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  1. Jim in Los Altos

    My Howea was planted in 1992,is healthy- never flowers.

    Stan, Mine's been flowering for three years. It gets a lot of water and partial sun.
  2. Jim in Los Altos

    My Howea was planted in 1992,is healthy- never flowers.

    Here's my oldest Howea. It's 25 years old and fruiting like crazy. The first batch should be ripe next spring I'm estimating.
  3. Jim in Los Altos

    Howea acheiving a goal.

    Stunning Howea, Stan!
  4. Jim in Los Altos

    Why do Floridians plant Phoenix sp.more then Californians?

    I love my Phoenix canariensis, reclinata, roebelenii, and hybrids and hate them at the same time for the reasons mentioned above. The spines are positively nasty and I use much care when removing them or tying them up away for human traffic.
  5. Jim in Los Altos

    worm factory

    Looks mighty tasty, Matt. Mmmm. I bet the palm likes it. I don't personally use or make compost tea but all my soil areas are always several inches deep in rotting leaf debris, cedar needles and cones, etc. and any digging almost always unearths worms. Sometimes lots of 'em.
  6. Jim in Los Altos

    Howea trunk.

    Very nice. Those growth rings are huge.
  7. Jim in Los Altos

    Local palm park in the SF bay area...

    Schefflera actinophylla. It gets those great red pencil like flowers.
  8. Jim in Los Altos

    Local palm park in the SF bay area...

    Thanks all, for the compliments. It makes the effort so worth it!
  9. Jim in Los Altos

    Local palm park in the SF bay area...

    I don't do anything special, just good all round gardening sense like lots of rotting mulch on the ground at all times, responsible watering, and a dense rain forest type planting regimen. That, on top of a good microclimate due to the moderating effect of the south end of the SF Bay and I'm...
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    Local palm park in the SF bay area...

    Great. I'm growing Dictosperma, Licuala, Roystonea, Clinostigma, Pinanga, Chambeyronia, Wodyetia, and tons other palms that "don't grow here.''
  11. Jim in Los Altos

    Wodyetia x Veitchia 'Foxy Lady'

    Dean, I haven't tried Hyophorbe indica and I should. I coaxed along an H. verschaffeltii a couple of years but it wasn't very happy. I know H. indica is more forgiving of some cold though.
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