Heartbreaking, Jim, but you're right, the Bismarkia looks wonderful.
I'd paint or seal those stumps with something, though. They are inviting Ganoderma infection if you leave them open like that.
On the bright side, one of those guys you removed was sort of leaning towards the house . . . maybe it was a blessing in disguise?
I have brugs (! ! ) begonias and the crazy Shooting Stars clerodendrons are still shooting away! I suspect these brugs have had the benefit of the orchid spray with silicon stuff in it, because the other brugs out in the yard are not blooming.
