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North California Gardens and Collections

EnriqueVega

By EnriqueVega
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Hello All

This being my first post into this great forum, let me introduce myself Enrique Vega, located north of Sacramento Area in a city called Lincoln 9b. 

The Sacramento area in General is a little colder than most of South Ca but not that extreme, we do not get Snow but we do get very prolonged winters and extreme heat, that reduces drastically from species that would survive in San Diego, LA or even San Francisco Bay Area. 

But that did not stop me from trying and experimenting to see what can be grown in this area. So I decided to experiment a little with some Species that I know upfront will not survive in 9B Zone.
The species I know will not have issues in my zone are the normal and common everywhere Queen Palms, Pindo Palms, Canary, King Palm, Robellini,  Mexican Fan Palm, Windmill and some others.

So after researching in the Forum and other sources I came to know that the species I wanted to try have zero chances of survival in this zone but I still wanted to try against all the odds, and there you have me trying alternative ways to plant and care Tropical Trees pushing the zone to the extreme.

So far I was able to make a Coco Red Spicata Survive along with two Royals, and also got some other species that got too damaged in the winter but still survived.

I will share my experience and findings on how to make tropical palm trees survive in this kind of zones.

 That will be shared in a different thread.

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SeanK Veteran

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Absolutely beautiful property. Nice variety, good balance, creative design. One of the best I have ever seen posted on the forum.

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Jadd Correia Experienced

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Seriously amazing yard and design. Just wow!! I live in Oakland and I have the same approach to pushing more and more tropical palms and plants each year. Please keep posting more updates on your successes. Your yard is a lot more mature than mine (only 2 years old), but I hope to have a jungle aesthetic just like yours. 

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 I recall the times driving down Interstate 5 into California. Your region seemed to be the first palmy site along that route. A very nice selection of palms and some great landscaping @EnriqueVega

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absolutely amazing enrique.  i live in a 9b zone as well in santa clarita and have managed to grow some amazing palms as well.  beautifully landscaped sir!

cheers

tin

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My Santa Clarita Oasis

"delectare et movere"

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BayAndroid Experienced

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Nice work, especially considering how cold this winter was. I bet your garden will look great this fall. 

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Beautiful garden!  Nice work, its always better try for yourself even when all odds are against you and nice Shen you have a couple of nice surprises along the way. 

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kylecawazafla Veteran

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Absolutely stunning garden! I look forward to more photos in the future! I'm originally from northern california, so love seeing photos of gardens in the area. 

Here are some NorCal gardens I've photographed: 

Lakeside Palmetum 

https://flic.kr/s/aHskYbvmYA

 

Lakeside, Golden Gate Park, Salesforce Center, FloraGrub, and a few private gardens:

 

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmS6nbPX

 

 

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I'm always up for learning new things!

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Patrick Veteran

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Welcome to the forum! Lincoln is not too bad an area for palm growing. Your yard is nice! And so is Lincoln in general. I really need to dig up my nor cal palms list and the low temps they can do. It's got to be about 50 species, at least. I'll scan it and make it digital, because honestly the paper is getting worn out lol.

 

Look into the Livistona genus, as well as Brahea. You may find some plants that you really like- and they will take 9B/ A cold no problem.

 

I down in the valley a ways, on the other side of the foothills before you get into the bay area. We have similar climates though you definitely get a few degrees colder. 

 

Keep up the good work and enjoy the summer. With a yard like that it would be easy to kick up the feet and enjoy all the nice palms.

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Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

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Tassie_Troy1971 Grand Master

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Nice garden Lincoln 

Say you must not be too cold if you can grow kentia palm outside 

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Nice garden! I see kentias there, are they in full sun? Can they handle 100 plus degrees? Or light frost? 
 

 

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