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Hawaii was originally our first choice and we were taking vacations there twice a year but it is just getting too expensive meanwhile Palm Springs is still very affordable. We also were able to buy a house rather than a condo. We will use the house there a lot more than we would if we were in Hawaii...

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I will have a few more cacti in my garden as I have a place now in Palm Springs

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I would plant both your sabal minor and needle in full sun as they are both heat loving palms. As far as the Tracy is concerned I would plant it anywhere other than in the wind. That would be my main concern with a Tracy. Your temps are not that bad however as they do grow in the desert they look li...

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Barb, I have been down to -9C once since I started recording temps and that was in 2008.. I started planting palms in 1994 and I am sure 2008 was my coldest year. That was the year we got to -9C. My last two years lows have been -4C and this winter so far -2.6C. I think that would put my last two wi...

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Just and update to this post. I know have four needles and three sabal minors now. My largest sabal is about four feet and has been in the ground three years. I just ordered a seven footer from CoconutMike. My largest needle is also about four feet but I have a really wide 30 gallon that is about th...

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You have found the secret of growing sabal minor. Congrats! I have sandy soil which I added a bunch of compost to. I water mind frequently and I don't get really hot here. Maybe 80 to 85 as a high most of the summer but I do get really good growth on my sabal minors. I have one in full bloom right n...

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Drill where the fronds start in the trunk.
You can kind of feel where that is.
I used a small drill bit and drill into the trunk.

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Heidi, not sure what is going on with your palms. All of mine are fine and it really didn't get that cold here. Use a copper fungicide but drill a hole in the trunk so it can drain out. You just need a small hole. I would also keep the centre spear dry now and hope for warmer weather. It is bound to...

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Warmest it has been at my place so far this year is 17C however it never really got cold this winter.

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Thanks everyone.

Erik,
The pasifloria was taken last November.

My latisectus caught some kind of disease and died.
I never planted it outside.

I bought a new camera in October of last year and was experimenting with it.
I bought a macro lenses which is great for taking pictures of plants.

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Yes you can get them at marigold Nurseries in Victoria or Cedar Rim in Langley BC

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I just uploaded some new pics on my Webshots account.
Here is the link if you want to take a look.
http://community.webshots.com/user/woliver099

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You are more than two weeks ahead of me.
I don't have anyhting starting to show signs of flowers yet.
Actually I don't even see new growth started.

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I grow mine from seed.
They grow quickly.
I bought my seed from Rarepalmseeds.com
I see on another discussion page that Marigold nurseries in Victoria has some good sized ones.
They are marginal here but they are hardier than capitata which has to be protected here.

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Thanks everyone. I will post some more pics later. I am working on improving the back yard and planting more palms in the front yard. The back yard looks more like a jungle with palms everywhere. I have to clean it up a bit. The climate here is perfect for the trachycarpus species and not bad for ju...

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I agree yucca filamentosa it is.

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Here are a few pics taken in Mid February of 2011 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5530824603_cf976b82ae.jpg This one is of a new planting on February 2011. Sarcococco Humilis and Hart's tongue Fern http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5093/5531408344_0e3c31d163.jpg Bamboo at night. The fence is 6 feet...

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Your trachies look great.
They sure have full heads of fronds. They will look even better this fall.
Wow I can't believe how much snow you have though.

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Not sure where in Vancouver you are but they do not need to be protected here in the lower mainland. I have 30 or so trachies in my yard and they have never been protected nor have they ever had any damage. My tallest one is at least 30' tall now. I am located by Ambleside Beach at 6' above sea leve...

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I have ordered two 15 gallon sized minors and can't wait for them to arrive in May. I have a needle on order too. Also 15 gallon size. I have had a 5 gallon needle in the ground for 4 winters now and it still looks good except it really hasn't grown much. It is really encouraging to see how well you...

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Cameron, you are correct.
They are in fact two different species.
Eriospatha has proven to be much hardier in this area than capitata.
It is better suited for wetter climates also.
They come different parts of South America.
The differences also include what you have already mentioned.

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Barb, that is an amazing pic.
Very cool

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Your garden looks great.
No damage on anything.
The Jubaea and chammie came through winter perfectly.

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Paul, I will have to try and post a pic of my phyllostachys bambusoides "Castillonis". I have read it grows to 25' - 35' and I would say mine are easliy in that range. I just though bamboo was a lot hardier than that. You see giant timber bamboo here in the lower mainland and on the Island...

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I had no idea that bamboo wasn't that hardy.
I just assumed it grew everwhere.
Yours looks like it will do fine.
Will it grow to it's maximum height in your area?
Does it get hardier as it gets taller?

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Barb you inspired my wife and I to get a jade plant when I saw a pic of yours over a year ago. Now I learn today that they flower. I had no idea they did that.
Can't wait till ours flowers. How big do they have to be to flower?

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My neighbours have some growing in pots that they keep out in thier front yard all year.
Great looking stuff but I have heard that it runs and quickly.

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Aaron, all you need is to dig a hole twice as big as the root ball and fill the whole with peat moss and you have recipe for success with Rhodos.
They grow to large trees here.
They also like lots of water but not sitting in it.
Good luck.

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I know I am going to try it while I am away on vacation.
Thanks Barb.

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Are very root hardy but not so much above the ground.
The fronds are killed off at about -7C.

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I just ordered two 15 gal sabal minors and one 15 gal needle from Mike today. Pretty excited. They should arrive by the end of May. If anyone else wants some palms from Mike just let him know you want them on the same shipment and we can split the cost of freight. Another fellow from Victoria just d...

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Personally I would wait unless you know the temps will be at 50F or above. You shock them if you put them out now after two months of dry 72F weather with no direct sun. Wait until you are sure it will stay at 50F or above for long stretches to climatize them. I also agree that if it is sunny only h...

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Erik, that is too bad. In the picture the Trachy looked pretty good. Nice and green. The key now is to keep the spears dry. Cooper fungicide is fine but I usually drill a small hole in the truck so the excess stuff can drain out. You want that spear to be dry. Make sure you water the roots of the tr...

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Anyone bought anything from them?
They seem to have a good selection of needles and s. minors.

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Trachies are amazing!!!

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Needles have done well here so I guess the rain doesn't bother them. I think the biggest problem for both sabal minor and needles is the lack of summer heat. We barely get above 85F and they need a lot of that to grow well. They are slow growers here in Vancouver but they do survive. I checked on So...

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Thanks Paul.
I will try them.
Sabal minor and needles have proven to be hardy here.
They breeze through our winters even with the rain.
Yes you have to make sure that the soil drains well but I even have cactus that survives here.
We do have native cactus also that grows in sunny drier locations.

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I have a needle palm that has been in the garden for 4 years and during that time we have had some of the coldest temps that I have ever seen here in Vancouver and they have done well unprotected. Never any frond damage or anything. They are rock solid here. I know Banana Joe has a very large one in...

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Erik, I have thought of that but we just don't get enough summer heat so they grow soooooo slow. I have some that are 4 - 5 years old and they still do not have a mature frond yet. Our winters are mild but our summers just do not get past 85F very often. I may just have to wait for my seedlings to g...

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You are fortunate to be able to get sabal minors there.
There are none here and we won't even have to protect them.
They would breeze through our winters.

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