Big box store finds 2025

[Keys6505]

I know it's a little early but some of the stores by me are starting to get some stuff in.  I've seen these Trachys at two different Lowe's now ( League City and Livingston TX) but it looks like each store is only getting 2 because they both had the same Monrovia pallets with the same plants on them.  I know Trachys aren't rare but these are the biggest I've seen at a big box.  6g, no price posted and sku doesn't pull anything up online.

The Chamaedorea were also at the Livingston Lowe's on clearance.  I'm almost positive they're Seifrizii and I've never seen Seifrizii sold in anything other than the big 7g that they have intermittently in the summer.  These rang up for $13.

[Swolte]

I am worried I am going to have to replace my P Canariensis again after this winter. Please let me know if you can find one (15G or lower) at one of the stores near Houston!

[Xenon]

Wowww great deal on the seifrizii !! 

[Chester B]

12 hours ago, Swolte said:

I am worried I am going to have to replace my P Canariensis again after this winter. Please let me know if you can find one (15G or lower) at one of the stores near Houston!

I've never seen one for sale around here at any sort of garden center or nursery.  The only time I've seen them is through marketplace sellers.

As far as the big box they haven't stopped stocking palms around me this year.  Its the usual - Washingtonia, Queen, Trachy, Butia and Chamaerops for the outdoor ones.  The Butias didn't show up until August or September.

[TropicsEnjoyer]

12 hours ago, Chester B said:

I've never seen one for sale around here at any sort of garden center or nursery.  The only time I've seen them is through marketplace sellers.

As far as the big box they haven't stopped stocking palms around me this year.  Its the usual - Washingtonia, Queen, Trachy, Butia and Chamaerops for the outdoor ones.  The Butias didn't show up until August or September.

My lowe’s sells the same palms you mentioned + livistona, rhapis, chamaedorea, and at one point a lot of phoenix sylvestris. For some reason they never restocked sylvester’s after the grand opening even tho they sold, only got roebs now…

Also to me the european fan prices are ridiculous. They want 75 for a small clump of palms that aren’t even growing fully divided leaves. Basically premium dirt with a dash of palm 😤. 

[Robbertico18]

picked up a decent sized queen palm from Lowe’s this past weekend

 Saw they had windmills, Washingtonias, pindos, Pygmy’s and Sylvester’s as well…was hoping to find a decent sized mule palm

[PAPalmtrees]

Earlier today at Lowe's I found this Aucuba japonica for 4$ I will be planting it tomorrow

[PAPalmtrees]

My local Lowe's has a bunch of Southern Magnolia brackens brown beauty for 130$ Which is not a bad price because they are pretty big I didn't get a good pic Sorry

[jwitt]

No palms, but I saw a pallet of aspen(Populus tremuloides) in Rio Rancho, NM Lowes. 

[Chester B]

This year the palms never left. All the usual culprits were available. They’ve been bringing in fresh stock though. The only thing that has stood out to me are the single Phoenix roebellinii that I have seen. 

[Mazat]

On 12.2.2025 at 03:10, Swolte said:

Ich befürchte, dass ich meine P. canariensis nach diesem Winter erneut ersetzen muss. Bitte lassen Sie mich wissen, ob Sie eine (15G oder niedriger) in einem Geschäft in der Nähe von Houston finden!

hope your phönix canariensis has made it !?

[Swolte]

Thanks for asking. I think its too early to say. I have considered trunk cutting but I am holding off for a few (hopeful) reasons:
- There's still a few fronds left with green.
- After I uncovered the plant, there was rapid die off of fronds when weather heated up, however, that seems to have stabilized now.
- Weather has been dry and sunny, not very conducive to fungal growth. I am home and able to treat it with copper fungicide every week. Our area has a fire ban now.
- Fronds didn't pull from all too deep. Visibility into the crown is low but I just tried to see how deep I can push a thin metal stake in the hole and I am getting some resistance already at 2-3 inches. 

Its not looking great from the outside but I'll wait a few more weeks and keep monitoring!

~ S 

[Mazat]

2 hours ago, Swolte said:

Danke der Nachfrage. Ich glaube, es ist noch zu früh, um das zu sagen. Ich habe überlegt, den Stamm zu beschneiden, warte aber aus einigen (hoffnungsvollen) Gründen noch damit:
– Es sind noch ein paar Wedel grün.
– Nachdem ich die Pflanze freigelegt hatte, starben die Wedel bei wärmerem Wetter schnell ab, aber das scheint sich jetzt stabilisiert zu haben.
– Das Wetter war trocken und sonnig, was Pilzwachstum nicht gerade begünstigt. Ich bin zu Hause und kann die Pflanze jede Woche mit Kupferfungizid behandeln. In unserer Gegend gilt jetzt ein Feuerverbot.
– Die Wedel sind nicht allzu tief ausgewachsen. Die Sicht in die Krone ist schlecht, aber ich habe gerade versucht, herauszufinden, wie tief ich einen dünnen Metallpfahl in das Loch stecken kann, und spüre bereits bei 5–8 cm Widerstand. 

Von außen sieht es nicht gut aus, aber ich warte noch ein paar Wochen und beobachte die Situation weiter!

~ S 

we think it comes back and hope it. they are strong. the example with the resistance also speaks for this. in the picture it looks to us as if it is coming back

[Harry’s Palms]

The Ventura Lowe’s used to have loads of palms , many varieties . Now , it’s just very poor selection of common stuff. I haven’t checked HD lately but they have been the same as Lowe’s when I checked. Years ago you could find Wodyetia , Licuala , and Hyophorbe , no more. 🫤Harry

[Keys6505]

On 3/19/2025 at 7:23 PM, PAPalmtrees said:

Earlier today at Lowe's I found this Aucuba japonica for 4$ I will be planting it tomorrow

Are you sure that's not a Dracaena Florida Beauty?  I know Lowe's typically sells them in the 4" pots.

[PAPalmtrees]

4 minutes ago, Keys6505 said:

Are you sure that's not a Dracaena Florida Beauty?  I know Lowe's typically sells them in the 4" pots.

Its not I think this is actually a Codiaeum variegatum ‘Gold Dust

[Xenon]

Mix of blue and green Sereona + Butia at the blue store in McComb, Mississippi 

Looks kinda like Butia catarinensis? Thoughts? I've been wanting one

[Fusca]

2 hours ago, Xenon said:

Mix of blue and green Sereona + Butia at the blue store in McComb, Mississippi 

Looks kinda like Butia catarinensis? Thoughts? I've been wanting one

Never seen Serenoa at a big box store outside of Florida!  I can't tell a catarinensis from the highly variable odorata except for the seed shape/size.  I understand that catarinensis are more common in Florida so it's certainly possible.

[SeanK]

$99. 15-gal triple Pigmy dates. 6" to 12" trunks at Lowes. 

Across at HD, $79 for some smaller ones. These ($99) are the better buy.

[SeanK]

On 3/30/2025 at 7:14 PM, Xenon said:

Mix of blue and green Sereona + Butia at the blue store in McComb, Mississippi 

Looks kinda like Butia catarinensis? Thoughts? I've been wanting one

I've only seen Serenoa in small, family-owned nurseries.

[Keys6505]

Must be a new thing.  These were in the Gulfgate store.  They had the same Butia too.

[SeanK]

Walking through the local big box stores the past few days, I realize there is no L.chinensis. Now I have to think about last year; Did I see Livistonas in the stores in 2024?

[Chester B]

6 hours ago, SeanK said:

Walking through the local big box stores the past few days, I realize there is no L.chinensis. Now I have to think about last year; Did I see Livistonas in the stores in 2024?

I've never seen one in a big box before and I've been looking for almost 10 years now.  

[N8ALLRIGHT]

I've seen L. Chinese a fair amount at the orange store but not yet this year.  They put them in with the indoor plants at least here in Missouri.  Usually tucked in next to ZZ plants and fiddle leaf figs. They seem to plant a bunch of seedlings in one pot. Go figure they'd be here where yet you can't find them in Houston where they should thrive.

[Xenon]

1 hour ago, N8ALLRIGHT said:

I've seen L. Chinese a fair amount at the orange store but not yet this year.  They put them in with the indoor plants at least here in Missouri.  Usually tucked in next to ZZ plants and fiddle leaf figs. They seem to plant a bunch of seedlings in one pot. Go figure they'd be here where yet you can't find them in Houston where they should thrive.

It's one of the most common palms in Houston and used to be sold everywhere 10-15 years back until one day they just disappeared for mysterious reasons 

[happypalms]

I gotta admire the dedication to all of those cold climate growers who never  give up on growing. I would pack up and go home in such a cold climate after the first frost. Keep up the good gardening work. 

[Chester B]

12 hours ago, Xenon said:

It's one of the most common palms in Houston and used to be sold everywhere 10-15 years back until one day they just disappeared for mysterious reasons 

I have seen them twice for sale in Houston.  At JRN and Enchanted Forest.  The ones at JRN are a decent price and small singles, but the the Enchanted Garden ones are seriously overpriced.  There are a few in my neighborhood but they took a lot of frond damage last year.

[Xenon]

4 hours ago, Chester B said:

I have seen them twice for sale in Houston.  At JRN and Enchanted Forest.  The ones at JRN are a decent price and small singles, but the the Enchanted Garden ones are seriously overpriced.  There are a few in my neighborhood but they took a lot of frond damage last year.

They used to be sold by all of the box stores, HGC, etc that's why you see them everywhere. I have a few volunteer seedlings I kept, they self-seed a ton especially before the mini ice age

[SeanK]

On 3/19/2025 at 7:23 PM, PAPalmtrees said:

Earlier today at Lowe's I found this Aucuba japonica for 4$ I will be planting it tomorrow

I'm looking for these to use as a hedge. I just don't want to spend to much for each

[PAPalmtrees]

8 minutes ago, SeanK said:

I'm looking for these to use as a hedge. I just don't want to spend to much for each

One of my favorite plants