Before & After

[TikiRick]

Everyone loves seeing before and after photos. Post your photos here and how many years from the before to the after. 

For me, it's been 17 years. 

[Palm Tree Jim]

Well done!

[Hammer]

Pretty sweet.  That growth is amazing.  Ahhhh Florida.

[doranakandawatta]

Nice growth, some other pictures ?

Thanks

Philippe

[Tracy]

My "front" garden in Leucadia, September 2012, 2 years after I pulled out many Giant Bird of Paradise, Queen Palms and Phoenix roebelenii and started putting my finger print on the yard.

[Tracy]

Now in May 2017, a couple of plants moved from pots into the garden, and a few items removed.  This garden is now 7 years into my remake.

[Tracy]

Same timeline as above, 9/2012 and 5/2017, my back side yard.  In 2012, you can see the D lanceolata 2 years from a 7 gallon, and the Encephalartos arenarius woodii.  Those two plants remain today as well as one of the P roebellini's next to the shower (for a little longer), but everything else is new.

[Tracy]

Some things have not done well though.  Same timeline, with my Hedyscepe canterburyana in this shot, which is actually smaller now than it was in 2012.  It was heavily abused during the remodel.  I often found that painters, tile workers and others used the bark around it as a "rinse out" spot for their tools.  The Hyophorbe succumbed to a similar fate, and had to be replaced, so I moved a Burretiokentia from the other side of the garden to it's place and its doing well on the other side of the bananas.  Funny, you can see the Encephalartos arenarius has even outpaced the Hedyscepe!

[Tracy]

Looking the opposite direction down the side of the house, you can see how much better the Foxy lady palm has done than the Hedyscepe too.  I'm giving the Hedyscepe another year to perform or get yanked.  I had to transplant the Encephalartos laurentianus a couple of years ago, and put it where it gives the Hedyscepe some shade.  It flushed in the middle of winter, and tips of all the leaves are beat up, but a summer flush will fix that!

[Tracy]

Burretiokentia hapala before I had to move it for a remodel to a new spot in the garden. 9/2012 before, and 5/2017 after.  I did try to transplant the Rhopalostylis in the older photo, but it didn't survive the transplant.  This is the first time for the Burretiokentia to flower, so I'm looking forward to it opening up!

[redant]

Love the before and after's.  I built my home (completed in july 2003) and moved the existing structure to use as a guest house. Most people said I was nuts to move a CBS. Long story short, all went amazingly well. I planted everything in the yard other then the pines. When completing the home I only had them install the sod. Many of the palms I had grown from seed or small seedlings.

 

Before 

Edited May 8, 2017 by redant

[redant]

After

 

[sur4z]

Awesome!!

[Funkthulhu]

My gobbs are thoroughly smacked...

WOW!

[Patrick]

Now THAT'S a before and after! Looks great!

[Tracy]

9/2012 to 5/2017 in my side planter next to front parking.  The Howea forsteriana and Encephalartos had to move due to that fence moving forward a few feet.  The Arenga englari is the only thing remaining in that front from 2012.  The Foxy Lady was too small in 2012 to be seen, but now is poking over the fenceline, as is the Caryota no.  While my yard is still a nursery, it has transformed.  I even got new neighbor's when the greenhouses across the street went and they stuffed another 70 homes in their spot.

[Tracy]

1 minute ago, Tracy said:

Arenga englari

Ooops, "Arenga engleri" I meant.

[greysrigging]

1987,1989 and 2006

 

[Tracy]

2 hours ago, greysrigging said:

2006

 

2 hours ago, greysrigging said:

So for your 2017 photo update, it looks like you need a wide angle lens and turn your camera sideways to get the tops of all the palms!  Quite a transformation, you now have your own jungle!

[kinzyjr]

Love it... .a perfect jungle paradise! :)

[greysrigging]

2017

1988

[steve99]

January 2007

 

May 2017

[Sandy Loam]

Holy cow, Redant. That must be two different houses, isn't it?  The one that you trucked in is the guest house, correct?

I am not sure what a CBS is, but in any case your houses and landscaping show an incredible transformation.

,,,,,,,,,, and so does everyone else's, of course.  Bravo!