If you do not have a male & female tree, the seed will not be viable.

Great job Barb. Now watch it take off.

T. Fortunei are either male or female. If there are no seeds being produced you have either all males, or all females with no male nearby to pollinate...

The last photo of yours looks like a Agave parrasana. I also have a variegated parrasana.

Nice agave Jim. I have a couple nice variegated huachuensis.

Hey Palmettoman. You can plant them as they are. Sometimes you will get germination from all three eyes. If you try to break them open you will probab...

Hey Craig. It is possible they are birminghams, but birminghams are supposed to be very slow growers so I doubt they would be anywhere near that size ...

Hey PALMETTOMAN. Trachys will sprout without much heat at all, but the Butia need to be around 85 - 90F for best germination. You want to clean the or...

They look like regular old Palmettos, probably bought somewhere south and trucked in. The wrapped palm is indeed a Butia.

Very cool CIDP Barrie !Allen not my plant, It came up in a search engine when I was looking for variegated plants... :lol:

Congrats Wes!

Not all that slow if given heat, lots of water and fertilizer. I think Sabals need the high humidity to really show what they have.

Plant Delights just released the cold hardy variegated Agave parryi ssp. huachucensis 'Excelsior'. I just ordered two and they should be here next wee...

Calplants ships really healthy plants. I have ordered some of their agaves & they were excellent size & quality. Don't know about internationa...