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Nothing prettier than fronds moving in the breeze! 35 mpg sustained winds would be considered very high here too but are pretty “gentle” compared to Hurricane/Cyclone winds!

I planted an areca hedge in the fall. It's all under canopy and received very little damage. They are maybe 5 to 7ft tall each one has a few damaged fronds but you can't even tell looking at it. I saw 13 nights below freezingbthis winter 26 and 24 on the bad nights. Out in the open I have another areca and it is pretty much gone. I have another inde canopy talents just 2 cane's about 12 to 14ft tall almost untouched and then another clump tahts about 10ft tall by my lanai that got burnt on the fronds higher and away from lanai I guess my point is canopy seemed to help wind or no wind to some degree. They where getting the full brunt of the wind to

Calyptrocalyx hollrungii!

Either that or someone has been eating too many chocolates! Wanted seeds those one Jim!

Same with me i'm in the deep country of the Appalachians here in Pennsylvania so I don't have to worry about any of that stuff and I would love to open up a small nursery on our land

@DoomsDave, here’s my Bloodleaf growing like wild behind my Bentinkia. Prune them regularly so they don’t get stringy. Full sun, regular watering. -dale

Hello everyone I was looking on facebook and I found this post of a "Naturalized" Or possibly natives sabal minor in Sandbridge VA And I would love to hear everyone's opinion on this. The creator of the post didn't really give a clear description of where it was. In my opinion I believe this could be remnants from a old population in the Great Dismal Swamp or the Back Bay Area Or even just naturalize from a specimen on monkey island NC. Please let me know your thoughts on this I was looking in the comments but everyone was just arguing about climate change LOL. I'll post the Facebook link on here I'll also post a video of it if anyone doesn't have Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19xGTRLt4c/ 2026-02-11 22-40-16.mkv

The bulging crownshaft on this almost twenty year old Chrysalidocarpus decipiens makes me think there’s something good lurking underneath it. Could it be about to produce an inflorescence? Will have to wait ‘til the attached frond dies and falls off.

Johnny Cash palms. I like that, Dave!

Backyard Queen is by far the tallest. Hard to put an estimate on height. Attached are pics from the snow we got this January. They were not damaged by the snow to amount to much, temperature only got to 31F during that event. January 2025 on the other hand, they were both wrapped with the lights/sheets/plastic method, but only the trunks. They were defoliated just as bad at 12F as they were this winter at 20F.

This sounds awfully familiar 😂 I still can't believe I started with the idea of overwintering literally a handful of plants. Thankfully I don't have an HOA to worry about. My closest neighbors are 1/4 mile away, I've got a lot of land to play with out here and we're so deep in the country they have to pipe in sunshine. I think the cats would shred a greenhouse or a shadehouse unless I used the panels. I've got a plan, I know what'll sell locally and I know what'll go on Etsy or whatever. If I have a good summer and get good news from SSDI I want to start growing from tissue culture - Plants Without Borders has some rad stuff but shipping comes from China and Hong Kong, and they've got a $450 minimum order. And the plants are dirt cheap for the most part - the good news is the $140 shipping is part of that $450 and it covers phyto, customs, all that jazz. It's where most of the sellers on Palmstreet seem to order from.

I also like the growing of filifera seedlings in a community pot or 4"pot with "cactus" soil. I am joking...... Maybe this 5.5 month old pure filifera seedling grown in "neutral soil" deep liner, would be "different " in a 4" pot.

Whoa @Jim in Los Altos that’s freaky! Maybe call them Johnny Cash Palms?

And I would like to add another little tidbit. The use of fertilizer by many. That fertilizer is most often itself buffered. Leaning away from alkalinity. If you can grow azalea, gardenia, and such in your soil, I do not believe filifera will be happy.

I am not in the league of 1000's of seedlings, but up there. Close. What I can say is many traits of filifera/robusta can be turned off/on with soil acidity/alkalinity. It is readily apparent in Maui where filifera have naturalized in alkaline areas and morphed into something not filifera with known soil differences I have proven the same thing in my backyard. Suffice to say I can turn off/on red petiole streaking on trunking and seedling filifera with the use of highly acidic fish emulsion. On and off. When you realize filifera have been in cultivation for only half of of it's lifespan(250 years), we may not know really much about it's true characteristics. I believe people confuse wet/dry and overlook soil ph. Never once "heard" anyone try to grow one with the use of baking soda...........never! But they sure try to grow this swamp and water pumper in "dry" desert conditions. But they are not found in the open desert. If filifera grew in the open desert, they would be all over like prickly pear, creosote, mesquite. They grow in highly alkaline swamps found in the desert. I've reported my findings on this forum before with little interest Here is a 5 month old seedling grown from seed from a filifera palm preserve. In acidic soil. Nuttin but red..... Maybe even some "stretching" at the base

For New Smyrna Beach: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/91381-new-smyrna-beach-coconut-and-other-exotics/?&page=2#comments

Picture or 2?

Looking to buy Medemia argun seeds, PM me if you selling. Thank you

Thanks @Jimbean for sharing pictures of the aftermath. It’s about how I expected, bad but it doesn’t look like a total wipeout. This makes me think it may have been another reset year for tropicals in Volusia County. If it was a close call in coastal Brevard, I hate to think of what all the coconuts look like in New Smyrna Beach, Ponce Inlet, DB Shores, etc.

Would Becarriophoenix fit in that small space he has?

How tall are they? How did they do during Jan 2025 snow?

Why not plant an Acrocomia?

Chamaerhops Humilis cerifera in Dallas zone 8a in 2005 and in 2026. Never protected

Why don't you consider replacing the Cocos with a Becarriophoenix alfredi? When well cared for, they can look like a Cocos on steroids. Mine, here in the Orlando area, is getting very large. And, we bottomed out around 27F. While other really tropical things look like they were attacked with a blow torch, the B. alfredi laughed at those temperatures and continues to look fantastic. Even in your Jacksonville location, the times you would even need to think about protecting it would be far less than the Cocos you have now. Just a thought...

All participants received an amazing electronic brochure today 12 pages long full of information and links which is something new for this Biennial. Not sure if I can get it on PT, but above you can see the opening page. Perhaps the detailed itinerary with links can be posted one day at a time on the topic which will document the trip on PalmTalk.