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Have you since resolved your issues? @Foggy Paul

Its hot but nowhere near as hot as Phoenix. We can hit the 100s but that’s usually during heat waves. It goes like this in So Cal. When a heat wave comes it brings 85 degrees in the beaches, 90s in the LA basin, and 100 in the inland valleys. I stayed a summer in Phoenix when my bro lived there and it was 110+ every day. The other difference is that Phoenix like Vegas stays 100 at night, while our nights usually go down to the 70s. Its a hot valley to someone who lives near the coast where it can be 68 in July. But you would probably think its not that hot in comparison. It’s usually in the 90s from July to late September with a few days in the 100s during heat waves

Your temperatures look good next to ours in Phoenix in my experience if your weather is anything close to ours the only thing you are planting in full sun that will survive is the calla lily very tough grows in full sun with lots of water but they do go dormant in the summer but as soon as fall comes around they comeback with vengeance!!! Will be interested in future updates to see how things survive!!!

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Then you better get your order in @happypalms I got a couple couple growing good!

They look amazing at any size.

Hope everyone on the island is OK.

@BumGardener I'm pretty sure this one has a future in the mulch pile. Unfortunate, but this cold snap was a little more than they can typically handle.

It doesn’t look good, bottles can take a bit of cold, but that looks frozen to me. If it makes you feel any better i planted one yesterday, so all is not lost they will survive in cultivation. Such a shame it was a nice size one at that, if it has spear pull, then that is a pretty good sign it has suffered quite a bit of a substantial freeze. That cold blast even made the news in Australia!

We got a light mist that made the top of the mulch damp and not much else. Better than nothing, but it's better when we get a soaker.

Agreed. And the MS border does have wild ones. Parker Street and Church Street in Hornsby have many!

Ok that makes me feel alot better. That looks as big as the ones planted 15 years ago. That would have been depressing to see no growth in such a long time. That’s good growth for less than 10 years. Heres what I plan on planting around the palm. Some dipledanias, cordyline, verigated ti and a calla lilly.

A palm colleague in the Eastern Seaboard raised a question about the palm I and others have been referring to as Caryota no. He says that his Caryota nos don't look anything like my photo. In addition, Caryota no wild populations are only found in Borneo, as suggested in Riffle/Craft/Zona. Looking at the Caryota species photos in R/C/N, one immediately seems to resemble what we were referring to as Caryota no. And that is Caryota maxima. According R/C/Z, C. maxima is native to many southeastern Asian notions, including Viet Nam. I wonder if any of our palm experts will deal with this issue?

@SCVpalmenthusiast I'll retract my earlier comment about Alfredii being a bad choice so close to the house. For some reason I thought you were putting it up right next to the house, like the spot with the Teddy Bear. You'll have to chop a few fronds off early next to the driveway, but I think that will work great! I have Blue Glow underneath a big Bismarck, with rain runoff from the driveway feeding it too. As Silas said, that one is pretty tolerant of moisture. For some color you could look at "Ripple Effect" if you can find one. As far as growth rate, 15 years to 1-2' of trunk seems...er...way too long. 4 of mine went from 3g in June 2018 (smaller than yours) to more trunk than the Mounts ones now. The 5th one is a bit smaller, but I transplanted it in March 2019 because I planted it about 5 feet from my well's control box and water retention tank. This one is the smallest of the bigger 4, just after a "hurricane cut" to reduce the crown last summer. So that photo is almost exactly 7 years from a 3 gallon. And here it is in June 2018 when I planted it:

@Chester B How does this look? 😁 Now I only have about 18 more palms and trees to clear grass away from before I have them all looking uniform. I will probably find the time to get them all done just in time for next winter. 🤷‍♂️

I think we need to ask him! I believe we have a warmer climate here, but he pulls rabbits out a hats!

What is he doing differently? Seems like the same climate with an extraordinary difference in size.

Thank you!

These are grown at the Mounts Botanical Garden in WPB, adjacent to the airport. The climate at PBIA is tropical per Koeppen (all months in excess of 64.4 degrees F). It is a far more humid climate with greater heat than your climate. Sonorfans has a very green thumb and the most beautiful C. fallaensis I have personally seen!

Thank you!

This is Agave macroacantha (black spined agave).

Thanks for the reference. Is it a hot part of Florida? As far as im aware, they grow well when watered heavily and in high heat areas. I believe @sonoranfans has one about the same age and much larger.