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@edbrown_III how did you get Arenga pinnata growing? did it need a lot of protection? I am growing Caryota mitis and it’s pretty solid but leaf burn is a bit of an issue even with putting bedsheets and christmas lights on it.

I have one of these. It was a single strap-leaf in a pot for a year before I got it in the ground. The cold wet (lows into the mid-teens F) and cool summer didn't help, neither did getting shredded up by an animal. I thought it was a goner. But! Here was have a tiny leaf I found mostly covered by mulch that it mist have thrown up in late autumn (you might have to squint!).

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can’t believe i forgot the textbook difference of nonsuckering and suckering. and the petiole fact… i learned something new today too

Hello, My 4 Sabal lougheediana survived without damage at -2°C. Better waiting spring for validation. Jean-Michel Dupuyoo

Temp sensor next time to see how much heat you need to get it to about 35F-45F

So after I potted up the one papaya, my Sabal Maratima didn't look so great, and I know I got the bugs off. Water them. Still dry. Then I remembered when @Sabal Kingsent them to me all I had was some garbage garden soil. I don't remember if he sent these to me last year or the year before? They were liners. Welp. They're in 5g pots with some proper coir/perlite and I finally finished off the baggie of the stinky 🐔 💩 Jobes Palm fertilizer I bought 4 years ago. I had them in some 3 gallon pots I literally found in the woods. Watered 'em deep and letting them drain in the buckets. I can't lose these. I've got an Urserena on life support, I bought those bunk Causiarum seeds that ain't Sabal seeds, but I think I got to these in time.

Adventitious roots on C. costaricana and T. fortunei lending a bit of tropical flair to our cool-weather garden

Most of the ice is gone but like you said there's still some ice in shaded areas and from my observation I still have some ice on palms here and there. Hoped for more sun but no it's completely overcast at this moment. We're back to our typical winter again.

As long as you got a node you're good. Buddy I will send you the biggest freaking box of these things you want. Black willow too. These are hot pink, there's a white one on the property somewhere I just gotta find it. It didn't bloom this year since it was so dry. You want a priority mail box, I got you. You want a shipping crate, I got you. They sucker like crazy, too. And they seed like mad. And we have probably 30. They go dormant in the winter and ideally you want the soft green stuff before it hardens off, but these will root and grow too. I'll start more in the spring. Every yard here has these. My granny planted these (actually I planted a lot of them) in the 90s.

Salam alaikum, sylvestris is always solitary, dactylifera is almost always suckering. Besides ratio of petiole's to entire leaf's length in sylvestris is 1/10 while in dactylifera is about 1/5. In other words petiole in sylvestris multiplied 10 times makes out entire leaf, while in dactylifera this is achieved through a multiplication by 5.

I didn't know you could propagate crape myrtles like that! I always wondered why they were so cheap. Does it matter what time of year to take the cuttings - is spring better than winter?

Well I think I messed up then because I didn’t wrap them… I can still do it now but… This and my butia are under greenhouse tents but I didn’t make it any tighter closer to them…

At a solid .25 inches of ice on everything. I added frost cloth to a few small palms yesterday (after @Allen comment). The biggest test will be this coming week - with lows in the teens. A little bit of freezing rain still in the forecast tonight. featured plants include a beautiful Magnolia by our home, some small Sabals, Agave ovatifolia, Illicium, Eucalyptus, trachys, and a Agave bracetosa

Beautiful palm Tim. Tried twice to grow this species, failed both times. Perhaps just too cool for it in winter (SE Queensland)

Growers typically use a good number of seeds to get that effect with young plants. They don't sucker at that small size generally. There are lots of problems with that quick-to-market technique, one of the main ones being that all those plants are spending their time competing with each other. Eventually most will die. Nothing can beat a Chrysalidocarpus lutescens planted at one seed per pot. Maybe two or three due to germination rate issues, but only one should be allowed to grow if a healthy adult is desired. In Sweden, where these aren't expected to live very long, a few per pot would make a nice effect but allow for healthier individuals...until they meet their maker.

Nice to see you posting again! I don't think that they start suckering until they get some height to them - I have one single that is probably 50 cm and hasn't started suckering yet. And yes, to get the multiple effect in the first photo they have planted multiple seeds in the pot. In the second photo there's probably 4 palms that have already suckered to account for the varying heights. I believe that the multiple seedlings would eventually thin out due to competition for nutrients and water. "Areca Palm" is a confusing common name since there's an entire genus of 36 Areca species.

Beautiful (when it's short lived)! I covered my Washingtonias last week since they just got put in the ground last spring. So no pictures. They will be uncovered again this week as temperatures get back up. The Sandia and Manzano mountains did there thing in protecting us from the brunt of the arctic blast once again!

You need to protect them. Too cold, too small and unestablished. There’s a good chance you’ll lose all of them.

Same here in Big D! Rough last couple days and it looks like almost 70 hours below freezing from what i calculate. Gawd knows how low it will go tonite if the skies clear as the whole region is compacted frozen sleet, snow. I guess the 2020s will go down as the icy epoch, will it continue into the 2030's? I covered and did the xmas lite addition thanks to all the peeps on here giving me the idea🤓 But, to my dismay, I was unable to find my old xmas lites in the attic or basement! Oh well, i think it will be more like the previous 5 winters- heavy leaf damage on Sabal bermudana and even Trachys but the minors and needle palms, minimal if any damage! Another cold wave next weekend but dry so far predicted, not that these forecasts have been worth a hill of beans😑

My latest forecast has improved. 23 tonight and 24 tomorrow. With the no freezing rain last night, I’m feeling a whole lot better. I expect everything to make it through ok. Spent some time protecting the Bismarckia today so it should be all good. What a nice surprise that they overestimated the cold and effects here. It’s still temps lower than our zone but not by much!

Pics from the ice overnight. Currently 25F. With some cold cold ahead.

I lost three of the fronds after I brought it in and I thought it was in trouble. Happily it was just usual seasonal die off. I have a new frond coming in nicely. I think I’ll get another good season in the summer.

Interesting small palm with some pretty cool stilt roots. You can tell by the leaves that it’s an Areca. From the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands. Tim