For the record I'm (Barrie) in no way affiiated with Kelowna Flower Farm. I'm on Vancouver Island and like all Barrie's, I'm a nice guy too :lol: Che...

Laaz ... I'm just up the hill (235' elev.), and a mile from the Ocean beach. Great place to walk the dogs and to cool down in summer. It's amazing how...

Laaz,The Butia that are shown with little or no curve in the leaf is called Butia capitata var. 'Strictor'. I believe I have the spelling correct. Th...

Laaz,I left you a PM (personal message) with my e-mail address. Cheers, Barrie.

By chance Laaz, You don't happen to have any Butia capitata seed you'd be willing to part with?Mine hasn't flowered yet, maybe this year? Who knows!Ch...

Great pics Laaz. I planted a small P. theophrastii this year (yours are considerably larger) and it's managed some cold temps (19.5f - 20.5f) and look...

Welcome Laaz,I usually see you post on the Citrus forum. Good to have you here. For those that don't know, Laaz is the guru of hardy (and other) citru...

Wes, I saw a couple of Trachys that flanked a driveway. They where about double your size and had a flashing white light string of lights on them arou...

I think Alchris (Allen) is on to something here. The abandoned railway theme is great. The biggest trick of course is to make it look natural. That's ...

I've heard of this "top of the fridge" method before on several forums. Oddly, my fridge never seems to be warm on top. So my wife CAN"T get upset.Che...

There's an old saying "If it sound to good to be true, it usually is."Quote "2' of trunk in 5 years from seed". I know that's not true at least in my ...

These palms are variable enough and develop differently, even leaf color can be green or a silver blue. I personally don't see anything "compact" abou...

All the best and merry Christmas. Here's a little festive palm scene for us palm nuts.Cheers to all, Barrie.

I've read articles in Hardy Palm International about those palms an seen the pics. My scanner is on the fritz so I can't post a pic but here's the add...