A few pics from Cal. garden

[Dypsisdean]

Kris,

I probably shouldn't admit it, but you could probably call me a palm snob. In other words, when you have limited space you need to be very selective in how you use it, and I didn't want to use the precious real estate for palms that I would see driving around every day. So I gravitated to the palms that were new introductions or hard to find. In SoCal we were fortunate to be close to many growers who offer all kind of new and strange species.

[Kris]

Dear Dean  

thanks very much for the explaination,but since all are speaking opeanly their minds,even i wish to say a thing on

palms in general_i have never like or admired the following

Palm varities_Coconuts,royals,areca palms & Dypsis Sp...

and yes there is a palm with thorns on its entire trunk,some having thorns in the leaves fronds_in simply hate them.and i feel itchy seeing them.. ???

thought the phoenix with thorns spines are okay for me_for which i do not know the reason.

Dear Bill you were to explain about deans & Bo's garden similarities ? but one thing i know is that they are

now in hawaii and they are good friends !  

Thanks & Love,

Kris  

[BS Man about Palms]

Kris, you will find Bo's garden lacking the same varieties, for the same reasons.  Though Bo may have a few here and there with his larger property.

Bill

[Kris]

Thanks Bill  

[bgl]

Kris,

Since my name is being mentioned here, I could try to answer your question myself, but (and excuse me for not paying enough attention... ), exactly which palms are we talking about? I'm fairly certain P. canariensis is one of them. Or all Phoenix palms? What others?

Bo-Göran

[Kris]

(bgl @ Jun. 21 2007,12:07)

QUOTE

Kris,

Since my name is being mentioned here, I could try to answer your question myself, but (and excuse me for not paying enough attention... ), exactly which palms are we talking about? I'm fairly certain P. canariensis is one of them. Or all Phoenix palms? What others?

Bo-Göran

Dear Bo Goran  

thanks for joining in...

seeing mr.dean's garden i asked a question why most of my

favouriate palms are not seen in his garden ?

the varities are bismarkia,talipot palms,CIDP,Washy's,red -

stem,med fan palm,brehas,travellers,now even i dont rememeber the list i have quoted earlier..

love,

Kris  

[bgl]

Kris,

Thanks for that list. I'll go thru them one by one:

Bismarckia - we have 15 in our garden. Tne tallest has about 14 ft of clear trunk.

Talipot /Corypha/ about a dozen different Coryphas in the garden of 3 diff. species.

CIDP: none, but they havn't been available here. I'm looking for a few now to plant though!

Washingtonias - not interested! And there are a few palms that I'm just not interested in, for whatever reason!

"Red stem" - not sure which one you mean??

Med fan palm: I have 2 in the ground, and theyre doing very well.

Brahea: reportedly don't well in our wet environment. For one thing, they don't seem to be available in the local nurseries here.

Traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis): I have 2 in the ground, and they are doing just great - must be about 25 ft tall!

Bo-Göran

PS. Here's a photo of our tallest Bismarckia.

[ellidro]

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