I got the Chamedorea by mail order from California, recently. Here is what they look like on the beach:<a href="

My wife does!She grew up in Michigan so she thinks of that as the normal way to grow palms. Outside in pots right now are:Bismarckia, Washingtonia, Ch...

Amazing! Give it a real good Summer. It's earned it. --Erik

We have not had strong winds or threat of storms for a while so I untied the Sabal palmetto and removed the stakes so the fronds can hang free. Here i...

Scotty,can you post to YouTube what Bill's garden looks like? 8) --Erik

Not bad for no heatBillBill,that's great! At my last house I was able to keep a sago in the ground for a few years but only in a super microclimate (a...

Steve,that's interesting. Do you know if the roots are going down to use that extra depth?As for my sago's, they are in conventional house-plant pots ...

Scott,thanks for the tip. I got a new camcorder last week but my video editing software (Windows Movie Maker; Camtassia v5) won't work with it. I eith...

I try the guerrilla planting trick myself. It often works. Yesterday, however, she beat me home from work and found two boxes from Jungle Music in the...

Jim,I'm matching your temps down here but not your dewpoints. Wow! We at least get down to 79oF each day at 6 am. Even the W, who loves heat, has been...

Barb,we feel your pain. We have spent a bundle lately improving drainage. First it was the french drain system; this week it was new gutters (old ones...

Thanks for the love, Bill! :D I'm a teacher, too, but I'm teaching Summer school all summer to pay for palms + the winter trips to Belize. For exampl...

No, Barb, I'm sure I didn't utter that profanity. :oops: --Erik

That's great! --Erik

Very nice! I like the banana diversity. I only plant Musa basjoo and Musella lasiocarpa, although my wife snuck some unknown banana in the garden. I l...