

Tim

Dypsis procera in the afternoon sun.

20 hours ago, realarch said:

Dypsis mirabilis with strings of pop beads.

Tim

Now your just teasing me, lucky Hawaii growers!!!

What caught my eye was three palms I gave a friend 6 years ago, that I had never seen until today. I will say I was impressed with the archontophoenix, beccariophoenix and the Wallachia. Just planted in some very hard conditions with no attention and temperatures down to minus 1.

Nothing spectacular, very slow growing and tiny A. purpurea finally opened new leaf

This beautiful royal palm in San Jose, CA. (San Francisco Bay Area) looking like it’s growing in the tropics.

Little dypsis heterophylla!

Two large clumps of Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) lutescens in Upland, CA. (Inland Empire).

Couple of sabinara magnifica, not worried about winter at all, even putting out a new spear. I will say they have some cool tolerance with temperatures down to 2 degrees celcius cold and wet conditions!

One magical looking Ernest augustii!

A mixture of chamaedoreas adscendens and metallica shining away!

4 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

This beautiful royal palm in San Jose, CA. (San Francisco Bay Area) looking like it’s growing in the tropics.

That looks like Roystonia Oleracae , a bit more sensitive to cold temps than R. Regia . Probably taking advantage of the protection from the house. Harry

14 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

That looks like Roystonia Oleracae , a bit more sensitive to cold temps than R. Regia . Probably taking advantage of the protection from the house. Harry

It’s pretty amazing it’s growing up there. I believe according to google maps, it’s been there since 2012 or 2013.

Ravenea hilldebrandtii and a nice young Chrysalidocarpus mananjarenesis. This couple should be a great addition for the garden in couple of weeks time!

Amarcrinum

Lovely crownshaft of young Chrysalidiocarpus sp. mayotte. Almost looks like it should be in a pastry shop…

this Chamaedorea radicalis, almost 11 years old from seed, courtesy of @doomsdave

Dypsis remotifolia and socratea rostrata both loving life in winter.

On 7/29/2026 at 1:53 AM, happypalms said:

A few more gardening years and she will be a focal point in the garden, plant it in the ground!

Beautiful flamethrower palm!

My flamethrower palm was given to me by a friend in 2003. It was most likely two years old. I purposefully kept it in a very small pot for these many years to keep it small. I repotted it into a larger pot a little over a year ago and it’s now growing bigger and faster. Unfortunately, I don’t have a shady spot for it to be planted into the ground.😞 It probably would be 15 ft or taller by now if it had been planted into the ground.

Mid summer is the time for Becarriophoenix to rock!

2 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

Beautiful flamethrower palm!

My flamethrower palm was given to me by a friend in 2003. It was most likely two years old. I purposefully kept it in a very small pot for these many years to keep it small. I repotted it into a larger pot a little over a year ago and it’s now growing bigger and faster. Unfortunately, I don’t have a shady spot for it to be planted into the ground.😞 It probably would be 15 ft or taller by now if it had been planted into the ground.

You don’t necessarily need shade to grow them, full blazing sun is not there preference for growing conditions. But you will be surprised how much sunlight they will take. Growing in the container will hold them back, for as long as you like.

The row of hookeri are in very bright sunlight in summer near the greenhouse, if you can provide a cool root run they take a lot of sunshine.

Ravenea glauca in flower caught my eye today.

Dypsis sp black stem got a little eye attention today.

Cocothrinax eckmanii starting to get a move on!

On 8/13/2026 at 12:42 AM, happypalms said:

You don’t necessarily need shade to grow them, full blazing sun is not there preference for growing conditions. But you will be surprised how much sunlight they will take. Growing in the container will hold them back, for as long as you like.

The row of hookeri are in very bright sunlight in summer near the greenhouse, if you can provide a cool root run they take a lot of sunshine.

Here in San Diego summer isn’t the problem growing them in more sun, it’s fall when we get very hot 🥵 and extremely dry weather. During the Santa Ana wind season the humidity can go down to 5 percent or lower with 107 degree f (42 degrees c) temperatures. It can even fry and kill plumeria trees sometimes.

Today things that look like hurricane projectiles caught my eye but I couldn’t reach all of these and they’re quite heavy…

4 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

Here in San Diego summer isn’t the problem growing them in more sun, it’s fall when we get very hot 🥵 and extremely dry weather. During the Santa Ana wind season the humidity can go down to 5 percent or lower with 107 degree f (42 degrees c) temperatures. It can even fry and kill plumeria trees sometimes.

5 percent humidity omg, that would be like living in an oven in those temperatures. No wonder they don’t live, the only relief from that sort of heat is sitting in the river!

4 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

Here in San Diego summer isn’t the problem growing them in more sun, it’s fall when we get very hot 🥵 and extremely dry weather. During the Santa Ana wind season the humidity can go down to 5 percent or lower with 107 degree f (42 degrees c) temperatures. It can even fry and kill plumeria trees sometimes.

Not to mention hurricane force winds ! Last year we had too many Santa Ana events. It seemed like every week they were howling . I live on a south facing hill and I’ve had 90mph winds before up here. Keeping the gardens safe is a chore. Every gust I hear at night gives me pause. The palms get shredded sometimes if not burned to a crisp. Harry

Couple of nice afternoon sun pics of the garden.

Lovely , Richard. The coloring of the garden with the sun breaking through the canopy makes me think , maybe late afternoon? Early mornings or late afternoons are splendid in the garden . Certain colors come out that don’t seem to appear in mid day sun. Harry

9 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Lovely , Richard. The coloring of the garden with the sun breaking through the canopy makes me think , maybe late afternoon? Early mornings or late afternoons are splendid in the garden . Certain colors come out that don’t seem to appear in mid day sun. Harry

9 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Lovely , Richard. The coloring of the garden with the sun breaking through the canopy makes me think , maybe late afternoon? Early mornings or late afternoons are splendid in the garden . Certain colors come out that don’t seem to appear in mid day sun. Harry

It’s an amazing time to be in the garden both mornings and afternoons. It’s a westerly aspect and I get a lot late afternoon sun that keep things just that bit warmer in winter, with a lot of the far red colour spectrum, which is great for flowering.

Richard

This morning brought in a much welcome marine layer of coolness. The flowers on our Sabal are quite abundant and fruit on our Butia Oderata, silver. The fruit will disappear as it ripens as the squirrels wait for just the right time . They hop from a neighboring Brahea Edulis , quite interesting to watch! Harry

Not sure , but I think this is Sabal Palmetto , although someone told me it may be Riverside. Either way , I don’t think I’ve seen this much inflorescence on this palm before.

Silver Butia Oderata (sold as Bonneti) . Behind it is a Brahea Edulis that is barely visible . The squirrels tend to go from tree to tree. The fruit will be a treat for them. In all the years I’ve had this , and it produces fruit every year, I’ve only had one volunteer! No fruit on the ground , but copious amounts from the Brahea , untouched. Squirrels like what they like and the Apricot sweetness of the Butia is candy.

Calyptrocalyx yummutumune! Faired well in winter for a tropical grown palm and planted late summer, no acclimatisation for this one, straight in the ground from the pacsoa showroom!

Dont be fooled by this Calyptrocalyx it’s cool tolerant!

A nice female chamaedorea Ernest augustii inflorescence and a baby foxtail ready to plant!

I’ve got some Veitchia arecina, the oldest being about 12 years old and is way overhead. However, it’s never flowered. Then I have another one that is about eight years old and has decided to flower like crazy. It’s pretty cool because the flowers are right at eye level.

On 8/14/2026 at 2:25 PM, happypalms said:

5 percent humidity omg, that would be like living in an oven in those temperatures. No wonder they don’t live, the only relief from that sort of heat is sitting in the river!

😂 You may have read comments or stories of people in Southern California that live in ares where they get very strong, extremely dry Santa Ana winds. Even when palms practically sitting in water will desiccate and die. I’m not kidding when I say the humidity can go to less than 5 percent with extremely high temperatures. It’s really awful for the plants and people, also.

Normanbya Normanbyi so close to resembling wodyetia as a seedling only thinner looking!

2 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Normanbya Normanbyi so close to resembling wodyetia as a seedling only thinner looking!

It’s a beautiful palm! I’ve never seen one (in person) grown outside in Southern California. I think it requires way too humidity to look good outside here. Although, with this being said I’ve seen pictures of some in Southern California, I think it would need shade under trees for humidity during the dry Santa Ana season (late September through April).

29 minutes ago, Palms1984 said:

It’s a beautiful palm! I’ve never seen one (in person) grown outside in Southern California. I think it requires way too humidity to look good outside here. Although, with this being said I’ve seen pictures of some in Southern California, I think it would need shade under trees for humidity during the dry Santa Ana season (late September through April).

There around In my area if you know were to look!

A pretty good germination rate on the ceroxylon parvifrons, good old RPS hey!