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Here are some of the more colorful palm trunks in my Northern California garden. Post yours please! Howea forsteriana Rhopostylis baueri Archontophoenix purpurea Chambeyronea macrocarpa Archontophoenix myolensis Chanaerops costaricana Rbopalostylis sapida ‘Chatham Island’ Rhopalostylis baueri Rhopalostylis baueri Chrysalidocarpus decipiens Wodyetia x Veitchia Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti Howea forsteriana Chambeyronia hookeri Euterpe edulis Archotophoenix alexandrae Phoenix roebelenii Caryota urens R. sapida Hedescepe canterburyana Chamaedoea tepejelote Bentickua condapanna Dypsis rosea Chamaedorea species Euteroe edulis ‘Orange Crownshaft’ Chamaedorea elegans C. radicalis Livistona australis

It sure feels good , it looks like Mother Nature is going to soak our gardens . It has been quite the dry spell here since the deluge in November. I have been holding off on watering the last few days because the weather calls for a lot of rain to fall in our area. The last rain event delivered about 10” of rain over 3-4 days . The palms and flowers looked so happy. Then it turned dry and warm with high pressure dominating our weather. THAT is about to change. In my area it should start late afternoon . Los Angeles and south to San Diego will see rain by evening 🤞. Our Northern California neighbors have had flooding inland , unfortunately , and the burn areas down here may be evacuated . So with a watchful eye , I am embracing the chance of rain. Harry This is what we woke up to ! No rain yet but my sailor instincts ( and old bones) tell me it is imminent. Got me a new rain gage , I retired my hillbilly gage( empty cat food container)😂. Harry

Trying this again in the correct post about palm trunks. Chrysalidocarpus pembanus Chrysalidocarpus robustus (2 photos) Chrysalidocarpus leptocheilos Cyphophoenix elegans Cyphophoenix nucele

Wish you a merry Christmas. Here’s Houailou and Hookeri in the background (two, look closely!) after our rainy Christmas Eve. Maybe share a nice palmy Christmas picture, even if the palms are indoors….

For those who did not know. I've grown this Chamaedorea Elegans directly in the top of my aquarium for a couple of years now. It's done great! It's a great way to grow out those small grass tuffts they sell for cheap at the box store.

Trunk Height. Jun-2020 14", Aug-2020 36", Dec-2020 48", Jul-2021 62", Oct-2021 74", May-2022 80", Sept 2022 92", Dec-2023 104", May-2025 134" Today estimated 13' trunk ----- 2022 Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un0O0tfCKos 2019 2025

All belong to Sabal genus. A maritima, two blackburniana and an unknown specimen, probably palmetto (because it dies quickly in clay soil!). All of them together S maritima Sabal blackburniana x2 (whatever this invalid name stands in current case for) And finally the unknown specimen

Burretiokentia vieillardii. Tim

For Tim Merry Xmas

Wishes for a merry Christmas to everyone! Not quite the color exhibited in Dave’s picture, but a wonderful sunny morning in between storms. Couple that with the fact that I’m rarely home in the morning, and it’s pretty nice.

Well, I'm only just getting started with my new garden, but here's a few starters. Chrysalidocarpus Baronii - greenish, yellow with a hint of white trunk, juxtaposed with late fall leaves. Chrysalidocarpus Ambositrae Chrysalidocarpus Decipiens

Sending good Wishes to have Merry Christmas with a safe & creative New Year, to Palm Lovers to the North, South, East, and to the West of greater Miami and the Redlands. We are preparing to plant 100 Palms at the soon to open "Bailey Botanic Garden" this Holladay Season. "Three generations of Baileys, planting a Bailey Palm on Christmas day 2024, everyone got their hands dirty, even baby Lilly."

Parajubaea sunkha all decked out. Merry Christmas! IMG_4013.mov

Anytime of the year for a Chambeyronia, cheers to all!

Two beaches in one day for Christmas in beautiful Puerto Rico. Plenty of palms! Happy Holidays everyone!

Here’s a better picture of Houailou.

Merry Christmas

EXTREME wind today in Carlsbad (North San Diego county). Okay, I hear laughing from some of you, but it was extreme by SoCal standards! I noticed my husband was laying down palms, so took some video (this isn’t even the windiest moment). My yard is particularly vulnerable due to so many palms still residing in pots. Some like the Licuala sumawongii did amazingly well (confirming I picked a great spot for it). Others needed to be laid down or moved to a spot sheltered from the wind. Anyway, hope you enjoy watching my under construction garden get blown around a bit! Dec-24-2025-1766642514_4973559.mp4

It had sped up a bit only after I had buried next to it a mastiff dog🙄! If it were a Caribbean sp, I'd say it needed some dose of voodoo magic, but it is actualy from the West Coast. I like the bright reddish fiber around leaf bases.

Kentiopsis piersonorium It may be too hot to plant in the ground, but it’s perfect summer heat for repotting palms. Calyptrocalyx doxanthus Sabal mauritiformis and a nice Stangeria eriopsis

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas 🤗

Troy’s Ropalostylis thread got me thinking about the Chatham Island form. The photo of me with the huge one is from back in 2010 or thereabouts. The next one is taken today with my 2nd generation offspring grown from seed at my home. I planted it in 2012 from one gallon pot.

Some nice flowers on the dypsis minuta in the summer heat!

So, this post is inspired by Tracy’s C. prestonianus seed bounty. That time of year eh? Tim

This season in NZ. Chathams have flowered once or twice but the kermadecs haven't started yet. Last seasons seed is just maturing on the kermadecs

C pembana from 2 gal? 4 years was eye catching today.

Sabal uresana and two individuals of Brahea decumbens on a warm December day in Central Texas

In the very first photo are Clivia Lilies. Not exactly ground cover though. They love a cool to mild climate and will tolerate an occasional hot spell. Bloom time is early Spring.

Looks like quite a few of my palms will be getting the ring this growing season. Here’s a couple: Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus hybrid (consensus is likely x pembanus or cabadae). I believe this is originally from Floribunda seed. It definitely has hybrid vigour just in the fact it is growing here in Melbourne. Next up Chrysalidocarpus baronii Black Petiole/Vokona Lodge. Got a batch of 10 seeds from RPS back in 2018 and all germinated 2019. This is the largest of the bunch but also the least colourful. I’ve got 5 left now and the others are all quite striking in the range from red to black leaf bases and petioles. Always thought they’ve been quite slow, but considering it’s been 6-7 years from seed to producing clean trunk, I’d say that’s not bad.

Chamaedorea tepejilote at the Botanical Garden of Naples It's very familiar to me! A donation of mine from a few years ago.

Today’s catch features Licuala, Licuala, Pinanga & Associates.

Brahea in the rain

That crispy frond is actually coming from the Chambeyronia behind.

It has survived two times shutdown of irrigation timer and three times damage of roots having penetrated in to the soil of the larger pot. In coming spring it will be donated to the only decent botanical garden in Athens (together with a Sabal maritima and two Sabal blackburniana)

12 years ago I planted this palm and for some odd reason it bifurcated about 5 years ago

A while back one of you knowledgeable persons ID’d this unusual Chamaedorea and stupid me can’t remember what it is. It’s solitary, fruits are tiny and brownish black when ripe, nodes on trunk are bulged and irregular, and leaflets are droopy and a bit irregular. The palm is roughly fifteen years old.

Might as well get a couple more in the ground, with some good irrigation they will be fine in the house garden. With a little soil amended and a good watering from the grey water septic system they will certainly get a lot moisture and nutrients, Thanks to a bio cycle system, a great way to water palms.

Merry Christmas to all ! Stunning photo and cute Santa @pogobob ! Harry Ernie says “Hey!” Looks like time to repot already.

A nice lytocarum and a fallen flower spathe of a Dypsis plumosa

Mine is also slow in Florida heat,humidity, and occasional freezes. I’m so glad younger i started some for future i to enjoy 😊 Planted in sugar sand and full sun from a 3gal

And you added some additional color to your garden at the same time! 😆 Hope you get a decent amount of rain for the plants but no mudslides.

Chrysalidocarpus basilongus developing spathe. Tim

A couple of nice ones ready to get planted in autumn after the summer heat. I could plant them now but the watering for new palms and a busy lifestyle would not suit them. Autumn, winter and spring are the best planting times for my climate, summer can be brutal living in the bush especially for newly planted panted palms and a trees!

Clear Lake Shores, Texas

A nice salacca to give the gardener a bit of trouble when pruning!

This is an old image of mine, grown from a 1-gallon start.

Why are you guys in sun? Cold and rainy up here . No red leaves or sunny garden pics here! Been raining steady since this morning. I mean I understand it is summer in Australia but we are in the middle of a rain event in Southern California. Glad you are getting a bit of a break @DoomsDave and @quaman58 . Enjoy while you can and thanks for the nice pics . Harry 😎

This was our weekend total...lots more to come beginning tonight.