Excellent! I'm looking forward to the photos. Those palms are indeed hard to find, even down here. My S. "Birmingham" are from seed; "Brazoria" will p...

Igor, mine does that on occasion. I think it is a software "reset" mode by the person uploading weather data. I'm pretty sure Jim is getting rain toda...

Do you know the name of it?

Well, it was $15 from a reputable nursery as they were embarassed by its condition at the end of winter. It did VERY well and everything you see there...

Thanks, everybody. I think gpenny is right that I killed it with kindness. I did add 100 lbs each of play sand and pea gravel, but I also added compos...

Ouch!I planted a PDP I bought for US$15 last March and it grew great. I should have dug and potted it last week. I guess I still will, out of guilt, b...

It got plenty of water during the summer heat--as did the dead Butia. I guess I'll go with the too much compost idea. Nothing to do about that now, bu...

Thanks, everybody. You are what makes the forum work!Barb, the Stokes palm fertilizer is a time-release granulated product. I don;t use much. I had al...

Paul,I agree. I'm technically USDA 6 b but keep pretending I'm in 7a. I'd like to think that needle palms will be fully hardy once they get establishe...

Google seems to have turned street view of for my place. The photo that used to be up captured a vignette here on the farm. I was unloading round bale...

Thanks, Barb. You can find anything on the web!You, too, Paul. I'm busy now but will try to get our ILL librarian working on those as winter reading. ...

LMAO! Yeah, I see 12" there. :lol: Seriously, I am challenged in the Musa department. Please let know: why to you cut them? Mine have dead leaves but...

Barb,I have the same html problems. Let me know when you figure out how to deal with them.Anyway, very nice PDP! Great price, too. They are inexpensiv...

nice!