Thanks! Keep sending the updates!

Good job! Thanks for the pics!The only time I tried one of those Styrofoam cubes I cooked my Trachy... However, in your case, I think it might work fo...

For what it's worth I just hooked up some mini lights to my thermo cube. I also have a couple of cable heaters wrapped around soda bottles in there......

I had a good pic for this topic, but I can't seem to find it... So here's the description: The picture is of a 5' palm trunk, the leaves have been tri...

Ok- The new 'takils' may be the originals, but I still don't understand why they are different, genetically, from the Italian takils (those that were ...

Nice! I'm still not convinced that the palm seed being sent from India is the same as the palms that Beccari used to describe the species... We still ...

I'd say, from the pics, that T. oreophilius is pretty coarse, but I would say that about any Trachycarpus, with the exception, perhaps, or T. martianu...

I germinated seed about ~2 years ago. It's quite easy as long as it's not too warm (i.e. below 25C). I wonder if I have any of those seedlings kicking...

Igor- Here are the averages for Toronto () and Kingston (). Despite the above freezing average highs, the lows are still well below freezing (-2C in T...

Here's what my cactus bed looks like in march after being buried all winter... Remember, I live in a cold zone 5a (cold=northern) where the freeze can...

Cameron- I think he'd need to get a phyto and an import permit to order through beavercreek. FYI, before them, we in Canada had very limited access to...

Intermountain cactus is a good place to start. You can also look at Mesa Garden (seeds/small plants). As for zero protection you limit yourself to 'on...

Here is another good-looking palm:

So if there was one palm that I wish I could grow, it would be Bismarckia. In terms of 'hardy' palms I'm going to say I really like Butia, the blue fo...