Pics of my front yard

[Bags]

We just remodeled our house a few years ago and while landscaping the yard I caught the palm bug bad. I have been buying palms steadily since. Almost everything has been planted this summer and is still acclimating so it is not looking its best, but hope you enjoy.

Dypsis heteromorpha

[Bags]

One gallon Onilahensis in full sun and loving it

Dypsis Fine leaf

Encephalartos Whitlockii

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Encephalartos Horridus

Pritchardis hillebrandii still aclimating but starting to look good

decipiens. Planted last october and has been suprisingly fast. It is pushing its 5th spear this year

[deezpalms]

Good stuff Bags. Where about's in Enci do you live?

I spy a Syagrus botryophora on the left. Nice!

I got two about the same size maybe a bit bigger last year that are doing great.

[LJG]

Nice job. I love seeing new designs and plantings.

One thing I can tell you from experience, I doubt those Cycads will make it another two years out front. Just takes one drive by. I lost $1000s in my front yard in one night. Living in a gated community did not even help. I don't want to be a Nervous Nellie or Chicken Little guy, but I just wanted to give you some insight. Encephalartos Whitelockii are worth some cash. I took all remaining cycads of value out of my front and now have things like altensteinii and natalensis out front.

[Bags]

Syagrus botryophora. Planted in spring and did not move for most of the summer, but is now growing steadily

Kentia

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Bismarkia earlier this summer

Here it is now starting to get that blue color that i love

teddy. It is straight on Photobucket. Do not know why it is sideways here

[Bags]

I am going to sneak in a few pics of my daughter Sofia. Isn't she cute?

Dypsis ambositrae one more leaf from the greenhouse still left

Ravenea glauca

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Little Hookeri

Chamadorea Deckeriana

Dypsis ???

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Dypsis Lancealota

One of my favorite cycads. Encephalartos Ferox

Howea Belmoreana

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Foxy Lady. She is having a rough time, but still growing.

K.O.

Gigas. I had a few people tell me not to plant this because it would make my house look small. What they do not understand is I want my small house to make my palms look big!

[Bags]

Chambeyronia Macrocarpa

The nursery I bought this from told me this was a King palm. I think it is R. Baueri. Anyone know for sure?

Close up of the trunkal region

[Bags]

R. Chatham island. IMO the nicest of the Rhopalostylis.

Hyophorbe Indica

Alloschmidtia Glabrata

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Hydescepe it is in full costal sun and not doing to bad. It is opening its first leaf since coming out of the green house.

Sofia at Quail gardens

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Schizlobium, blood leaf and Euterpe edulis.

Chamadorea Benziei. Initially burnt pretty bad, but coming around.

Chamadorea Glaucifolia and a little plumosa

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Lutescens

Some future plantings. L Dypsis carlsmithii R Prestoea Acuminata var montana

Baronii with clinostigma savoryanum

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Mad Fox

Licuala

Dypsis sp. white

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L dypsis albofarinosa R dypsis Honkona.

Dypsis manajarensis

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Orange Crush

Thats all for now. Hope you enjoyed. Aaron

[osideterry]

Very nice selection, and look very well cared for. You have all the Dypsis I'm looking to get.

That elephant ear is about to give you trouble. They get that size, and then hatch more babies than the queen in Aliens. I dig mine out last Summer, used RoundUp, and they still keep multipying.

[niftinfiftin]

WOW that looks great!

Your syagrus looks very nice indeed. You have certainly caught the palm bug. I would heed the advice Len has offered, cycads make easy targets for theft.

Cheers,

Nathan

[MattyB]

If Cycad theft worries you, maybe consider scraping the dirt away from around the surface of the plant, burying some wire mesh or chain link in a 3-4 foot radius, tacking it down with rebar bent into a U shape and then replacing the dirt and mulch again.

[ellidro]

I may have fueled Aaron's addiction a bit since we live so close to each other. You've done a great job in the front yard, I can't wait to see what it looks like in 5 years. I'm excited for you to get the back yard going as well. Nice pics!!

[yachtingone]

Very nice Matt. Those cycads will disappear some day some way! When big enough they will wrap a chain around the caudex and pull it outta the ground with a truck. You will have to post pics once a year now so we can enjoy your paradise maturing! Regards, Randy

[Bags]

Nice job. I love seeing new designs and plantings.

One thing I can tell you from experience, I doubt those Cycads will make it another two years out front. Just takes one drive by. I lost $1000s in my front yard in one night. Living in a gated community did not even help. I don't want to be a Nervous Nellie or Chicken Little guy, but I just wanted to give you some insight. Encephalartos Whitelockii are worth some cash. I took all remaining cycads of value out of my front and now have things like altensteinii and natalensis out front.

Sorry to hear about that Len. That must eat you up having your cycads stolen. I believe that what goes around comes around and I am sure that the thieves lives will be worse off in the end. I have recieved the same advice from just about everyone, but I guess I am just stubborn and will probably end up learning the hard way. I have a vision for what I want my yard to look like and I just do not want criminals to tell me how to plant my garden.

[Shon]

Nice job Aaron it already is bigger and better from when I saw your yard this Summer. Have to stop by yours and Nick's house for a pre Winter tour.

[Bags]

Good stuff Bags. Where about's in Enci do you live?

I spy a Syagrus botryophora on the left. Nice!

I got two about the same size maybe a bit bigger last year that are doing great.

Thanks Dave. I purchased the botryophora from the home depot back around march. I am currious to see how it looks after some santa anas and a winter in cali. I live about a mile east of I-5 off Encinitas BLVD. Now I feel weird about saying where I live. I guess I should have titled my post COME AND GET EM.

[Bags]

Very nice selection, and look very well cared for. You have all the Dypsis I'm looking to get.

That elephant ear is about to give you trouble. They get that size, and then hatch more babies than the queen in Aliens. I dig mine out last Summer, used RoundUp, and they still keep multipying.

Are you talking about the one with the red stalks because the thing is out of control. It was about six inches tall in the beginng of summer and is now 5' tall and sending out runners in all directions. The thing that saving me is I have one drip head on it and the runners are not finding any water and are mostly dying. Aaron

[Bags]

If Cycad theft worries you, maybe consider scraping the dirt away from around the surface of the plant, burying some wire mesh or chain link in a 3-4 foot radius, tacking it down with rebar bent into a U shape and then replacing the dirt and mulch again.

I have done some things to make them difficult to take and easy to find. Aaron

[Bags]

I may have fueled Aaron's addiction a bit since we live so close to each other. You've done a great job in the front yard, I can't wait to see what it looks like in 5 years. I'm excited for you to get the back yard going as well. Nice pics!!

Nick,

I think I was looking over the cliff when you gave me a shove. I probably have a dozen palms and plants that were once on your side yard

[paulgila]

looks great,aaron.very inviting from the street.

[Bags]

Nice job Aaron it already is bigger and better from when I saw your yard this Summer. Have to stop by yours and Nick's house for a pre Winter tour.

Thanks Shon,

Do you recogize the Heteromorpha? It was from the Quail gardens sale. I just planted it today. Stop by any time. Aaron

[redant]

"The nursery I bought this from told me this was a King palm. I think it is R. Baueri. Anyone know for sure?"

Doesn't look like any king to me. I can't confirm R. Baueri. or not.

you certainly got the bug, looks great.

Edited October 1, 2008 by redant

[LJG]

Paul, just because it looks "inviting" certainly does not mean he wants you showing up.

looks great,aaron.very inviting from the street.

[osideterry]

Bags - Post 5, Pic 1. I have the exact same kind (forgot name). By Thanksgiving the leaves will be 5ft across. Next Spring a bunch of volunteers will show up. I'm talking dozens. By then it's too late. I dug mine out in June, and I can still pull up all the pups and have new ones the next day. It's a full time job.

[tim_brissy_13]

The palm sold as a king looks like a baueri to me. You've got a lot of nice palms there, the yard will look great in a few years.

[CardiffPalmNut]

Aaron - Great yard, nice to see somebody else here in Encinitas with the palm bug!! I have also lost a couple of cycad's and a palm to thieves, I'm sure sooner or later their Karma will catch up with them. Don't let them change your plans or vision, I havent!

Aloha,

Bill

[Shon]

Of course I recongnize it you stole it from me!

[Bags]

I thought thats what you would say

[Urban Rainforest]

Aaron, Nice job on the hardscape and landscape design! You got alot done this summer. It is going to look awesome in a few years! I see you chose alot of Dypsis . Keep up the good work.

Steve