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I want to remove a very large clump of many years old Bamboo Palm out of my greenhouse and plant it outside. WHat are my chances of a successful transplant? This one is already outside and has been for years. The one in the greenhouse is 3-4X this size

It went well into the teens in Dallas when I was a kid and all the way up into my adult years, visiting family after we left TX and moved to California. Once when I was about 5, it snowed so heavily in Dallas that the powerlines went down. My Grandpa had to 'blaze a trail' outside for me to walk in LOL. At night you could hear tree branches cracking and falling. It was about 36" or so

The thing with palms they can come clean out of a winter but die on you in summer because of the damage the winter brings.

I totally agree. Maybe it‘s just the curiosity how far you can push the zones. I live just a few kilometers from @Mazat and have the same curiosity. my gardening hobby consists very much of „Zone pushing“. But eventually, you have to recognize when you‘ve come to an end, where you can‘t go further. For example, my Chamaedorea radicalis in the frontyard are literally growing backwards. I know they won‘t be looking good anymore, no matter if they technically survive our winters. This year will be their 5th summer, but they‘ve become my ugliest plants in the garden. I‘ll replace them by something else.

@Sabal Steve fortunately all of them will grow fine in a pot, realistically forever. So don't feel like you *must* plant one asap. As @Tracy mentioned, try and pick a spot where there's space for pups...or access to remove the pup in the future. So don't plant one back in a tight corner if you expect to remove a bunch of pups in the future. You can...but it'll be a stabby blood-drawing hassle when you have to get back behind it! As far as the species go, I don't have many of them. The "South African Blues" detest the swampy weather in Florida, and are prone to root and crown rot. I do have Munchii and a Nat x Middleburgensis, and a couple of hybrids with Lehmannii and Longifolius. Hybrids with 1/2 that tolerate a lot of water seem to do well here, like Aemulans x Lehmannii, Altensteinii x Lehmannii, etc.

Glad you snapped up such a great specimen on offer. Good size and color, plus an inflorescence to boot. It’s obviously doing well as a potted plant and could live a long time in a container. Tim

I went ahead and pulled the trigger. Got the Alfredii installed yesterday. I still need to plant around it. I have agaves for the bottom row and some cordyline and dipledanias for the upper row. I also installed a teddy bear palm for the entry way. My privacy screen includes arenga engleri(dwarf sugar palm) and a small king palm. It’s still not finished. My gardener is going to cover it and mulch it and install lights. Will post another update once it’s completed.

I will be working both days at the Leu Gardens booth. MB Palms will once again be one of the vendors with a large assortment of palms and cycads. Here is what we will have for sale at the Leu Gardens booth; CAMELLIAS Camellia japonica cultivars; ‘Debutante’ ‘Don-Mac’ ‘Kramer's Supreme’ ‘Lady Vansittart’ ‘Mathotiana’ ‘Morning Glow’ ‘Pink Perfection’ (‘Otome’) ‘Professor Sargent’ ‘Rosea Plena’ ‘Royal Velvet’ Camellia hiemalis ‘Kanjiro’ Camellia hiemalis ‘Shishigashira’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Cotton Candy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Leslie Ann’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Mine-no-yuki’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’ Camellia sinensis var. assamica- Tea Camellia Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Taylor's Perfection’ PALMS, CYCADS AND YUCCAS Allagoptera arenaria- Seashore Palm Arenga engleri- Clustering Sugar Palm Beccariophoenix alfredii- Plateau Palm Butia odorata (capitata)- Pindo or Jelly Palm X Butyagrus nabonnandii- Mule Palm Caryota obtusa- Mountain Giant Fishtail Palm Copernicia alba- Caranday Palm Livistona decora- Ribbon Palm Livistona nitida- Carnarvon Palm Phoenix canariensis- Canary Island Date Palm Serenoa repens- Saw Palmetto Zamia integrifolia- Coontie Cycad Yucca rostrata- Beaked Yucca FLOWERING SHRUBS Brunfelsia grandiflora - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Brunfelsia pauciflora ‘Floribunda’ – Fragrant Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Cestrum nocturnum- Night Blooming Jessamine Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Painted Lady’- Tropical Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Snow Queen’- Tropical Hibiscus Ligustrum sinense ‘Sunshine’- Golden Chinese Privet Melaleuca ‘Red Cluster’ (Callistemon)- Bottlebrush Osmanthus fragrans- Sweet Osmanthus/Tea Olive Pleroma heteromallum (Tibouchina grandifolia)- Silky Tibouchina Pleroma urvilleanum ‘Compactum’ (Tibouchina)- Dwarf Princess Flower Rhododendron ‘Red Formosa’- Southern Indica Azalea Rosa ‘Louis Philippe’- China Rose, Cracker Rose Stachytarpheta brasiliensis (caatingensis)- Blue Porterweed Shrub Tabernaemontana divaricata- Pinwheel Flower Thunbergia erecta ‘Blue Moon’- King’s Mantle TI PLANTS Cordyline fruticosa cultivars; ‘Auntie Lou’ ‘Black Magic’ ‘Cuero’ ‘Kiwi’ ‘Maize’ 'Maria' ‘Picasso Red’ ‘Pink Diamond’ ‘Pink Magic’ ‘Red Bull’ ‘Red Pepper’ ‘Silver Lining’ ‘Yellow Diamond’ EDIBLE PLANTS Camellia sinensis var. assamica- Tea Camellia Malpighia emarginata- Acerola or Barbados-Cherry Musa acuminata ‘Dwarf Cavendish’- Sweet Banana Musa acuminata ‘Mahoi’- Sweet Banana Musa acuminata ‘Lacatan’- Sweet Banana Musa x paradisiaca ‘Ice Cream’ (‘Blue Java’)- Sweet Banana Musa x paradisiaca ‘Popo’Ulu’ (‘Red Trunk’)- Sweet Banana Musa x paradisiaca ‘Sweetheart’ (FHIA #3)- Sweet Banana Musa ‘Sumatrana X’- Sweet Red Banana Musa x paradisiaca ‘Matoke’- African Plantain Vanilla planifolia- Vanilla Orchid Vanilla planifolia ‘Variegata’- Vanilla Orchid TROPICAL PLANTS & PERENNIALS Acalypha wilkesiana ‘Macrophylla’- Copperleaf Alocasia ‘Metalhead’- Elephant Ear Alocasia ‘Portora’- Elephant Ear Alpinia zerumbet- Shell Ginger Alpinia zerumbet ‘Variegata’- Shell Ginger Anthurium ‘Big Red Bird’ Begonia x ricinifolia ‘Immense’- Giant Begonia Canna x hybrida ‘Bengal Tiger’- Canna-Lily Canna x hybrida ‘Red Tiger’- Canna-Lily Coccoloba uvifera- Sea-Grape Codiaeum variegatum ‘Aureomaculata’- Croton (Gold Dust) Codiaeum variegatum ‘Mammey’- Croton Cuphea ignea- Cigar Flower Englearum montanum (Alocasia gageana)- Elephant Ear Euphorbia stenoclada- Silver Thicket Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum- Green Leopard Plant Ficus altissima- Lofty Fig Hedychium ‘Elizabeth’ Pink Lily-Ginger Heliconia ‘Hot Rio Nites’- Lobster Claw Heptapleurum arboricola ‘Ivory’- Dwarf Schefflera Monstera deliciosa ‘Thai Constellation’- Ceriman Vine Philodendron subincisum- Broadleaf Philodendron (climbing) Russelia sarmentosa- Coralblow Sanchezia oblonga- Sanchezia Sphaeropteris cooperi (Cyathea)- Australian Tree Fern Trimezia gracilis (Neomarica)- White Walking Iris BROMELIADS Aechmea blanchetiana ‘Variegata’ Aechmea chantinii ‘DeLeon’ Aechmea nudicaulis ‘Red Brazil’ Aechmea ‘America’ Aechmea ‘Blue Tango’ Aechmea ‘Red Candles’ Alcantarea imperialis Alcantarea odorata Neoregelia carcharodon ‘Rainbow’ Neoregelia gigas Neoregelia tigrina Neoregelia ‘Hypnotic’ Neoregelia ‘Maria’ Neoregelia ‘Passion’ Neoregelia ‘Terremoto’ Portea petropolitana ‘Jungles’ Portea ‘Jungle Book’ Vriesea ‘Volcano’

Leu Gardens Spring Plant Sale March 14 & 15, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (8-9am both days for Leu Garden members) FREE Admission all Weekend! Make sure you bring a wagon or plant cart for your purchases. Rain or shine. No pets. Over 50 vendors will be selling a variety of plants including: annuals, bamboo, bromeliads, butterfly plants, camellias, ferns, flowering shrubs and trees, fruit trees, gingers, heliconias, herbs, native plants, orchids, palms, plumerias, roses, succulents, vines and more! Plus, we will have some great outdoor garden accessories! There will be food and treats to purchase .Make sure you bring a wagon or plant cart for your purchases. Rain or shine. No pets allowed. Leu Members shop early both days at 8:00 a.m. Please bring your valid membership card and photo ID. Guests of members will not be allowed in until 9:00 a.m., this is exclusive for Leu Gardens’ Members. Not applicable to AHS or any Reciprocal Garden. For a map and list of vendors go to this link; https://www.leugardens.org/Events/Calendar-of-Events/29th-Annual-Plant-Sale

What types of palms are seen in the area? At that stage, most palm seedlings look quite similar. Minor, Palmetto?

A leafless Holly tree, or did the wind strip it?

Yes. The sticky entrapments are non-selective. As far as I'm aware, there's no predatory insects around here, at least none capable of boring or killing a palm Thankfully.

Not entirely true.. Indoors? typically won't flower, esp. since ..more often than not.. they are kept in a perpetual " juvenile " stage of growth rather than being allowed to attain much larger, mature dimensions. Possible that a majority of cultivated specimens, esp. the variegated forms, originated from cuttings vs being seed -grown, ..which might account for the lack of flowering among cultivated specimens too. Have seen flowers on mature, totally green/ non- variegated " wild / escaped " specimens though so the " total " absence of flowering in this species " assumption is false. a few flower pictures of flowers here as well: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69223-Epipremnum-aureum/browse_photos

I'm not sure what you mean by exist once. Queens used to be 50-100x more common than Butia, most common pinnate palm by far. These look better than any Butia, sorry it's the truth 😝

Yep , what @aztropic said . Partially damaged fronds , although don’t look pretty , help the palm in supplying much needed nutrients . Sort of like a piggy bank! Harry

If it's brown,take it down. If it's green,let it lean... 😄 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

I live in central Florida and have a large Bismark palm that suffered frost damage to the fronds during our recent freeze. I have trimmed off the lowest level of brown, drooping fronds, but don't know whether / how much when I should go further up in removing the additional damaged fronds. Thanks

E. aureum is not known to flower naturally. It’s missing a hormone that induces flowering, though I couldn’t tell you why.

Randomly stumbled upon these Queen palms circa 2016. Dead now. @Xenon proof positive they did exist once

I was curious when I read that this is a conifer. I read on as I discovered it was from the Podocarpaceae family. You might find this article interesting particularly if you ever get another hurricane or tropical storm: https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/orangeco/2021/09/09/underutilized-trees-the-nagi-tree/

Here are some neglected Butia I pass out in Richmond/Katy area. Much bigger looking in person.

It's a Texas sabal. Those aren't fruits, that stuff in-between my palm is my holly tree in the background distance, funny angle.

@SCVpalmenthusiast so I see you picked an Alfredii...photos?