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Borassus flabellifer were looking good at sunup this morning...

And even has some cool tolerance for growing in refrigerator zones!

Rain in any amount is welcome when you grow palms! Richard

I finally got around to building (assembling a kit) a small greenhouse for my seedlings. I had so many taking up space between other palms in the garden and also dominating my work bench. I really don’t have much room around the house so it had to be very compact. It took me about a day and a half to put together , including a 4x4 wooden skid to give it height . I finished it today and quickly put all of my babies in there to enjoy the nice , warm environment. I have a few varieties now and more sprouting so it was time for a dedicated space. Harry It is squeezed between two large Syagrus R with enough room for my ladders. A nice vent to keep it from getting too hot . The wet pea gravel will hopefully raise the humidity a bit . I just opened the vent more to allow it to cool down and circulate the air. I plan on adding a solar powered fan at some point. These are very reasonably priced but take a lot of assembly time. There are many sizes to choose from . I chose the 4’ x 6’ . Harry

Hedyscepe canterburyana dropped an old frond and the freshly exposed crownshaft is looking great!

Thanks again Leonel Mera for showing me these palm trees! Click here for complete album

I've been over to Indonesia a few times in the last couple of years. Always interesting to see the sights...beaches, rainforest, volcanoes and all the local culture etc...so very different to home in Darwin! Suprisingly not as hot as I thought it would be. But all that volcanic soil, good rainfall and tropical temps makes for a very lush landscape...Have seen quite a few native palm species growing in natural habitat, plus the milions of coconut palms everywhre (although the Rhino Beetle is doing a fair bit of damage unfortunately) Fortunately it is only a two and a half hour flight to Bali from Darwin, and reasonably priced. Internal fights are super cheap. Over the top of Kilingking beach So many volcanoes on the flights from Darwin to Bali and from Bali to Java Rural life Plenty of bamboo forests Rural villages everywhere in Java Pinanga javana Caryota rumphiana Calamus sp Corypha utan Areca catechu Caryota rumphiana Plenty more if you'd like to see...

Red Latania

Good ole Chinensis. They look small in the pics, but they aren’t that small. Maybe 10+ foot of trunk and double that to the tops. They were planted long before I ever lived here.

Someone certainly loved palms and went all out with a hedge of engleri. A local suburban house in my hometown, they went for privacy and certainly got it with this lot of palms. So engleri will make a great hedge over time. They even threw in a Bismarckia for good measure.

Another great little chamaedorea for the understory the genoformis. Easy to grow like most chamaedorea varieties. Easy to propagate and very predictable growth patterns making for an excellent palm wherever you can find a spot in the garden. Excellent container palm for the patio or indoors for a couple of months. A great palm all round palm for any collection.

A nice wet winter day with the sun coming out in the afternoon.

I will say a bit of a lean, possibly wind has pushed it over, but I don’t see any signs of it curving back up after time. As johhypalmseed has asked how long has it been leaning for.

The great thing about the engleri is the cold tolerance making them a good choice for those colder climates. Beating the lutescens hands down for cool tolerance and maintenance, even when the stems die you hardly notice them. If you were prepared to do a bit of height adjustments they would take removal of stems that are to tall well. They are still quite rare in my area, the landscaper who done the work for that hedge knew what he was after (or the home owner) I have seen two other gardens in town with exotic similar palms, so there must have been a landscaping company some years ago that was into palms. Or just good knowledgeable gardening people. But most certainly a good example of the use of palms for landscaping and in this case the engleri!

I was going to introduce myself and find out the story behind obviously another palm nut. But a great looking hedge if i do say so! Richard

I picked a few seeds off the ground underneath a Syagrus coronata at Leu Gardens in Orlando, FL sometime in the very early 2000s when my folks lived in Oviedo, FL. A couple of them germinated, and I planted one in my parent's yard and gave one to a friend in Winter Park nearby. I knew it was still alive and doing well, because she is still a friend and we communicate a few times per year, but I had never been back to see it since it was very small. Well...she sent me some pictures and asked if I wanted seeds, ans I said YES! I couldn't believe how large and vigorous this Syagrus coronata was! So I cleaned the seeds that she brought up to me, and sold them on this site. A few weeks later, I went down there to see it in person and collect an inflorescence for pollen (I was going to try and cross it with a neat Butia in Gainesville with a spiraling pattern on the leaf bases also). To my horror a few days later, after letting the flowers dry out after heating them, not a single one of them had any pollen. Then, a buyer of the seeds messaged me and said that the seeds had no embryo, and not even any endosperm. Yikes. So it turns out that this palm is actually a hybrid, and a sterile one at that. But with what, exactly? Possibilities include x costae, romanzoffiana and Butiagrus, which were nearby at Leu at the time. It hasn't ever received any appreciable cold damage, and obviously survived 2010 (I don't know what kind of damage it had during that event, and the owner can't remember either). It's really quite a massive and beautiful palm. The inflorescence weighed a good 60 pounds freshly cut.

Now in their third summer from 4” containers, the Burretiokentia kogiensis, and B. dumasii, and second summer B. vieillardii have proven to be winners in my Northern CA garden. Partial shade and lots of water seem to be the trick not to mention good soil. I had imagined much slower growth with these but they’ve sailed along. Not pictured are my two B. hapala. Would love to see examples in other members gardens! Burretiokentia vieillardii B. kogiensis B. dumasii

The utilis a garden favourite of mine, this one is around 26 years old, endured many a dry spell and heat along with seeing temperatures around 2 degrees celcius. It’s proven itself in my garden as a nice exotic palm that’s super tough. Catch them at the right time and they have a glorious colour to their new leaf. There aren’t many palms that split their trunk dichotomous is the word I think. A lovely palm with a few strange traits.

Getting a bit of trunk these days, looking good today. Tim

They look great Jim! I’m learning that these don’t have high heat requirements. I killed a B vieillardii decades ago before I really knew what I was doing and just assumed at the time that they weren’t suitable for my climate. More recently I’ve grown B hapala and B koghiensis without issue so probably should give B vieillardii another go. I haven’t yet got my hands on B dumasii or B grandiflora. B hapala (I need to take an updated photo, this is a bit old)

I started out with two little greenhouses and a small hothouse, the addiction grew along with more greenhouses, the pictures below are where it all started. Soon you will be building another one. It’s a great hobby that’s for sure and your setup is perfect! Richard

After a few years of only receiving small amounts of Pelago mesocarpa seeds, (and sprouting them to sell as seedlings), I’m happy to have received a large amount of fresh seeds this morning. $6 each (minimum 5 seeds). Plus shipping. Beachpalms@cfl.rr.comZelle or PayPal(only if No Fees on my end), Checks or Cash.

Im so excited about this roebelenii hybrid I found. What do u think its mixed with?

A nice example of variegation, and the usual Chambeyronia for a touch of red!

At least there’s plenty of soil moisture in winter!

The garden is loving the cool temperatures, summer is nice, but the change in season brings a different perspective for the garden.

They love there water, as suggested above. Your little palm has been on the dry side of life. In habitat they thrive in wet gullies creek beds, almost cool temperate conditions in dark shaded areas. They break through the canopy and take all the sun they can get, while there root system is in dark forest wet conditions. They dislike drying out.

The Chambeyronias throughout the garden are pushing new leaves, a welcome bit of winter colour!

I seem to be having better luck with Jubaea now. Crossing fingers.

Pitaya bud🤩

First flowers on our indoor Rhapis multifida

This spring my Butia yatay has a big crop of seeds developing on more than one blooming spike. The squirrels will be interested!😉

Nice new leaf on the chelyocarpus in winter!

Even sometimes called the Areca lutescens!

The correct name is Chrysalidiocarpus Lutescens. Harry

Jacobinia carnea

A bit of colour with a Chambeyronia and a couple of chamaedorea flowers!

A nice old Livistona Australis flowering.

Bismarckia nobilis winter colour.

A nice chamaedorea elegans, one you don’t see much off around these pages!

Chamaedorea metallica inflorescence looking colorful today. Tim

A nice dypsis prestonia showing some good colours. And the next generation of seedlings coming behind.

Variegated rhapis, and a nice little dypsis lantzeana!

Wallichia disticha leaf.

Small queen palm showing some nice colour.

There are several areas where tropical and subtropical palms are planted in this area. Boasting a shoreline that transitions to steep hills on all sides with a variety of microclimate conditions. This thread begins with the survivors of the 2026 February Freeze, but many of the palms were previously posted in the Remarkable Palms of Tampa Bay thread. The coldest parts of the lake in the lowest spots near the north shore recorded 21oF; a tie with December 1989. The mild side of the Lake near the Country Club recorded numbers at or near 24oF. This first set of photos is from the Boat Ramp near the country club and a short walk down the hill from Common Ground. Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos - in recovery mode Coccothrinax crinita - Recovery and flowering both in progress Zombia antillarum - surprisingly little damage and still flowering Thrinax radiata - lost some foliage but does not look bad at all Allagoptera caudescens - no serious setbacks, perhaps due to being low to the ground for this one. Unfortunately, the Chambeyronia macrocarpa and Carpoxylon macrospermum at this location succumbed to the cold. An Archontophoenix cunninghamiana is 50/50 on recovery as it is pushing green, but not out of the woods. The Beccariophoenix alfredii is OK, but a lot of wind desiccation. My picture didn't come out that well, so I'll post a photo once I get a better one.

With any palm collection exposed to 24o, there are winners and losers. A small update on this municipal palm collection after the historic cold. For the many folks who have taken an interest in Saribus rotundifolius, this is likely the parent of your seedlings. Has survived the freezes in 2008, 2010, 2018, 2022, and now 2026. An incredible track record of recovering from mid-20s for a palm previously thought unable to survive temperatures below high-20s F. There was a second at this location that perished sometime between 2011 and 2017. It initially looked like this one might be too much for it, but it is pushing green growth quickly now that it has received some rainfall. Another one that keeps taking punches and staying on its feet, Dictyosperma album 'conjugatum'. This Coccothrinax crinita is shrugging off some crown rot at current, but looks like it will survive. Buddha Belly Bamboo will come back from the ground. This probably is not a surprise. A surprise for reasons other than cold tolerance, probably the nicest Brahea armata in the region. There are more to come as recovery becomes more evident and others finally succumb or overcome.

I planted these Veitchia joannis as small 4" pots last year and they are rockets in our cool montane tropical conditions growing next to our coast redwood trees.

Got a couple hundred of them in tubes, they seem quite tough and easy to grow so far, already taking 5 degrees celcius this winter. No special protection just sitting outside. And showing good mottling at a young age!