Difference between revisions of "Pacsoa Annual Show"

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This is a Covid Safe Event :

If you are unwell or have any Covid like symptoms you must not attend the show.

Features :

• An impressive display of native and exotic palms & cycads.
• Books, posters and magazines for reference and purchase.
• Experts available to ask about the suitability of palms and cycad species for your garden.
• Extensive low-cost plant and seed sale for indoors/outdoors, full sun/shade, feature/screening, fan/solitary, rare/common. So a great place to indulge your gardening passion.
• Cold drinks.
• Membership.
• Admission - $3/$2 concession
• All members are welcome to sell plants at the show (palms and cycads only), the only requirement is that you be a paid up member ($15 / year).
• Set up is Friday MARCH 5, 9am to 5pm sharp.
• Contact Martin Lack 0419 646 200 or martin.lack@mlaa.com.au for more information.

- Dozens of Australian native palm and cycad species available for sale.
- Make your garden look different; select palms and cycads not commonly grown in SE Queensland.
- Choose from a list of 40 different alternative palm varieties (see less common SE Qld Palms (link)).
- You’ll be given this list as a handout on entry and will be able to look for examples to view (and buy).
- Discover native and exotic cycads that are NOT eaten by the cycad blue butterfly caterpillars so look great.
 

Learn More :

If you are interested, but new to palms and cycads, and are not sure what would suit your garden, have a look at the following pages to give you some idea about what's what.

• Beginners Guide to Sub-Tropical Palms
• Beginners Guide to Cycads

Figure 1. Plant display.	Figure 2. Plant sales.

Examples of plants that will be for sale:

Figure 3. Chambeyronia_macrocarpa	Figure 4. Encephalartos_bubalinus
Figure 5. Encephalartos_ferox	Figure 6. Zamia_neurophyllidia
Figure 7. Copernicia_hospita	Figure 8. Ptychosperma_waitianum