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I have about 200 Teddybear Palms for sale. Grown in square pots. 25 pots to a flat. Plant height ranges from 8-12 inches tall. I want to sell these in bulk, local pickup from Fort Myers, FL only. Or, delivery for $25 Lee and Collier, $50 Charlotte De Soto Sarasota, $100 Manatee Hardee Hillsborough Broward. 25 for $6.00ea = $150 total 50 for $4.00ea = $200 total 100 for $3.00ea = $300 total I accept Credit Cards, Paypal, Venmo, and bank wire. These palms were grown from seed off my own tree. Moderately-fast growing, partial sun. Zone 9b. PM me if interested. NO QUANTITIES LESS THAN 25 Thanks. IMG_1232.HEIC IMG_1232.HEIC

A couple of trays of some albofarinosa, imported seed from rps onther great batch of seedlings. Easy to germinate and grow a few of these will make it around the garden in time.

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I may have found the holy grail of greater Houston area majesty palms today in Pearland … huge 12’+ palm I’ve marked the location and will ask the owner more about it tomorrow!

Another runt Joey got dug and in went a nice big healthy plant. Just not going to wait for the runt joey when I have bigger healthier ones. Giveing my joeys a good healthy start will be the key to growing them in the subtropical climate. As most of us know runt palms can take forever to get a move on when planted and sometimes never really achieving anything in a lot of years. I just don’t have that sort of establishement time especially with a slow growing Joey palm. The second picture is the runt and the replacement Joey a much better choice of palm. If a palm is sick in my garden now unless it’s the only one I have I will transfer it and plant a much healthier palm. And with such good palm real estate available it’s going to the healthiest highest bidder.

Two years ago I got this Cycad from a botanic garden here in Holland. They wanted to get rid of it just because it is a hybrid! When they asked me if I was interested, my answer was a loud and clear YES! Cycads this (relatively) big are hard to get overhere, so I couldn't care less that it is a hybrid. I was told that it is a hybrid from Encephalartos villosus and natalensis from the old botanic garden in Leiden. Before I got it, it already made a tour along several botanic gardens in Holland where the scientists didn't want it. A sign that came with the plant read: HYBRID - DISCARD. I am very happy with this Cycad!

I planted this coconut just under 2 years ago February of 2023. It already had bad freeze damage from the nursery because it went through 3 nights around 28degrees. Last winter our coldest night was 35 with no frost. So far this year we have had many many nights below 40. We had 1 night at 35 with very bad frost. We had to use scrapers on our windshields. Anyway I am located inland hudson, FL. Many big nice fruiting coconuts a few miles from me in part richey and hudson beach. I have burn barrels i plan to use around it when we get below freezing. I also ran heat tape in a spiral outwards around trunk under the mulch. The heat tape has kept the soil about 5 deg warmer than my other coconuts that have 0 protection. Anyway pictures of it and how it has 0 new damage from this years frost. It has also flowered and currently has coconuts.

Try this...don't know if it will work but if you can equalise the forces at the top and bottom of the ladder, it should pull hard against the ground and tree. Tie the strap on the at the top before you put the ladder up, then adjust the lower position till it feels stable. You could then tie another strap around the crown.

I've been following this as well Dave, good news is rare on the ground these days, unfortunately. A similar success story has occurred on Macquarie Island, south of Tasmania...Macquarie Island Rabbits 10 years on and going strong.

Dig up that Phoenix and pot it, pronto. Otherwise, muerte.

Everything looks jammed up while waiting for the palms to stretch…

@miamicuse, I just tested this out as per sketch above, on a ladder against a column on my shed...it worked far better than I'd hoped. Proof of concept - give it a go but be careful please!

Very few arctostaphylos can take summer water. A glauca is VERY difficult to grow in garden settings even here in CA. They absolutely resent summer water and will die from root rot if watered. All it takes is an accidental watering and even old plants will suddenly die. Dr Hurd is a garden hybrid that does take summer water and seems to tolerate it as long as the soil drains well. There is a hybrid of Artostaphylos viscida and Howard McMinn called "Little Sandy" which tolerates summer water - likely due to it's Howard McMinn parentage. Its other parent (viscida) has zero tolerance to summer water. Unfortunately, the nursery that discovered and propagated this hybrid is no longer open and I don't think Little Sandy is widely distributed, even among California native plant nurseries. Here are some pics of mine. It's a very slow grower. Keep in mind, viscida grows wild about 10 miles east of my house, and this hybrid was discovered some 20 miles from my place. So this is as ideal as it gets in terms of habitat, and yet it grows very slowly. This plant is about 10 years old.

Sorry, I don't think they are, unfortunately. Parajubaeas have remote germination, and three very distinct 'eyes', which I can't make out in your pics. The radicle should appear out of an eye, then the eophyll emerges from below soil level. There should not be a shoot from any other part of the seed. Photo below from the net shows this very clearly.

Common denominator seems to be the super thick trunk phenotype

The first palm to get planted in the new bit of landscaping is a lucky sallehana var incisifolia. Surviving two winters in the greenhouse and I also have another two in the garden so they will live in my climate just slow growing. Another five year# and this little palm should be a nice feature plant.

I would work in some good top soil into the surface of the existing dirt where the watering circle is and top with wood chips , keep the soil wet! These are water lovers. You may lose that one trunk . The big box stores buy palms from the cheapest vendors they can find so set back is expected and it can take a full year for them to come around , especially if planted in full sun. A lot of growers grow their palms under shade cloth so they aren’t hardened off. The good news is that shorter days and lower aspect of sun will benefit the palms . Harry

i love that discard sign. lol ... i know in the cycad world there are elitist but it makes sense in a botanical garden to remove hybrids. discarding doesnt seem to be a protocol i would think a botanical garden would embrace because at the end of the day, all plants are unique because of their un-uniqueness. in any case, i am glad you were able to save it ...

Today I am reminded that it’s always tough to photograph Caryota…

HI, any updates?

Now that data from the site i mentioned is back up, here's some of the data ( thru DEC 6th ) i'd mentioned. *** Should mention that the GEFS re-forecast product of the last chart does up the %'age possibility for weakening around the start of Jan ..but not by too much / not for long.. *** *** Again, the data on Tomer's site hasn't been updated since the 6th, so these charts may be a little out of step w/ current time data *** ..Maybe they don't update thru the weekends? 🤔 Regardless, ECMWF Weeklys do, .. I'll check later to be sure, but Think data from the " Wx is Cool " site does also ( for the GEFS ) Also found the plot from winter 2020 - 2021 i'd mentioned. Note the big difference between it and the current time frame.. Circled ( orange ) when the drop towards the SSW / Weakening started that winter, and the rough. timeframe " Palmageddon" occurred.. ( circled Red ) Purple = the current - year forecast time frame ( GEFS and ECMWF thoughts )... Interesting article from Jan 7th, 2021 regarding the start of that event: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stratospheric-warming-winter-weather-coming/ As Judah Cohen himself ( Posts the weekly check- in thoughts on the Arctic / PV over on the AER website each Wednesday -this time of year at least- ) has mentioned many times, and mentions in the article, typically, there is a 2 - 3 or 4?? week lag time between when a serious weakening / legit SSW occurs, and when the effects are felt at the surface, -where ever- the worst of that event lands ( at the surface ). ..So if ..big if, -for the moment at least- we start seeing a big de- acceleration of the 10hPa winds as we head into / thru next month, there should be some time to start preparing -if need be.. For now, ..and strictly my own thought on it, Forecaster scaring / stressing anyone listening to him / them ..whatever.. might be onto something ..IE, TX / South experiences a passing cold spell with maybe a little more bite than normal if or when the PV decides to stretch a little ( ..but not break ) at times between now and the start of March.. If he's thinking a 2021 repeat might luck somewhere ..out there? ..i think he's stretching the truth just a bit for clicks ..For the moment at least. Weather being weather, forecasts / forecast thoughts can change on a dime ..so, maybe he'll win whatever he's placing a bet on, Or maybe he'll loose, badly.. ...Or, maybe i don't have a frikkin' clue, lol... I myself wouldn't be all that worried, just keeping an eye on things.. A few other random winters to compare / pull any interesting, " could be useful " data from, just for fun.. 2009 -10: ** Last big FL. Freeze ** 2010-11: 2017-18: 2022-23:

As mentioned, while it is true that things could change, ( Able to perfectly forecast the weather, feel free to direct me to the store that will hand me my deserved pair of $5,000,000 lottery tickets please ) That last part of this guy's statement is the kicker.. inject story about possible doom, then present an intentionally vague end of statement thought that the suggested " doom " is ..uncertain. ...." Uncertain " = The big scary word some people will get obsessively hung up on / fret over for ............................................. Unless you do your own detective work. " Accu " ( ) weather is running a similar " scare up anxiety " story about the ol' PV today.. Gotta do something for ratings from the flock i guess 🤣

Doubt there will be much ground frost at all, the forecast is calling for pretty steady wind into the night. Not looking to be one of those dead calm super cooling frost events. Local NWS didn't even post any frost watches or warnings.

I grew many Manzanitas back in Oregon, no proper garden would be without. Heat + water = death (Phytophora), so I'm not sure many would do well there. Small plants are relatively cheap, so it may still be worth a try. Cistus and One Green World both do mail order and carry a substantial number of species and varieties. If I were to recommend one to try it would be "Howard McMinn". This one is more tolerant of watering and can be in a non xeric garden. I grew it and it received water often in summer with no ill effects. One of the nicest looking is A. silvicola "ghostly", very silver.

Good going . I like the way you think , with a huge selection at your disposal , why not ! Harry

It’s kinda funny that he thinks just because it’s not showing damage, it’s gonna make it to April 😂

Last year we hit the same temp as we have so far this year and there was a lot of damage that was with some protection. The palm then was a little less than 1 year in the ground. Im sure it being much more established and super healthy has helped it this year.

This one is a real nail biter...will Houston hold on to zone 11 into 2025? (lol)

Thank you for the info! Mine doesn’t seem as yellow now, it has greened up a bit

To many good palms and not enough real estate, a bit more landscaping will solve that problem. Richard

@TropicsEnjoyerWater and laurel oaks are not great wood for much other than burning in a fireplace, and there are very few mills here for them, so they usualy get burned or made into wood chips for mulch. They are better in mass groups and grow that way in nature, and should not be used near homes and given space to spread and get large. In that situation they break easily; i have one on the edge of the forest i own, and it breaks some with every front or storm as well as being fast growing (its cousins in the group do not have breakage). Most fast growing trees are brittle and predisposed to issues here, and once you add in hurricanes and a home its a big risk. While unfortunate it is understandable. My job is to review these trees for my municipality when permits are applied for, and we do not recommend them as replacements or new plantings either. Live oak is a different story, as long as they are cared for, and my sucession plan for my forest includes them instead. People confuse them frequently and find out the hard way all to often here, as @Merlyn can probably attest to. Thats another reason we do not allow them in new developments- i don't like the idea of costing the future owners a lot of money on a removal in 40 years when a better tree is cherished instead, and the powers that be agreed thankfully. Im going to carefully use mine as frost protection, but i have the space to do that when many do not. You dont have any more left to deal with do you?

Reviving this ancient thread: The private palm collection started by the pilot is again going to be open for tours and is a luxury venue and vacation rental. https://palmgardennevis.com/ It is an impressive website and the palms on site are very thorough documented. @Jon Stolson I just sent you a message. Looking for anyone else on Nevis?

Bought it yesterday and here it is repotted and with a (presumptive) label in a messy area where it will await planting. Should it show itself later to be a hybrid or another species I will just reprint the label for about 25 cents of tape.

with Benny

Hi Paul, I have both species for sale and both are from northern, inland populations. Send me a DM. Frank

I would dig it up and pot it for protection through winter. I have dug and moved several large and small Pygmy palms . Just keep it above 40f with mostly shade . Harry

For those curious about the root structure,this appears to be a VERY deep rooted species. Habitat is almost desert like,so it makes sense. Roots would mainly go straight down in search of water, without much side rooting. Looks like they should have been grown in deep stuewe or citrus pots instead of standard 1 gallons,but who knew...?🤷‍♂️ aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Instant gratification! Here is a Chatham Island R. salida 8' or 9' tall from the top of the container (15 gal). $225

They don’t get any bigger than that, incredible palm. Truly from when dinosaurs roamed.

Bactris militaris is looking good

I am no where near your quantities, but almost all my palm come from imported seeds, since not much available here. Definitely worth it, and good success too. The only genus with which I’ve had many faillures was Copernicia. They germinate and then rot. Here is my shade house Now the question is, where am I going to plant 3 corypha utan 😅

Here are 2 that I love looking good this morning

Orania trispatha emerging out of the jungle. Tim

Today it caught my oi that this Pinanga remains a bit unhappy with its site conditions…

It snowed in Hawaii earlier this week if that's any consolation.

Recently trimmed up Cyrtostachys Renda, when cleaned up like this the colors pop even more. I still pinch myself that I am growing these in my own garden in Hawaii!

A bit late to this but here is my Sabal Minor in The Newark, NJ area planted in Spring 2022 that has never been protected.

We have a large selection of sun grown Sapidas ready for the ground. Most are over sized 3 gallon that look like they should be in 15gallon. Local pickup only, thanks.