Being next to a cold ocean stinks for growing subtropicals You're bang on, Tim! Crazy weather.Suffering plants.Sore back. Looking forward to the heat...

Nice to get stuff outside, Jesse.You're smart to put houseplants in semi shade of the fence to prevent sunburn.Barb

Huh? Really, Cameron????You want to talk about cold...near zero last night here, tonight too.Huge windstorm last night from the NW.BRRRRRRR.What didn...

Delightful plants at every angle, Bryce.You'll be one busy boy! 8)

Igor, it was very dry in the cold building all winter.I can't for the life of me figure out this plant.But one thing if you do get one...don't put it ...

Before I bought my palm special fert, I found some palm spikes in a drawer and used them on one of my 3 Triangles.They work well, although I believe t...

aborted the flower spathes Just thinking back to our apple orcharding days.Any tree that was ready to croak put out an amazing amount of blossoms, eas...

Adam and Arctic...great looking palms!Thanks for the pics.Barb

Hope so, Tim, thanks.Hey Tavi, thanks for digging up that link again (I've gotta bookmark it...love it!).I'm no expert on Washies (got mine from John....

Hi Marc,NPK virtually non existent? strange, even with a neutral pH.Neutral is 7, and most palms prefer a little more acidic than that, say, no more ...

How very pretty!Sincerely hope that multitude of flower spathes isn't its last hurrah :? Barb

Yup I think they're definitely dead.And that little guy growing in the pavement crack? It had a sibling that we removed and planted a week ago...it i...

I'm guessing that was cold and fungus damage...did you use any C-7 Christmas lights around the trunk inside/outside the cloth cover?Barb

Eye candy, Adam. Thanks for those great pics.I'm impressed with the species offered in the East; doubt we'd EVER see those in western nurseries.Rice ...

I like it...and a few water plants will keep the goldfish happy.There's something about a walled garden that appeals to me...probably the privacy and ...