After a fruitless search on eBay.ca, I ordered 100 of the 14-inch tall "TP414" from Dylan's link: Stuewe in Oregon.
2 inches taller than my Big Slurp 7/11 cups.
They even have 30-inch pots!!! (at bottom of this page)

http://www.stuewe.com/products/treepots.php

They immediately emailed me and confirmed they'd ship to Canada, also offering "part-cases".
Shipping from Oregon to BC is approx $45 for UPS, and pots are about 41 cents each.

I was really impressed with their customer service.

The only very small downside is they don't use PayPal for secure payment, but VISA was accepted over the phone (gulp 😕 😆 ).

Thanks Dylan!!!!
(no, not BOB DYLAN.... 😆 )

Barb

My dad picked up some seeds from under a palm tree at Manhattan Beach, CA. Any idea what they are? I suspect some sort of King Palm, but I'm not sure. Here's a picture:

I can post more pictures and dissect one of the seeds if necessary! Also, if it helps, my hands aren't that big.

Barb, I had trouble finding tall pots untill I bought a few palms that came in pots with Stuewe's name on them. I got some of the TP414 for my 100+ sago palms I grew from seed and some other seedlings and young palms. I also got some TP616 for some of the larger palms. I have tried germinating seeds in the pots but several germinated seedlings rotted so it is probabbly best to wait for the first leaf to put them in the tree pots.

Many people think of Bob Dylan when they hear Dylan. 😉

RoboCaesar those seeds look like they could be Archontophoenix or kings probabbly Archontophoenix cuninhamiana as these are planted everwhere in Southern Coastal California.

Here are a few pics taken last week:

Loquat:

E. p. ssp. debeuzevillei:

Kiwis:

Older kiwis:

T. "Tesan", Citrus, Hedychium, and A. neomexicana:

Great successes you've got there, Cameron.

I think I see a palm seedling in the debeuzevillei 😀

How are your Nannorhops ritchiana doing? Mine all croaked, unfortunately. 😐

Barb

Barb, I scattered some T. fortunei seeds around, one of them must have gotten mixed in eith the Eucs 😆

I will post a pic soon of my largest N. ritchiana. They are definitely tougher to grow; I have tried to keep them warm and dry, but some of them ended up dying from too little water! 🙄

Did you order those kiwi seeds, or did you grow.em at random from fruit?

Canadianplant, I just grew them from grocery store fruit seeds. They sprouted very easily and grew really fast!

Hibiscus coccineus, red and white:

Outdoor "germination bed". I just throw seeds in here and see what comes up 😆 In this one I've got some type of tree (Paulownia?), pomegranate, kiwi, paw paw, Aloe sp., etc:

Another bed with Trachycarpus, Agave montana and A. parryi ssp. parryi, pomegranate, kiwi, etc:

Zantedeschia albomaculata:

Y. aloifolia from Damir:

Albizia julibrissin:

Plumeria, Citrus, Canna "Robert Kemp", Samanea saman, etc:

Baobab and Macadamia:

Dragonfruit:

Welwitschia mirabilis:

That's all for now!

You take the prize for number of species germinated, Cameron.
Nice work.

My pomegranates, germinated last winter, have stopped growing at 1 foot tall.
Summer heat nearly fried them in their pots.

Barb

Barb, we might have opposite problems with the pomegranates then! My area has to worry about getting ENOUGH summer heat for them 😆

nice update Cameron. Your Loquat is planted in the ground? Keep us updated on the Loquat.

here's an update on a few of the seeds Cameron sent me:

A few aloes species:
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Close up on Aloe
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Tim, those look fantastic! Are the larger ones A. ecklonis? Did the Protea survive?

I have 4 or 5 loquats planted in the ground, and will keep you updated on how they do over the winter.