We were waiting for the strike to end at the post office. NOw I am just waiting for a go ahead email and final order from Barrie and payment.

Erik

Thanks for the comments. Yeah I guess you could tell I was bored that night.

I have grown them before and I only have a couple of left I will be planting in my own garden. I obtained the seed from Locarno, Switzerland. The cross O have is a Butia x Jubaea. I have mine in 1 gallon pots now so hopefully in a few years they will be big enough for me to plant out. Sorry about not having any left to sell, but next time I obtain seeds I'll let you guys know. Cheers, Joe

The people in the UK or screaming for that Hybrid Joe. I have heard it is quite a bit hardier then the Xbutyagrus.

I've had to cancel my order with Erik for the mule palm shipment, for now anyway. The decision wasn't made lightly but costs where getting beyond reason once all the factors where added up. 😥

The uncertainty of shipping during unstable / cold weather at this time of year was definately a risk.
Cost was also a huge factor. The badly slumping Canadian dollar, shipping and phyto-sanitary combined with further shipping once sent from my place, made the cost soar more than double. I couldn't expect anyone to pay $50 (CDN) for a small palm liner that was $22 (US) originally.

My apologies to anyone effected. I hope we can perhaps do this at a later date and I wish Erik all the success he deserves.

Cheers, Barrie.

To bad its easier to repot your palms than to mail one,I sure would have loved to get one of these.

Thanks Barrie. The seedlings will be running again around june. So until then I guess I have to get to potting the rest of these up. Next time maybe you can just give me the address of everyone in the states that wanted them. I can ship directly. That way there is only one fee involved. It only involves a few stamps in the states to ship seedlings.

We have a project in the works right now.

San juan island washington.
There is a new sports pavilion being built here for the kids. Everything has been donated even the land. We will be donating all the palms. Hopefully we will have enough room with one shipping container but if not I may need to pay your shop a visit to finish this landscaping project. Of course it will be centered off of 5 large 65 gallon Xbutyagrus, along with saw palmetto, needle palms, european fan, Butia capitatas.

What might you have up there Barrie. That would help us finish this 5 acre project? Besides what I mentioned above.

And thanks again Barrie for trying to put this together.

Erik

Also we have two 6 foot, a 3 foot, and a few liners of xbutyagrus in the ground here in the Pacific Northwest. This will be the first year we have personally tested these in a colder climate. We will be leaving them unprotected all winter. I myself am hoping for snow, just to see how far we can push these. So far everything is doing well. But we have not seen tempatures below 30f yet. The seedlings are pushing there 4th leaf, growth rate is higher then the ones we have in the green house, but most palms do that after they are put in the ground.

It will take a couple winters to really have any kind of substatial data, but when we do I will share it with you all, so there is no question to there hardiness. It has been kind of funny that our nursery in florida has had colder tempatures already then we have had here in washington. I am quite enjoying still seeing palms and not having to sweat.

Erik
hope you keep us informed of the project through updates and pictures.
Great project!

Barb

I just got some of these seedlings from Erik. I will try to post some photos later today (After I get back from a Silver date hunt...).

Thanks Todd for the Citrus. It will be fun trying to grow something else besides palms.

Erik

By the way still looking for that triple for you. I will have one by the time we pot all of these up.

Thanks Erik a triple would be great !

The Mules from Erik.

The Yuzu, and Satsuma seeds just started sprouting. Thanks again.