Flowers............

These were supposed to be Stargazer,to late to return them?(-;

Patkai hills Martianus (-:

Thai giant

Leaves are up too 30"+

next one(which is busting out now)should be close to 4'
This is the one from last year.

These are the big leaved Castors -up to 22" so far

Tree ferns

2 C.cooperi 5 gallon bucket for scale.

C.Brownii-taking it to the next level,these can get 20'+ leaves.

The Abyssinian

The Washys-
I chopped about 5 leaves off each-they are working on their 6th leaves.

Fortunei is recovering from spear-pull nicely

First full leaf

WagxFort

Sequoia has recovered(+)nicely

Nice blue color on Sabal Lou

Agaves

Smaller Thai giant

Rostrata

Waggie from Bill in Mass

O.k.

enough for now!

I enjoy the blue colored palms and cactus too!

Everything is really doing amazing. Those cactus are bringing so much color and of course, I do like the flower pictures! Flowers are a great way to break up the green between tropicals, and a ton of your flowers are from succulents and tropicals which adds to the tropical look for sure!

Speaking of flowers, I know you will be getting some flowers from your bananas anyday now! Im really excited that my Velutina is making a flower (I just saw that today). Its my first banana flower ever and I definitely was not expecting a bloom from it.

Oh and those tree ferns are looking amazing. I cant wait to see pics of them when the fronds are up to your porch (which shouldnt be long from now at their rate!).

I always like to see pics of your amazing yard! Thanks for sharing!
-Alex

I believe you got some of those albino stargazers.lol The astilbe blooms look great. I plan on going to plant delights nursery in a couple weeks and they had 5 agaves in bloom this year. Hope to get some good pics from over there.

The Banana flowers really are a treat,I hope they get much
bigger before flowering,the 2 behind the big Agave are bigger
plants than the one that flowered last year-of which they are
pups(-:
And yea,the Tree ferns are already getting big and it's still June-
it will be fun to see where they end up!

Dennis

I have thought of planting the Sago(A,americana too!) but there is already so much to protect!

My little Dioon is doing good and flushing right now,along
with all the other Cycads except the E.Princeps.
The Spinulosum I got from you last year died.

Chad

Whayagonna do ehh? Walmart Stargazer lilies )-:

I do plant the A.americana and the variegated one,they get lifted
in Nov.
Things just grow faster in the ground (-:

Root damage was the culprit Dennis,
probably left it out to long last fall,

Does it really make that big of a difference in growth speed planting washys in the ground? I have 2 in pots, and they've only put out 1 leaf so far this spring. I'm wondering if they're pot bound??? Maybe I should do the same and plant mine, then dig them up in the fall...

Only the big Agave,Bananas,Colocasia(EE's),Brugs get dug up.
All palms are in ground and "permanent" 0:

"What are they to survive 5b temps?"

Ahh,sounds like you are about to enter into the cool under
belly of this palm forum-password-coldhardy palms.(-;

Ryan

They definitely grow faster planted,I think I mentioned their on
like the 6th leaf our something.
Washy's are one palm that like big pots-it has been a cool spring though.

I would just put them in big pots and sink them if you want
them in ground-digging up every year would really shock the root system.

I ordered from this seller on e-bay(see link),the
first winter I covered with a styrofoam rose cover.
This Sequoia saw -18F the first winter in it's cover
and came out undamaged.

Last winter I was a little lazier(so to speak)as I had plenty
to cover already.
I just put a 4x4' board on the Northwest side of it to block
the worst of the wind.

It take some damage from this but my understanding is
as they get older they have more sap which acts as a antifreeze
to keep the damage down.

Very rough winters for it to start out but there it is.

This guy is a great seller...this is the size I got the first year.

He does have some a couple feet tall which would be a better idea.....but they grow fast!

I think you really should try growing one of these in your area!

They are beautiful/magical trees and very enjoyable to watch
grow as they are quite fast!

Great job, keep 'em coming.

If you mean the cold hardy palms thing,I just meant there are a
lot of of us growing palms out of their zones(-:

Yardman

I have been growing palms,bananas and such for 40 years.

I started this particular garden about 4 years ago or so.

My first attempt at coldhardy gardening was about 30 years ago
when I brought a Yucca Aloifolia home(at that time
St.Louis) from Alabama....
didn't work out to well-LOL

I finally have one though,it just took 30 years to finally get it right
and after it snapping in it's second year
and being almost leveled by the greenhouse collapse last winter...
it is finally becoming a specimen plant!