Thanks Kory,Eric,Guys-Kory,they have been in a holding pattern while some of the other palms are clearly growing with the unusually warm weather we ar...

I will leave less to chance.For the most part I have been keeping my palms in clear pvc plastic and letting them see 10 before I turned on the heat.Th...

I think these Opuntias(tree/bush form)only survive cold if they are kept bone dry all summer.Mine did good the first year-but once it's roots got more...

Congrats on your overwintering Jim.-2F for that Trachy is really something!It'll be good to see that Trithrinax responding to 18" long roots! :shock:...

Jim's right--no porn on this site! :oops: OK, I'm jealous. :lol: I'll have some of my own Chamaedorea sex photos here soon. I used the internet to b...

Thanks Here are some more pics of the yard and a better pic of the cactus flower-thanks for looking guys!This T.fortunei is a -2f survivor-incredible!...

That's disgusting :lol:

Pediocactus simpsoniiI think they do open wider,it was p/cloudy out so the flower was not fully open.I believe it will have a crown of flowers but hav...

First cactus to flower this year-<a href="" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Totally agree guys/gals-These palms can be hardened off eventually if protected correctly,tough though.Most will lose the leaves they arrived with in ...

Jim- It'll be a while before my simpsonii flowers up here! I didn't realize that you could grow them down there, what are your night-time temps in sum...

Yea,this year has been amazing -we have already been in the 80s a bunch of times,almost-90-(89)(probably will be again early next week)a few years ago...

PaulOn my recent order I also orderedOpuntia 'Dark Knight' Echinocereus triglochidiatus v. mojavensis Echinocereus triglochidiatusI have some of the o...