Barb congratulations on your Trachy flowering! I did some research and if the flower inside the spathe covering is greener than yellow it`s a female. ...

Krisk Welcome. It looks like you`ll fit in just fine here with the rest of us palm nuts.John

Mike nice pics on your Cordy`s flowering. Being that they are "dioecious" and you have quite a few in flower get ready for lots of seeds! Wikipedia sa...

Lucky you Erik .I would be like a kid in a candy store and buy way to many palms. Nice selection.John

Thanks Erik,Tim,Cam,Jim,Aaron,Barb for the comments. Barb it was 21c 70f here today you must have had the same in Vernon. I remember using air conditi...

Sunny and 22c 70f here Sunday. Bananas out for good tomorrow. Nuf of the cool spring weather. Heat wave soon?John

Heidi hopefully it will push out new growth after you treat the crown. All good advice your getting from everyone. Warm dry weather should help real s...

Those pics were great. Thanks.John

Jay the update pics look great. Bring on the mid spring heat! The yuccas, cactus, palms need it. John

Holy crap that is some serious sized hail lumps ! We got hail here a few days ago but nothing remotely near that size. I hope your part of town got sp...

Tim that is an amazing amount of growth for being planted 3 years zone 6. Looks great. What are you using for fertilizer?John

Aaron thanks for posting the site. I never tire of seeing the desert southwest. That huge Y. rostrata in front of the hotel must be at least 50 years ...

Barb snow? Hailed here a bit and rain, then sun. Spring weather here subject change wait 10 minutes. John

Looking good Barb. Interesting red leaf bases to a couple of your Y. rostrata. I looked at mine a little closer and no red on them. Must be a little d...