So What Caught Your Eye Today?

[palmfriend]

Hi,

they seem to like our mild winters the best...

C. metallica (one of four)

 

Lars

 

[happypalms]

My Wallachia densifolia did catch my eye. 

[UK_Palms]

On 1/5/2025 at 1:33 AM, TropicsEnjoyer said:

Is there a thread showcasing this person’s garden? The Phoenix is a real eye catcher with those incredible silver leaves and the detailed thick trunk. The rest of the garden looks really nice too though, i’d like to see more of it.

Nah the owner, Peter Jenkins, is not on any palm forums and pretty old now. He’s probably got a lot more stuff growing in the back garden, but it’s not really visible to the public. A few folk have stopped by his place and snapped some photos over the years. I know the house on Google street view but the view is poor and the latest update is a few years back and has a removals van parked directly in front of the garden, obscuring things.

Back in 2017 he had an already pretty large Washie growing out front near the Theophrastii (in fact it dwarfed the Theophrastii), but he cut it down because he thought the roots were going to damage the foundations of his house. If he didn’t cut it down, it would be one of the largest washies in London now given how quickly they grow in the capital. It would have survived the brutal 2010 freeze (along with his Theophrastii) unprotected, only to be chainsawed down around 2017-2018 as he thought it was damaging his foundations. 🙄

Summer 2017…? He is about 6’2 for scale.

[realarch]

A glimpse of some South American palms.

Wettinia hirsuita on the left and lower center, Iriartea deltoidea on the right with the horned spathes, and the ruffled leaves of Socratea center rear.

Tim

[realarch]

Pelagodoxa henryana.

Actually kind of amazed that they have done this well for having little soil. They must have found fractures in the lava rock. I do keep a lot of mulch as dressing though. A bit of canopy while young and in a somewhat protected spot. 

Tim

[John hovancsek]

This v. Splendida looked great this morning 

[8B palms]

Snapped this pic while parked at a traffic light on the way hone from work. 

[Harry’s Palms]

^^^ nice photo! Harry