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flowerylady. Your wonderful cool nights in Hawaii are helping to keep those plants happy and yours look very very happy indeed. The Dianthus, Lavender and Violas are late winter/spring flowers in the southeast, they tend to melt in the summer. I understand there are new varieties of lavender that can take our humidity it will be wonderful if they really can.

I had several beautiful Japanese Maples in large, probably 20 gal+, containers and they did well for many years but the winters are just too warm now here in the SE. They were varieties that were suited to this zone, 9a, but times are changing so....... I am down to only one and it is not looking too good, it has not even lost all its leaves from last season. If it is going to live it should put out new leaves within the next few weeks. Will let you know.

I have not had any palms in pots for years but I just sprouted a couple of Medjool date seeds, does that count?