My Garden

[rthink]

I've just renovated my garden around the house and try to put as many palms as I can. Due to limitted space, most of the palms I choose are small species or the ones that don't need a lot of spaces. Hope you enjoy it.

The first pic is a corner of the garden. I planted Astrocaryum alatum, Licuala glabra var. Selangorensis and Carpoxylon and a few other species...

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Move to the left, you'll see a Licuala ramsayi and some babies around it. I like this one a lot, every leaf is getting bigger and bigger.

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Hydriastele beguinii with Chamaedorea matallica on the right.... you can see Calyptrocalyx albertisianus, Archontophoenix purpurea and Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum in front..

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From another angle, Licuala distans in front...and you'll see a bit of Joeys magnifica behind it..

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on a sided walk, i planted a dwarf Dypsis lutescens and variegated Rhapis excelsa...you can see a glimpse of Pseudophoenix sargentii as well..

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Calyptrocalyx pachystachys and caudatus planted together... This genus has been difficult for me.. Hope they do well here...

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Chuniophoenix nana on the left and another dwarf Dypsis lutescens on the right ..(it's another form of dwarf D. lutescens from previous photo)

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Iguanura divergens and tenuis in the shaded area... another difficult one... never been successfull to grow them from seeds..

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varieties of small species...there are Licuala stenophylla, Calyptrocalyx elegans, Reinhardtia latisecta, Reinhardtia simplex, Licuala mattanensis here. Of course you cannot see them all in the picture

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Calyptrocalyx caudatus and a dwarf Licuala sp.

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my balcony is now taken over by the babies

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also the path... .... how many species can you see in this photo?

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more of them!!

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some sections are controlled by the Cycads!!

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That's all for all .... Thanks everyone for viewing

[ariscott]

Nice collection you have there.

I found that I had problems with Calyptrocalyx in pots... they dried up too quickly and died too quickly. I found that there was no second chance with this genus. So now... when they get big enough, I just stick them in the protected spot in the ground. They survived better for me that way.

BTW, you need to buy your neighbour's house too with the amount of palms you have in pots.

Regards, Ari

[Walter John]

Breathtaking beauties, thanks for showing us mere mortals.

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

What a beautiful garden, thanks for shareing the pics.

[PalmsZA]

Hi Chalermchart

Very Nice!!!!

Your Joeys are growing well here too. Some are on their 4th leaf already!

Cheers

Dennis

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[Exotic Life]

Nice garden with a great collection, thanks for sharing...

Robbin

[Davidl]

Chalermchart your garden looks good hope to see more because I know you have allot of palms.

[Peter]

Very elegant.

[Gbarce]

very very nice! looks like a cool oasis in the middle of the hot humid tropics. I like your selection of palms

[Neofolis]

Great photo's Chalermchart, very green and lush. You have some of my favourite species in your collection, cant wait to see how it looks in a few years.

[palmislandRandy]

Beautiful! Thanks for taking the time to post.

[rozpalm]

Those are some really nice looking palms you have there.

[nomolos]

I feel like Homer Simpson when he drools over food

[Dave-Vero]

The red brick paths are lovely. Whoever designed and built them was quite skillful and artistic.

[oppalm]

very nice. I am speechless, but that won't stop me from saying I enjoyed the tour of your garden. The palms and cycads look great.

[mppalms]

I also like the pathways. They contrast nicely with the green of the palms. I think this is an example of how you can have an abundance of palms in a (relatively) small space. Some of those palms will get large, but after a few years, the crowns will be way above head height and you'll have a nice canopy.

One practical problem (which I experience, but in summer instead of winter) is that you have a long dry season in Bangkok. How do you keep all your palms hydrated? I have problems with sprinkler heads croaking while I'm travelling, and it's always the plant that I like most at the moment that is near death if not totally fried.

Thanks for posting!

Jason

[Gileno Machado]

Wow Chalerm !!!!

Your collection looks neat...everything looks so organized and well taken care...

I've had problems with Iguanuras too. Death rate is incredible when grown from seed...

It seems that another Nong Nooch is being prepared for the future...

Any Brazilian babies doing fine there yet?

Now where's my bedroom for when I visit you next year?

[Trópico]

That Hydriastele with its banana type leaves with bluish undersides is wowsers! My two babies seem to be stronger willed than my H. pinangoides. And I share your pain with the Iguanuras. Out of 12 or so that came to me pre-germinated in transit now I only have ... ONE! Just one! The others just died. Nice red-brick pavers.

[rthink]

Thanks everyone for your comments. My small garden is still far from completed, it could be a few years away when it will be what I'd like it to be. So I'll continuously post the update here.

Ari,

I experienced the same problem with the calyptrocalyx. This is also my experiment to put them in the ground hope they grow better like yours. I figure out that although this species prefer the shade but it still need some light for good growth.

Jason,

Now is the middle of the long dry season you mentioned and I lost a few palms because of that. The sun here is too strong for many of them and the leaves got burnt really easy. I try to water them every day and if i'm travelling, i normally hire someone to do the job for me but of course, there are still some problems because that person usually don't understand each species's water requirment. I'm considering to set up the watering system but it's a plan. I still enjoy do my job.

Gileno,

You're welcome here anytime!.. I'll try to put some palms into my guess room so that you won't miss your home too much ..Your brazil palms are doing fine except some of the Geonoma which i figure out it's another difficult one also

Frank,

I truly understand your feeling about Iguanura!!

[ariscott]

Ari,

I experienced the same problem with the calyptrocalyx. This is also my experiment to put them in the ground hope they grow better like yours. I figure out that although this species prefer the shade but it still need some light for good growth.

I just grow them under temporary shade structure, while my trees are growing. They are under 50% shade and they are doing quite well. I think because we are in the tropics, we can get away with a bit more sun.

Regards, Ari

[bgl]

Chalermchart,

You have a beautiful garden and excellent looking palms with great color! And it looks like you could use a bit more space...!

Bo-Göran

PS. And I found it interesting that you're able to grow Pseudophoenix! And regarding small Iguanuras, I've had the same problem as you seem to be having.

[www.dadluvsu.com]

Chalermchart your collection is awesome! I really like the diversity of species... I will also echo my disasterous results with Iguanura. All mine grown from seed have died. A very tough genus to grow indeed.

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Bo,

Thanks for your comment. Pseudophoenix are quite an easy one to grow here but they are extremely slow (especially for P. ekmanii) I have all 4 species but i think it's still years away until i can put them in the ground.

Bill,

Thanks. Looks like everyone have the same problems with Iguanura. Is anyone successful in growing this species from seeds? If so, please share!

here is my newest acquisition. Another Dwarf Dypsis lutescens. This one has very stiff leaves and short petioles, reminding of P. ekmanii when young. It's next to be in the ground.