RPS is excellent,also try e-bay,I always look there first for the cheapest prices.
If you are looking for rare palm seeds go with an experienced seller like RPS,it's a drag to find out after 5+ years that you got a common palm instaed of a rare one from an inexperienced seller-

Ron you might want to also try rareseedsource.comseedrack.com. I have always got great seeds from both of these suppliers.

John

There's a selection of Yucca (and Agave) from Desert Northwest. I've dealt with Ian before and he's very knowlegable and has good deals. Here's his seed list ... http://www.desertnorthwest.com/catalog/seed.html

Cheers, Barrie.

Excellent. I have bought on ebay before but that was a good point about what really grows up eventually. Ha ha.

I have thought about buying from Ian but sure wish he did paypal or maybe he does now. I'll go look.

Thanks again.
😉

I may have some extra needle palm seeds next month. I will also have quite a few 1 gallon size.

Hey- I just got an order from Europalms.be, good serive, quick and better prices then rarepalmseeds.com.
I second the use of the desert Northwest, Ian is a great source not only for seeds, but also of information. I strongly reccomend ordering through him!

Thanks again, everyone. I really do need to try some other types of palms here. My Trachycarpus f seedlings have made it through three winters now.

I thought I lost my Sabal minor but found one seedling still struggling to come back after our horrible last winter.

I usually just mulch everything in deeply with leaves though I have built enclosures in years past.

I'll check out some of these other sites.

Thanks..... 😀

Ron do you have any pics to share? Penticton should be about a half zone better than Kelowna for growing palms and yuccas. I have lot`s of smaller cold hardy palms if your interested pm me.

John

They're just dinky little seedlings so I've never take a picture of them but I should and then learn how to post on here.... must read the fax on that. Mind when I looked at the one clump this morning it does look like some of them have gained a bit of growth.

I'll pm you, John.

I agree Penticton is probably a bit better zone wise but I sure hear and see about many plants there that we should be trying here. I keep wishing the city would use Musa basjoo here but I've yet to see good specimens here. Even mine are under a foot but come back year after year. I must move them away from the Japanese Maple with which they compete and the same goes for my sad palms and every other plant in my backyard for that matter. 🙄

Ron,
We would all enjoy your pictures, small or not. They all start off small so even better to have before and after pictures.

I use photo bucket, it's so easy. All you do is click on upload images and video, select the image you want from the folder you keep you pictures in. Then copy the Img code and paste it into the forum where you type. Simple as that.

Bill

Right I'll try to take some photos of my seedling clumps tomorrow. Yes, clumps.... sigh... I know they should be separated but I'm scared they'll be too late to re-establish before winter. Maybe I can get a shot of the lone Sabal minor seedling too or someone can gently tell me it's dead.

Oh... I should say I'll take them later today.

Night,
Ron.

I see Alligator Alley carries Sabal McCurtain seed.

Any thoughts? 😉

I've had good luck with the Alligator Alley seeds in the past. I reccomend taking them out of their packages when they arrive and spraying them with raid to kill any potential Palmetto weevils that might be in the seed! I had perhaps 70% germination with their McCurtain seed.

As for McCurtain being hardier... Not sure. I planted one regular and one McCurtain last spring. I currently have one regular recovering from spear pull and no McCurtain. I know that means nothing, but it's interesting nonetheless!

Thanks Paul, I'm making out my lists of seed that I will buy to figure out what may work for me. Just waiting to see when Alligator gets back to me.