FAVORITE LINKS OF THE TEMPERANT ZONES

RELATED MESSAGE BOARDS

Central FL Palm & Cycad Message Board The Cloudforest Cafe The Cycad Bulletin Board EPS Members Discussion Forum GardenWeb Forums       Palms and Cycads [ exchange ]       Tropical Plants [ exchange ]       Tropicalesque Gardens Hardy Eucalyptus Board HardyPalms.org Forum Hardy Palms and More for the Northeast Hardy Palms In Temperate Zones Board International Palm Society Message Board International Seed Trading Board

Northwest Palms Discussion Board The Palm Centre Discussion Forum PalmsNorth.com Southeastern Palm Society Bulletin Board Southern Hemisphere Plants for Northern Gardens The Temperate-zone Desert Garden Triple Oaks Nursery Forum Tropicals @ Dave's Garden UBC BG Palm Trees and Cycads Forum The UK Oasis Yahoo Groups Yucca Desert Plants Forum YuccaYucca

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GENERAL INTEREST WEB PAGES

• Gerry's Jungle - Nursery supplier of palms, cycads and tropicals.
• Growing Hardy Palms and Subtropicals in Rhode Island - Another of the first hardy palm pages on the web, loads of great information, links and pictures.
• Oasis Designs - An English nursery, lots of excellent and very comprehensive information and great pictures of a huge variety of subtropical plants.
• Ortanique - A supplier of palm, cycad and other tropical plant seeds.
• Palm Production and Culture Resources - From the University of Florida Fort Lauderdale; lots of information, an emphasis on palm problem solving.
• Palm Trees and other Tropical Pleasures - This page covers the practical aspects of palm and exotic plant care in a detailed, organized way.
• Rarepalmseeds.com - German supplier of palm and other seeds.
• The Cool Tropix - One of the oldest and most centrally loacted hardy palm pages on the web.
• The Hardiest Palms - A thorough summary of the very hardiest palm species.  Very informative containing lots of pictures, links to sources and information.
• The Palm Centre - An English nursery specializing in palms and exotic plants; a wealth of information about many palm species, great pictures of rare palms.
• Virtual Palm Encyclopedia - An extremely comprehensive page about palms and related topics; cold-hardy species not emphasized.

PALMS AND SUBTROPICALS BY REGION

Ian's Palms Page (WA) Box Turtle Oasis (WA) Darin's Website (AZ/NM) Digital Raingardens (TX) Amazing Gardens (OK) Gary's Nursery (NC) Palm Trees at Reedy Branch (NC)

U of Georgia Bamboo Farm and Gardens Hardy Palms of the NC Piedmont Brian's Botanicals (KY) Gary Platt's Galleries (mostly Cornwall) Palms and Hardy Cacti in Netherlands The Jungle Garden (Norwich, England) The Polar Palms of Bulgaria

MORE WEB PAGES

Australian National Botanic Gardens The Fern House Hardy Eucalyptus Page Cold-Hardy Tree Ferns

The Cycad Pages Protea Atlas Project The Eden Project American Gardens and Arboreta

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PHOTOS

There are now so many collections of palm photos all over the internet, it is no longer practical to link all of them to this page. The best approach may be to do a google search of the species you are looking for! Or, go to webshots.com and do a search! In addition, many of the pages listed above contain vast collections of photos.

A few more palm photo galleries

UK Oasis Garden Gallery Alain Lucier's Palm Trees in Seattle Brandt's Palm and Subtropical Tree Page Cycad Photo Gallery

Daryl's Palm Photos PACSOA Palm Index Virtual Palm Encyclopedia Photo Gallery

SOCIETIES

European Palm Society International Palm Society Cactus and Succulent Society of America Pacific NW Palm and Exotic Plant Society

Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia Palm Society of South Texas Southeastern Palm Society Other Palm Society Chapters

WEATHER AND CLIMATE DATA

US National Climactic Data Center WeatherBase Worldwide Climate Data Western Regional Climate Center Oregon Climate Service US Climate Divisions Plotting Page Weather Underground NWS United States Weather The Weather Channel Current USA Radar Loop Long-Lead Multi-Season Climate Outlooks

North America USDA zones North Carolina USDA zones (Bob Snyder) Georgia USDA zones (Tom McClendon) Tennessee USDA zones (Jeff Stevens) Europe USDA zones Canada USDA zones (rather inaccurate though) South America USDA zones (Brandt Maxwell) SE Europe and Asia Minor zones (B. Maxwell) Africa USDA zones (courtesy of Brandt Maxwell) China USDA zones Australia USDA zones AHS Heat Zone Map (PDF)