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BillYou can also have plants with both male and female flowers (more rare) and I know of several in my area like this. Most of the palm species in my ...

BillI've been looking at your pictures over and over again and just haven't had time to post. When I heard you were starting a tropical nursery in MA ...

Dang Jim! Looks like your going to have to start buying up adjacent properties in order to expand!!! I know I wish I had about 2 more acres right now....

BillIt's obvious you love what your doing which is the primary need for success. Great job!

Just don't "love it to death". Too much water,too much good soil ! Remember these things grow naturally in almost pure beach sand! I lost my first two...

ErikProbrably preaching to the choir here but highly recommend tying up the outer fronds around the spear for a month or so until roots are establishe...

ErikEcologist huh? My graduate work was in Freshwater Ecology (undergraduate Marine Biology go figure!). Thanks for the invite. I too have the pool su...

ErikYeh, I guess that's why they call them the "Great Plains"! I think us people in the East take our trees for granted sometimes. Here in S.C. it's a...

I think another key when choosing location would be to plant with microclimate in mind. Planting near buildings (south and east facing) is usually the...

I would think in your area you could treat it as a perienial. You would probrably lose most of the topside growth each winter but summers in your area...

I've done that with banannas but never with a palm! Don;t know until you try! Congrats!

Seriously man! Where were those pictures taken? If it was Cape May then how do they protect them? (went to Coast Guard boot camp there and froze to de...

Butia seedlings are super tough! I have hundreds that voluntarily seed every year and I don't think I have ever seen one with cold damage. This was ev...

BillI have been growing them for 30 years,however, most reached their maximum height (current) within 15-20 years. they continue to put out new fronds...

Here's some from the front courtyard I took a few days ago.'ll try to post some from the back soon as I get a chance.[/img][/url][/img]