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The Palms Continue to Expand in the Zone 9a Garden

_Keith

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_Keith Grand Master

_Keith

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I had an idea for a couple of beds up front where the nursery will go. That is my retirement career many years from now. First picture is these neat 2-trunk Washingtonia's to go there that I picked up a couple of days ago.

When I planted out the 5 Livistona last week, 3 saibus, 1 decora, and 1 species, I saw a 6th spot that was perfect for another Livistona. I picked up a chinensis to go there.

I had also thought it a shame that with Sabal's bieng native here, that I didn't have one in the garden. The second picture is those two palms which I got today, L. chinensis and Sabal.

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Creekside

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You're going to keep seeing "one more perfect spot" Keith! :lol:

Catherine Presley

 

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_Keith Grand Master

_Keith

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You're going to keep seeing "one more perfect spot" Keith! :lol:

Yeah, I guess you are right. It is "the addiction." Hey, aren't you in Eastern Time. You are worse than me for not sleeping.

No biggie. Sleep is a big waste of time anyway.

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

simona Experienced

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Hope you already found the best spots to plant them.....and I'm one of those curious and will sure follow your postings, Keith, as my zone is also a challenging 9.

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Simona

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Wai`anae Steve

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You're going to keep seeing "one more perfect spot" Keith! :lol:

I have the same problem. Keep buying and planting. Problem is I can't keep up weeding the beds already planted. :mrlooney:

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Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
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SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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Nice additions Keith. Haven't you heard of palms on 3 foot centers? :)

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

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southlatropical

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I had an idea for a couple of beds up front where the nursery will go. That is my retirement career many years from now.

Wow Keith, that is exactly what I have plans of doing. I am 30 and hope to have a yard full of mature palms ect. by the time I'm 55. And I would like to propagate and sell palms and other stuff as a hobby and to make a little extra $$.

Fordoche, LA

USDA zone 8b

National Arbor Day zone 9

AHS zone 9

Sunset zone 28

Gulf Coast climate with long hot and humid growing season, but short winters are cold and wet with several frosts. Typical lowest temp of between 22F-26F each winter with around a dozen or so nights below freezing.

FRITO Grand Master

FRITO

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Nice Keith! your property will allow for many more spots! oh yah im planting for retirement too - at the rate things are going with global warming :rolleyes: ....i should be able to grow royal palms the time I retire!

I am trying to locate a deal on some clear trunked Sabals - near instant gratification. and after they root in a year or so hang a hammock up between them and enjoy your garden daily while everything else matures around you. Plus the sabal seeds will be spread by the birds and you can have them popping up all over your property.

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

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JMBreland

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Keep rakin' in those palms, Keith! Your yard will one day become a palm jungle. ... Ohhh, Heaven.

Luke... I have an interesting point to make about S. palmettos seeding themselves into the landscape: at Max Stewart's estate in Mobile, he has had many S. palmettos growing there for over thirty years and encourages racoons into his property by putting out food each afternoon. They inevitably discovered the big bunches of delicious jet-black berries hanging tantalizingly overhead. These 'coons then got into the habit of visiting his property to have their nightly feasts of the food he puts out and climbing the palms to gorge themselves on the berries. Racoon poo full of berries all over the place. Surrounding the 10-acre property is a mixed urban forest overrun with ... *grr* privets! Interestingly, NOT A SINGLE CABBAGE PALM HAS EVER ESTABLISHED ITSELF IN THE FOREST! I'm not a genius with the intricate interrelationships between various plants, soil, nutrient availability, light, etc. but I am suspecting that the dense thicket of the damn privets is an effective barrier to the colonization of palms in the forest.

Jeremy Breland
itinerant public garden horticulturist
A native of the US Gulf Coast: USDA hardiness zone 8b-9b; AHS heat zone 8-9, Sunset climate zone 28; Trewartha climate classification: Cf-humid subtropical; Hot and humid summers with occasional droughts, warm and wet winters punctuated by cold snaps.

Currently in New Orleans, LA, zone 9b, heat zone 8

amazondk Grand Master

amazondk

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Keith,

You give me incentive to get going more on my project on our future riverside home lot. I got some seeds while up north over the equator this week. I picked up some babassu, Attalea speciosa seeds as well as some seeds from an adonidia merrillii. The Adonidia is a real cheap palm here, but I will germinate some seeds anyway. I have some nice spots for these once they get to the right size. I intend on getting a nursery going over there, at least for the plants for my lot. They gon't fit in the city house the way it is.

dk

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FRITO Grand Master

FRITO

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Jeremy, interesting. I do note birds are the best but they usually drop seed right beneath the mother palm or from a branch in a live oak or somthing. i did notice lot of small mammal dropping down at st marks, fl wildlife preserve sabals run rampant with the tons of boids and animals.

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

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