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.

What a week! 117 F high. 97F morning low. 70 mph winds... Copernicia macroglossa that was previously tied up is now showing it's true potential in the Arizona desert. Nice medium speed grower for the tropics or warm desert if you have the room. Tough palm that withstands the extremes and still looks good. 🌴 aztropic Mesa, Arizona

Here’s my youngster.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

The good old baronii, one palm that’s stood the test of time. Very tough and easy to grow, and tolerant of a lot of sun and heat. If I had a choice of baronii or golden cane the baronii is the winner for me, a lot neater looking and not a million leaves to pick up , a few but not a trailer load for that Sunday annual run to the waste centre. A great landscaping palm thats very predictable in growth, somewhat overlooked that should be planted more often.

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.

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

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!

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.

We’re looking for passionate palm growers from around the world to join us as guests on The Palmcast. One of the reasons we started the show is that we see incredible gardens, photos, and written posts here on PalmTalk and elsewhere all the time. The Palmcast gives us a chance to bring the people behind those collections to life—to actually talk with them, tour their gardens through their photos, hear the stories behind the plants, and ask questions that don’t always come up in a forum post. We record remotely, and guests usually put together a PowerPoint or slide deck with photos of their palms, garden, climate, experiments, successes, failures, or anything else they want to share. The pictures guide the conversation. We’ve already had some incredible guests including Dr. Kyle Brown, Dr. David Creech, Banana Joe Clemente, Hayes Jackson, M.L. Robinson, Tom McClendon, Joe LeVert, and James Spann. And we have a great lineup coming, including Dr. Scott Zona, Gary Hollar, Horace Hobbs, Felicia Garza, Dave Alvarez, Tony Cerbone, Fiona Corinne von Grey, Bob McCartney, Phil Bennion, and William Huie. We’d especially like to feature more growers from PalmTalk—mature gardens, unusual collections, long-term growing experience, interesting climates, zone pushing, or just a great palm story. We’d also love to showcase more collections from around the world. Interested? Send a private message to either @Sabal King or @Teddys Nursery here on PalmTalk and we’ll get in touch. 🌴 Watch The Palmcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePalmcast

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!

I have a number of different hybrids available in my collection, all produced in limited quantities and, to my knowledge, several of these crosses are not being commercially offered anywhere else in the world. These aren't intended to compete with typical nursery palms. They are premium collector palms for those of us who enjoy growing something genuinely unusual and hard to find. I wanted to specifically highlight three of my more affordable hybrids, which are currently available for $133 delivered. I thought these would be a good introduction to the collection for anyone who has been wanting to try one of my hybrids without stepping into some of the larger and more expensive specimens. The $133 price includes: Palm shipped in its container FREE UPS 2nd Day Air shipping anywhere in the lower 48 states (SoCal customers can buy from our San Diego distributor) Careful packaging specifically for live palm shipment 100% guaranteed to arrive alive 110% guaranteed to be hybrids The three hybrids I'm highlighting are: TriBear Palm- Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) leptocheilos x decaryi Probably the most popular hybrid we sell- fast growing and beautiful trunks. Sandy Bear Palm- Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) psammophilus x leptocheilos A great new clustering hybrid that should do very well in Mediterranean and drier climates. Golden Triangle Palm- Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) lutescens x decaryi By far our fastest hybrid- about 3x the speed of the TriBear Palm- and highly drought tolerant. There are also additional hybrids and larger specimens available in the store for collectors looking for something even more unusual or established. These palms are being produced in relatively small numbers, and my goal is really to get them into the hands of serious palm enthusiasts who appreciate unusual genetics and enjoy growing something that very few other collections have. You can see the available palms and purchase directly through my Shopify store here: Seabreeze Nurseries IncMail-Order PalmsRare hybrid palm trees shipped worldwide!I'm also happy to answer questions here about any of the crosses, parent palms, characteristics I've observed, or anything else about the hybrids. Thanks for looking! — JD

With winter practically over the garden faired well. A very mild winter to say the least.

Here's a plant in my garden obtained as a seedling under the name Chamaedorea hooperiana exposed overhead to sun during midday.

Found a more recent one.

A few photos of mine. First when planted a bit over 5 years ago, then the others as it has grown. Again a bit tricky to photo well as it’s in amongst other palms intentionally. It still gets comments from non palm people for its fluoro orange inflorescences. It’s a female and getting very large as thick to the extent I’m considering thinning it out.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the greatest picture either. But it’s an awesome little palm. This one’s considerably overhead, as you can see reaching up to the second story. Always looks great though.

Winter sun shining through on my young front palm garden.

Also from Ken J in South Florida

Here's an updated pic! Also to the OP: I'm not the best with Attalea, but it looks more like A. butyracea to me.

I checked my photo archive and only have one photo of one! Here's a Chamaedorea hooperiana growing not too far from you at SFBG.

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.

@LowDesertBoil Your plants look great with the backdrop of all of the deep green! Hope your tiling job went well. That's a blue collar job that is more of an art form. A lot is happening in the garden to get it ready for a few planned Fall showings. The weeds have been out of control this year, so there are currently three large piles waiting for their return to the earth... from a single garden bed that is not yet finished. That said, negativity is bad for a person, so here is one of the piles from my driveway bed, flanked by plants with some new borders. The bamboo has used this year to start annexing property. The clump has gotten wider than expected. Some of the new shoots are oval-ed in red. Even in a bad year, you get some kind of harvest. This year, we got our first pineapple. It's good to have friends in high places. This December will mark ten years of me and @DoomsDave trading seeds, stories, mistakes, dreams and aspirations. One of the seed batches Dave sent included Chrysalidocarpus plumosus. All of them that I haven't sold spent the entire winter outside. None took damage, including this one that has been in the ground for a while and put out its first pinnate frond earlier this month. 24oF and not a scratch. Often regarded as an impossible palm here due to our extreme heat and humidity combined with copious amounts of nematodes, Chrysalidocarpus decipiens from @Fishinsteeg234 went in the ground last June as a 2-leaf seedling is still going strong through its second summer, come 24oF or 101oF. I did lose the companions I bought for it, but that doesn't mean more are out of the question. This photo shows the first split-leaf, a new occurrence since the last photo in May. After seeing the performance of the Zombia antillarum at Lake Hollingsworth, I decided to start adding a few in some of the spots that opened up in the yard. This is one of a couple I plan on adding. The one just got a small layer of cut-up pine bark nugget mulch today. My host gift plant for the Fall 2022 CFPACS Meeting was an Encephalartos ferox. It has started to cone. Since two of my large coconuts survived the big freeze, two more were added. On the left is an Atlantic Tall seedling from @redant 's large 2010 survivor. On the right is a Panama Tall I got from @Plantking165 .

Licuala bracteata.

That white rock albeit is not good for the soil as it’s not going to break down and feed the soil, but it will reflect light for good growth in summer. But not so good in winter for being white not absorbing a lot of sun for thermal mass, black rocks another story they are great for cooler climates in winter for thermal mass. Some nice wood chip is a treat for the garden!

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.

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.

They did that with me on a few palms I had for sale. Sent ridiculous offers out when I didn’t approve of the offers. The buyer got top quality rare palms for an absolute bargain. All I got was a good review from the buyer saying what a great buy for rare palms. I guess a website is next for me, the internet is a great marketing platform along with social media. It’s one thing growing a stack of great palms but it’s another thing selling them. Someone asked me once are you going to sell all these palms, my answer was no Iam going to plant them all on my property, and if I sell a few before I plant them all, I guess I got my money back and a heap of great palms for the garden. Tim and Jonathan have summed it up pretty good, they are in the palm game so to speak Tim is a zone pusher and doing what iam doing also but only on a smaller scale, being only able to produce from a backyard. But give @tim_brissy_13 a couple of acres and he most certainly would be in the running! Supply and demand that has a logistical chain that goes unseen. Richard

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!

Most of the gardens in East Hawaii where I’ve seen Attalea, most have been A. cohune, for what’s that worth. I’ve one in the garden, but it is still young and rather small. Tim

We have been over 110 for weeks today it was 114 !!! I give all the unusual palms a lot of water they are on drip for 11/2 hours every other day but I am semi retired so I have Sunday and Wednesday off so I run the hose all day long moving it palm to palm!!

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.

Cycas panzhihuaensis x Cycas taitungensis

That is pretty intense , I’m so glad you are ok . This is the first report of damage from the hurricane from our Big Island people . I see a lot of contributions from folks that live there and hopefully they are ok. My friend lives on Kauai and they had a bit better go of it , mostly rain and wind like tropical storm strength. I’m not sure how Southern California will do this winter but forecasts seem to agree that we are in for a lot of rain. I was here in 1997/1998 El Niño , the first year in our new home . It was pretty gnarly with some squalls dumping 1” per hour or more. Reminded me of 1969 and other wet years living in Ventura County . I am not a scientist but I do know , in my lifetime , things have changed a bit . We just have to hold on and hope for the best. Harry

Kentiopsis Oliviformis opened a new leaf today. Compared to some others on here, it looks to be more stretched out. It has no rings of trunk yet but it’s 10ft+ to the top of the frond. -dale