People are already sending up big ones, with multiple bigger-than-in-the-recent-past examples now being visible from public streets - but European fan palm dies back in colder winters here. Even an older clump at the Carl English Garden at the government locks in Seattle froze down to near the ground in 1990. It is planted just about as close to the water as possible, with a large area of pavement to provide warmth during the day, on close to the mildest possible site (except for the soil being heavy). It re-sprouted by any height that had been built up over the years was lost. I tried a one gallon specimen of the gray form against a south wall on Camano Island. It dawdled for a short time and then froze out. An equally small windmill palm planted in another part of the site, not near a sheltering wall is now maybe 3' tall. This is normal here, plantings of multiple genera of palms done on sites other than those being managed by palm nuts willing to fiddle with them typically end up being boiled down to just windmill palms.

Wow!! Thanks trachyhead!! I was about to go and buy all the different types of fungicides and/or other pesticides that would stop this nasty white bug!! It did not look too menacing but like I said, I'm an amatuer. On another note, I guess I am not surprised that the "big box stores" can't get there ID's correct. Thanks for the help, this definately will make me sleep better. As a side note, when I said I was out of town for a month, I was actually in England for two of the four weeks!! Cheers Mate! Richard

I know this is a rather old thread, but I ran across it online and I just had to join in, Here are mine; Orange Crownshaft Palm/Areca Vestaria. This is hands down my favorite. The orange one. The maroon form is pretty, but I love orange. King Palm/Archontophoenix. They are all beautiful, but my very favorite is Pupurea. I also love purple. Date Palm/Phoenix Dactylifera. Pretty and delicous! Too bad they don't really fruit here in South Florida :( Pygmy Date Palm/Phoenix Roebelinii Cat Palm/Chamaedorea Cataractarum. I like it because in addition to it's beautiful, graceful, iconic palmate fronds, it stays compact and bushy. And it's easy to find! Sabal Palmetto Saw Palmetto/Serenoa Repens. Another nice,bushy palm, I especially love the blue forms. Dwarf Palmetto/Sabal Minor Mediterranean Fan Palm/Chamaerops Humilis Jelly Palm/Butia Capitata Areca Palm/Dypsis Lutescens. I actually don't like how they look when they are trunked. I think they are far more attractive when they are clumped and bushy. Gorgeous fronds. Bismarck Palm/Bismarckia Noblis And, last but not least, the Coconut/Cocos Nucifera. The iconic, archetypal, symbol of the tropics. And delicious! And useful too!

Hello all, I came across my own thread doing a google search for more Brahea sp super silver seeds :) I didn't know anyone had posted here since last summer. Hello Jim, So far this is a list of the palms I've had luck germinating: Sabal urensana Sabal minor Louisiana Sabal rosei Sabal maritima Sabal X Texensis Brahea armata Brahea sp. Super Silver Trachycarpus wagnerianus So far I haven't thrown anything out, but what I think a big problem is: I didn't get very fresh seeds. Sabals seem to be immune to being stored for a long time, regardless of what type of sabal it is. I know for a fact that my Sabal X Texensis seeds were not fresh, yet nearly all of them germinated after a month. I'm having a lot of trouble getting Trachycarpus seeds to germinate. So far since June of last year I've only had a few waggie's come up (after nearly 5 months), but I'm not throwing anything out yet. Some additional seeds I'm trying now are: Butia purpurascens Chamaerops humilis var. Vulcano Guihaia argyrata (Trachycarpus sp silver dwarf) Trachycarpus sp. Manipur Trachycarpus princeps (true white form) Trachycarpus princeps (cultivated) Trachycarpus nanus Trachycarpus oreophilus Trithrinax Schisophylla (sp?) topher, You're right, and I brought everything inside since I made this thread at the beginning of last summer. I've started heating everything but the trachy's recently, but so far I'm only having luck with sabals. My guess is old seeds, I hope that's not the case with this new batch I have now. palmetto-pal, I got them at a Lowes in Virginia Beach last summer. You can get ones just as nice from a mail order natives on ebay for less than I paid and you won't have to drive anywhere :) novaplantguy, I have had 3 waggies sprout from ~20 seeds so far. As of right now they're only on their first leaves and are still very tiny. You should check out mb palms on ebay, he sells waggie seedlings at pretty reasonable prices. And as far as how fast waggies grow, my large one (large for a waggie anyway) has grown faster than any of my fortunei's. I just baught another one of similar size. I'll try to post a pic later. Hello treeguy ny, As of yet none of my nainital have germinated :( And as for my big needles, we'll see. So far I've peeked under their coverings and they look ok, but come spring I'll ultimately know. We got down to -23F this year so I'm hoping for the best!