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Hybrid Trachycarpus Palms For The Garden

Hybrid Trachycarpus Palms For The Garden

Planting Yucca Rostrata: All You Need to Know

Planting Yucca Rostrata: All You Need to Know

October Tropical Garden Highlights

October Tropical Garden Highlights

Quick Garden Update: Planting more Palms

Quick Garden Update: Planting more Palms

The Fastest Annual Plant??

The Fastest Annual Plant??

Butia Palms and Their Hybrids

Butia Palms and Their Hybrids

Palm Haul Video!

Palm Haul Video!

An Uncommon Cold Hardy Hibiscus

An Uncommon Cold Hardy Hibiscus

Night time lightning ⚡️ .

Night time lightning ⚡️ .

3 Types of Queen Palms - Is there a difference?

3 Types of Queen Palms - Is there a difference?

Growing Elephant Ears in a Tropical Garden

Growing Elephant Ears in a Tropical Garden

TropicalPDX is Now Texas Tropics

TropicalPDX is Now Texas Tropics

Just a wee bit of humidity. #garden #zone9

Just a wee bit of humidity. #garden #zone9

Tropical Garden Tour - 2 Months In

Tropical Garden Tour - 2 Months In

Bad storm in Houston. More Rain!! #zone9garden

Bad storm in Houston. More Rain!! #zone9garden

A Visit to the John Fairey Garden

A Visit to the John Fairey Garden

Yard Makeover Part 4: The Leafy Border

Yard Makeover Part 4: The Leafy Border

Beast Palm - Sabal causiarum

Beast Palm - Sabal causiarum

Have you heard of this Sabal palm?

Have you heard of this Sabal palm?

The Most Beautiful Palm in North America

The Most Beautiful Palm in North America

Yard Makeover Part 3 - The Islands

Yard Makeover Part 3 - The Islands

Garden Makeover: Oaktree Corner

Garden Makeover: Oaktree Corner

All About the Mule Palm

All About the Mule Palm

New House = New Garden

New House = New Garden

First Palm(s) in the Ground!

First Palm(s) in the Ground!

My patio has turned into a mini nursery. #texasgardeners

My patio has turned into a mini nursery. #texasgardeners

New Garden Tour!

New Garden Tour!

Quick Update Video

Quick Update Video

Goodbye Tour of the Garden

Goodbye Tour of the Garden

TropicalPDX - Front Yard Garden Tour 2023

TropicalPDX - Front Yard Garden Tour 2023

Pineapple Guava - A Must Have Fruit Tree

Pineapple Guava - A Must Have Fruit Tree

Mimosa tree starting to flower #garden #tropicalgarden

Mimosa tree starting to flower #garden #tropicalgarden

Bringing Southern Flair to the North - Magnolia grandiflora

Bringing Southern Flair to the North - Magnolia grandiflora

Flowers for Months! The Best Flowering Tree

Flowers for Months! The Best Flowering Tree

Summer Solstice, Hail & a Quick Garden Tour

Summer Solstice, Hail & a Quick Garden Tour

Garden Survivors

Garden Survivors

Bringing Some Heat to the Garden!

Bringing Some Heat to the Garden!

Which Oleander is the Most Cold Hardy?

Which Oleander is the Most Cold Hardy?

The Most Cold Hardy Aloe in the World!

The Most Cold Hardy Aloe in the World!

The "Mini Me" of Big Leaf Magnolias

The "Mini Me" of Big Leaf Magnolias

First bit of rain in over a month. #tropicalgarden #oregonpalms

First bit of rain in over a month. #tropicalgarden #oregonpalms

How to tell Male from Female Trachycarpus Fortunei

How to tell Male from Female Trachycarpus Fortunei

Growing Moroccan Pineapple Broom

Growing Moroccan Pineapple Broom

Fatsia Replacement on a small hill garden

Fatsia Replacement on a small hill garden

Growing COLD Hardy Yellow Bottlebrush

Growing COLD Hardy Yellow Bottlebrush

Oregon tropical garden quick tour #gardening #palmtree #garden

Oregon tropical garden quick tour #gardening #palmtree #garden

Orange Butterfly Bush is Awesome!

Orange Butterfly Bush is Awesome!

Growing California Lilac - Ceanothus

Growing California Lilac - Ceanothus

Incredible Mediterranean Garden In Oregon

Incredible Mediterranean Garden In Oregon

Sabal "survivor"

Sabal "survivor"

Portland Style Dry Garden

Portland Style Dry Garden

Spur of the Moment Palm Planting

Spur of the Moment Palm Planting

Helianthemum "Mesa Wine" - Rock Rose

Helianthemum "Mesa Wine" - Rock Rose

Growing am Oregon Native Bush Monkey

Growing am Oregon Native Bush Monkey

Letting go of Plants

Letting go of Plants

Trumpet Cactus 16May2023

Trumpet Cactus 16May2023

Nursery Walk Through - One Green World

Nursery Walk Through - One Green World

Unleashing the Beast - Washingtonia robusta

Unleashing the Beast - Washingtonia robusta

Texas Mountain Laurel smells like grape soda. #sophorasecundiflora #grapesoda #tropicalgarden

Texas Mountain Laurel smells like grape soda. #sophorasecundiflora #grapesoda #tropicalgarden

Fantastic Trachycarpus palms at Lowe’s in Milwaukee, Oregon. #tropicalgarden #oregon

Fantastic Trachycarpus palms at Lowe’s in Milwaukee, Oregon. #tropicalgarden #oregon

Color changing Red Abyssinian Banana

Color changing Red Abyssinian Banana

Tetrapanax Steroidal Giants plants for sale at Portland Nursery on Division.

Tetrapanax Steroidal Giants plants for sale at Portland Nursery on Division.

New Spring Growth In a Tropical Garden

New Spring Growth In a Tropical Garden

Growing Mexican Orange - Choisiya ternata

Growing Mexican Orange - Choisiya ternata

How to Expand or Make a Garden Bed from Lawn

How to Expand or Make a Garden Bed from Lawn

Trunk Cutting a Palm Tree

Trunk Cutting a Palm Tree

Backyard Jungle Garden Update Late April

Backyard Jungle Garden Update Late April

First 80 degree day of the year for Portland, Oregon. #tropicalgarden

First 80 degree day of the year for Portland, Oregon. #tropicalgarden

First 70 degree day of the year for Portland!

First 70 degree day of the year for Portland!

Backyard Tropical Garden Walk around After a Harsh Winter

Backyard Tropical Garden Walk around After a Harsh Winter

The Palm Frond Massacre

The Palm Frond Massacre

Raintree Display Gardens - Palms and Exotics

Raintree Display Gardens - Palms and Exotics

The Gorilla of Trachycarpus Palms

The Gorilla of Trachycarpus Palms

The Biggest Sabal Palms in the Pacific Northwest. Prove me Wrong!

The Biggest Sabal Palms in the Pacific Northwest. Prove me Wrong!

Dead Butia equals Yucca Rostrata

Dead Butia equals Yucca Rostrata

Jubaea chilensis After a Harsh Winter

Jubaea chilensis After a Harsh Winter

The Silverton CIDP - Spring 2023

The Silverton CIDP - Spring 2023

Hardy ground orchid in flower. Bletilla striata #bletillastriata

Hardy ground orchid in flower. Bletilla striata #bletillastriata

A Great Mediterranean plant

A Great Mediterranean plant

Easy, effective protection for small palms and other plants. #tropicalgarden #oregon

Easy, effective protection for small palms and other plants. #tropicalgarden #oregon

Garden Oddity? World's Ugliest Tree?

Garden Oddity? World's Ugliest Tree?

The Beginning of a Hell Strip Garden

The Beginning of a Hell Strip Garden

Dead, Dead, Dead, it’s Dead! Butia eriospatha spear pull from Hell. #spearpull #butiaeriospatha

Dead, Dead, Dead, it’s Dead! Butia eriospatha spear pull from Hell. #spearpull #butiaeriospatha

A Tale of Four Eucalyptus - Winter Damage Observations

A Tale of Four Eucalyptus - Winter Damage Observations

Make Room for the BUTIA

Make Room for the BUTIA

Is it summer yet?

Is it summer yet?

A Fine Selection of Cacti, Agaves and Succulents

A Fine Selection of Cacti, Agaves and Succulents

Mind Blown! What an Amazing Commercial Landscape in Portland.

Mind Blown! What an Amazing Commercial Landscape in Portland.

Yucca removal Part 2 - Planting an Unusual Replacement

Yucca removal Part 2 - Planting an Unusual Replacement

How your Red Banana should look after winter.

How your Red Banana should look after winter.

How to Fertilize Clumping Bamboo

How to Fertilize Clumping Bamboo

Dwarf Orinoco Banana Update #tropicalgarden #oregonbananas #orinocobanana

Dwarf Orinoco Banana Update #tropicalgarden #oregonbananas #orinocobanana

Fertilizing a Jungle Garden

Fertilizing a Jungle Garden

Snow day again! #portland

Snow day again! #portland

Triple Dip La Nina aka "The Palm Killer"

Triple Dip La Nina aka "The Palm Killer"

Fat Oregon Pindo Palm

Fat Oregon Pindo Palm

Crazy Hybrid Yuccas!

Crazy Hybrid Yuccas!

First Palm Planting of the Year

First Palm Planting of the Year

Goodbye Yuccas!

Goodbye Yuccas!

The Palms are waking up #tropicalgarden

The Palms are waking up #tropicalgarden

Will my 5 year old Ricinus Germinate? Part 1

Will my 5 year old Ricinus Germinate? Part 1

6 Types of Precipitation in 12 hours! #tropicalgarden

6 Types of Precipitation in 12 hours! #tropicalgarden

Garden Musings - Winter Recap

Garden Musings - Winter Recap

The Early Signs of Spear Pull in Palms - What to Look For.

The Early Signs of Spear Pull in Palms - What to Look For.

A Great Cold Hardy Hybrid Yucca

A Great Cold Hardy Hybrid Yucca

Power of the Needle Palm

Power of the Needle Palm

A snowy March 1, 2023

A snowy March 1, 2023

Texas (Tough) Mountain Laurel

Texas (Tough) Mountain Laurel

Portland arctic blast update Feb 24, 2023.

Portland arctic blast update Feb 24, 2023.

The second highest total snowfall in one day for Portland, Oregon. #oregonsnowstorm

The second highest total snowfall in one day for Portland, Oregon. #oregonsnowstorm

The morning after the arctic storm.

The morning after the arctic storm.

This is bad. Epic winter storm.

This is bad. Epic winter storm.

Wow. This is a lot of snow!! #tropicalgarden #portlandsnowstorm

Wow. This is a lot of snow!! #tropicalgarden #portlandsnowstorm

Microclimates and elevation do matter for a tropical garden #tropicalgarden

Microclimates and elevation do matter for a tropical garden #tropicalgarden

Loquats are a must have for any Tropical Garden

Loquats are a must have for any Tropical Garden

The Return of Old Man Winter to Portland?

The Return of Old Man Winter to Portland?

Plant these for Winter Color!

Plant these for Winter Color!

Mystery Sabals - Episode One - Sabal "Riverside"

Mystery Sabals - Episode One - Sabal "Riverside"

How Wind can Affect Palms and other Plant's Hardiness

How Wind can Affect Palms and other Plant's Hardiness

Second big snowfall of the year in Portland.

Second big snowfall of the year in Portland.

Another Amazing Oregon Beach - Horses like it too!

Another Amazing Oregon Beach - Horses like it too!

Did the Oregon Grown Mexican Fan Palms Survive Winter?

Did the Oregon Grown Mexican Fan Palms Survive Winter?

Beautiful Pacific City Beach and Chief Kiwanda Rock in Oregon. #oregon #oregonbeaches

Beautiful Pacific City Beach and Chief Kiwanda Rock in Oregon. #oregon #oregonbeaches

Time to trim those Sword Ferns

Time to trim those Sword Ferns

What Yuccas will Rabbits Eat?

What Yuccas will Rabbits Eat?

Oleander with seed pods #neriumoleander #tropicalgarden

Oleander with seed pods #neriumoleander #tropicalgarden

Quick Mule palm update #palmtree #tropicalgarden #mulepalm

Quick Mule palm update #palmtree #tropicalgarden #mulepalm

Schefflera -Wind is not your friend!

Schefflera -Wind is not your friend!

Return of the PKW (Phormium Killing Winter)???

Return of the PKW (Phormium Killing Winter)???

Fargesia robusta - Five years strong! Bamboo Winter update

Fargesia robusta - Five years strong! Bamboo Winter update

The Dreaded "Spear Pull"

The Dreaded "Spear Pull"

January Arctic blast Aftermath 30Jan2023

January Arctic blast Aftermath 30Jan2023

First day of January Arctic Blast

First day of January Arctic Blast

Trying out a cold hardy Orinoco banana

Trying out a cold hardy Orinoco banana

Winter Nursery Tour - Cistus Design Nursery

Winter Nursery Tour - Cistus Design Nursery

The Dwarf Sugar Palm

The Dwarf Sugar Palm

Return of the Arctic Blast to Portland

Return of the Arctic Blast to Portland

Mystery Palm Update - what is it?

Mystery Palm Update - what is it?

They called for rain!

They called for rain!

Brahea armata Winter update

Brahea armata Winter update

The 2023 Trachycarpus tour

The 2023 Trachycarpus tour

Growing the Black Sallee Eucalytpus

Growing the Black Sallee Eucalytpus

What Plants am I Growing out?

What Plants am I Growing out?

My Super Rare Hybrid Palms

My Super Rare Hybrid Palms

Cold Hardy Hybrid Palm Update

Cold Hardy Hybrid Palm Update

Intro Video - TropicalPDX

Intro Video - TropicalPDX

Don't Plant this Cold Hardy Palm

Don't Plant this Cold Hardy Palm

What's Flowering in January

What's Flowering in January

Planting Trachycarpus in groups of three - Lessons learned.

Planting Trachycarpus in groups of three - Lessons learned.

Musa Basjoo Meltdown!

Musa Basjoo Meltdown!

Backyard Palms after the Freeze Part 2 - 31Dec2022

Backyard Palms after the Freeze Part 2 - 31Dec2022

Backyard Palms after the Freeze Part 1 - 30Dec2022

Backyard Palms after the Freeze Part 1 - 30Dec2022

Portland Palms after the Arctic Blast

Portland Palms after the Arctic Blast

Winter protecting palms in Portland, Oregon.

Winter protecting palms in Portland, Oregon.

Portland Arctic blast 24Dec2022 - Day 3

Portland Arctic blast 24Dec2022 - Day 3

Portland Arctic blast 23Dec2022 -Day 2

Portland Arctic blast 23Dec2022 -Day 2

Portland Arctic blast 22Dec2022 - Day 1

Portland Arctic blast 22Dec2022 - Day 1

Arctic Blast 2022 Portland - Is it really going to happen?? Protect your plants!

Arctic Blast 2022 Portland - Is it really going to happen?? Protect your plants!

Second winter for the Livistona Chinensis

Second winter for the Livistona Chinensis

What my tropical garden REALLY looks like in Winter.

What my tropical garden REALLY looks like in Winter.

Mexican fan palm - Oregon winter update

Mexican fan palm - Oregon winter update

Sabal Minor "McCurtain" - Growth rate

Sabal Minor "McCurtain" - Growth rate

First snow of the year! Snowy Palms!

First snow of the year! Snowy Palms!

What's flowering in December?

What's flowering in December?

Growing the Brazilian Needle Palm

Growing the Brazilian Needle Palm

Three years in the life of a Sabal Causiarum

Three years in the life of a Sabal Causiarum

Six Years in the Life of a Pindo Palm

Six Years in the Life of a Pindo Palm

Growing Citrus outdoors in Oregon?

Growing Citrus outdoors in Oregon?

Sabal x brazoriensis - now with seeds!

Sabal x brazoriensis - now with seeds!

Return of the east wind to Portland brings fires and burn bans

Return of the east wind to Portland brings fires and burn bans

An Australian Palm tree in Oregon

An Australian Palm tree in Oregon

The quiet beauty of Oregon's Coast Range

The quiet beauty of Oregon's Coast Range

Oregon Washingtonia robusta after first summer

Oregon Washingtonia robusta after first summer

Prepping Oregon Bananas for WInter

Prepping Oregon Bananas for WInter

Brahea armata update and 5 minute winter protection

Brahea armata update and 5 minute winter protection

Easy rain protection for Washingtonia robusta

Easy rain protection for Washingtonia robusta

One of the best BLE's you can plant!

One of the best BLE's you can plant!

Atmospheric river Soaking Oregon

Atmospheric river Soaking Oregon

This is what soil looks like after 4 months with no rain

This is what soil looks like after 4 months with no rain

The Gentle Mahonia

The Gentle Mahonia

Schefflera delavayi in flower

Schefflera delavayi in flower

Mystery Trachycarpus palm

Mystery Trachycarpus palm

Sabal Birmingham after almost 6 months in the ground

Sabal Birmingham after almost 6 months in the ground

Oregon rainy season starts this weekend.

Oregon rainy season starts this weekend.

Ridiculously pot bound Sabal “Louisiana”

Ridiculously pot bound Sabal “Louisiana”

Planting more Trachycarpus palms to spruce up common gardens.

Planting more Trachycarpus palms to spruce up common gardens.

Planting Trachycarpus palms to rejuvenate common space gardens.

Planting Trachycarpus palms to rejuvenate common space gardens.

What a 7 year old shade grown Trachycarpus wagnerianus looks like.

What a 7 year old shade grown Trachycarpus wagnerianus looks like.

The Silverton Oregon Canary Island Date Palm - Oct 2022

The Silverton Oregon Canary Island Date Palm - Oct 2022

Raintree Tropical display gardens tour Fall 2022 Part 2

Raintree Tropical display gardens tour Fall 2022 Part 2

Raintree Tropical display gardens Tour Fall 2022

Raintree Tropical display gardens Tour Fall 2022

My messy corner of the garden

My messy corner of the garden

Calling all fern experts, what is this??

Calling all fern experts, what is this??

How fast can a Trachyarpus fortunei grow part 1F

How fast can a Trachyarpus fortunei grow part 1F

How fast can a Waggie palm grow?

How fast can a Waggie palm grow?

How fast can a Trachycarpus fortunei grow part 2E

How fast can a Trachycarpus fortunei grow part 2E

Waggie vs Washy - who won the race?

Waggie vs Washy - who won the race?

Oregon countryside Washingtonia palms and a few friends.

Oregon countryside Washingtonia palms and a few friends.

Oregon exotic palm update - Braheas, Washingtonias, Phoenix and Syagrus.

Oregon exotic palm update - Braheas, Washingtonias, Phoenix and Syagrus.

First Actual rain in months for Portland.

First Actual rain in months for Portland.