http://misc.cdbpdx.com/PTF/ The link above shows the palm tree in our back yard in Portland, OR. Photos taken on June 8, 2008, one of the few sunny days we've...
That is a spectacular show of flowers for sure. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), your plant is not a palm. It looks like some...
I agree, the plant and the flowers look like yucca, and that is hardy enough to do well in Portland. It looks like a Dracaena draco also, which is another...
Although it might also be a species of Dracaena, it is definitely not D. draco. Jody ... From: Denis O'Malley To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
It's a cordyline australis. Unfortunately, they're very difficult to grow here. I can get them grown to about 15' tall, then they decide to rot and collapse....
Eric is correct. The plant is definitely Cordyline australis, the biggest Lily in the world, from little ole New Zealand. It aint no palm, and it aint no Yucca...
Is this very similar to Cordyline banksii? CDB ... biggest Lily in the world, from little ole New Zealand. It aint no palm, and it aint no Yucca ... along...
From WIKIPEDIA: "C. australis is subject to a disease called "sudden decline", caused by the pathogen Phytoplasma australiense" ... to grow here. I can get...
Thanks, everyone for the info. Cordyline Australis it is. I've looked at several websites and that appears to be confirmed. When we got it, a gift from a...
often referred to as Torbay palm ... From: CDB <cdb1950@...> Subject: [palmsociety] Re: Palm Tree Flowers In Bloom To: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com ...
I want to buy some palms book. Could someone to tell me if "All About Palms (Ortho's All About Gardening) (Paperback) by Ortho and "Palms Won't Grow Here and...
Yes, it is very similar, except bainksii is a wider-leaved member of the family. Bought several to try a number of years ago....but they turned out to be more...
Greg - If you're interested in palms and cycads, check out the Kopsick Palm Arboretum on the waterfront in St. Pete. We have over 125 species of palms and...
I would also suggest you check out the International Palm Society (www.palms.org) and the PalmTalk message board (http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?). ...
If it sets seeds...Ha! ha! Good one, Bob. They're colonizers of bare ground on the average property here. They pop up all over my place. And the fallen,...
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I have a couple of really good palm books that I'll sell and they are like new.Also have a couple of cycad books as well.I'm on vacation so if...
Is it possible to determine the gender of flowering young C. humilis? They are green form C. humilis, three years in the ground, about 3 ft tall. Palm 1...
Phil- I am in coastal NPR, and yes, I am always envious of Kopstick, and St Pete in general. We are just too cold for the real tropical beauties. I have a...
For those of us who are unfamiliar with your abbreviation, what is "NPR" _____ From: palmsociety@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palmsociety@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Hi John, Forgot you were here. Queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana, syn. Cocos Plumosa) is like that here only the seeds sound like rocks as they get mown over....