Sorry. I meant Chamaedorea (radicalis in this case) which like shade. Chamearops loves sun; my one got too much shade due to several Celosia that grew...

I agree, Simferopol, seems like a wonderful place. Hope to visit someday!My sister-in-law is from Lviv (western Ukraine), and my brother goes to Kiev ...

Barb,here is a photo of that little Brahea from this morning (sorry for bad cell phone photo quality):<table style="width:auto;"><tr><t...

Barb,Those Vegas Brahea were astounding. I've never seen a big one "in the flesh" but hope to someday. If I can keep this little one alive this winter...

Yuri, posting photos on this forum is different from others, and harder to figure out. It took a lot of patient instruction (thanks, Barb!) for me to ...

Barb,thanks. I've grown this Brahea armata in a pot for four years. It was happy. Have yours done well? I probably should have left well enough alone,...

When your wife let's you plant a Washy,you will love them :wink: :twisted: .She has good cause to not trust me with Washingtonia. Killing that large ...

Jim,go with the massive Trachy plan!Rent a minivan and take the GF down to Louisiana for a Fall vacation. Buy a huge boxed Trachy on sale, drive it ho...

Jim, from us novices, thanks. As for Butia and Washy, I agree that they are more difficult than they get credit for. Butia is worth the effort; I am n...

Heidi,thanks for your support. The weather here is so perfect right now it is difficult to think of "winter." I sat outside drinking wine under the pa...

Tim,yes, its working!One thing to remember. It shows current weather, not the weather at the time of the post. This gets weird when you read posts fro...

Hope so. Again, a great weather forecast for the coming week. Now, off to get those chemicals....--Erik

Heidi,thanks for the sympathy. We do get attached to favorites. I'm going to try to save it in the ground a while longer while the weather here stays ...

Tim,great question. I had that one myself when I joined last year. What I found: it takes the intervention of Jay (the admin). He can override those c...

Jim,wow--great "palm porn" :lol: (continuation from another forum....)Super Trachy collection, all looking great. Yes, everyone loves Waggie. :D The...