We’ve written before about several of the new windmill palm hybrids that are becoming available thanks to crosses being made in Europe. One that has really impressed us are the hybrids with the silver-backed Trachycarpus princeps, and the dwarf, Trachycarpus nanus. We call these seed strains, Trachycarpus x nanceps (unpublished) ‘Little Prince’. We use this
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We were thrilled to recently welcome two stalwarts of the Southeastern Palm Society to JLBG, on their way to a SPS meeting in nearby High Point, NC. Tom McClendon (l), and Joe LeVert (r), have been two of the folks most responsible for the success of the society over the last few decades. Both gentlemen
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Sabal ‘DeFuniak’ is a mystery palm, first spotted years ago, in the town of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, as an oddity and potential hybrid. Palm experts agree that the trunk looks like Sabal bermudana, while the foliage more closely resembles Sabal minor var. louisiana. Our first Sabal ‘DeFuniak’ plants are currently flowering this year at 5
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