Thanks, Gary! I'm confused now, and there aren't a ton of pics of C. elegans seeds 'out there' to compare. There are a few, which show the stalk turning orange and the seeds round and black. I've not seen that appearance on the flower stalks of my plants. When the little balls fall off of my clump of trees, they're never any bigger than when they were yellow, although they do turn brown usually first. I've never seen a round, hard seed on them. The stalks just turn brown, never orange. This past winter, I tried to hand-pollinate them by rubbing all of them, hoping at least one was a male and I was getting pollen on the females. AFAIK, it didn't work. The seeds I found falling off of the 'real' palm trees had a really hard coating, with the seed inside. The outer coating was about the size of a marble, and it's been a long time since I saw a BB, but that's probably about the size of the seeds I found inside. If C. elegans has a similar but smaller seed, I'm pretty sure I haven't seen any from my plants. Not knowing for sure what they're supposed to look like doesn't help. Not sure if putting them outside on a warm enough day when they are in flower would help with pollination or not. No idea what critter might perform that service, or when the flowers are ripe for such occurrence.

Been there, done that ... left a tree that needed removal too long. Will probably do it again. :) One technique for moving something big is to dig it over time, allowing the roots to be trimmed and have time to branch out closer to the shrub/tree you want to move before the actual digging up part. I use either a sharp perennial spade and slice down in a semi circle out about where I will be digging it up in the future, around half of the tree. This trims those roots. Now let the tree do it's thing till next year. That year I do the other half. The third year I then dig the tree, which now has increased smaller feeder roots. The other option that works better in some cases is to use a pulaski ( type of pick ax the forest fire fighters use.. great tool ) to dig a trench in that semicircle around the tree, filling it back in, and letting it grow the same as when I just can slice the roots. Personally I would first identify the tree.You could also see how long it takes to mature enough to bloom and set seed. Think how easy it would be to get rid of this one, that seems to not be well placed ( I'm looking at you nice little veggie gardens) if you had pots of babies from it sitting there. Figuring out if it did start from a seed or might be coming up from a stump/root would be a good idea too. That involves getting up close and personal with the tree at the base, then with a sharp stick ( I use my pointy sharp grape shears... if you have something like that) and start poking around close to the base. You should be able to see how it all fits together and how it's coming out of the ground. Edit because I see I left part of my brilliant plan out. LOL So once you learn this guys identity, if your going to dig and move it, you could also be pruning it during that time frame and keeping it at a manageable size. The trick there is to be sure you have good guidance on the pruning for that particular tree so you don't end up uglyfing it. Of course that would make the cutting it down and composting it part pretty easy. Let's not go there yet.. I think it's a very cool tree. Here is a link that might be useful: Or.. how about replacing it with a real bottle tree ? This post was edited by plaidbird on Sun, May 25, 14 at 23:34

I have : Primal Scream - LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Looks better than pics if you ask me. I just wish it would rebloom. maybe it does but not for me. Ruby Spider. Very nice . but if I had to pick between this one and Rocket booster...I pick Rocket booster...bigger blooms. Strawberry Candy - actually had it but gave it away this year. I just really don't like it and I'm starting to be picky about what I keep in my garden. I've actually kept Stella over SC. Sabine Baur -LOVE LOVE the bloom, but I agree it is a bit slow to increase. It's a keeper tho Bela Lugosi - I actually gave it away also because of it being slow to increase and I kept strutters ball it clumps up nicer and similar blooms. bella is bigger. Moonlit mascarade. Is very pretty. I actually don't have it but the lady I work for ( at her DL nursery) grows it. I like it but haven't bought it yet...musn't like it enough. I'm ordering Victorian Lace this fall. Those are my 2 cents. ;)

I have a sago I've had for several years now. About 3+ years ago several volunteer orange plants started growing in the pot. I know, I've been neglectful in removing them, but have recently done so. My sago is pale looking and definately needs some proper fertilizer. What's the best thing to brighten up my palm? Also, separating all the plants took a toll on the root system. Should B-1 be good enoough to boost the roots for growth? Anything would be appreciated. Thanks, jaded1