" Hayes Stiffie" and the Fortunei(next to it) have pulled every year but the first.

It does look poised to come back yet again.

The first Protea subvestita are starting to germinate, and some Phyllostachys pubescens are sending up their first leaves!

Had to look up Protea, gorgeous!

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Barb

I just checked some others, and the first B. eriospatha has also germinated now. Some of the Dioon edule are starting to send up their first leaves, they almost look like fern fronds.

Barb, the best thing about this Protea is that it's supposed to be hardy to zone 6a or 6b !!

Hi Cameron,

zone 6 Protea sound great......we'll see how hardy they are on the east coast...........keep us posted.

Hey Cameron how are your Chilean Wine palm seeds doing? I was so exited mine sprouted within a day after delidding and soaking but all the little white growths fell out a couple days later. I still have five seeds left I'm thinking maybe plant the old fashioned way.

I have five foxtail seeds (Thanks Dean!) that are sprouting on my cable box. It took just over two weeks.

Still waiting on many others. 😆

Paul

Paul, that's too bad about your J. chilensis seeds! I remember reading that sometimes de-lidded seeds can "abort the embryo". Maybe you can try cracking the outer shell, but not de-lidding. I've read about seeds germinating after this process within a couple of weeks. I'm not sure about the progress of mine, I'll check in a few days. Here are some other pics:

D. edule fronds emerging:

Protea subvestita germinating:

Nannorrhops ritchiana:

Phyllostachys pubescens:

THose Dioon even look bad ass as seedlings! Grats on the Moso too, watch out, they apperanlty need to be potted up quite a bit ( ive read their root systems are quite prolific), if they get too root bound the seedlings die, not to mention the usual ( i think its 50%+) mortality rate on the seedlings. From what ive read, the guy said loosly " out of a thousand or so seedlings a few hundred survived".

Those Nann. seeds are growing quite fast!

How are your paulownia seedlings? The one seedling i got fell over ( its still alive), and is putting out its second set of true leaves.

I think we've been reading the same moso site, is it something called like "Gator ventures"? 😆 The pic they posted of the small seedling with the gigantic roots really shows people how the seedlings need to be potted up very early on! I let the soil of the paulownia and callistemon dry out a little too much, and the seedlings flopped over and died! 👿 But, there are new seedlings coming up, and they're growing pretty quickly too.

Nice job Cameron.

Your Dioon edule will pass my 3 year old edule in no time.
Cars rust faster than that baby grows at my place.
Yet D.spinulosum is a giant with 4 foot long leaves. Go figure.

And those Nannorhops ... wow.
I finally threw my seeds into the compost.
Got tired of looking at them.

Barb

Princeps ~6 wks after germination.

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Barb

Ya cameron thats the one LOL. The other one is a someones blog from bambooweb.info (great place for bamboo advice if youve never been there. Ive seen Paul there). That picture of the seedlings root astounded me. Concidering most bamboo are "shallow" rooters, i didnt think the seedlings would have roots like that.

Too bad about the first batch of paulownia. I hope thats not what happened to mine 😕 But good to hear that more sprouted. My friend offered me a 1 oz bag of paulownia seeds. I turned that down LOL. But on that note, hes sending me some Amorphophalus Konjac

flower

foliage

They apperantly reproduce like MAD and are aroids, so can be dug up like canna!!! hardy to zone 7, and can take some more cold if heavily multched.

Barb thats great on the Princeps! My Fortunei seedligns are growing so quick, I think slightly faster then the Camerons Nannorhops . Ill post a pic once I get my batteries charged.

Grats again guys!

Nice to see everything taking off.

And this Chamaerops humilis is miles ahead of its siblings.
Seeds from John's (okanagandesertpalms) own tree:

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Just received my CFPACS Copernicia alba and Bizzie seeds, now soaking.
Was actually trying for Copernicia hospita, but oh well.

Yes lets see more pics folks.
Barb

Great pics and info, everyone!!

Barb, that princeps is awesome, and good luck with the new seeds. Canadianplant, I've read about the A. Konjac before, good luck with them!

Puya chilensis:

Nannorrhops ritchiana:

Yucca rostrata:

The first S. Louisiana are breaking the surface:

Same with Hyophorbe lagenicaulis:

Cameron.