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Hello you guys, I'm moving across the country and I'm sadly getting rid of all my plants. Prices are negotiable. wholesale discounts available. Zamia furfuracea x spartea $5 ea Zamia standleyi $5 ea Zamia nesophila $25 ea Zamia Purpurea $30 ea Agave parryi var. huachucensis $2 Agave oteroi $2 Agave potatorum 'Dwarf' $2 Agave horrida subsp. horrida $2 Agave potatorum 'Verschaffeltii' $2 African violet Sunny salmon $5 African violet carolina elegant affair $5 African violet bob serbin $5 Begonia jubar $7 Begonia chloroneura $7 Sarracenia hybrid small seedling pot $3 Drosera capensis "alba" Drosera capensis "Red" Shipping priority $8 DM to inquire further or if you'd like to see any more pictures!

I feel like suckering palms are a great choice for borderline areas. Suckers will likely live on and you wont have to completely replant. Sucks to lose the tallies though.

Sabal etonia (Scrub Palmetto) seeds for sale in the Azores. Pico island. I have several dozen seeds still on the plant. Take a look at the photo.

I appreciate the offer but there's literally hundreds of seeds I could collect here. A local grower has a really cool planting of about a dozen mature decora in two rows about 6' from each other. Each pair lean into each other forming a really cool canopy. I'll have to take a photo of it next time I am there. 😊 In my garden I have 4 decora plus two mariae x decora and a rigida x decora! First pic is my largest decora and second is the mariae x decora I grew from seed. Note the red color from the mariae parent but unfortunately the color doesn't last into adulthood.

Another Dendrobium speciosum opening it's flowers. I moved this pot up under my patio cover during the rainy period 2 weeks ago to protect the flower buds.

Yes, that is the palm I was thinking of. There were two or three tall L. decora in that area before 2021 and if I'm remembering correctly this palm was in a more protected spot and the only survivor. Besides these the other Livistona along the Riverwalk are chinensis. They're not as tall since decora grow much faster. I didn't think of it before but my chinensis still has some ripe fruit on it so I took another photo of the fruits together to better show the difference - chinensis on the left with decora on the right.

This is the perfect palm for down here. They grow fine in unamended sand with no irrigation once established. They grow without fertilizer and look fine. They aren’t too big. They are so perfect that every house and parking lot here has at least 5 of them. A staple of mass production. Their constant seeding makes them fairly messy though, and they are as common as grass. The mess I have to constantly clean up from them overhanging from neighbors yards has made me dislike them. But I have to respect how well they do with no care.

Just some queens left to fend for themselves at the Port of Houston next to the cargo terminals (Bayport). Still growing despite neglect and a very cold winter 😊

A few more, here’s a close up of a frond I showed in the last post for growth comparison. then this one The visible trunk form a distance 😍

March 4, 2026 This was a very warm winter, constant heatwaves with temperatures in the 80’s. I only ever used the AC 3 times last summer and I used it with this last heat wave when it got to 90f. This big one shot out a new frond. It’s getting really wide. There was a night where it got to like 44f since I last posted and you might be able to see the bronzing on the older fronds if you look closely. This yellow one is looking really good I think. I have been pumping it full of fertilizer constantly…I think it responds to that. Ever since late January, the White fly for the most part stopped attacking this one. I think that means it’s very healthy because of all of the heat and fertilizer because white fly attack weak plants. I should probably plant it soon in ground. I just have no idea where such a big plant could fit. It might replace the inga in the front. This one has had constant issues with white flies. It’s not growing much but that is what it did last year too.

The return of the Queen palm in San Antonio. The outcome of this is clear. Won't see a bright future for those that made it through the last couple of winters. I decided to remove my Queen a few weeks back . Obviously it survived, no spear pull , just ugly brown all over. Bought it last year in hope it would push out a few fronds but unfortunately , that hasn't been the case. It slowly grew one long spear. So I thought I would remove it because there's no point at looking at something that doesn't even look nice. The Queens at the Riveralk seem to do well and grow quite fast after being in the ground for 2.5 years. I also took some pictures of a few Livistona Chinensis . Also new rows of Sabal Palmettos have been planted around downtown. Here's one of it. Best choice of palms in our area. Surprisingly the few Ravenea Rivularis have survived near the Riverwalk. Seems to be a great microclimate for a lot of exotics.

Encountered a bunch of big old-ish CIDP in Houston today that somehow have escaped lethal bronzing. MacGregor/Old Spanish Trail near UofH

lol tall butia are common around here . At least to me . I’ve passed these often the huge Spanish dagger next to them Is awesome.

Out and about Brazoria county last two weeks . I noticed east Pearland was a cold spot this freeze and nuked the queens / cidps . Down in Manvel / Alvin they all look great.Queen palmy yard Manvel freshly planted palmetpigmy’s Alvin HW6 new palms two big queens planted last summer here in Manvel both have 90% green fronds Fresno / Arcola HW6

Here’s a better photo to illustrate the watering bulbs. You can control watering speed by plugging the bottom of the tube with sphagnum. This helps the water slowly absorb into the medium rather than spilling down your wall.

I can relate to that having a challenge, my humidity rarely drops below 60 percent. It is possible to relate a microclimate but as you say your humidity is not on your side, plus the cost of setting up such an artificial environment and then the ongoing costs of keeping that environment. It might be time for a large greenhouse if you have the room and install an irrigation system. Iam up against the cold in my garden, but 2 degrees Celsius I can live with. Richard

A few more from Pearland. Everything palmwise survived. The Queens fronds look great for 22-24°F. Bismarckia nobilis Medemia argun Butia , Copernicia alba, and Livistona nitida Phoenix theophrastii ‘Golkoy’ Copernicia alba #2 Butia x Parajubaea var. torallyi Mule palm Livistona decora Ravenea rivularis and King palm Queen, seed supposedly sourced from a hardy parent. Beaucarnea recurvata starting to form a thick caudex Acrocomia, possible totai Sabal uresana Beccariophoenix alfredii

After freezing rain and a low of about 20F, my butia spear pulled about three weeks after the deep freeze. I am disappointed it took so long to show any damage because I think it was pretty bad by the time I noticed it. After a couple of weeks of treating it for fungus, I still didn't see any new growth. So, last weekend I trunk cut it. I cut it really low and it still didn't look like it had any live tissue. I dug it out because I figured it was dead, and I didn't want to sacrifice its prime spot near my pool for a wonky-looking stump for the amount of time it would take to look good if it did grow back. I put it in a pot just in case I was wrong about it being dead though. Sure enough, a week later it is clearly growing: I have already planted my 5 to 7 gallon sized mule palm in its place. It will need more protection, but perhaps it will establish faster: All of this trouble with my butia is really frustrating since there are several butias within a mile of my home that look completely untouched. Mine had been in the ground more than 18 months, and it was finishing its second winter in the ground. So, it was apparently still too new to shake off freezing rain.

I thought this was a good lineup to show the differences. From left to right - theophrastii, dactylifera and sylvestris. I got within two feet of the Theo and it stuck me. They are vicious

Dictyosperma album var. conjugatum aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Can barely tell we had a freeze.

Currently 87-88 degrees in Uptown Houston. Feels like a real scorcher. Rooftop pools and palms sound pretty enticing right now

I would like to thank you for telling me this. They had 2 large ones that are now in my backyard! I’d be 8 years behind right now trying them from seed without your post. Here are some pictures. The leaves look a little small and puny. Do these normally have bigger leaves? I’m guessing it saw very cold temps this winter and possibly recovering from that. They said it was not brought inside for the freeze. IMG_1944.HEIC