Leaderboard

Been a while since I’ve posted on here. I run Teddys Nursery, a licensed and state-inspected nursery here in Tennessee. Selling mostly cold hardy palms. I’m going to start moving some plants on here at PalmTalk prices — considerably cheaper than my normal online prices. I’ll post pictures, sizes and prices below. Just shoot me a PM if you’re interested. Prices are for the palm only. PM me your address and I’ll show you the exact shipping cost on PirateShip. Everything ships in pots or grow bags. If anyone feels more comfortable buying through eBay, you can also check out Teddys Nursery there and order through my store. https://ebay.io/m/tWPIBT Sabal minor McCurtain 1 gallon $18 Sabal minor Chipola dwarf 1/2 gallon $12 Sabal palmetto 1/2 gallon $12 Washingtonia filifera 1/2 gallon $12 Sabal mexicana 1/2 gallon $12 Sabal pumos 1/2 gallon $12 Sabal mauritiformis 1 gallon $18 Sabal yapa 1 gallon $18 Chamaerops humilis 1 gallon $18 Sabal Birmingham 1 gallon $18 Sabal Louisiana 1 gallon $18 Sabal bermudana 1 gallon $18 Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’ 1 gallon $18 Brahea Armata 1 gallon $22 Sabal minor blountstown dwarf 1 gallon $18 Sabal minor chipola dwarf 1 gallon $18 Livistonia decora 1 gallon $20 Sabal Maritima 1 gallon $18 Sabal brazoriensis 3 gallon $32 Trachycarpus wagnerianus x fortunei hybrid 3 gallon $32 Sabal minor 3 gallon $32

Of my three, this one’s the first to recently show a trunk ring.

Here’s my youngster.

I have a 5 gallon bucket of seeds available for free. Fruit still attached. Send me your address and quantity and I will send them out. US only. Some of the parent pics attached

Here’s my Brahea super silver and my son with a less than thrilled look on his face. Still no inflorescence or even an attempt.

Brahea armata

I always read with interest your posts on what you are growing in your shade house and the lengths you go as a hobbyist to obtain different varieties. I sometimes wish I lived on the East coast so I could have access to the many palms that are more freely available. Here in Perth the selection of varieties is very limited, but when I first started collecting in the 1980's there were many collectors like you Richard, and the quarantine rules were not as strict as they are now in Western Australia. In the last few years I have tried to obtain seed as this seems to be the only way to get new species here in the West as Jayce from Perth has indicated. As a long standing member of the Western Australian Palm and Cycad Society I have tried to grow palms from seed and make available some different varieties that I sell at the societies annual events. Because of the lack of varieties available through retail providers, I have the same issues regarding what is a fair price considering the effort and time required to grow different specimens because buyers are unaware of the rarity of the palms I have and what is a reasonable price. While my offerings are very small in comparison to your operation Richard, I have a limited, but wide selection of about 40 palm species for sale that are not found in Perth nurseries. The attached photos show my shade house where I raise many of my seedlings and my heating beds for germinating seeds using mainly the "baggy" method. I sell my seedlings from between $5 and $20 and more mature plants for various prices. Many of these are cheap by most standards but palms are not as popular in Perth as they were and the price needs to be realistic for newbies to take a chance on growing them. I have some satisfaction in growing these other species, especially "zone pushing" more tropical species and making them available to our members and the general public, as well as providing extra funds for the palm society through a selling commission. It will never cover my costs but the reason for doing it comes down to a hobby I enjoy and wanting to share with others. Russell

This baby 'io (Hawaiian Hawk) was stuck here for a while today. It is probably it's first day out of the nest. The parents were flying around trying to encourage it. 'Io are endangered and only found on the Big Island, we have been lucky to have a pair nest around the property just about every year since we've been here.

After back to back cones on my female Encephalartos whitlockii x sclavoi, I wasn't expecting a flush this late in the season. I was walking past it this morning and was pleasantly surprised though.

6 acres of land and about 2.5 acres is taken by the garden. The garden is about 30 years old. Iam currently expanding the garden and renovating it along with doing the understory.

This pod split open today, which is always amazing. I'm having trouble understanding the difference between the butyracea and cohune. The fruits seem a little different but to my eye not by a lot. What should I look for to figure out which of the two I have here? Many thanks in advance.

My Brahea decumbens is more than 10 years old. Originally from Phil/JM. Red pruning shears added for scale. I suspect it would be more blue if it got more sun. ☀️

Well I have two survivors, one Syagrus weddellianum and one Syagrus hoehnei. Guess it pays to never give up too early. Mind you I lost at least six to eight mature specimens.

Took this photo of A. cohune at a garden tour in lower Puna back in 2013. I can only imagine what it looks like now. Yours is beautiful. Tim

Let’s try this again!

I was particularly impressed by the size of the male cone on my Encephalartos munchii. It is the first time it coned and I don't recall seeing any munchii cones in person before. I had no perspective on what to expect until it began to stretch out and start dropping pollen. I decided to get out the tape measure just to see how tall it is. With the peduncle, the first cone is topping out at about 37" but the peduncle adds about 10" of that 37". Since my Encephalartos cerinus is also now yielding a little pollen and has likely achieved its full size, I measured it as well. This cone seems bigger than past, but now I will have a measurement as opposed to memory to gauge future cones on this species, or at least this plant. The cerinus is about 24" inclusive of the peduncle, which is about 4" tall.

Cycas panzhihuaensis x Cycas taitungensis

It’s often hot and dry in my coastal valley location in the summer but Hedescepe do exceptionally well despite that. Not sure how AI would rate my area but, as long as the palm is in shade or partial sun and watered often it will be happy.

My (4) Kentiopsis are fruiting for 3-6 years now and some spots under them are wet and shady enough for volunteers. Overall height I estimate at 22-32' tall. They still are a few leaves short(~3-4) of a full crown(10-12 leaves) after Milton stripped them 18 months ago. Some have currently green fruits that will turn red in a couple months if restrictions are lifted and we can get them watered. They are water lovers, maybe its better they have less leaves in a drought. Trouble free palms that add the dark green crownshafts and leaves for a complementary look to the other crownshafts. These do like their Mg, K to stay that darker green color. I dust them along with my cuban copernicias with langbeinite every year and fertilize with florikan palm osmotic release fertilizer. They are so tall, I have to crank my neck to look at the crowns these days. They do provide some good filtered shade for the C. macrocarpas I have under them.

I remember someone at some point found this stand near me on Google maps. This is the Dying town of Hornsby Tennessee located in Hardeman County on the Border of McNairy County. It's very mysterious with mature sabal minor everywhere along the swampy part of the town. I'm willing to bet if there's this many Naturalized sabal minor in the town they most likely have spread down stream into the Hatchie River flood plain. I have no idea if these are the result of someone planting sabal minor a long time ago or if they have always been present in this location. There's a few scattered around that look ancient. Most of the houses in this town where these palms are growing look like they were built before utilities were an option, and they're so old that nature is finally just swallowing them.

This is one of my Washingtonia filibustas, located in my west-facing backyard. It was started from seed in July 2025 (supplied by Desertscape Nursery), and it spent its first winter indoors. It was planted outside in May 2026, and after being moved to its permanent home, it rapidly transitioned from growing juvenile strap fronds to growing mature palmate fronds. The trunk visibly thickened in a matter of weeks, and since May, the palm has added nearly one foot (30.5 cm) in vertical height. Due to a large brood of early summer grasshoppers and intense high-altitude sun, it was sheltered within a pop-up mesh protection tent for its first 45 days in-ground. The palm has a dedicated drip-irrigation emitter, and it is watered every 3–4 days. That said, this summer’s monsoon season has been very active in Arizona, and consequently, I’ve been able to cut back on watering across several weeks. While the palm remains under 4 feet (1.22m) in height, I will use a combination of an inverted plastic trash can and chemical heat packs to protect the palm during the coldest and wettest nights of winter (while also temporarily tying the fronds together). Because I live at 5,000 feet (1,524 m) above sea level (USDA Hardiness Zones 8a/7b), most winter nights in this part of Arizona hover right around the freezing mark (32°F / 0°C), but even colder nighttime temperatures are possible. I plan to deploy winter protection for my filibustas if the forecast calls for a low temperature below 22°F (-5.56°C) on dry nights and below 25°F (-3.89°C) on wet nights. Because dry-wind desiccation is a BIG problem here, I will also use the inverted plastic trash can to protect the palm on extremely windy nights. While El Niño-fueled winter storms tend to be slightly warmer than typical winter storm fronts in the desert southwest (potentially meaning more rain than snow at this elevation), a heavy snowfall event is still extremely likely here this winter. It’ll be interesting to see what happens!

And 9 months later in the (hopefully) later stages of a 30 year drought, the little fallaensis chugs along measuring at just over 5' tall(61 inches). The drought did seem to slow leaf production but we are now getting rain the last couple weeks so hopefully we can have a normal fall season where we can water more than once a week. So from an 20-21" 15 gallon to a 61" palm in 2 years, not so slow. All day sun, water and plenty of florikan palm special fertilizer. Once these get some roots they are fairly drought resistant, though this palm has seen 4" of rain the last few weeks. I'm my experience the last two years they really respond to rain. Seems like I need to add more pavers to the boundary to make it bigger.

Winter sun shining through on my young front palm garden.

About $1/lb for the thieves. They can do up to 1000 lbs/day per person.

six years later my smallest one, planted as a 3 gallon in 2010(?) It was defoliated to the spear in 28F plsu frost in dec 2010 so yeah a setback. It has seen 3 hurricanes the last 8 years but it is small palm in my yard of ~30 footers so not much damage. The tall ringed poles are two other C. Oliviformis I can get in the two closest taller ones with a 17mm wide angle(cropped frame) lens, the pic is a bit squished but you get the idea. The next pic you can see the little one from the first pic center back. Then if I back off 80 feet I can see the crowns over the house. Sorry about the raindrop on the lens there, we may be getting lucky with rain soon, fingers crossed.

Here is my 5 gallon Attlelea cohune from FB that went in the ground in 2015. Still no trunk despite heavy fertilizer over the years. I almost never cut off an old frond. Not sure how that works. The specimen that Tim showed above will get another visit by the Hawaii Island Palm Society in two months. We will tour Davis Dalbok's beautiful Mahonu Garden in Opihikao assuming they didn't suffer any serious hurricane damage. I'm guessing 13 years growth will have produced an even more impressive specimen.

Licuala bracteata.

Volusia County coconuts coming back from 23/24°F

Are these free? If so, you posted in the wrong section. If not, you are supposed to post a price per the forum rules: All palms/plants/seeds offered for sale must include a price and size/quantity. I assume from your wording (Buyer Removal, CAVEAT EMPTOR) that they are for sale. Seems like a tough sell. DIY dig and remove might be possible on the smallest stuff. The single Roebelenii could weigh 300 lbs or more depending on the rootball. But the big CIDPs will require a professional crew. That’s a lot of $ and risk just to move some palm weevil food into your yard. That one by the utility pole should be fun.

Nice flush on C panz x C multifrondis pushing through a pollinated cone.

I've been back for a few weeks now, but I looked through my photos again while writing up newsletter articles for Hawaii Island Palm Society and IPS about the World Palm Symposium in Singapore and I want to send a shout out to all you Palm Talkers out there. My husband and I attended the Palm Propagation Workshop: From Seed to Seedling at the Pasir Panjang Nursery, part of the Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology. Anton van der Schans, Principal Horticulturalist at Gardens by the Bay, talked about planting strategies for remote germination (when the leaf forms at the end of a long tube and the seedling establishes itself away from the seed) vs adjacent germination (when the leaf emerges from the seed). Anton was using Palm Talk posts to illustrate planting strategies for remote germinating species - there was a thread that had many photos showing seeds propped on pvc or bamboo posts, the umbilical cord leading to a pot with an emerging leaf. Anton also used a thread discussing the division of clumping palms - shown on the screen in the photo. We were just talking to Fred Stauffer from the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva about his problems growing Hyphaene in a conservation nursery in Africa the previous day. He asked the group about the best way to get help from growers for these kind of field studies and conservation projects as some of these species are very difficult to grow. Several people immediately suggested the PalmTalk forum. I'd love to see more of that kind of interaction and talking about Palm Talk at this symposium and having it being used in a workshop is a big step toward promoting this kind of interaction. I was so glad I went to the symposium and got to see the impact of the IPS grant programs, Palm Talk, funding for Save the Species projects. The IPS helped fund the travel expenses for 14 attendees from developing nations which represent much of the palmy regions in the world. Thank you for making Palm Talk such an important resource for anyone trying to grow palms, create gardens, or establish conservation nurseries.

Odd one this. My oreophilus flowered for the first time 2 years ago and turned out to be male. It produced 7 large flower spathes this year, followed by a much smaller one pretty much after the others has finished. This last spathe had pollen as I used it to pollinate a late flowering T.nanus, then a few weeks later it looked as if the male flowers were just a little slow to drop and stayed green, it wasn’t long before I realised this was the start of seed development. Three months later the seeds are still hanging on in there and haven’t aborted. So fingers crossed they will mature. I’ll add that all other male flowers in the garden had long been removed prior to the so the opening, so they should be self pollinated. I understand this is unusual but that it can happens with a couple of the species in the genus namely T.takil and T.nanus. For anyone interested the trunk is over 3 meters now and has grown rapidly in the last 4-5 years. It was planted as a small trunkless palm in 2017. Location Kent, UK.

Good news for this duo of rare palms surviving winter in the ground. Both planted mid summer and they both survived temperatures down to 2 degrees celcius in cold wet conditions. We have two great zone push winners!

Stuff happens, many of my palms need practice before they consumate ! Like Jim said, you have many more in the future ! Not to worry !

I actually occasionally remove inflorescence on my Rhopies because I have so many volunteers coming up when I allow the fruit to develop and drop. I’m allowing some of the volunteers to grow where they’ve sprouted in different parts of the garden and I’ve potted up some too but I otherwise don’t need them fruiting all the time. I wish I could tell you what caused yours to break away. I’ve not seen that happen before but you will most assuredly have many more spathes opening in the future. Good to see you already have a new one! One year old volunteer

My pair of Encephalartos horriwood x horriwood are both flushing right now. My in ground specimen is pushing out another late flush after pushing earlier flushes, including a couple of pups. The potted one is pushing its first flush this year, and finally pushing two leaves instead of one.

No need to fix drainage problem if you plant Archotophoenix in that spot. They LOVE wet feet. They will grow happily even in stagnant water. I know since some of the fifty Archontophoenix growing in my yard have submerged roots year round.

The recent purchase at the pacsoa annual plant show, has breezed through winter temperatures not a problem. Jumping the gun a bit a week early, but in my area winter looks like it’s finished, so I cant foresee any issues with the geonoma for the time being. Not too bad for a tropical grown palm for its first winter in the subtropics. Even the small seedlings lived, the 50mm tube one sat in water all winter. They are one beautiful palm that’s for sure! @tim_brissy_13 if you can get one try it, it would be interesting to see if it would live, although it would be somewhat slow, protected in the greenhouse it may stand a chance! For me it’s a zone push winner.

I wouldn’t say it’s dumb idea. We all want fast results. As far as the Bismarck I would show her a few in person (assuming you haven’t). Maybe she’s thinking of a brahea and doesn’t like those. But a massive, silver self cleaning Bismarck is a nice center piece. A sabal mauritiiformis would be a unique look too. Maybe don’t over think it. You’ll eventually end up like the rest of us and have a jungle anyway 🤣

Hey all, this is a native beetle here in Southern California. As the name implies, they love figs and other fruits. But they’re pretty benign little guys, noticeable by their metallic green color and their loud buzzing as they fly. But they have really found something they like on this flowering P. hillibrandii. The bees seem to tolerate them as well. Curious to see how well they act as pollinators..

Looks like you lost that palm because you didn’t drip irrigate the root ball and it dried out. What happens to these large boxed up palm specimens is that they repel water wants the root ball is dry and the water just goes into the surrounding wet soil. I’ve lost plants that way here in Hilo where it rains a ton. Once the rootball dries out the only thing that I can bring it back is to actually put a drip directly onto the root ball so the water can slowly penetrate into the tree. Florida gets such sporadic rainfall that you really gotta watch out for that drying effect especially in those Sandy soils. I would second the recommendation to stick with Alexander Palms because the regular king palm is not suited for the tropics. I have a lot of Alfredo palms in the ground and they all look ratty. My biggest regret in that regards is to not have chosen the fenestralis species of Madagascar, coconut palms. That one looks so much better and grows so much better in the tropics. I think the Alfredii likes cooler Highland conditions.

I just planted my first Ptychosperma. I had the same opinion as you , I thought it was much too tropical for my environment. Then I went down to @DoomsDave place in La Habra , very similar climate to mine , even closer to your climate. He had a beauty down there . I was so excited to learn I could grow them , if I get the right species . I came home with a juvenile Ptychosperma Sandereanum and planted it in our courtyard. It gets warm afternoon sun from about 12:30pm -about4pm depending on time of year. It is planted not far from the A. Alexandrae. It has been in the ground a couple of weeks and already opened a new frond. Harry I have hope this will be a great grower in my warm inland climate. The one Dave has is superb . Maybe partial shade out there where you are. If you go to Dave’s in La Habra , he has a great selection of palms that may work in warmer climates. He has mature specimens in the ground so you can see what they will look like , also a great knowledge of what will work for you. Edit- I will say , we water A LOT! I have fast draining soil and a sunny south facing lot.

Another piece of the jigsaw puzzle goes into the big picture. No plans just of the top of the brain as I go with this project.

It’s sulking from the planting out. A lot of newly planted palms sulk after being planted in the ground. It’s a wonderful life in a container all the water nutrients a nice cosy pot to grow in most likely in a nice microclimate as well, we come along and wack it in the ground and then the palm goes what’s going here I liked my nice comfy container. It will soon realise the freedom ahead and a better life in the ground. Dont replace that is for sure. Just look after as if was any other palm and in a year or so you won’t even notice the situation it was in after planting out. Time is a palms friend!

Hey Marcus! Yes I have absolutely no issue passing right by the Queen Palms when I see them at HD! 😂 I used to entertain the idea but I can save money, time, and heartache just watching other ones around town die. Of the three that were planted late last year in my neighborhood only 1 survived, the one right next to the wall of the house. In spite of all the rain earlier and all the heat this month it has only grown one stunted, floppy frond. By the time this coming winter’s cold snap arrives it’ll be toast. Especially if we get the usual ice or freezing rain. I recognize those sandals, they conveniently have a bottle opener on the bottom! Perfect sandals in my opinion! Ben, I look forward to seeing your stunning uresana grow, those an incredible! My three have been going very well and one of them has grown much faster than the other two. Now I’ll have to keep my eye out for the Ox Beetles. Disappointing to see them killing palms, especially Chester’s Lisa Palmetto. Anhwho, here are some photos from a walk last Thursday at the Oblate School of Theology. They have several more Sabal ursanas than I thought. I just love their blue coloration. Also seen again is the mystery Sabal…. yapa maybe?? What are these two palms? I thought Brahea, but they have spineless petioles: Mule, really not a fan: Some gorgeous Brahea armatas, looking as good as I've seen them here, especially with some flower stalks: The next grouping I really think are all Sabal uresana, some everyone is aware of, but I don’t remember seeing the smaller ones before: Mystery Sabal… I’ll call it Yapa! Surprising that there are only a few Washingtonia remaining, this is one.

Dang, that looks messy. I was hoping to read something from Hilo Jason, hope all's well at his place. I had a brief text exchange with Floribunda. I was concerned for them because there is a dry creek bed that floods when there are exceptionally heavy rains. Reportedly this was "as bad as we have seen," with damage to fences and "big palms snapped." House is fine. My neighbors have assured me that all is well at my place, no damage to property. The garden may have suffered yet more falling trees, kind of a regular thing at my place. When I see videos of the severity inflicted on the south end of the island I feel very fortunate. Power was out for a week, but that's common enough in my area after any storm. What's good to see is the local communities springing into action to help one another. People are distributing food, water, gas, and other supplies into the hardest hit areas -- no simple task with roads washed out completely in a few places. People are offering to come with their chainsaws and other equipment to help people clean up, sharing extra generators, etc. It's a big island with many small communities and people are very hands-on in these situations. I admire their true community spirit.

I have many in my garden and not all make the race. Happens with all palms. A group of palms all planted the same day you will have ones that out grow the others.

Did you say bio security laws, that’s a nasty word. I would post to you anyway! It’s such a shame you have such strict rules the same as a few other states do. I don’t see them stopping the bird flu as it fly’s across the border!

Chamaedorea radicalis, a nice Cham to have in the garden very tough and a lot good looks for little effort.

Dave I would place in the shade and only use organic fertiliser like fishmeal or seaweed until they re established