My yard north of Atlanta-USA-Zone 7a/b

[Hardypalms]

Hi

I am posting quite a few pics of bananas here along with with my palms. The reason being that in Zone 7, you don't have a huge selection of palms to work with. So for a tropical landscape in your yard you have to plant other types of plants.

I hope it's ok.

 

Pat

Musa basjoo in my backyard

Musa basjoo flower and mini bananas (Non edible when matured)

Two successful Musa basjoo transplants. I used to fail at that for some reason unknown. Not this year!

Rhapidophyllum hystrix

Young Trachycarpus fortunei grown from a 3GA seedling

Trachycarpus fortunei seedlings just poped out.

My masterpiece and if I had to keep only one specimen in my yard it would be this one. Trachycarpus fortunei that I grew from a seed myself.

Picture of the bottom trunk with a smaller T. fortunei growing there. Did a seed from the big one fell and grew? Or do they sucker? If someone knows, please tell me.

Musa Itinerans

Musa Itinerans "Doi Inthanon" with my smaller Rhapidophyllum hystrix to the right

Musa ornata

Musa ornata flowering, that was last year. It flowers every year but not this year, I wonder why?

Sabal minor I bought years back at a plant fair in Tampa-FL- It has always survived but not thrived. It has had scale for 2 years now that does not kill it. It keeps pushing new leaves yearly and producing seeds. I treated the scale the last 2 years without success, so I stopped. I think it might not be happy in my zone 7 yard as it probably was a zone 9 plant when I purchased it.

2 young Sabal minor which I grew from seed. The seeds were from Tennessee and they are happily growing in my yard.

My second large Musa basjoo in my front yard.

Musa sikkimensis. It was real small for years, and this year it really took off.

I am going to add either Serenoa repens or Chamaerops humilis next year in a well protected location of my house.

 

Thanks for looking

 

Pat

 

 

 

 

[Palm Diasporan]

Nothing is more beautiful than a banana tree - except a bunch of 'em! Those clumps are magnificent!

[kinzyjr]

@Hardypalms

Always nice to see some plantings from an area that is often overlooked.  The Sabal minor you got down here was probably field dug from somewhere in Central FL.  That variant is probably not as happy as one from the Weiss Lake area of Alabama, southern Arkansas, or the McCurtain variety.  Your Rhapidophyllum is gorgeous as are your Trachycarpus!  Keep up the good work!

[subsonicdrone]

cant wait for my basjoo to get that big!

[Hardypalms]

Thanks you everyone for the comments!

 

Pat

[Rickybobby]

Looks great !

[Hardypalms]

Thxs Rick!

[DoomsDave]

11 hours ago, Hardypalms said:

Hi

I am posting quite a few pics of bananas here along with with my palms. The reason being that in Zone 7, you don't have a huge selection of palms to work with. So for a tropical landscape in your yard you have to plant other types of plants.

I hope it's ok.

 

Pat

Musa basjoo in my backyard

Musa basjoo flower and mini bananas (Non edible when matured)

Two successful Musa basjoo transplants. I used to fail at that for some reason unknown. Not this year!

Rhapidophyllum hystrix

Young Trachycarpus fortunei grown from a 3GA seedling

Trachycarpus fortunei seedlings just poped out.

My masterpiece and if I had to keep only one specimen in my yard it would be this one. Trachycarpus fortunei that I grew from a seed myself.

Picture of the bottom trunk with a smaller T. fortunei growing there. Did a seed from the big one fell and grew? Or do they sucker? If someone knows, please tell me.

Musa Itinerans

Musa Itinerans "Doi Inthanon" with my smaller Rhapidophyllum hystrix to the right

Musa ornata

Musa ornata flowering, that was last year. It flowers every year but not this year, I wonder why?

Sabal minor I bought years back at a plant fair in Tampa-FL- It has always survived but not thrived. It has had scale for 2 years now that does not kill it. It keeps pushing new leaves yearly and producing seeds. I treated the scale the last 2 years without success, so I stopped. I think it might not be happy in my zone 7 yard as it probably was a zone 9 plant when I purchased it.

2 young Sabal minor which I grew from seed. The seeds were from Tennessee and they are happily growing in my yard.

My second large Musa basjoo in my front yard.

Musa sikkimensis. It was real small for years, and this year it really took off.

I am going to add either Serenoa repens or Chamaerops humilis next year in a well protected location of my house.

 

Thanks for looking

 

Pat

 

 

 

 

You're NUTTY!

See my PM private message

[Hardypalms]

NUTTY!!! LOL

 

Thxs

 

Pat

[Chester B]

Looking good.  I treat scale on citrus by using cotton swabs with rubbing alcohol.  Physically wiping and removing them.  Should be easy with just a couple of big fronds on the minor.

[Fusca]

On 8/25/2019 at 10:04 AM, Hardypalms said:

Did a seed from the big one fell and grew? Or do they sucker? If someone knows, please tell me.

Nice plants!  The smaller palm must be a volunteer seedling (sorry but I had to get a Tennessee reference in there!) from the bigger palm since Trachycarpus fortunei aren't suckering palms.

[Hardypalms]

6 hours ago, Chester B said:

Looking good.  I treat scale on citrus by using cotton swabs with rubbing alcohol.  Physically wiping and removing them.  Should be easy with just a couple of big fronds on the minor.

Wow good tip. I am going to try this week-end.

Thxs

 

Pat

[Hardypalms]

4 hours ago, Fusca said:

Nice plants!  The smaller palm must be a volunteer seedling (sorry but I had to get a Tennessee reference in there!) from the bigger palm since Trachycarpus fortunei aren't suckering palms.

The Tennessee joke went over my head, sorry! But thxs for telling me T.fortunei don't sucker as I had been wondering for a while.

 

Pat

[DreaminAboutPalms]

https://youtu.be/KdaDh8Ms-X8

 

dalton ga palms north of Atlanta. These surprised me 

[DreaminAboutPalms]

https://youtu.be/cbDQNditUv0
 

more palms in Calhoun. These look so good for north of Atlanta