Some before-after photos of my garden in Okinawa

[palmfriend]

Hello there,

 

after checking some older folders with photos I was surprised to find some images of the very beginning 

of my garden when we bought the house in fall 2012. With those images in mind I went out yesterday and 

tried to take new photos from the same angle.

I have to mention that in 2012 I was a total beginner of gardening, had never heard about palm talk and rps,

I just liked palms. I didn't even owned a shovel, new nothing about fertilizing and had absolutely no knowledge

of any designing... - a start completely out of the blue. If you are interested, follow me.

A view into the garden at the moment of considering to buy a house. (May 2012)

Cleaning the area took a while - no machines at hand - but it was great to see things slowly shaping up.

Most important event at that time, planting my first coconut palm. There were so many rocks and stones in the ground, the planting - planned as a kind of ceremony

- turned into real hard work. (October 2012)

Five months later, it started to look better and better....(February 2013)

Finally, ...

This is how it looks today. The coconut has in the meantime seen several typhoons, got infested by bugs but went on growing steadily - making me very happy!

 

 

 

[palmfriend]

Here, a spot on the left side of the house when standing in front of it...

Just a few banana trees... (October 2013)

Leveling the spot and placing an Elais g. (front) and Alexander palm (back)/(2014)

Completely leveled out I started planting various palms and other plants. (Sept. 2015)

A few more Alexander palms and a Veitchia joannis in the back - all grown from seeds. (May 2017)

That is how it looks today. Alexander palms turning out to be super fast, right behind them the African oil palm and in the background the also super fast

growing Veitchia joannis. Among those palms are one or two C. macrocarpa, a P. rupicola, a P. sylvestris (an emerging monster), a D. bejouf bejofa,

some Licualas, even a Copernicia and others... I really like this spot and I am fascinated how well all those plants and palms are growing.

 

[palmfriend]

Turning around, I wanted to continue to build up a screen like shown above...

So, after hard negotiations with my wife I got the OK to go on... Here, marking the area. Already planted, Dictyosperma album var. aureum. On the left

some Kentias, on the far left behind the plumeria some other V. joannis. (Aug.2016)

Filling the spot with plants, on the right a Caryota mitis, center - a single kept D. lutescens. (May 2017)

Here an image taken yesterday. From the left, H. forsteriana, D. decaryi, D. album var. aureum, close to the croton - a young Indian coconut, left of the Fishtail palm some

C. macrocarpa, already towering in the left background - another Cocos n., grown from a washed ashore coconut, right behind the Dictyosperma you can see a frond of

a Bentinckia nicobarica. It is very dense, I know, but I like it. I probably have to do some corrections but I am taking my time.

Here,...

a general view toward that spot in 2014.

Here, how it looks today.

Edited July 8, 2019 by palmfriend
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[palmfriend]

Finally turning around again...

The garden's center in August 2015,...

...and now. 

Al right, I hope you liked my little tour - thank you for your time!

Best regards from Miyako island, Okinawa -

Lars

 

[Sprouting Palms]

Wow, impressive! Good work, it looks beautiful. Thank you for sharing

 

[PalmatierMeg]

Spectacular, Lars! What great work you did. I love the jungle look.

[Really full garden]

It’s really nice to see before and after photos!

[Neil C]

Excellent work.....looks amazing!!

Regards Neil

[Tyrone]

Looking great. 

 

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

Awesome garden Lars  Love the progression !!!