What would you plant if you only had 5k-6k sq ft lot?

[OverGrown]

If forced to edit the planting of palms because of a small lot, (5000-6000sq ft) w/ a house 15-1800sq ft, What would you plant?

[Sabal Steve]

Well, your lot is over twice the size of mine. Didn't stop me though... I planted giant palms (eventually) on the sides of my lot so that i could share some of the neighbors airspace (P. sylvestris, B. nobilis, and S. Causairum). Right next to the street I planted another bizzie.Theoretically these should give me a nice canopy, and after a few years i can plant some understory palms underneath. That would be my personal reccomendation, but try to start with large specimens to expedite things.

Edited December 7, 2013 by Sabal Steve

[Sabal Steve]

And, surreptitiously plant on city property whenever possible:) You could probably donate some palms to the neighbors as well.

[Alicehunter2000]

I would do something like this...............http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/34415-alicehunter2000s-beach-party-by-ken-johnson/?hl=%2Balicehunter2000+%2Bbeach+%2Bparty

120ft x 20ft= 2400 sq. ft. of planting area plus I had to deal with an extremely shallow depth and overhead power lines across the back.

[Bags]

I have a 6000' lot and a 1450' house. I have at least 85 different species of palms and over 100 in the ground. There is no palm I want that I have not planted.

[Sabal Steve]

I have a 6000' lot and a 1450' house. I have at least 85 different species of palms and over 100 in the ground. There is no palm I want that I have not planted.

Do you have any pictures of the layout there Bags, and Overgrown for that matter?

[MattyB]

Search the recent PSSC meeting at Aaron Bagsley's house. BAGS place is rocking!

[OverGrown]

I have a 6000' lot and a 1450' house. I have at least 85 different species of palms and over 100 in the ground. There is no palm I want that I have not planted.

Do you have any pictures of the layout there Bags, and Overgrown for that matter?

I intended the question to be more generally speaking...All the properties I've been looking at recently have been in the 5-6k lot size. It's an exercise in achieving variety & interest on a smaller scale.

[DoomsDave]

rock at Bag's place

and mine

And the Hoopers'

[KennyRE317]

my lot is slightly larger than 6000sqft and even though I've barely planted much I look around after I've shaped up the planters and I realize there's a good amount of planting space.

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

At 4000k sq ft mine is pretty tiny.

The nice thing is you can actually plant a lot of palms. Especially the thin trunked ones as they may take up only about 2ft square of ground space.

Remember that most palms dig forests so the more the merryier. Also I have found that they will protect thems selves from the cold when planted en mass.

Jeff

[Stevetoad]

My lot is 6700sf and my house is 1500sf of that. I plant anything I want. If it looks to over grown in the future then I'll remove something's. But until then I'll keep digging. Some of the big boys I have are 3 bizzys, sabal sp. that is already getting huge, raphia sp. parajubea tor tor/sunkha/cocoides, mule, beccariophoenix, dypsis D/prestoniana/caryota maxima. Should be a solid mess in 10 years

[Sabal Steve]

My lot is 6700sf and my house is 1500sf of that. I plant anything I want. If it looks to over grown in the future then I'll remove something's. But until then I'll keep digging. Some of the big boys I have are 3 bizzys, sabal sp. that is already getting huge, raphia sp. parajubea tor tor/sunkha/cocoides, mule, beccariophoenix, dypsis D/prestoniana/caryota maxima. Should be a solid mess in 10 years

Got a pic of the Beccariophoenix?

[waykoolplantz]

I guess this is not for Brooklyn... different areas in LA can have different species. Once you have your slice of paradise your question will have more relevance.

Fortunately I can and do grow almost everything on @200,000 sq/ft

[KennyRE317]

I have a 6000' lot and a 1450' house. I have at least 85 different species of palms and over 100 in the ground. There is no palm I want that I have not planted.

My home and lot size are pretty close to this in terms of ratio and that number of plants/species is about what I'm aiming for in the long haul. I thhink right now while everything is smalll and nothing really overhead I can only plant about 1/3 of that.

[Patrick]

Get that upper canopy established with thin trunked palms first. Avoid the beefy ones like Jubea even though they are very appealing. Once you have that upper canopy going, focus on all the smaller stuff, litterally. Try to find a lot of dwarf stuff and you can pack 'em in there. Everything with smaller trunks, stems and forms is what you want to look into.

[KennyRE317]

Get that upper canopy established with thin trunked palms first. Avoid the beefy ones like Jubea even though they are very appealing. Once you have that upper canopy going, focus on all the smaller stuff, litterally. Try to find a lot of dwarf stuff and you can pack 'em in there. Everything with smaller trunks, stems and forms is what you want to look into.

Yup, I've pretty much had to avoid the big stuff since my yard is brokwn down into a few small sections. Since I dont have any canopy and a lot of full sun I've planted a few varieties of archontophoenix for quick canopy and have purchased a couple 15gal stuff that will handle my full sun. Anything else I'm planting immediately has to be able to handle a lot of sun and decent growth rate. I've also started buying understory stuff and will just keep in pots for a couple of years while tge canopy grows.