jimhardy, I agree, the Pachy will be a beauty in a few more years. I'm still not sure how I'm going to handle some of these guys when they get big. With the agaves, they are buried in their 5-gal pots which have holes drilled along the sides for root run. I yank them out of the ground and trim the roots back. The Agaves (only A attenuata goes into the garage, it would fry outside at freezing temps) are placed along the side of the house under an awning so they stay dry. I keep them outdoors that way unless we get a severe cold snap and temps dip below about 15F in which case I bring them inside temporarily. Luckily for me, this is only about 1 or 2 times a year. Last year my low was 15.7F once. The 2nd coldest night was 21F. My local microclimate affords me that luxury as I am about 100 ft from the open bay. protemp - I'm not sure cedar mulch is a good soil additive. Any discoloration that begins at the leaf tips is more likely something related to the soil or soil chemistry, or the plant's metabolism. I doubt it is fungal. I would repot while gently washing away the old soil with a hose, into a fresh soil mix with lots of perlite, pumice, or similar aggregate. A basic mix that will be adequate for one growing season would be something like 50-50 perlite-peat moss. You can try to nurse your plant back into health and then repot into something better after the palm is better. Just a suggestion, I'm not a palm expert by any means. I don't cut down the Ensete, I just trim back all the leaves except the newest one, and store the stem along the floor in the garage. I had a few Calidora's in the beginning, and they have multiplied and split off since. My Canna musafolia multiplies like crazy. I started with 5, the next year I had almost 40. Glad to be of help. Enjoy! x

Ricky, your palms are just beautiful. I have some of the same ones, but they're a few years behind yours. I have had a Fiji palm in the ground here in Sarasota for 2 years now, and it looks great in the summer and fall, awful after winter. I'm hoping that as my yard grows in each year, the protection will give it more and more good time. I also have a licuala spinosa, which has done well, but is still kind of small. The lack of rain this year did not afford good growth. My beccariophenix is about 6 feet at the tip and doing well, but again, just getting going this year because of dryness. I enjoy looking at your beauties thinking that someday mine will be there also. What is that smaller palm to the left of the European fan palm? A chamaedora ernesti-augusti?

hi This should have been in the have side (Early norning, no coffee as yet!!) gary

I'm not from Texas, but am interested in finding out which palms you discover growing in northern Texas. Keep us updated.