Some pics from the yard.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:25 am

Cretan Date palm. Very cold hardy.

Silver Date

California Fans

Butia in Seed

Euro Fan palm

Trachy F.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:15 am

A few pic from Edisto Beach SC

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:57 am

Your palms are very nice. I wish that I could grow them here without winter protection.

The park is excellent. Where in South Carolina is it?

Allen

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:03 am

http://www.southcarolinalowcountry.com/ ... nd2005.pdf

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:10 am

Great pics Laaz. I planted a small P. theophrastii this year (yours are considerably larger) and it's managed some cold temps (19.5f - 20.5f) and looks fine. If I'm ever through SC I'll look you up.

Cheers, Barrie.

Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:24 am

Who works for Time Warner Cable???
I work for Cox Communications. If it is you Laaz, what do you do there. I supervise all the Contractor work in the Construction dept. When a new housing development goes in, I supervise the guys digging the trenches and attaching the lines to the poles. I spent 10 year in the Construction dept. and loved it, but I am getting too old to hump poles

. I also travel a lot to supervise storm breaks: Grand Forks, North Dakota (Flood), Northern Oklahoma (Ice), Western Missouri (snow), Pensacola, Florida (Hurricane Ivan) and when the streets become passable, Eastern Colorado & Western Kansas next week maybe.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:19 am

Kansas I work for Time Warner. I'm a service tech for the online / phone side of things. Not many poles to clime here, almost everything is underground... Great pay & benefits. I get a lot of Palms while I'm out in the field as well as loads of seed.

Cali-wanna-b · Post by **Cali-wanna-b** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:21 am

Sweet Laaz!!! Thanks for sharing the pics. I have a P. theophrastii coming next week. What are your thoughts about P. theophrastii compared to the other Dates?

Cali

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:27 am

Cali from my experience P. theophrastii is probably the most cold hardy of the date palms. We don't get very cold here, but the first year they were in the ground we had a night @ 17 F and not a bit of burn. The Silver had some burn & the Cali fans had major burn.

I have 10 Senegal's I'm going to put in the ground in the spring.

Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:09 am

SCREW THAT!!!

You have to have A LOT more brains to do what you do thatn what I do. I really really look up to you catv phone techs as you have a lot to know and alot to remember and a lot of in home stuff.
I just couldn't deal with the people side of things after being in the homes for about 4-5 years. I wanted to be on the side where I had little to no customer contact, but still outside and staying in shape.
A dream come true would be to work at what I do now, but in S.C. and walking thru fields of wild minors and such.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:24 am

I really like what I do. Like I said great money great job & my total bill every month for Cable / Broadband / Phone service is $20. Yes they make us pay $20 for the phone, but it is unlimited long distance to the USA & Canada.

We have wild stands of S. Minor, S. Palmettos, Needle & Saw Palmettos. Also many Yucca's and different cactus... We usually only have 3-5 nights a year where we go below freezing. Today it is almost 80 F...

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:35 am

Laaz,
Are you interested in exchanging trachy fortunei Vancouver seeds for some SC sabal palmetto seeds?
Let me know.

Thanks

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:47 am

Hey Wes. Yes I would be very interested in trading some seed. Do you want Sabal Palmetto or Sabal Minor ? Or both ?

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:08 pm

Very nice. Great looking palms you have Laaz.

Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:01 pm

Laaz, remember that PM I sent about the Minor in Spring??? What are the chances of getting a couiple Sabal Palmetto too??????
60's here today. Kinda worried about my Robusta that I have wrapped. Almost too hot. I'm am tempted to unwrap it and see what happens.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:07 pm

Just got back from walking the dogs. Here's some pics from the neighborhood.

Sabal Palmetto with seed stalk

Some type of yucca with seed pods

Standard adult Butia's

Some type of hybrid Butia. Notice the fronds have very little bend to them

Another hybrid with very straight fronds

CIDP

Palmettos

Trachys

Okanagan desert-palms · Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:21 pm

Laaz awsome healthy collection of palms. Looks like most have been in the ground a long time. What zone is Charleston 9a?
John

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:26 pm

Was 8B now classified as 9A.

These are not all mine, just some from my neighborhood.

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:50 pm

Hey Laaz,

Looking at those pics I'd say your up in Summerville..or over in Mt. Pleasant...?

Try and post some pics of the "rainbow row" area for the boys, the nxt time your in Charleston....

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:57 pm

Hey PALMETTOMAN I am in North Charleston next to the Ashley River

Theres a pic here http://www.charlestonphotographs.com/index.html

PALMETTOMAN · Post by **PALMETTOMAN** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:14 am

Thanks Laaz...

Your up by the airport and the ice rink?

The wife and I spend our time up around the Georgetown area when were in SC....

Thats where we'll be retiring in a few years...

We always enjoy "a few days" down in Charleston...Our favorite city...

Boys..open those pics....

Charleston is truly a hardy palm lovers paradise....

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:58 am

I am just heading out the door to go to San Deigo but I will send you 50 seeds.
Just e-mail me your address.
My e-mail is woliver09 at shaw dot ca
I would like both if you could. That would be awesome.
When you e-mail I will reply with my address.
I'll be back Thursday.

Cheers

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:53 pm

Laaz,
The Butia that are shown with little or no curve in the leaf is called Butia capitata var. 'Strictor'. I believe I have the spelling correct. Those are great pics Laaz! Sure looks like a great place to live. I'm not so sure about the summer humidity coupled with the heat. Heat alone is fine, but the humidity is draining. Here, summers have reasonably low or moderate humidity levels.

Cheers, Barrie. [/i]

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:57 pm

Barrie the heat & humidity is great for Citrus though !

Besides we have swimming pools everywhere and the ocean is 15 mins away...

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:29 am

Laaz ... I'm just up the hill (235' elev.), and a mile from the Ocean beach. Great place to walk the dogs and to cool down in summer. It's amazing how much warmer it gets at my place. It can be 75 at the beach and low to mid 80s at my place.

Cheers, Barrie.

Stevea07 · Post by **Stevea07** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:59 pm

Laaz,
Did you grow those Phoenix theophrastii from seed? If so, how long do they take to put out split leaves? Do you know if they are specimens from Crete or Turkey?

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:59 am

Steve I bought them two years ago as one gal plants. The photo is from last spring, they are quite a bit larger than that now. Last time I was up at Stan Mckenzies he had quite a few for sale @ $20 each I believe. If your interest try contacting him through his website, he's a really good person to deal with. His site is http://www.mckenzie-farms.com

macario · Post by **macario** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:27 am

I have a P. Theophrastii also and they seem to grow very fast. I bet if you get a gallon size it wouldnt be long before its a 10 gallon or 15 gallon size. What do you think Laaz?

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:00 am

I would agree. Mine are in the ground & are now about 30 gal size or better. The largest is over 4 ft tall.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:47 pm

Just picked up two Needles 10 gal. for $25 each, wish they had more... I'll post some pics tomorrow.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:32 am

10 Gal. Needles I picked up yesterday @ $25 each. Nice fat trunks & suckers coming out in all directions.

Also saw this sitting in the corner and grabbed it. It is a Livingstonia with variegated leaves, first I have ever seen one of these variegated. I will plant this in the yard in March.

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:13 pm

Nice buy Laaz! For $25 that's a steal. I'm not sure why Needle palms aren't available here generally speaking, since they'd be fine in our climate. I guess the nurseries can't think past Trachycarpus. Most have tunnel vision and think in profit terms rather than new selections and educating their customers.

Cheers, Barrie.

Laaz · Post by **Laaz** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:31 pm

Barrie you are correct. The same place has 7 gal. @ $50 each I think someone messed up on pricing. Needles would do great in your zone.

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