My largest Bismarckia nobilis, in 1999; planted Spring '94 at approx. 4' tall, now about 15 ft. The spread between the houses is 20'.The small fan palm in front of it is a 6 ft. Thrinax morrisii

The same view of Bismarckia to the left in 2001. Note clear stem development to about 4 ft.

same Bismarckia palm from opposite side, Gaussia maya and damaged Syagrus amara in foreground

Acrocomia 'totai' flowering & setting seed for the 1st time, Spring 1999. Planted Spring '96 at 3' tall, now about 15' overall. Foliage growth has slowed considerably since the reproductive process began (8 inflorescences at one time)!

Sabal mauritiiformis, about 10 ft. overall, (fronds to 6 ft in circumference) showing some slight winter damage from 26F low.

An undamaged 5 ft. Aiphanes aculeata next to another Bismarckia and a Cycas rumphii (Queen Sago)

close up of the frond form belonging to the infamous "Mule Palm" hybrid between Butia capitata & Syagrus romanzoffiana. This palm is only 4 years old from seed.

Areca triandra nearly fully recovered from winter damage; note several new stems formed in under 6 months

Brahea brandegeei, suffered only minor tip burn from heavy frost

Allagoptera arenaria planted from a three gallon in 1995 it began to flower & set seed only 2 years later. The fruit is delicious, very much like Butia!

Ceratozamia kuesteriana, brand new brown-emergent foliage in contrast with last year's hardened off green leafs.

Encephalartos ferox, undamaged from frost; Phoenix canariensis stem in rear

Copernicia prunifera (a.k.a Carnauba Wax palm to Johnson & Johnson) in the midst of producing 30 + leafs per year. There's a small 2 - 3 ft. stem in there somewhere.

Serenoa repens "White Form", found only near Atlantic seaboard; this small 3-gallon palm flowered this Spring after only 1 yr. in ground (yellow inflorescence in w/ leafs on the right)

newly planted 6 ft. Phoenix rupicola showing some winter damage

Dypsis decaryi the Triangle palm planted Summer '93 @ 6 ft. overall, now closing in on 20 ft. It has begun to flower for the 1st time ever.

shade grown Euterpe edulis about 10 ft overall with Chamaedorea glaucifolia in front. Both survived lows to 25F with basically no damage

Phoenix loureirii (formerly P.taiwaniana or hanceana) in fruit

Corypha utan planted Spring '96 @ 2 ft. hgt. This palm is now 8 ft tall, growing at a pace of almost 2 ft per year. It is damaged/defoliated every winter thus is much shorter than it should be, (the leafs take until August to resume normal sized growth).

Hyphaene coriacea one of several Duom or Gingerbread Palms of Africa

Dypsis decipiens (3 yrs age); bifid leaf on far left formed in full sun AFTER split leaf (on far right) formed in shade

Amidst the "blurryness" are 4 seedlings of Attalea speciosa that all germinated from the SAME SEED (shown in pot). The middle palm is actually the first 2 sdlgs; the 3rd (far left) sprouted 6 months after them and the 4th sdlg. (far right) came up over one YEAR after the original two !

Ravenea xerophila, after 5 yrs of growth - foliage portion is maybe 2 ft. overall

close-up of Ravenea xerophila root system (w/ my thumb for scale)

These are Nannorrhops ritchiana seedlings germinated from the same batch of seed. The palm on the right germinated 1st; the pot on the left contains 3 more, the largest sprouted 6 months after the 1st palm on right, the small (1-leaf) sdlgs. sprouted exactly one year after the palm on the right!

My "skyline" to the north - from left to right: Butia capitata, Caryota mitis, Washingtonia "filibusta" hybrid & Syagrus romanzoffiana "Santa Catarina". The tallest stem of the Caryota (now about 22 ft. tall) has begun to flower.

A five yr old (from seed) Chamaerops humilis var. cerifera. Slow growth from the main plant but each year at least one new offshoot forms at the base.

Livistona mariae now well past the juvenile "maroon-leaf" stage.

new acquisition in Spring of 2001: Wallichia disticha (6 ft. overall) w/ sun damaged foliage

less than 6 months later the same Wallichia disticha (to the left) now a more healthy green