Jack, I've never tried them! The wikipedia article says that they taste like a cross between a peach, citrus, and mango!

Barb: Even though it's a "zone 8 indicator plant", a fair amount of people have gotten them through zone 7a winters, so hopefully I can do the same! ...

Some loquats have now started to germinate as well :lol:

Thanks for the info!

Thanks, Jim! All of the trachy posts on the EPS board are great! Your thread on takils is starting to get a little long! :lol:

Good luck with them, Jack! :lol:

Canadianplant, that's great!! I know that passiflora seeds are really hard to sprout. I'm ordering a couple of P. incarnata online. Have you ever trie...

Nice pics!

A few more to add to the list: I've now also germinated Annona cherimola (Cherimoya fruit), Passiflora ligularia (Granadilla), Poncirus/Citrus trifoli...

Great pics, Barb!For the princeps you've got me beat! I haven't had any germinate yet :lol:

Thanks, Bill! I'm not sure if you'd have enough extra space in your yard to fit another fig into! :lol:

Great shots as usual, Bill! The unprotected sabal looks pretty good considering the low it went through!

I think most palm roots would be OK near a house foundation. They don't get as long/invasive as something like an oak tree! Also, the foundation is go...

Great work! Here's hoping for a few thousand trachy seeds :lol:

Great pics and story, Mike!!