Love it! I'll drink a Corona for you next time I'm in Mexico.

I wrote out details of the bus trip in case anyone is interested in the budget way to get to Belize:I embedded a few cell-phone snapshots, some of whi...

...you spend a night and day on a Mexican bus to spend Christmas with palms, vs. with family in the snow.

A pair of olive-throated parakeets must have heard me talk about the seeds as they are now gobbling them up for breakfast:<table style="width:auto;...

Abundant seed now on these "weeds", which feed the local birds. Tempting, but while these may look like our beloved Trachies, they are zone 10b palms.

I'm crazy about these. I have some from a couple different populations.

Barb,I'll run around and take photos of Christmas palms for you over the weekend. Today we are having a winter storm. Here is a short (<30 sec.) vi...

We endured the all-night + most of next day bus odyssey. On the beach now surrounded by native palms like Cocos plus many ornamental Roystonea, Veitch...

Yes, PDP are wimps.MuSA basjoo and Canna should do great for you. Calla lillies can't take my summers but you may be better off there as well.

That is what I said! I immediately asked about jobs etc. in the Dallas area. Those folks aren't palm-nuts or anything, which makes it all the more gal...

And as I've said before, Phil has excellent customer service. Likes to talk on the phone, make sure plants doing well, etc. This is his passion more t...

I added you as a flickr contact.Southern Illinois is a good place--yes, it gets cold, but summer is warm and wet. Sabal minor and needle palms should ...

Thanks for the warning. W always cautioned me against using them. I did on my Chammie (photo below) last winter with no problems, but have generally b...

:cheers: I'm trying to learn photography, so forgive some obvious questions:1) tripod or hand-held?2) how long an exposure?