Show me your mailbox palms..............

[phatmiata]

So the wife says I have TOO many palms in the backyard and wants me to place some palms in the front yard now. She wants me to upgrade the mailbox and the area around it, and I wanted to add some palms with the upgrade. Please give me some ideas of palms that you think would look good here. This area gets LOTS of shade (photo taken at 11:00am today) and you can see my USDA Zone and other related growing facts in my signature.

If you have palms around your mailbox please post up some pictures so I can get some ideas!!

[amazon exotics]

Randy, Maybe a needle palm behind the mail box. Sabal "lisa" would be cool also..

[cagary]

Here's my little Bottle palm behind my mail box. I didn't do the air brushing; I bought the mailbox on Kauai.

[phatmiata]

I had not thought about painting the mailbox, but that is actually pretty darn cool looking!! Adds a great tropical feel to the whole setting!!

[aussiearoids]

I do not have a letter box , but just over the road from the nursery I worked at , is a nice planting of a Licuala grandis under a few Alexandras.

[tjwalters]

Rhapis, maybe? ...or Chuniophoenix hainanensis? Not sure how cold-hardy it would need to be.

[Kathryn]

Randy - That's a sad looking little mailbox, but I won't post a picture of mine because it probably doesn't look much better.

Oh well, it has palms around it so here it is.

I guess I should think about upgrading the mailbox - or at least painting some other colors.

[Mark Heath]

Hey Randy,, here is an upgrade idea!!! I built my mailbox and planted a small Roby in the planter back in 2000.

[gsn]

I don't even have a MAILBOX!

[MattyB]

Here's a picture of our little mailbox planter at our old house. You could substiute Chamaedorea radicalis tree form maybe for your climate.

[phatmiata]

Hey Randy,, here is an upgrade idea!!! I built my mailbox and planted a small Roby in the planter back in 2000.

That looks great Mark, i was actually looking at that on the interent. The DIY network has a step by step on how to build one outta bricks. Thanks for the suggestions.