9 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Perfect planting size . I have a new one to plant but it is in a bigger pot so I have to find the right spot that will allow me to dig a hole large enough . Harry

Syagrus Schizophylla ready for the garden , keeping Ernie company for now.

The Schizophylla is a tough palm anywhere for that one, the Ernie a nice little corner in the shade.

Richard 

I think the Ernie will stay in the pot for now , I don’t know how long , as it is faster growing than I thought. This was the first one I got from @DoomsDave and it is a fast grower but needs full shade. The Syagrus S. looks like it is shade grown and I was thinking about a nice full sun position in the courtyard but it may burn badly and they are so slow growing here that it will look bad for a few years or longer , hmmm. Harry🤔

13 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I think the Ernie will stay in the pot for now , I don’t know how long , as it is faster growing than I thought. This was the first one I got from @DoomsDave and it is a fast grower but needs full shade. The Syagrus S. looks like it is shade grown and I was thinking about a nice full sun position in the courtyard but it may burn badly and they are so slow growing here that it will look bad for a few years or longer , hmmm. Harry🤔

Put it out, still in the pot, where you’re considering planting it. Then keep an eye on it and see if it starts to burn. If it does you’ll still be able to harden it off.

22 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I think the Ernie will stay in the pot for now , I don’t know how long , as it is faster growing than I thought. This was the first one I got from @DoomsDave and it is a fast grower but needs full shade. The Syagrus S. looks like it is shade grown and I was thinking about a nice full sun position in the courtyard but it may burn badly and they are so slow growing here that it will look bad for a few years or longer , hmmm. Harry🤔

As @DoomsDavehas the right idea for you I say just plant it! They are super tough ernies I plant tube stock all over my garden and they grow not a problem!

Look at all the wee Ernie’s !!! The more the merrier , I see. Harry

16 hours ago, happypalms said:

As @DoomsDavehas the right idea for you I say just plant it! They are super tough ernies I plant tube stock all over my garden and they grow not a problem!

Wish mine would set seeds like that!

48 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

Wish mine would set seeds like that!

That’s an rps order, out of 300 seeds I got 220 plants. I do get seeds from my ones in the garden occasionally. 

On 4/30/2026 at 9:55 PM, happypalms said:

The Schizophylla is a tough palm anywhere for that one, the Ernie a nice little corner in the shade.

Richard 

They are tough the Schizophylla this one is in a tough spot out in the hot sun! 
Richard 

Chucking them in the ground while the rain is about, some proven winners again. Chambeyronia, chamaedorea, kerriodoxas, dypsis black petiole, Calyptrocalyx spicatus, davidson plum and a dioon spinolosum. A bit more of the tropical look happening. 

Dioon Spinalosum grow well here in temperate climates. I bought a little 10” potted one some years ago . It is now getting ready to get its annual set of fronds and I patiently await seeing the new growth. It can easily hold 3 years fronds at one time but I end up trimming the oldest ones due to space in that area out front. You have a nice batch there you are planting . All should do well with a rainy season planting . I see you gave  the Dioon some room , I didn’t do that but it worked ok I guess . For me , I have a smallish garden with large ideas. Harry

My Dioon Spinalosum last year , about June or so when the new fronds came . It seems to be later than the Cycas or Zamia I have. I usually let it carry two years fronds , otherwise it gets very crowded there. Harry

Getting a few common varieties of palms in today’s planting expedition. No soil amendment, just the holes dug and the lot heeled in with a good watering in! lytocarum weddlianum hypohorbe indica green Oraniopsis appendiculata vietcha joannis
hypohorbe indica red diploglottis Australis not a bad little haul today’s planting fun! dypsis rivularis Gausia maya Areca triandra Rhopalostylis baueri bentnickia condapanna Chambeyronia pyriformis Pinanga coronata Chambeyronia macrocarpa livistona rotundifolia dypsis baroni black petiole Livistona Australis 

 

 

Super nice ! A few of my favorites in there . Livistona are winners around here , I would love to see more of them. The L. Australis down on my hill is a super star. The Chambeyronia Pyroformis is very slow when young , probably faster for you . Rhopalostylus Bauri are fast here and my new Bauri/ Cheesmania is gonna be big in no time! Yours is almost exactly the size mine was a year and a half ago. Now it is almost double in size ! The fun will be in watching them grow , even the slower varieties .  Harry

9 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Super nice ! A few of my favorites in there . Livistona are winners around here , I would love to see more of them. The L. Australis down on my hill is a super star. The Chambeyronia Pyroformis is very slow when young , probably faster for you . Rhopalostylus Bauri are fast here and my new Bauri/ Cheesmania is gonna be big in no time! Yours is almost exactly the size mine was a year and a half ago. Now it is almost double in size ! The fun will be in watching them grow , even the slower varieties .  Harry

Some intresting varieties for a palm garden. All varieties have their own unique characteristics. And as for slow, like the sands through the hourglass so are the days of our lives! 

Good rain about so plant as much as you can! A good handful of chamaedorea plumosa, lytocarum weddlianum, dypsis lantzeana, anthurium vietchii, davidson plum and some draceana goldieana. 

A few more good ones going in the ground, what’s the easiest way to grow a palm , plant them in the ground! Bentnickia condapanna Chamaedorea deckeriana lanonia dasyantha chamaedorea benzei Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana 

At it again chucking a few in the ground. Howea fosteriana lytocarum weddlianum Syagrus picrophylla Bill Beattie baronii

Two classic collecter palms going in today. Basselina eriostachysdypsis confusa

Make hay while the sun shines, in my case plant palms while it’s raining. Acanthophoenix rubralanonia dasyantha Caryota kirriwongensis Johannesteijsmannia altifronsCopernica hospita

Good things come in three they say. A few more planted today. Chamaedorea arenbergiana chamaedorea nubium Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana

On 4/18/2026 at 2:37 AM, happypalms said:

A couple of good ones today! dypsis baronii black petiole bentnickia condapanna Areca songenthensis 

That’s a beautiful Areca songthanhensis! Is it a hardy palm?

It’s an extremely rare palm in California. You are very lucky to have such a large, beautiful palm!

On 5/27/2026 at 1:09 AM, happypalms said:

One reason I know joeys is after having them for 30 years in my collection. They survived lots of adverse conditions and still stood strong in the collection. I say they are easy after having grown them by the thousands, you soon learn about them, by making mistakes with them. The humidity rarely drops below 65 percent, even at times having 98 percent humidity but without the tropical heat feeling like Singapore where joeys are planted as street trees!

On 5/27/2026 at 1:54 AM, happypalms said:

Usually about 6 to 8 weeks, but the spear itself can take a couple of month to develop and usually about 3 leaves a year which is pretty good, but it’s agony to watch, you just want that huge mega Joey. It’s more about the leaves getting bigger every new leaf. So with a time frame like that with months in between each new leaf in a subtropical climate no wonder they are slow to grow!

On 5/1/2026 at 4:08 AM, happypalms said:

As @DoomsDavehas the right idea for you I say just plant it! They are super tough ernies I plant tube stock all over my garden and they grow not a problem!

Have you ever grown a Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti inside your house?

I just moved mine indoors about two weeks ago. I want it indoors because it was under my shade structure, which I tore down. It’s never had direct sun. Here it is in my spare bedroom. It’s 5 ft (1.5 m) tall and 18 to 20 years old and has never been indoors. I hope it doesn’t get spider mites!

2 hours ago, Palms1984 said:

That’s a beautiful Areca songthanhensis! Is it a hardy palm?

It’s an extremely rare palm in California. You are very lucky to have such a large, beautiful palm!

Songthanhensis is I would say a tough palm, it’s coped well with my winter temps and done well this year in the dry hot summer, under irrigation.

1 hour ago, Palms1984 said:

Have you ever grown a Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti inside your house?

I just moved mine indoors about two weeks ago. I want it indoors because it was under my shade structure, which I tore down. It’s never had direct sun. Here it is in my spare bedroom. It’s 5 ft (1.5 m) tall and 18 to 20 years old and has never been indoors. I hope it doesn’t get spider mites!

I have had them indoors, but I usually only have my palms inside for a couple of weeks, I rotate them having so many different ones. It would do well in the kitchen or bathroom.

On 5/29/2026 at 4:04 AM, happypalms said:

I have had them indoors, but I usually only have my palms inside for a couple of weeks, I rotate them having so many different ones. It would do well in the kitchen or bathroom.

Thanks again for the information! 😎. I’ve read recently C. ernesti-augusti makes a good indoor plant. I’ll probably have to give it systemic pesticide every six months to prevent spider mites from attacking it. Spider mites are a major problem in dry San Diego.

31 minutes ago, Palms1984 said:

Thanks again for the information! 😎. I’ve read recently C. ernesti-augusti makes a good indoor plant. I’ll probably have to give it systemic pesticide every six months to prevent spider mites from attacking it. Spider mites are a major problem in dry San Diego.

Put it in the shower and wash the leaves especially the undersides frequently, it’s the dry air that helps spider mites flourish. Or take it outside if you can and hose it down regularly. Be careful not to overwater if you are continually washing it down. But they are easy to grow!

Winters not going to stop me planting palms so today’s little planting episode is as follows. Masoala Madagascariensis Sabal domingensistrithrinax brasiliensisarchontophoenix tuckeri hypohorbe indica redCycas guizhouensus dypsis baronii black petiole Chamaedorea plumosa

Richard is cycas guizhouensis?

2 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard is cycas guizhouensis?

Yes that’s what it was labeled in my nursery, I planted two actually of them!

Richard has narrower pinnules, mine too

11 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard has narrower pinnules, mine too

Very juvenile leaves you have.

Richard this one is 20 years old

4 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard this one is 20 years old

Beautiful, very lucky to have one that age!