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Seems that I've collected quite a few interesting Syagrus (and butia) in the past couple of years. Here's a lineup of most of them this morning. Back row L to R: syagrus vagans, butia diamantina, syagrus guaratingensis, syagrus microphylla Middle row L to R : either picrophylla or oleracea from @DoomsDave , syagrus picrophylla, syagrus santosii, Bottom row L to R Butia archeri and a variegated butia odorata. A chance seedling.

The cascade palm, an old favourite that has been around for some time now. A fantastic ornamental palm, perfect for a small hedge or a nice fill in for a corner or anywhere in the understory. Makes a great patio container palm, has somewhat of a cool tolerance. A landscapers dream Paolo that’s as tough as nails. A great all round chamaedorea that’s ver forgiving to a growers blunder or two!

Chambeyronia are very nice palms though, depending how far inland you are. They tend to burn easily in full sun until they get large , and even then. Slower growing palm and would grow in that spot but not as vigorously , quite a bit more $$ than Archontophoenix. Harry

If these all grow up you will need to purchase the adjacent yard !

Congrats @Robert Cade Ross! What a great opportunity to grow some truly tropical palms. Florida seems to be a safer bet than even Deep South Texas. I wanted to move to Florida when I was younger but now I think I’ll stay where I’m at. I like Texas! Sure we’re all looking forward to your updates.

Yes! I had a pretty nice , heated greenhouse at my old house . I left it behind and there really isn’t much room up here for one like I had but I am looking at building a lean to style against the house just for my seedlings. I would spend some time in my greenhouse , just fussing about or sometimes sitting in my chair ( it was sauna like ) having a cuppa tea . I stole a saying from the late Jimmy Buffet, “ Mental Floss” . I do get anxious from time to time so I do a walk about the garden and it calms me to touch the palms and feel the cool energy coming from our garden. The only other thing that helps is cycling . Harry A path way to ease of mind………east side. Most of the area around our home is pretty much like this. By the time I circle the house , I am relaxed and tensions are relieved. Harry After an overnight rain squall it is even better! West side .

It is a no, no, no in my arid climate. It dies readily during local summer.

In this stage you should have been already able to observe a tiny seed.

A wonderful hobby, and plants will save your mental health that’s for sure.

A few seeds are setting on the lytocarum in garden. A fantastic palm that’s easy to grow. Super tough and very forgiving. I would say a bit slow growing to reach maturity in a subtropical climate. But once they get there they don’t look back. Very predictable and a great learning palm to grow, just put them in the shade as seedlings and away they grow.

It's great hobby for mental health 😊 I had one "laboratory" and had to let it go 4 years ago. Definitely will try to get one again 😁 🥂

They are self cleaning about 3 leaves a year, very neat and clean palm. You wouldn’t have to worry about seeds for about 25 to 30 years, if you purchased some in 200mm containers. They are a seed that’s bigger than the archontophoenix, and quite easy to clean up in comparison to archontophoenix. And two planted together would be fine. Plus the added bonus of the red leaf near your front door as you drive in your driveway, quite a sight in that open space. Reasonably priced and moderately paced growing not a rocket ship but given some cultivation and a bit of water you would have a nice feature palm, and even someone with not a lot of interest in plants would say wow look at that!

Hudson beach in northwest pasco seems to be an extremely warm micro climate...... not to far inland from this was in the mid teens this winter.

@OCKev welcome to Palmtalk! A couple of thoughts: I'd have them take away the grindings. Don't use them as mulch. Though it might be a small risk, ground up bits of the lower trunk and roots could be a magnet for fungus that could (maybe) infect the replacements. I'd also avoid the Queens for the mess. I chopped mine down partially for that, and partially because they become telephone poles in 4 or so years here. I havebavoided Royals for the giant BOOM of a heavy Royal frond. I grew several Kings herd, unfortunately they couldn't handle my frequent yearly freezes. The sap could be the result of aphids or scale insects on your current palms. That'll be a risk with any replacement too. A systemic insecticide can fix that part, but many of them are banned in CA. A big/tall palm might be more of a pain than a smaller one, just because the small ones wouldn't hang over the top of a car.

This Encephalartos Longifolious x Horridus was buried behind other 15 gals. so I dug it out and trimmed the older leaves off to make room for the new flush. The new leaves are very fuzzy due to the Longifolious influence.

Yep we can, it looks like white louse scale. Couple of approaches to help your palm. You could trim of the really badly affected leaves and spray it with an insecticide. Or you could spray the plant with an insecticide of your Choice. It looks like the palm is under an awning, to help prevent the problem a regular hose down will deter them to some affect.

Looks like a sclavoi to me too. Here's mine to compare. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Greetings a Cuban royal will not be the smallest palm in a number of years that’s for sure. A very easy and beautiful palm to maintain is the Chambeyronia macrocarpa. Another great palm the Howea fosteriana tough and obtainable. Or if you’re in the market for something super exotic and rare there are quite a few options. But that’s another topic. A Chambeyronia would be statement in that spot you have there.

Mine seed like crazy and the little seeds drop into the mulch and grow like grass below them. Much bigger then expected, they grew eight feet tall in a few years, when I initially expected them to be waist hight when I put them in.

I use a soapy water solution and paper towels to manually wipe scale from infected palms . I don’t get much scale in my garden so the soapy solution keeps the scale at bay. Mix up a bit of dish soap and warm water , wipe the scale off with a soapy paper towel ( the nice , thick , soft ones) and dispose of the paper towel . Then spray the plant with the same type of solution with a sprayer for a few days . The scale or other insects really don’t like soapy water but I’ve never had any of my plants object . Only use chemical sprays if the scale is not manageable or you lack the time to do it manually ……OR you have thousands of plants to attend to like @happypalms . Harry

Where are you? Germany?

Encephalartos Lanatus throwing a nice flush. I have had this plant well over 20 years.

It looks a lot like a shade grown Aechmea gamosepala...or hybrid of?

Some great ones there, Ernie’s are so rewarding to grow a lot of palm and tropical look quite fast. The Arenga hookeriana is more of a shade lover than open hedge type. And they like their water. As usual microclimate dictates a lot of palm choices for many gardeners. Richard

I have 2 left thank you

Yes sir will deliver again no problem

Rats rodents or mice or whatever you want to call them, they love chamaedoreas and rare palms that are exstinct in habitat. They are the scourge of the palm grower, number one enemy. And deservedly so, they have wiped out many a palm in their native habitat and in cultivation. They have fine dining habits up there with the kardashians, for exspensive rare and if you only have one palm of a certain variety they will find it and eat it if it’s in with 5000 other palms! I use three methods for removal of said rodents, the good old carpet python number one favourite that’s free and always on guard, two the ever environmentally friendly rat trap, and finally the good old kitty Kat that patrols the nursery ( who only passed a week ago after having had her fair share of rodents) bringing them indoors for you as a gift. Baits I don’t like to use due to the follow on affects and they also kill native mice. It’s a constant problem rodents when you grow palms especially on the scale I grow them.

Archontophoenix would be decades before they hit 50’ but they do eventually I guess. The trimming of the inflorescence is up to you and are at the base of the crown shaft, so easy to get to with a pole saw for the first several years. Mine took 15 years before they flowered and not every year so not near the nuisance of the Queens. If you really like Royal Palms , the Oleracae that @JohnStraz suggested has a smaller presence and the fronds won’t smash a car to bits . They are a bit sensitive to cold and it would probably harder to locate one . They are beautiful palms though and I love mine. Depending on your particular climate could do very well . Harry A much smaller base on this 15+ year old Oleracae.

Sounds like some of the old 'big box' standbys might be right up your alley. Pigmy date palms are available already planted in triples at any height you desire to start with at very reasonable prices. Mediterranean fan palm is another good choice, available in both blue or green colors. Neither species would grow over 10 ft high in the next 20 years. Here are my examples, both over 20 years in the ground. aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Mines looking a wee bit rough these days…

I agree with harry a cluster of three king palms would look amazing. If you’re close enough to the coast you can get away with Kentias.

As far as Joey palms , I think one would survive on the west side of my house that has a very nice canopy . I just think the hot , dry Santa Ana’s might kill it🫤. I would be willing to try though , gonna put in a Licuala , maybe a Joey if they have them , as soon as my friend gets back from Japan we are going in on a nice Floribunda order….YAY! Harry

The “sap” you have is the dust and debris that collects on the fronds . When moist air cleanses the fronds that dripping mess ends up on you car . It washes off easily (unlike sap from conifers) but can still be annoying. All my large palms do this. I would recommend the Archontophoenix palms ( King or Alexandrae) . The thing with Cuban Royals ( Roystonia Regia ) is that fronds fall on their own , which is great but when the palm gets bigger can be harmful to cars and humans. Queen Palms ( Syagrus Romanzoffiana) are messy and require trimming unless you enjoy sweeping up after it flowers, and that happens a lot. There are others as well , depending if you want slow or fast growth . My first choice for ease of growth would be Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana ( King Palm) , a pair of them would look very nice in that spot. They just want lots of water . They will burn a bit when first planted and may look a bit tattered at first but will settle in and look great within a year . They can be root sensitive so care must be taken when planting them . Also , they too will flower and eventually drop pea sized fruit , but not near like the Queen palms . The fronds are self cleaning , like other crown shaft palms , but don’t weigh 40+ lbs like a Royal. Welcome to the forum . That’s my two cents opinion and worth about what you paid for it! 😂Harry

Get two that’s what I did, one is not enough! 😂😂😂

A nice little female Zamia Fischeri cone.

When I first moved to Florida, I planted a Bismarckia in mid2010 and a sabal uresana in summer 2011. Uresanas are often mentioned as alternatives to bismarckia in 9a. These palms have stood next to each other over the years making for an easy growth comparison. Bismarckias are generally regarded as fast growers and uresanas are said to be slow. First, Bismarckia several months after planting a 5 gallon bought at a big box store. Everything but the spear had heavy mold spots so I kind of treated it as a rescue. It seems to have that purplish hue after winter that is often associalted with a whiter leaf. It adapted fast to sun after being tortured inside the box store with palms stacked in a pile around it. It put 5-6 new leaves out the first year. late july 2010 bismarckia then about a year later I planted a sabal uresana "icy blue" I bought from tejas tropicals in texas. It was a strap leafer and I put it in a pot. About 6 months later it was ready to go into the ground as the pot was root bound. A little over 2 years later in sept 2013 both had grown well. IN this pic the uresana looks a bit bigger than it was (relatively) since it was closer to the observer. It had turned darker with less "icy blue" color but was clearly not just a green sabal. The uresana was about 6' overall and the Bismarckia was closer to 10' in this pic At this point the bismarckia was trunking and growth was accelerating and here is the pic from june 2015. The uresana not trunking was putting more leaves for a bigger crown About 4 years later the uresana had lengthened it leaves and had gone into trunking mode. It went skyward chasing the bismarckia but still 6-7 feet over all behind the biz in height Last week I took another pic and noticed about a 10' gap even though the uresana had sped up and grown to about 25' tall. compared with 35' for the bismarckia I thought it was interesting that the growth burst of each happened at trunking, as we are often told by the literature. Yes even sabal uresana grows well after trunking. I also though it is interesting to note that Sabal Uresana has a wider crown, that was a surprise. I had always thought Bismarckia would be wider as it throws more shade but its a couple fee less in width of the crown. The Uresana crown is more open though, and it took a lot less damage than the Bismarckia in hurricane Milton(oct2024). Part of the lesser damage suffered by uresana could be due to less wind damage as there are higher wind velocities at height, but also part might be the Uresana having an open crown with smaller leaves that have less wind drag. I do think Uresanas will have more blue than mine in a drier hot climate. Bismarckias are very versatile, they don't need much fertilizer and mostly they are self shedding. Just keep them happy and the weevils wont come to dinner(I had a sick one attacked by weevils and killed). I treated the Uresana same as Bismarckia, limited fertilizer compared with my other palms The Uresana has persistent leaf bases which are still strongly attached near the ground. Since I do the trimming, I am happy that Uresana is a slower grower, as the Bismarckia is now too tall for me to trim from the ground. And the Bismarckia(female) is a mess, dropping 150-200 lbs of seed a year. I just got done raking up half a trash can full of Bismarckia fruits, and there is at least that much still hanging on the tree. Uresana has not fruited yet at 15 yrs. Sabals are notorious for liking heat to grow fast and they both had plenty of Florida heat. For those thinking about Sabal Uresana, its not Bismarckia fast but its more of a medium grower for me after trunking.

Some nice ones there. A couple of those require a sub tropical or tropical environment , as far as I know . The Chamaedorea Ernesti Augusti should be a staple in any shady , temperate garden . I can’t believe that I ignored them up until a couple years ago. They are much faster growing than I thought they would be. The Arenga , if that is a clumping species , can be a great barrier along a property line . They handle almost anything that nature throws at them , wind , sun , shade , rain , or short dry spells. They are also self maintaining like the Caryota Mitis , grow , flower , stem dies , new stems grow. Lovely selection there if you are in the right climate zone! Harry

A true gardener never stops planting plants. Iam planting palms I will never see fruit, never get a trunk and never see them mature in the years I have left. Iam leaving behind a future generation garden, someone on day will say whoever planted this garden must have had a vision! Here’s another trio worth planting!chamaedorea falcifera Pinanga rumphianareindhartia latisecta

Soaking up the morning light…

Here’s that coconut today. Slight bit of green showing in the center, so there is a chance.

Some exciting news I’m moving to Florida this Fall - Port Orange to be exact it’s Z10A so I have the chance to grow some cool palms much easier than Texas weather permits 😅😅😅. I’ve been busy selling some palms and digging up a few I want to bring along. Seed grown Alexandre dwarf and tall form Radicalis Purpurea

I think there’s already enough to tell it’s not a Cocoid. Looks like Nannorrhops.

Variegated lanonia dasyantha still growing true!

Pritchardia pacifica opening a new frond

New to me Everglades palm (Acoelorrhaphe wrightii). I might hold off until next year to plant it.

OK , now I have to put a new tag on my Pyroformis! It’s so small most folks miss it anyway! Harry It looks much smaller in the ground near our other large , overshadowing palms. So very slow at this age.

Here’s my sunkha out in front of my house; it’s about 25 feet (8 M) tall overall and about 14” across the base of the trunk. The Shoe is an American size 13 about 13” long.

I just took a picture of my Parajubaea sunkha ( think it is one) and my Parajubaea cocoides seedling. I love the colour of the petioles on the sunkha. It went unharmed through our last winter where I have had quite a lot of damage due to a three day very cold (-3 c) spell with black frost.

Good books are rare in my area but I always keep an eye out for them palms of the world book I do have the IPS used to have a good source of books but I have all the ones that they have for sale now with international postage costs it can become quite expensive now to import books before the internet I used to write letters to book companies to source many good books in regional areas ost good book stores have closed because of the internet

Ben, my tanga’s are finally producing viable seed which take, what seems forever, to ripen, I’ve been using the sphagnum moss baggie method which works well. The seed is so small it seems to be an easier way to keep track of them. They have grown well and have slowed down after initial growth. It’s nice that they aren’t large palms and maintain a manageable scale. They’re susceptible to scale, but regular care keeps things under control. They respond rather quickly to fertilizer, in fact more than just about all the palms in the garden. Impressive palms overall. Here are some recent photos. Tim