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Nice place to sit in the palm garden

DoomsDave

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Here’s my front yard from my front door.

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kinzyjr Grand Master

kinzyjr

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Fantastic view, Dave!  Your own personal jungle!

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

palmfriend Grand Master

palmfriend

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Very nice!

I need a couple more years to get something similar in my garden but I am working on it! :greenthumb:

Thank you very much for sharing!

best regards from Okinawa

Lars

 

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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Oh yeah, that looks nice and soothing.

Tim

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Wow, thanks for the fast accolades!

The big fat gray trunk on the far right is a Roystonea borinquenia; the skinny burlap-looking trunk to its left belongs to a Cocothrinax dussiana (the source of some of the seed I gave away earlier); to the left of that is a small Cocothriniax dussiana, kind of mixed up with a Rhapidophyllum hystrix. Immediately next to the brick path left of that is a Dypsis albofarinosa, and the dangling leaf belongs to a Dypsis baronii with 18 trunks.

Clivias are blooming in yellow and orange. The pink flowers on the far right are Alstromerias, which I planted right after I moved here, more than 15 years ago.

That golden-green plumose leaf near top right-center belongs to a Syagrus Sancona. The dark green Screen of Doom is comprised of Arenga engleri. Just beyond it is my neighbor's ugly-[expletive] roof.

A crowded garden can look bigger.

 

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kinzyjr Grand Master

kinzyjr

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Out of curiosity, does the Roystonea borinquenia ever produce seed?

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

sandgroper Veteran

sandgroper

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That is a very pleasant view to have in the front yard mate, looks like a nice place to sit on a warm day with a cold tinnie.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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2 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

Out of curiosity, does the Roystonea borinquenia ever produce seed?

So far, no.

But hoping. Meantime, getting seed from habitat in PR.

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Jim in Los Altos Grand Master

Jim in Los Altos

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Dave, your years of hard work and imagination have paid you back in a grand way!

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Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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Brucer Enthusiast

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Thats brilliant. A bit like my front and back yard. It simply makes me feel good to brush against palm fronds as I walk around my garden. Rhapis is especially good for that. I used to go on business trips to Asia, and stayed in flash Hotels. They always had big bunches of palm fronds and flowers all over the place in huge vases, and it took me a while to realise what the stuff on my clothes was......stuff from the flowers, cause I brushed against them all. Beautiful garden Dave.

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Palmensammler Experienced

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Hi Dave,

love this view. You're so lucky to live in an area where you can grow them outside.

Your pictures always make ma feel like on holiday.

Have a nice Sunday

Eckhard

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jardinierpalmiertrat

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Fantastic place !!!! Very nice landscaping.

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Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Very nice :greenthumb:

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love conquers all..

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ChrisA Proficient

ChrisA

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Extraordinary Dave!  That a front yard can be so private and soothing is something I can’t imagine.  A nice, cold Margarita in the shade of those palms on a hot day would be a sure way to slough off any stress!

 

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-Chris

San Antonio, TX - 2023 designated zone 9A 🐍 🌴🌅

(formerly Albuquerque, NM ☀️ zone 7B for 30 years)

Washingtonia filifera/ Washingtonia robusta/ Syagrus romanzoffiana/ Sabal mexicana/ Dioon edule

2024-2025 - low ??WHO KNOWS??/ 2023-2024 - low 18F/ 2022-2023 - low 16F/ 2021-2022 - low 21F/ 2020-2021 - low 9F/ 

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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Same vision I have! Great work Dave!!

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Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax) Veteran

Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)

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12 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Here’s my front yard from my front door.

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Beautiful, and incredibly lush for SoCal.  If you’d said it was HI, I wouldn’t have questioned it for a second.

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Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

Palm Tree Jim Grand Master

Palm Tree Jim

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Looking great DD!

Time well spent.

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Moose Grand Master

Moose

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Where do you have hidden the Garden Gnomes of Doom? :D

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

quaman58 Grand Master

quaman58

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Now that's a gorgeous view Dave. A place to decompress from a day in the dark tower..

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Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

Chatta Proficient

Chatta

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Really amazing landscaping there!

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Looking for:  crytostachys hybrids, Pseudophoenix sargentii Leucothrinax morrisii, livingstona canarensis

Brett in Mission Viejo Proficient

Brett in Mission Viejo

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Awesomeness, Dave! Springtime in La Ha Brah!

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Mission Viejo, CA

Limited coastal influence

5-10 days of frost

IPS and PSSC Member

GottmitAlex Grand Master

GottmitAlex

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Just fabulous! ! Wunderbar DD!!!!!

 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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How about the rest of you?

Show us your peaceful palm havens at the end of a hard day . . . .

We know they're wonderful!

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Chatta Proficient

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This area's a work in progress but its coming along ;)

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Looking for:  crytostachys hybrids, Pseudophoenix sargentii Leucothrinax morrisii, livingstona canarensis

Moose Grand Master

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If the Denizen of Doom were an artist and his Garden of Doom is his canvas of Doom, I would say he was greatly influenced by the late Ralph Velez :D

Enjoy your Garden today, we don't what will happen tomorrow. :huh:

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/56512-concern-for-leilani-estates-as-lava-moves-eastward-underground/

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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19 minutes ago, Moose said:

If the Denizen of Doom were an artist and his Garden of Doom is his canvas of Doom, I would say he was greatly influenced by the late Ralph Velez :D

Enjoy your Garden today, we don't what will happen tomorrow. :huh:

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/56512-concern-for-leilani-estates-as-lava-moves-eastward-underground/

 

11 minutes ago, Gonzer said:

Well said Moosey

I'm influenced by everyone . . . .

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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26 minutes ago, Chatta said:


This area's a work in progress but its coming along ;)

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You've got me beat already!

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Josue Diaz

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Dave that is amazing! It really speaks to your creativity. You have to be a true visionary to create something like that with years' worth of vegetative layers. A true art form. Bravo. 

Moose Grand Master

Moose

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2 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

 

I'm influenced by everyone . . . .

Not under the influence of Doom :( 

Garden Gnomes of Doom must have a hidden still :huh:

Or Palm Poltergeists of Doom :blink: are gathering

Dementors of Doom

I see the Star Trek (original series)  influence now ... :innocent:

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

sandgroper Veteran

sandgroper

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palmfriend Grand Master

palmfriend

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2 hours ago, sandgroper said:

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Wow - spectacular!

As mentioned above - at my young garden things are just starting to shape up but I love it already...

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Best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

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sandgroper Veteran

sandgroper

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You have some great looking palms there Lars, it’s already looking good mate! It’s a lot of fun playing around and seeing the results of your efforts as they grow.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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On 5/5/2018, 10:01:38, Brucer said:

Thats brilliant. A bit like my front and back yard. It simply makes me feel good to brush against palm fronds as I walk around my garden. Rhapis is especially good for that. I used to go on business trips to Asia, and stayed in flash Hotels. They always had big bunches of palm fronds and flowers all over the place in huge vases, and it took me a while to realise what the stuff on my clothes was......stuff from the flowers, cause I brushed against them all. Beautiful garden Dave.

You'd likely get a bit overstimulated in my garden. Palms EVERYWHERE.

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On 06/05/2018, 10:10:43, DoomsDave said:

Here’s my front yard from my front door.

D007B7B1-A604-49E1-80F6-0C392BB8A473.thu

Now imagine this with a deep Barry White voice. "Oh Yeah"

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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27 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

Now imagine this with a deep Barry White voice. "Oh Yeah"

How about this . . . . .

All those orgasmic moans and groans  . . . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLdSYF0WxyE

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Cikas

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Soo beautiful and lush looking garden!!! 

kinzyjr Grand Master

kinzyjr

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This time of year, sitting in my garage next to this with a cold glass of ice water:

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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12 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

How about this . . . . .

All those orgasmic moans and groans  . . . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLdSYF0WxyE

Lol

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

Kim Grand Master

Kim

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Dave, a stellar place to hang out under the swaying of the palms. Your hard work is paying dividends. Love the lilies and Clivia, the contrast of the brickwork.

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Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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