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I have a little seedling that I started from seed about four years ago. It's been in the ground the last two winters and is doing ok. It's still small but seems to handle the winter fine. Actually, of the ten seeds I got, eight came up in the pot but the dog got all but two and I got careless...

Dean, Matt's house is about a 10 minute walk away over the lower west flank of Lookout Mountain (Dictionary Hill). I'll see what I can come up with as far as contributions to Palmpedia.

I don't really post much about palms because I don't have that much to post about. So this is kind of unusual for me. I live on a really steep hillside. There is one lot down below in the canyon also. This canyon lot was filled in by a developer who went bankrupt about two years ago. So...

Here's a Bombax glabra. This particular plant is only five feet tall, so they bloom young. I also have a Chorisia insignis, Pseudobombax palmeri, Pseudobombax acuminata, and a pink-flowered Bombax ellipticum...none of which have flowered yet. I also have two white-flowered Bombax ellipticums...

This pic was posted on another site I frequent. It was a first time blooming and the poster was quite proud. This is a bromeliad related to puyas and dyckias and hechtias and such. It comes from southern Chile along the coast, so likes it cool. This particular plant is growing in Ireland of...

This is a pic of one of those plants I post every year because it is so dang cool. It also does surprisingly well where I have it...in the am-sun, pm-shade on a rock pile. It hasn't grown fast for me and I haven't ever cut it back so it's a little bit gawky but the leaves don't yellow on me...

Scott, that's beautiful. It's sooo much different from my environment. -Ron-

They are both doing fine Dean. The slightly larger of the two didn't have a rootball when I took it out of the pot and planted it. It began to yellow and the youngest and oldest leaves died. About a month later I asked Gary about it and he said not to worry, it should turn around. He also...

I just got involved with them about the last two years Dean. They're so darned expensive that I've had to start with seedlings. Little bit of everything... Encephalartos, Cycas, Macrozamia, Ceratozamia, Zamia. Most are still in pots. As they get to sufficient size, I find a place to put them...

I'm bored, so I figured I'd post some pics of the yard from this past winter. I think these were all taken on the same day when it was drizzling or misting. By the way, this is the time of the year when my yard looks its best. Because I have a xeric yard, most of the stuff looks baked in the...

Aloes... Come over and get some cuttings. Later you can dress it up with other stuff. -Ron-

Dean, that particular pic looks very much like the Combretum grandiflorum I had. The plant was quite vigorous and had covered the whole north side of the house in one summer so my assumption was that it was a massive vine because I moved by Spring of the next year. This was in the Broadway...

Peter, I planted one about 5-6 years ago by the fence near the fountain. It was in the shade and didn't survive the winter. Two years ago I planted another one down on some rocks where it gets full afternoon sun. It hasn't grown much at all but hasn't declined either. I'm going to give it...

Years ago someone gave me a little Combretum grandiflorum. When I would move I'd drag it around with me (this is when I was a renter) and finally decided after looking at the pathetic little thing to plant it on the barren north side of the house I was in at the time. Well, it went nuts and by...

Well, here are pics of the two 'Dammaropsis' I have acquired. The larger leaf one has red veins and is about five feet tall now. Each time it sprouts a new leaf, the leaf is bigger. Presently the newest leaves are pushing three feet. The smaller plant in a pot has white veins and even when...