Looks great!How is Gunnera doing?Also, are you going to be getting the hot dry weather we have forecast for down here? --Erik

Another thread I'm having trouble keeping track of. I must have forgotten that these were new cabbage palms. Is it easy to find trunked Sabal palmetto...

Thanks, Jim. I'm on the verge of giving up on cold-hardy desert palms in our wet-spring climate. I'm risking my beloved Brahea in the ground this year...

I was asking about the trunked Sabal palmetto, whether it already had the trunk when you started with it. I got the largest S. palmetto without a trun...

I use a grow light on my Washy in winter but know I'll need a better one for Bismarckia this winter. Maybe that would let Cocos grow, but given that I...

I have to go by my local HD. I haven't been in months, but have gotten my best palm deals there over the years. As for that cabbage palm we'll all mis...

Enough about snakes. Yuk. BarbOK, I'll keep quiet. After pointing out that I have not seen the little guy since. --Erik

Steve,that's great. I bought one at a local nursery last year and couldn't keep it through the Summer. Do they need a ton of water or humidity or some...

Steve, does Kansas have a botanical garden? --Erik

Very impressive. Better than I do down here at 35oN. --Erik

Wow! You've had heat, water + long day lengths. It shows. They are growing better than mine down here. To follow up on what Bill said, watch your back...

Yes, very nice looking Trachy. I have the same issue on some of mine and just assumed it was a normal Trachycarpus thing. Guess I need to examine my w...

Great photos, Steve!It would never have occurred to me to grow an aquatic palm. I learn so much here. Thanks for turning me onto it last year. --Erik

It is a garter snake, genus Thamniophis, which (as a genus) have a range into B.C. They eat herbivorous insect and so are a gardener's friend. I doubt...

Looks like a great vacation. My wife was in St. Louis last week (on our anniversary, actually) but I couldn't go. We have a date to go back in late Se...