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Well, I'm moving and leaving my garden behind. The amount of work I put into this yard is amazing to look back on, but life happens and you know how that goes. There is a silver lining though, my new home is only a short distance away, but due to cold air drainage, I'm getting a nice boost in my climate zone. I'll be upgrading from a solid 9b to a high 10a / low 10b. I had to consider if it would be better to just leave my palms in place, to hopefully drive by and see them thriving one day, or to attempt the dreaded transplant... Well, I had the pleasure of hosting @Darold Petty last weekend and we talked about the true reality that the next owner is unlikely to know or care to take care of a rare palm tree in the landscape... And that the chance is always worth taking; dig it up. So today I was busy! Attached are pictures of my yard in it's prime and the palms I dug up today (Chrysalidocarpus Decipiens, Brahea Decumbens & Brahea Super Silver)

Here’s a double (formerly triple) in the front garden showing of some color.

Lets do a runway show of our cold hardy palms after this past winter. One at a time. I'll start! Sabal Bermudana!

Spindle palm starting to look Spindly!

C. Ambositrae, C. Mananjarensis C. Robusta Verschafeltii cyphophoenix alba, pigafetta behind lemurophoenix

Chrysalidocarpus Hankona Chrysalidocarpus Mijoroana a grove of Marojejya Darianii!!

These things get big! Just thought I'd share a pic. of my trio. No flowers yet. Show us yours.

Trachycarpus Fortunei

Areca catechu “alba” voaniola gerardii C. Hovomantsina dwarf Areca catechu, Chrysalidocarpus Ambositrae (on left) headless Caryota, pigafetta, Areca catechu dwarf

Thought I’d post an update on this palm, dropped a leaf sheath yesterday and is looking stellar and chunky. Grown quite a bit in four years. So many threads for this Betakaka/Blue decipiens, I thought I’d add it here instead of creating yet another new one. Tim

It' s sunny today after two weeks of cold and rain, so I ' ll take some new pictures of my C. decipiens after arriving home.

Cyphosperma naboutinense Chrysalidocarpus “metallic ovobontsira” Cyphophoenix alba with joeys cyphophoenix alba thanks for looking and special thanks to Bill for always opening up his garden to share!

pritchardia, Pinanga Caesia, Marojejya marojejya insignis Bismarckia with Bill on his lawnmower for scale! Carpoxylon Macrospermum carpoxylon with pigafetta towering behind them

Noticed a bunch of old leaf boots on my Cheesemanii yesterday and without any effort six pulled off to expose some rings of trunk! After further inspection, I noticed a definite purple hue to the crown!!! I may be reading into this too much but hopefully it continues. This plant is 4yrs from a 15G so it did get a good start but it’s grown very well. -dale

With around 400 plus mm of rainfall since the start of cyclone Alfred. You can literally see the new growth in the garden. You think your watering schedule is enough for good growth, then you get this amount of rainfall in about 4 days and you realise you’re not watering anywhere near enough. Although you can never beat Mother Nature it’s amazing to see this much rainfall in the garden and the affect it has on plants. The ground is saturated when I look at how dry my area can get then it transforms into a tropical jungle in the Amazon. The colours of the plants with light lime green to dark green is amazing.

Today, 18 members of Fous de Palmiers (French Palm Society) visited my Garden on their one week visit to SoFla. Two of them came all the way from the island of Réunion. I showed them my garden and plantings around my neighborhood, then we had lunch at iconic Cuban restaurant Versailles. We all had a great time and the weather was the best ever.

New Palms for the Spring Season We are ringing in the Spring season with a brand new price list, new palms for your nursery / garden, alongside our extensive list of rare and exotic species. First we have a restock of Kentiopsis piersoniorum (pictured above). This New Caledonian beauty adds a dramatic flair to any garden and is sought after, and Floribunda is one of the only places you can find it, available now as seedlings for $25.00. We continue our New Caledonian theme with Cyphophoenix nucele, a palm that has a beautiful white crownshaft and upright leaves, available in 4in size for $8.50. Basselinia glabrata is an amazing talking point in the garden, with its interesting stacked inflorescences. These are available as 1 gallon sized plants at $20.00. Hailing from São Paulo, Brazil, Lytocaryum hoehnei is endangered in the wild, but you can help preserve or distribute it to add it to more gardens and preserve this beautiful species. Seedlings available now for $4.00. Reinhardtia latisecta from Central America has amazing wide leaflets and beautiful inflorescences. A wonderful clustering understory palm for warmer climates. All this and more are on our new price list, enter (N) into the search to filter out the new items, but don't forget to explore the rest of the list for old favorites! We also have the trunking cycad Lepidozamia hopeii available in our cycad section! https://floribunda.xyz/pricelist

Needle Palm Before and After Winter: Butia Odorata Before and After Winter:

Most of my cold hardy palms are down on my south facing slope , but cold for me is 40f! They easily brush off winter as the cold air mass flows from the top , where my house is down the hill. Harry ‘From our deck Brahea Armata , “what winter!” Livistona Australis easily growing through the coldest part of my yard.

I had the opportunity to spend the morning with Bill Austin in his garden recently and wanted to share some photos here. Bill is and has always been extremely welcoming with his garden and has spent countless hours with me over the years. I am so thankful for that time and he has been a huge influence on my own garden. I will try to list IDs with many of these photos but might miss some. Enjoy! one of many Chrysalidocarpus Prestonianus Chrysalidocarpus Malcomberi (one of many forms) another C. Prestonianus Orania ?? a monster Chrysalidocarpus Carlsmithii that can’t support the weight of its own branches. This palm has been on PalmTalk many times and is incredible to see in person.

2025 update...still thriving! Looking at last year's pics the trunk does appear to have swelled in diameter.

another Marojejya Darianii C. Hovomantsina Kentiopsis Oliviformis Cyphophoenix alba with lemurophoenix behind it Clinosperma Macrocarpa!! (New cal holy grail!!) Clinosperma with my shoe for scale

There are quite a few around SF, including this beauty in Salesforce Park that is itself only maybe 6 years old. No idea where they got it but they must have craned it into place (this is four tall stories in the air). Little brother to the right.

I think we need a new updated thread for these palms... Starting with the big one at Overcliffe Gardens near Dublin in Ireland. This is probably the largest Juania in the British Isles. The Earlscliffe Juania was planted very small back i 1995, so it has been in the ground for 30 years now. The earliest photos I can find are from 2002 and 2003. The third photo below shows it in 2009... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next up we have the Juania specimen at Overbeck's Garden in Salcome, Devon. The Overbecks Juania was apparently planted in 1995 as well, but it was a very small seedling back then. the earliest photos I can find for it are from 2011 and 2013. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next up we have another legendary Juania at Glendurgan Gardens in Cornwall that has been in the ground about 25 years as well, alongside Dr Kevin Spence for scale... Here is a grainy photo of the Glendurgan Juania from 2012 before it had properly started trunking... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are other decent specimens in southern England and Ireland, which I will update on in due course...

When I was living in Arizona in 2008, I saw a really nice p. rupicola triple at treeland in chandler. I was inspired by the curved trunks and nice green canopy. When I moved to florida I found a nursery MB palms that carried 1g size rupicolas. I liked the rupicola for its cold tolerance(26F) and its bright green foliage. It also has thorns that don't hurt you, they bend at the base of the thorn. Having been stabbed many times by my various phoenix species I grew in Arizona, I was interested in a pain free trimming process. This triple was planted in early summer 2011 and has been a slow, easy care grower. I thought it might be a permanent hedge but now it looks as if its going to be exactly what I wanted, an attractive medium height canopy for filtering hot western sun. It has fruited 3x the last one a full load of striking red fruits(sorry, no picture). The three palms grew away from each other more than any triple I ever tried, no need to tilt a palm when planting. Here is a pic taken today of the overall palm, and a close up of the trunks. just after a post hurricane Milton trim of the many(30-35) dead leaves After many of my other palms have grown tall and more difficult to view into the crown this one still gives a nice crown view. Anybody out there have phoenix rupicola pic/experiences. they would like to share. For scale, the fence is 4'.

Doing a bit of work in garden this afternoon planting a few things. It seemed the golden hour was upon the maxima stand in the garden with sun in the right colour spectrum red for flowering the maximas flowering certainly where taking advantage of the red in spectacular flowers with close to 600mm of rainfall with the wet weather events no wonder they look so good.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. Bertrand Russell This applies to the political sphere, also.

Brahea edulis

Nice bluebonnets Steven! Here’s one of my Mexican Fan palms, it’s common I know but I really love this species. They’re growing gangbusters right now and shaking off their winter damage. I’m excited to see how they will have grown come late summer into the fall!

From Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pinanga caesia is a very colorful, very attractive palm at all stages. Like many palms, dropping a frond gives you a bold shock of color on the trunk. Dropping a flower spathe will reveal a stunning and delicate pink inflorescence. The leaves are beautifully mottled. All this in one palm! Are you growing this Pinanga? Share a photo or several. Below, the rings revealed today Still young and leaning toward the sun Below: looking up at the underside of the leaf Another angle of the entire palm

acanthophoenix rubra another angle of voaniola gerardii Ravenea dransfieldii (I think) joeys

kentiopsis pyriformis kentiopsis piersoniorum (with pyroformis behind it) C. Malcomberi, C. Carlsmithii. K. Pyriformis a row of Ravenea Sambiranensis Chrysalidocarpus Ambositrae on right, not sure about palm on left.

So yesterday the Montgomery Botanic Garden had its annual luncheon and they showed us their 15 sprouted Palmyra Atoll coconuts that they collected last year. These are the largest coconut fruits known, and very oblong. The trees apparently are not distinctly bigger than the regular types. BTW, The folks at Montgomery had to beg the folks at the US Forestry Department to NOT cut those trees down - since they were thought to have been introduced for agriculture to the Atoll. MBG convinced them that these were obviously an endemic variety and were not the same as the agricultural one. See the attached pictures for a comparison with a regular sized. coconut.

This is a tall Hedyscepe around 9 or 10 ft tall which is located in the Oakland Palmetum, California. I’m not sure if this palm was planted in early 1990’s. I doubt it was planted in 1984, I helped plant some of the original palms when I joined the IPS in 1984, but I can’t remember this palm. I’m sure my friend, Darold Petty would know.

On a a stroll today along Lake Houston. I thought that this volunteer Sabal minor growing in the bark of this oak tree was interesting!

Here is my Jubaea grown from seed in 2009

We went on a trek to Cape Tainaro which I think is the southernmost tip of continental Europe. Beautiful place and some nice flowers. Euphorbias are in their best right now. Enjoy!

Lemurophoenix, just an amazing palm. Tim

Flowers... they caught my eye.

If Washingtonias aren’t sprouting up in every conceivable place, and plus some inconceivable places. You must not live in a palm friendly climate. Here are couple gems. This one growing up high on the side of a building in a drainage gutter This one growing inside the stump of a cut down tree.

we were recently in Locarno in the south of Switzerland. Here are some impressions of impressive CIDP and other exotics That made me feel small at 6ft 2inch😁 No

A bit of a collection in the greenhouse with some winners in the palm department up for planting in the future. We have a roscheria melanochaetes, Arenga hookeriana, licuala Spinosa, bentnickia condapanna, lanonia dasyantha, kerriodoxa elegans, chamaedorea metalica , Johannesteijsmannia Altifrons, dypsis lanceolata, Geonoma pychnostachy, Chuniophoenix nana, Chambeyronia macrocarpa chamaedorea elegans iguanura wallachiana, sabinara magnifica, livistona Australis Pinanga coronata and a polyandrococcus caudescens. All will be planted in the garden sooner or later some common ones and some rare stuff, they will add to the tropical of things in the near future.

After 2 frantically busy days bringing all my potted plants and hanging baskets indoors, plus all assorted backyard junk, treasures and memorabilia, bringing all the birds inside and taping up vulnerable windows, I just sat there waiting for something to happen. By the second day of nothing I was so bored I decided to install the new dishwasher that has been sitting in the kitchen laughing at for 3 weeks. Like most good things, a lot of rolling around the floor was required but it is up and running if ever I decide to cook something. Then the cyclone came. Okay now I have lived though a real cyclone. I asked myself , "Is that all there is to a cyclone ? Is that ALL there is ?" Ooooh spooking moment... I am channelling Peggy Lee.....quick someone cut my hair....I need to blink. Let me assure you that taking all the plants and hangers back out is a lot harder than bringing them inside. First all the twigs and small branches have to cleaned up outside, the Chamaedorea plumosa that got torn out by the wind replanted ( it lives it lives) and the hired help paid overtime to clean the floor after days of muddy little dogs and cats, birdseed and feathers from all parrots and a few little wee wee spots that appeared when the dogs were too scared of the heavy rain to go outdoors. Today, a week later, the place is back to normal apart from my back and the only thing left to do is load the dishwasher with a week's worth of dog plates and coffee cups. Oh there is the shade house to rearrange eventually but it took me a year to get the placements right the first time and that was without any cyclonic interventions. Sorry to all those who think they are in my will too Peachy, Cyclone Survivor.

a pair of Chambeyronia Houailou clinostigma ponapense oenocarpus distichus

This month Jungle Music Nursery (palms, cycads & tropical plants) has moved. We were at the same location on Ocean View Ave. in Encinitas for over 30 years but have now moved about a mile to the east. We're off Leucadia Ave. but east (1/4 mile) of Freeway 5. Our new address is: 1111 Urania Ave, Encinitas, CA 92024 We hope to see many IPS member and palm enthusiasts at our new location. As many of you know, we're one of the original nurseries around that specializes in rare palm trees. Our website is www.junglemusic.net - Check it out. It's a massive website with hundreds of informative articles on the plants. Phil Bergman Past President, IPS & PSSSC Owner, Jungle Music Nursery

Chrysalidocarpus Hovomantsina driveway lined with Chrysalidocarpus Madagascariensis another angle of C. Carlsmithii irriartea, Clinostigma, pigafetta

Cyphophoenix elegans loves full coastal sun here in Leucadia and has proven to be my fastest New Cal palm by a mile.

I'm not sure if I want to open another thread but since Piedras Negras, Mexico is right next to Eagle Pass Texas I thought I'm going to post a few pictures from my short visit. I come here quite a lot since some of my family lives here. Phoenix Dactylifera, CIDP, Washingtonia Robusta and Syagrus Romanzoffiana do pretty well here. Lots of new Queen planting.

About the only cyclone damage I had was a Joey palm washed away I planted a couple of weeks ago in a gully. All was not lost just picked the little fella up and repotted him. I got away with Alfred pretty good in comparison to some places.

CIDP, Seguin TX