Hello, I'm Pip and I have a palm addiction

[Pip]

Yesterday I found myself on my own and while driving about I passed a local independent plant nursery that has random opening hours. To my delight it was open my car just drove itself into the carpark no idea how that happened. Anyway this nursery is run by an older couple and the husband has an interest in palms. Without any distraction  being hurried by my family I was able to have a proper browse through their shade house. They have a fantastic range of palms that aren't usually offered by the mainstream nurseries although much of the stock is small as it mostly grown by seed on site.

I found this nice sized Rhopalostylis baueri I just couldn't leave without it.

Although I have a few Dypsis baronii seedlings I grabbed this slightly bigger one, I have a place in my front garden for a baronii 

I spotted this Beccariophoenix madagascariensis I don't have one so had to have it too

Finally once I thought collected enough for one day I got into a conversation with the owner who mentioned he'd sprouted some Dypsis pembana that he was going to put out in the sale area in a few weeks time, somehow I twisted his arm and he picked one out for me. It's only a seedling but I don't mind.

[GottmitAlex]

Very nice finds! Looking forward for future updates on these palms.

[Neil C]

Nice plants and yes I think most of us have had that happen to them....cars driving themselves into nurseries

Regards Neil

[Pip]

I took a few happy snaps of the palms in the sales area starting with a sun grown Chambeyronia macrocarpa.

Archontophoenix purpurea

Caryota sp.

Chamaedorea sp.

Raphis sp.

Laccospadix australasica

Cycads

Chamaedorea sp.

Chambeyronia macrocarpa

 

Dypsis baronii 

Another Chambeyronia macrocarpa with an almost black deep red new leaf

Chamaedorea sp.

Rhopalostylis 'Great Barrier Island' tube stock 

Lytocaryum sp.

Rhopalostylis baueri

 

Kentiopsis oliviformis 

Brugmansia

 

 

[Phoenikakias]

How old are he Laccospadix!?

[Pip]

2 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

How old are he Laccospadix!?

The Laccospadix could be ten years old maybe older. There are some tall Chamaedorea metalica too (sorry I didn't take a pic of those). The nursery owner talks about the palms as if they were his children he has sold a few of those since my last visit. I love his nursery because it is so different to mainstream devoid of glossy advertising, plants seemingly placed ad-hoc, the displays actually force you to look. It is so nice to visit a plant nursey where you can't see everything from the entrance.

[Monòver]

Hello, i'm Monòver and i have the same addiction!

I'm jeaolus, i am looking for this nurserys in Spain but here only has Washingtonias

[Phoenikakias]

1 hour ago, Monòver said:

Hello, i'm Monòver and i have the same addiction!

I'm jeaolus, i am looking for this nurserys in Spain but here only has Washingtonias

Viveralia in Alicante on 1-3 February with 20% discount. You should have been there, I would, were I in your shoes.

[Monòver]

3 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

Viveralia in Alicante on 1-3 February with 20% discount. You should have been there, I would, were I in your shoes.

Yes, i was two days ago in Viveralia. I am working in a gardening company and every years i must go to viveralia.

But Viveralia is a miting of the big Nurserys of Spain and not a place to buy palms. But you can buy palms in the Palmania stand.

The problem is i have every interesting palms from Palmania.

And the other nurserys only have cold hardy palms

 

[Mohsen]

4 hours ago, Pip said:

The Laccospadix could be ten years old maybe older. There are some tall Chamaedorea metalica too (sorry I didn't take a pic of those). The nursery owner talks about the palms as if they were his children he has sold a few of those since my last visit. I love his nursery because it is so different to mainstream devoid of glossy advertising, plants seemingly placed ad-hoc, the displays actually force you to look. It is so nice to visit a plant nursey where you can't see everything from the entrance.

Great additions to your collection Pip...

unfortunately (or fortunately to my wife  ) we don't have such nursery around Sydney or at least I'm not aware of it  

[palmfriend]

8 hours ago, Pip said:

Yesterday I found myself on my own and while driving about I passed a local independent plant nursery that has random opening hours. To my delight it was open my car just drove itself into the carpark no idea how that happened. Anyway this nursery is run by an older couple and the husband has an interest in palms. Without any distraction  being hurried by my family I was able to have a proper browse through their shade house. They have a fantastic range of palms that aren't usually offered by the mainstream nurseries although much of the stock is small as it mostly grown by seed on site.

I found this nice sized Rhopalostylis baueri I just couldn't leave without it.

Pip, 

what you described is the absolute dream of mine. Driving around on our island and finding a remote nursery no one 

ever seriously noticed with lot of palm treasures, pulling my credit card and telling the owner: "Don't interrupt me until

the limit is reached..."

All the best to you with your new plants -

best regard

 

[hopper]

Nice to see something different and not your usual mainstream nursery grown stuff. Also takes the hard work out of getting seedling up and running.

[Tassie_Troy1971]

great selection of palm and its nice when you find a small quirky interdependently run Nursery  that has a great range of plants. The Rhopalostylis baueri is a great addition mine is huge now and not far away from trunking. They need alot of shade when small especially in the hot Adelaide sun.

Troy

[coops 3214]

U shojld not of grabbed yourself a kentiopsis they would go well for u in adelaide

[Tyrone]

Good find pip. 

One day I want to run a similar style nursery. I've got my eye on a 64m2 professionally made tunnel house.

Keep in contact with those guys and go back and buy that kentiopsis. :D

[foxtail]

[topwater]

I think you displayed remarkable self control, awesome nursery :)

[Pip]

2 hours ago, Tassie_Troy1971 said:

great selection of palm and its nice when you find a small quirky interdependently run Nursery  that has a great range of plants. The Rhopalostylis baueri is a great addition mine is huge now and not far away from trunking. They need alot of shade when small especially in the hot Adelaide sun.

Troy

Thanks Troy. I do have another Rhopalostylis baueri purchased from the same place but growing out in the open rather than in the shade house so it is a little bet up. I have it in a morning sun position. Totally agree Adelaide's hot summer sun does hammer them. ABG has a really nice specimen near the North Terrace entrance it is very close to trunking and is under the canopy of large trees.

1 hour ago, coops 3214 said:

U shojld not of grabbed yourself a kentiopsis they would go well for u in adelaide

I would have grabbed the Kentiopsis but I want to get some more shade established. I have about 10 seedlings in my own shade house so by the time I get the shade they should be large enough to plant out. Oh dear I'm being rational!

 

34 minutes ago, topwater said:

I think you displayed remarkable self control, awesome nursery :)

Hahahahahahaha I'm just being sneaky my partner won't notice a small number of palms being added to my container ranch. I then plant by stealth once I've decided where the particular palm needs to go.