Maccario sent you a pm.John

Barrie glad your Butia C is well after our record cold snap. Barb I hope my neighbor gets his loader fixed so I dont have to lift my butias out with t...

Laaz in comparison to every other palm species I have started from seed Sabal lousiana,riverside,minor,birmingham ect. are the slowest. I suppose if I...

Steve you won`t have to worry about them taking up much room in the greenhouse for a few years. I have seed grown Sabal sp. still spitting out strap ...

Congratulations Wes. And many more. John

Jim that winter desert garden looks great. Looks like fool proof protection. Maccario those palm boxes look like they are excellent protection for tal...

Good luck you guys. IMO better to be over prepared than under. You don`t want to scrambling for another heater at 3 am. I hope this arctic freeze won`...

Welcome Heidi. I`m also originally from Vancouver. Those Trachy`s will just fine. Tell your husband they will be around for a very very long time. Her...

Looks like they weathered the storm very well. Maybe just pruning some bottom fronds. The small one is a Trachy fortunei as well?John

Well here comes the Pineapple express. The next couple of days are 10 c or 50 f. It is going to be one hell of a mess. John

No gnats. I have a meally bug problem every winter. Can't seem to eradicate the pests. I use a spray bottle with 30% rubbing alcohol, seems to work fo...

Barb the door to my garage is left open from the house so the garage temps are more like 16c 60 f or more. They are also under a 4 bulb grow flouresce...

Thanks for your comments everyone. Protection from the wind is a huge factor in their survival. Barb maybe bring your banana in the house the roots ar...