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Here’s some of mine today in rainy winter NZ. Existing palms when we bought the house 15 years ago. They were initially growing under queen palms since removed and so are a bit stretched. The house next door is 3 storeys. I’m guessing 10-12m of trunk? Probably 20-25 years old

It's far enough from the house

Hi there. I have a Chambeyronia macrocarpa var. 'watermelon' that I purchased recently. I planted it yesterday (7/15/25) and I am a bit concerned it may be too close to my house. Ultimately, my goal here is for this palm to be my centerpiece but to also provide some canopy for other plants to accent the front of the house. The picture shows its placement. It is about 4-4.5 feet from the house. I’d really appreciate your input on whether I should move it. Don’t want to wait too long to move it.

Would love to see posts of the tallest Howea in your gardens around the world! They are very uncommon to see in my area and I wish they were used much more. This one in the front garden is 25 years old and rising towards the sky. There are eleven others in the landscape of various heights but this one’s the tallest.

Agree , it’s fine . It will be a while before you see a canopy though. If it is in full sun , it will need extra water and still may burn a bit until it gets some age and height. Harry

Update on our yard in OKC Oklahoma. We have a smaller windmill as well, but while I thought it would be the easiest.. we have had a time with them and went through a few windmills in the ground. Both the washy and sabal have been in the ground since 2020. The large Pygmy date is in a very large pot

Hahah right! And honestly the sabal has been the easiest one of all the palms we have put in the ground

My Howea are 10 years in the ground and the tallest have perhaps 2 - 3 ft. of bare trunk. Frankly I am happy to have them grow slowly so I can enjoy them without hurting my neck to look up at them.

Whoa I’d say you’re the winner so far!

I tried. Maybe next time I buy one it'll be a single. They shoulda loved my apartment!

I've always bought them as pots of 4 and separated them. I guess my separation technique wasn't down yet, because I also killed a pot of chamaedorea elegans and 3 Roebellini the same way.

@JohnAndSancho keep trying , they are usually very forgiving houseplants. Harry

I've bounced around so much, where I'm from depends on who's asking and where I'm at. Anyway I lied. I went ahead and potted these Princeps. It's like 8:45pm and it still feels like 96° outside and the humidity is that stifling "I wish it would just rain and get it over with" kinda humidity but it just won't. Anyway, little green homeys in bottles that spelled homeys wrong.

@Hilo Jason That’s such an elegant hybrid chrys, so thick and I love the densely leafed fronds. @realarch The pritchardia looks amazing. Copernicias and pritchardias do indeed look similar in sure they look great together too.

My mom's side of the family are all Arkansas hillbillies or from Alabama. . So figures I'd spell Missippi right. Pops side is all German immigrant farmers from North Dakota.I guess I'm in the right place.

That's impressive, especially for the tropical paradise that is *checks notes* Oklahoma. That Sabal is a monster.

More Trachies! Refugees from the frozen tundra of Kansas City have made their way to the swampy tundra of East Mississippi. I got 2 princeps and some Waggie x Princeps. I also got a handwritten note and he even spelled it Missippi on the note, like a true southerner pronounces it. I'll get these potted up either tonight or in the morning, depending on how hard the night night meds kick in. Thank you @N8ALLRIGHT

I removed the flowers from the pot earlier today. I also checked several inches down into the soil and saw only white, healthy roots. The soil near the drainage holes wasn't soggy, despite today's heavy rains. So those are good signs. Now, I am going to give the soil some time to dry out. The hot Carolina Sun should do the trick.

There’s some tall ones around the older parts of Albany. The tallest I’ve seen outside of LHI were in Sydney BG and would have been at a guess over a century old. Just going from memory (which is never really accurate) I think they were 60-80 feet tall.

I planted this C. decipiens fifteen years ago as a five gallon seedling fully knowing I’d be a “old” guy before I’d see much trunk. Do we palm fanatics need patience in our genes? You bet!

Forget your age. Plant like you’re gonna live forever I reckon. Awesome decipiens. I had a trunking one in the centre of my lawn in my old garden. The new owners cut it down. Never go back to look at your old garden. I had to push the reset button down here and planted a few more of them. None are trunking but I’ve got some beauties coming along and I’ve got another 3 to plant in a new area I haven’t quite got ready to plant out. These are an awesome species worth growing if you can.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I follow your thread and really admire the patience to grow everything from seed. And yeah I used gloves for it all. Not sure how bad it would affect me but didn’t want to find out. So far I cleaned 8 seeds with water, dried them, sanded off any excess debris, and have them soaking for a day now.

Maybe this species doesn't want a Florida climate, but a Mediterranean climate, here they grow everywhere

Guess I’ll crank up heat on Arengas I’m waiting on. I’ve had a community pot in shade I can move to sun and put a clear tub flipped over to ‘mini greenhouse’ em I have some ryukensis I’d really like to sprout

Darold, when they get this tall, actual height is speculative on my part but this palm would be peaking into a third story window easily.

Thats why I planted twelve of them in the garden over the years. They range in size from waist high to the one I pictured above and everything in between.

It still amazes me , 4 years after the big freeze we had in TX , the devastation you see in some areas like neighborhoods that were almost completely untouched and then a couple of miles down the road large amounts of Robustas didn't make it through the winter. I recently passed by a house that had 6 Robustas lined up on the side of the driveway , all dead. You would think one or two would have made it but none stood a chance. That's all in the SA area. Been living here since late 2021 and this time is the first time I see CIDPs looking nice, not perfect. I'm not sure this palm is a good pick for the SA metro. Doesn't mind the cold , apparently but unfortunately the fronds burn easily and take quite some time to recover. Does look better near the coast . I think we dodged a bullet this winter but next winter is getting closer . Would be nice to see some milder winters in Texas, especially NTX and CTX ( South Central) . By the way I like where Houston is heading. Lots of new Sabal palm planting across the city.

More flowers opening.

JIm, how about some measurements ?

Anice Chambeyronia hookeri certainly did Cath my eye, just the right light!

CFPACS Fall Meeting The meeting is scheduled to start on Saturday, October 4th, 2025, at 10:00 AM in the Longwood area south of Wekiva Springs. Please send an RSVP to cfpacs.membership@gmail.com. The itinerary is included below: Site 1: Private Garden in Longwood Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM Address: Given to those who RSVP Description: This garden is the "Wekiva Wonder", as coined by the Orlando Sentinel 2002 full page spread. The garden was also featured in and filmed for HGTV "Look What I Did". Matilde and I moved here in 1989 and I keep creating themed areas with architectural features and garden plantings. The yard is 1.5 acres wooded and always full of deer, bears, and critters. Plantings are mostly Palms, Bromeliads, Citrus, and Ferns. Plantings are cold hardy or configured for easy protection. The owner is ex-vice-president of the Central Florida Bromeliad Society. Themed Gardens include: "Alhambra Cactus Garden" is modeled after Alhambra in Grenada Spain. Lion fountain rock cactus courtyard with stream running on top of a wall to drive a water wheel. "Thunder Mountain Pond" is themed like that Disney ride. Giant faux rock with waterfall and a Koi pond. "Pagoda Garden" is reached via a bog garden and bridge. Features 2 Chinese Pagoda buildings saved from the defunct Orlando theme park "Splendid China" "Croton Garden" is landscaped with a hypertufa epiphyte tree. "Bromeliad Garden" is landscaped with lots of palms, planters, and bromeliads. "Bamboo Alley" is a long Bamboo tunnel. "Walipini House" is a sunken greenhouse with Orchids and Ferns. Lunch: 12:00PM - 2:00PM, On your own Site 2: Private Garden in Longwood Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM Address: Given to those who RSVP Description: My wife Angela and I purchased our 1/2-acre property back in 2017 and have been steadily growing out our tropical backyard palm garden ever since. The garden first began with plantings of several tropical fruit trees in 2018 but then shifted focused on growing ornamental collector palms beginning at the 2020 pandemic. With the help of several large oak tree canopies to provide some winter protection, our zone-pushing garden boasts 80+ different palm species, most of which have been grown from seed and/or small seedlings. With inspirations from local botanical gardens including Leu Gardens, and helpful information forums like PalmTalk.org, the garden features a layering mix of fruit trees, bromeliads, epiphytes, ferns, cycads, vines, crotons, philodendrons, flowering trees, bamboos, and of course rare palms. Some of the palm genus’s include Archontophoenix, Caryota, Veitchia, Roystonea, Licuala, Copernicia, Coccothrinax, Chrysalidocarpus, Chamaedorea, and a few hybrids. Limestone boulders line the shady walking paths in the garden, and a home-made greenhouse gives life to a small backyard palm nursery with many seedlings to be shared with fellow palm enthusiasts. Auction and Vendor Sale held at the conclusion of the tour. Please Bring: Chair Auction Plant Cash for Auction and Sale

Syagrus ruschiana and Syagrus flexuosa are both clustering

Never noticed your reply, I apologize @Looking Glass It simply sprouted from a batch of silver patent Hospita. Here’s a 2 year update… slow but coming along

I germinated these from seeds in 2006. I can’t believe how cool they’ve turned out.

Just planted today. Here’s to the next 15 years 🙃 copernicia fallaensis

Quick shots. In a nice drought...

That’s for sure I have even had seeds confiscated just because of a name change eg licuala dasyantha to lanonia dasyantha due to the bicon list you don’t even try to argue with customs thanks to the kharpa beetle and the grain industry has more power than the mining industry obviously the government is controlled by them but I do respect our laws to protect our environment but that’s just one opinion

I’ve had the opposite experience. Always a problem if it lands in Melbourne. Never a problem with Sydney. Australian quarantine is necessary BUT they are not a user friendly service. I could go on and on and on, but I won’t. Australian quarantine is a mess and it’s obvious that many of the inspectors don’t know the law surrounding what they are supposed to be doing. I wish we had a small seed permit system like the US. The current system is terrible and it’s just bad for business and the economy in general.

I planted this as a sprouted seed from Meg in 2016. This plant is a beast!! 28 fallen nuts so far without germination. It's putting out new nuts with older coconuts still on the tree. Boggles my mind that this plant is less than 7-8yrs from seed.