Lush and Low Maintenance Palm & Cycad Garden

[OverGrown]

Revisited an old project to see how it is doing...4 years later.

Same watering schedule, same lighting schedule. A couple losses which presents the opportunity to replant with some rarer palms. Clients pull off dead fronds once they dry up and prune cycads to keep them user friendly. Overall awesome growth.

Best part was the owner telling me how people stop by all the time and compliment him on the landscape.

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Entering the backyard.

Tiered planting for privacy from the neighbors is working out well.

[Tassie_Troy1971]

very nice landscaping

[NApalm]

Sweet planting! Thats a great yard.

[comic097]

Looks great, sweet garden

[Pip]

I like the collection of plants they look great but is there a reason for no ground covers?

[OverGrown]

I like the collection of plants they look great but is there a reason for no ground covers?

I used recycled rubber tire mulch in black (which has held its color like new) instead of any living ground cover for minimal maintenance and water usage..We are in a drought here in California. Also wanted to really make the plants stand out.

Edited September 28, 2014 by OverGrown

[Cikas]

Looks great.

[KennyRE317]

looks real good with nice spacing where it doesn't look like a jungle but just enough to give it that real lush look. won't that bizzy eat up that entire planter down the line? after cutting out a chunk of grass i have a decent spot for a bizzy but thinking what it'll look like 10 years down the line i'm afraid it'll take over the entire planter

[OverGrown]

looks real good with nice spacing where it doesn't look like a jungle but just enough to give it that real lush look. won't that bizzy eat up that entire planter down the line? after cutting out a chunk of grass i have a decent spot for a bizzy but thinking what it'll look like 10 years down the line i'm afraid it'll take over the entire planter

it was put in as insurance in case the king's didn't adapt to the full sun exposure (they were grown in dappled shade). There may be editing down the line.

[SailorBold]

Looks great- Is that a E. Natal ? Or altensteinii? in full sun?

Nice man-

[OverGrown]

Looks great- Is that a E. Natal ? Or altensteinii? in full sun?

Nice man-

atensteinii "bushman river"

[Palmdude]

Nice work! I like the two cycads flanking the walkwway

[Al in Kona]

Very attractive plantings and as you say quite low maintenance as well. Like it!

[Pip]

I like the collection of plants they look great but is there a reason for no ground covers?

I used recycled rubber tire mulch in black (which has held its color like new) instead of any living ground cover for minimal maintenance and water usage..We are in a drought here in California. Also wanted to really make the plants stand out.

I understand drought well as my garden endures a very similar climate.

I've never seen recycled rubber tire mulch offered here though, mulches are either pebbles or organic. One of the companies offers a chunky wood chip that is dyed black or red other colours can be made on request these dyed wood chips take years to fade.