Yucca rostrata takes heat and cold -- why I bought 2 in 2011.Also, I think C. humlis cerifera is tough. Well, I've merely killed them, personally, but...

Way off topic, but any seed of paurotis palm? Acoelorhape wrightii (sp?) ?Some say they are zone 9 hardy, which is where you live :D

...not that I'd stake the life of Bizzie on my being correct! :lol:

NOT a scientific answer, not being a botanist. But, with that caveat, my GUESS is that the "blue" is a result of wax, and that the wax also protects f...

Jim, do you have snow there?

Alas, all back inside now as we are expecting a bit of your cold to arrive soon.

16oF ? That is the lowest we've had yet. Everyone is talking about the winter that never happened, coming on the heels of the hottest summer ever. The...

:lol: :lol: :lol: W and I were house sitting in Belize for friends who live there who went to Panama for the holidays--to escape the cold in Belize....

I made another blog entry. This one features a particular resort we were invited to. Of interest here, there is a mystery part way through: an unknown...

Very cool!I'd like to give one to my parents for their coastal home in Oregon. I'll ask you for details when I get closer to doing that for them.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

We spent the first day of the New Year surrounded by palms. I made a blog entry to embed photos and videos. Only a little text, so you can scroll thro...

I'd love a palms north meeting!

I brought home cohune seeds a couple of years ago but failed to get any to germinate. I'll try again some time as they are so neat. With their huge fr...