Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

When to plant your palm? I would suggest keeping it potted until the risk of hard frost has passes like mid-February. The Mule's not going to push many roots during the winter anyway and you run the r ...

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what soil biotics are u using? i usually slap down liquid worm and N'rich for kelp additive. the liquid worm us expensive-$20/gal- so anything else might be worth a try. i also put down a humate produ ...

So, I'm a confirmed Mule palm fan. Here's a 3 month growth comparison showing two Mule palms in our yard in Chandler. Picture 1 from September 2012, picture 2 June 2012. The palm at right has pushed a ...

I just returned from Maui and fell in love with the Christmas palms (Adonidia merrillii). Is anyone growing them here? I understand they might not be cold hardy enough for our climate. I live in the c ...

I use and recommend the Ez-Flo brand inline fertigation system. I installed the model EZ 005-FX which has a 5gal capacity reservoir. A smaller size would be less expensive and easier to install. I lik ...

I've been undertaking the replacement of our bermuda grass lawn and considering turf options.

Have you researched or considered the use of paspalum sod? Paspalum has many advantages over hybrid be ...

Here is a picture of one of my Phoenix Rupicola x Reclinata. This palm was purchased as a 15g from Treeland 3 years ago. The palm has easily tripled in size in that time. A nice feature are the leaves ...

That is a pretty sweet setup. I just have a plain old system and my hands and hose Laughing

And that's a fine way to go. As I get older, and lazier, I look for time savings and work reducing methods ...

Awesome picts.

Not many palms grown in AZ retain the appearance of those grown in Florida. The Florida grown queen palms we get here are a perfect example. They arrive dark green with full fronds a ...

At our home in Chandler, AZ we have 120+ palm trees requiring irrigation and fertilization. Over the years now I've settled on a system and routine which is efficient and grows healthy vigorous palm t ...

I have two Rupicola x Reclinata hybrids in my garden. Got them at Treeland. They are hardy and beautiful palms but I'm not sure of their lineage.

P. Reclinata is a clustering palm and the Treeland ...

Here is a pict of two of our Mule palms. The one on left is stubby the one on right more upright. Both trees were of identical size when planted two years ago as 15g trees. Site location, water and fe ...

I purchased the Mule palms in California. Jungle Music in Encinitas has them in 5gal size for $100, nice quality too.

A strange characteristic of the Mules is that they seem to be quite individuali ...

An unusual palm for Phoenix that has quickly become my favorite is the Mule palm. The Mule is the common name given to a hybrid cross between a queen palm and Pindo (butia) palm. The palm has the quic ...