New member from South Carolina

[GPenny]

Hello to everyone! I know, this is a UK forum but I've been lurking for a while and really enjoy the insight from y'all "across the pond". I'm pushing the limits with different species here and the principles of protecting "borderline" species are the same worldwide. Have already learned some different things here even though I've been growing palms for over 30 years! Great forum!!!!

[Dave Brown]

Hi Gpenny, and welcome

You must be about the northern limit of Sabal palms, where you get decent summers but cold winters compared to here. Glad you find some of the info useful What palms are you into? and any pics?

[mouse]

Hi GPenny
and welcome to the forum

[spotty]

When Spotty Mouse get together, we welcome all with open arms.

[countrylover]

Howdy to our new American member

[GPenny]

Heres a photo of some Sabal palmettos and Sabal minors around the pool.

[kata]

Welcome Penny

[leewatson1980]

Welcome Gpenny, I don't know what I'm more envious of, your palms or your pool, very nice.

Lee

[Darlo Mark]

nice pool!

[dino]

Welcome Penny, looks just like my garden ( I wish! )

[Nick]

Welcome GPenny, hows it from your side of the pond your photo is what we all would like our gardens to be like, but it's only in our dreams that we can have palms like that welcome to our forum, we are becoming an international forum with members from other countries now

[Dave Brown]

Great garden Gp, and great palms.

You say you have been growing palms for 30 years, are those in the pics grown from seed or from small?

[GPenny]

Nick
Things are finally cooling down here after a long,hot summer. I think we recorded over 130 days this year with high temperatures above 90F.!!! I have always admired the lushness of your English gardens due to plentiful rainfall and temperate weather. Here the heat makes extra irrigation necessary in spite of 45-50 inches of rain a year.

[GPenny]

Dave
Thanks! Most of my palms are seed grown. The palmettos in the photo were planted as 5g plants about 25 years ago.

[redsquirrel]

Hi Gpenny from south carolina
welcome to the forum, love the palms