Recapping My Summer Plantings

[osideterry]

We start with my mixed archo triple. The biggest is a purpurea, medium size is an alex, the small one is a myolensis. These have been in full sun since December.

[osideterry]

I posted these earlier this summer. My $60 Home Depot Alex King, and my little double Arenge engleri planting.

[osideterry]

Now for the Bs. First my Becarrio "no windows", and then not one but two Burretiokentia hapalas planted this summer.

[osideterry]

I just planted this Chambey close to the house. From inside the trunk is hidden behind the frame between the bay windows.

[osideterry]

Now on to Dypsis. First the 3 Lowes Teddies, planted on the North side of my house for maximum wind protection. They saw 30F a couple times last Winter.

Oh and I planted another Lute. It's in an area I want to turn into a bed of all Dypsis next year.

[osideterry]

An updated shot of the Euterpe edulis I planted in June. The next one is the Ravenea glauca I planted this weekend.

[osideterry]

Here's the big Rhopy baueri I planted in June flanked by R. sapida on the left and R. sapida "barrier island" on the right.

And finally, the Sabal maurtiiformis also planted in June.

I bought most of these from members of this forum... Steve in San Diego, MattyB, Johnny, El Blanco, Joe Palma, Phil, etc. Others I got from Gary Woods, and the big box finds.

I'm already planning next years dig.

[doubravsky]

Terry... very nice! I like the triple Archonto variety, and love the B Hapalas... where did you get the two?

[osideterry]

Thanks Dave. The two looked so much alike I forgot which one I got from who. One was from El Blanco (Jeff White) and the other from Steve in San Diego. Both get a little morning sun, and then it's all shade. When they get 9ft tall or more they will just have to deal with more sun.

[BS Man about Palms]

Looking very good Terry!

[LJG]

Good work Terry. And it looks like lots of room for more next year.

Hey, why two Arenge engleris? Those will combine into a big mess soon enough. Please take one out, take new pictures, and start your tour over with things corrected. Thanks.

[freakypalmguy]

It all looks great Terry, that Archo triple is going to be very nice. I picked up a purpurea from K.W. that I am going to give a try in a protected spot. Hopefully it's not just a death sentence for it.

Matt

[osideterry]

Thanks Bill and Matt. I've got more fun stuff to plant next year, time ran out and some palms need to fill out their pots a bit more.

Len - I had 2 arengas and only one spot I wanted to plant one. Looking forward to having a big mess to trim up.

Anyone noticed I'm Setting Seed? No more Flowering for this guy!

[quaman58]

Really nice Terry! Love the walkway next to the "Teddys".

Bret

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Looking good Terry i start my planting in around 8 weeks at my new place .

[elHoagie]

Nice Terry! I like the triple king. I've done something similar at two places in my front yard (cunning,cunning,tuck,purp in one area; cunning,tuck,purp in the other).

Are you done planting for the year? I always quit before Labor Day, since I've had a lot of failures from late season plantings. I ended up putting 161 palms in the ground this summer, now I need to get my act together and post some pics.

[Gileno Machado]

Very interesting your idea of the Archontophoenix trio with different species, Terry.

It will be nice to see the Rhopalostylis in the future too. I wish I had the right climate for these...

[osideterry]

Bret - Thanks. Flagstone and pea gravel, a pattern continued from my front yard. Those Teddies get great protection from the wind.

Troy - Best of luck with the cool mediterranean planting. Any Ceroxylons? They never look that great in my area, but yours would be ideal.

Jack - 161? Pictures! Yeah, I'm done... planting. As soon as I get a maxima and a tuckeri, I'm planting them with another purpurea I have. Do archos cross?

[palmdudetx]

Hello Terry,

Looks really good. Should have some a. maximas ready for next spring and a. cunning to combine wjth them. Just hope that I can do as well with mine as you have with your Archos.

Marvin

[joe_OC]

Hey Terry, GREAT looking yard! How big of a lot do you have? Looks like you still have a lot of grass left like me...Is that going to change in the future? Also, how old is your yard? Mine is less than a year old and wanted to compare to others.

Wow! Jack...161 palms in the ground this summer? That's averaging close to 2 a day every day for the past 90 days! Guess you took what Bo said to heart about trying to plant 3-4 palms everyday...What was the average size of the palms? That's going to be a great thread to read and hopefully watch a lot of pics...

[osideterry]

Thanks Gilena and Marvin. We all have our own advantages and disadvantages, which becomes part of the challenge/fun.

Joe - My lot is a quarter acre, and was built in 1986. I began messing around as an armchair landscape designer 4-5 years ago, and it is what got me into palms. They were the only plants I actually began to care about. My wife is finally open to me wiping out the lawn, but a kitchen remodel and new flooring come first. In the mean time, I'll work on ways to turn all that lawn into paths and more planting beds. As long as it looks nice and tropical, the family is behind me. I can't start digging holes all over and sticking palms in the ground randomly.

[_Keith]

Terry, looks great. Do you have some shots, or even a simple sketech of the home and garden as a whole. I would love to see it as a holistic garden.

Again,

Thanks.

[osideterry]

Keith - Here's the drawing I used to play around with, now it's all by look and feel. I just added in the recent plantings. Only architectural type plants are listed. It's embarrassing, and a lot of changes will be made. It gives am idea of the layout.

[joe_OC]

Keith - Here's the drawing I used to play around with, now it's all by look and feel. I just added in the recent plantings. Only architectural type plants are listed. It's embarrassing, and a lot of changes will be made. It gives am idea of the layout.

Terry...The drawing looks fantastic! What program did you use? I need to do that with my yard to get a complete image as well. I have tried a couple of programs, but did not like them.

[John in Andalucia]

Nice,Terry. I´m coming on the day-visit to your place in ten years time!

[osideterry]

Thanks John. Anytime your in SoCal stop by. Hopefully my yard will be visit-worthy in 5 years.

Joe - You won't like my program any better. I used Adobe Illustrator. I worked in layers, putting the google satellite image of my yard on the bottom. I double-checked measurements with the crude plan that came with my house. Then I assigned colors for planting bed, lawn, sidewalk, etc, gave each one a layer and started drawing out the shapes. I would hope landscape software exists that is easier to use and looks better.

[realarch]

Looks great Terry. Still in the process of getting 'my' plan together on paper. You're an inspiration. I've used a Google image as a base as well.

Tim

[hulagalnz9]

So I take it you did the ...plan,plan,plan,sit,stare,dream (like palm island suggested)..down loaded google image and applied Adobe Illustrator overlays, plotted and schemed to acquire desired alphabetized list, and last of all manual labor?

Dang Terry...let the rest of us catch up will ya?

very nice 'satisfying accomplishments'.....shh...can't say w o r k in here.

Okay...I'm going back to planning...

[doubravsky]

Terry,

I LOVE that drawing! I gotta do that. Hmmm..... now to find some software... anyone know of something easier and cheaper than Illustrator?

[John in Andalucia]

Terry,

I LOVE that drawing! I gotta do that. Hmmm..... now to find some software... anyone know of something easier and cheaper than Illustrator?

Have you tried SmartDraw? LINK I don´t know if they still do the time trial version, but maybe it´s worth a look.

[joe_OC]

I tried it...It was too cumbersome for me and I gave up. I'm going to try photo shop.