Paul,great post. I'm just getting into these plants and so have much to learn. I have two Yucca rostrata, one with and one without a trunk. I bought t...

Jesse,I do sit down some when it hurts to walk.Here is me sitting down at a nursery on the coast, under a Gunnera. They sure grow great here. --Erik&l...

This house was already dressed up for Halloween--there was some fake spiderwebs on this windmill palm, too. Trachies are street trees here and need no...

I hated y'all thinking I was still bed-ridden. I am still in pain, but able to get around and even lift up to 20 lbs.We are in Portland, Oregon this w...

Banned in OK' your link says. :evil:

This is the time of year to find ridiculously cheap palms at stores (esp. the big boxes) that don't want to store/care for them. I remember a few year...

I'm very interested in your use of the pipe heat cable around the roots. The theory makes sense, although I have not done it myself (soil doesn't get ...

Mike,you have my sympathies. If you want to talk in private, send me a PM and we can chat on the phone or by Facebook. I went through a divorce a deca...

I have done a bit of mail order business with Phil. He is great to work with. He ships healthy plants, and then calls to ask about them. His "day job"...

Trachy weather!It is amazing how much better windmill palms in Canada look vs. those in, say, Texas.

Nice baby Gunnera. They grow well where I grew up (Oregon, 45oN, mild summer and winter) but impossible around here.

Wow!I am so impressed by your tree fern success. Thanks for the pics. Share 'em on GOTE if you haven't yet.

Ah, I've done the same thing many times. Remind me of that in a few months....

Very nice, Paul. It was a good Summer for you!I'm surprised the Sabal suffered from your sun. I had sun damage to some of my palms, but Sabal seemed t...

Sashaefer,Again, don't copy what I did--didn't work. You can get much better advice here!With that caveat:I laid several 2-litre water bottles on the ...