Bill,Those clumps started as two 2 gallon needle palms each. They do great here. There is an old plant here in town that has trunked. Jim
Its a beautiful country, dry forest, tropical jungles, cool cloud forest, beaches on both sides and active volcanoes in the middle. About the size of...
Hey you guys in the Tulsa area, I think its moving your way. 14 inches or more in OKC. Temps in the low teens or lower. 30-40 mph wind gusts. T...
We are getting our wish for a white Christmas here in Oklahoma. My palms just love it!They say we still have a few more hours of snow coming. Merry ...
Rocky, Nice photos, I grew up not far from you (Aubrey). Wish I knew palms would have grown there. There were plenty of yuccas and cacti. I rememb...
Barb, I'm just waiting to find a young plant to start with. Find one with some size but not root bound , re-pot it and pour the fertilizer to it. I ...
I like Pachypodiums. Something about being exotic, beautiful and painful, all at the same time. I kept a Pachy for a friend while he moved across cou...
As far as Adeniums go, I haven't been very successful with them. But I have found a paper on growing them fast, Adenium Culture: Producing Large Spe...
BarbThe plant right behind is a Fockea edulis. Its a great caudiciform too. Right now I have 10 species of palms and cycads outside, a total of 25 ...
I have had this one for years, can't tell that is has grown much. Still in the same pot I planted it in. I bought this after failing with Dioscorea ...
This is where we keep plants that can't stay out all winter. My wife has Epiphyllums and Plumerias, all the cool plants are mine.Jim
Yes, we have left them in the ground, cut the stalks, cover the base with leaves and pot the cuttings. One year we produced 50 or more plants from th...
Barb, I try to baby the palms as little as possible. My first plantings were near the house, facing south. We had success growing bananas and Brug...