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That's the Way It Was

PalmatierMeg

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Okay, I'm feeling a bit nostalgic for what used to be. I came across some undated photos uploaded from my husband's Apple phone that show what our 0.61 acre gardens looked like less than 8 months ago, i.e., pre-Ian. We are close to finishing up mulching our property and spreading a second dose of fertilizer before the onset of annual fertilizer blackout on June 1 (coincidentally the start of Hurricane Season in SWFL). I plan to take current photos of our progress restoring what Ian destroyed as well as what I learned from the drubbing we took. It is/will be a totally different landscape. Anyway, enjoy these glimpses of what used to be. 

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Thanks for sharing the beauty of the garden in the past. The love and care for the plants, I smell in the pictures, will be the power that will build a renewed one. ( Did you post pictures of "post-Ian" ?)

Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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17 minutes ago, Palmarum said:

Not only will it be that way again, but it will be Better...

Ryan

Thanks, Ryan

5 minutes ago, Alberto said:

Thanks for sharing the beauty of the garden in the past. The love and care for the plants, I smell in the pictures, will be the power that will build a renewed one. ( Did you post pictures of "post-Ian" ?)

Thanks, Alberto. I posted a couple montages post-Ian. Think of all the stuff in the photos above ripped out of the ground and smashed flat.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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absolutely stunning meg.  its a great reminder of what it will become once again.  sounds cliche but it is true ... you never fully appreciate what you have until it is lost hence carpe diem.  :)  i was telling a new palm enthusiast who was complaining what little space he had to plant palms and showed him a pic of my friends in czech rep with an itty bitty greenhouse in their home stuffed with plants.  in any case, you grow palms beautifully and it will be there one day again.  

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"delectare et movere"

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2 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

I plan to take current photos of our progress restoring what Ian destroyed as well as what I learned from the drubbing we took. It is/will be a totally different landscape.

Looks like it was paradise. Still, as I scroll through the photos I can feel the suspense building. What have you learned? How different will it be? 

I'll have to find your post-Ian photos to see how they fared but I hope the new plan involves more Sabals. That row and the one with the chair are my favorites.

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44 minutes ago, 5am said:

Looks like it was paradise. Still, as I scroll through the photos I can feel the suspense building. What have you learned? How different will it be? 

I'll have to find your post-Ian photos to see how they fared but I hope the new plan involves more Sabals. That row and the one with the chair are my favorites.

Yes, more Sabals. And Livistonas and coconuts and Pritchardias (Hawaiian). What I learned: Beccariophoenix alfredii, Bismarckia, Dypsis pembana, Elaeis guineensis, Gaussia maya, Attalea spp,  mahoes, rainbow eucalyptus (all eucalyptus), Ficus religiosa, screw pines, silk floss and most tropical flowering trees are total losses during major hurricanes (cat 3 above)

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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2 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

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Mrrreeeooooooooooooooooooooow!!!  :D

Did your "Whole Leaf" Elaeis Guineensis survive?  I bought a couple of seedlings from CFKingFish, but only managed to keep one of them alive.  It's about 4 feet tall now, I'm looking forward to it getting some serious size...

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Hello Meg,

Your collection always looked wonderful, and it will again!  There were times when I wanted to give up but loved it too much. I been through storms, and many freezes especially when I lived in St Pete in the '80's.  I always liked when I had the excuse to go and buy more palms! 

Lived in Cape Coral, Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg Florida.

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13 hours ago, Merlyn said:

Mrrreeeooooooooooooooooooooow!!!  :D

Did your "Whole Leaf" Elaeis Guineensis survive?  I bought a couple of seedlings from CFKingFish, but only managed to keep one of them alive.  It's about 4 feet tall now, I'm looking forward to it getting some serious size...

So far. I thought it was a goner when all its storm-ravaged leaves started to die off. But it is sending up new green leaves. I hope it does make it as it was a vital part of my jungle canopy, esp. for my Howea belmoreana. The whole-leaf form is not as large and robust as the standard pinnate form.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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So lovely, and I’m sorry for your losses. 
 

Somehow, the slash pine v. Densa on my bokeelia property lives to see another day. 

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On 5/23/2023 at 6:38 PM, Merlyn said:

Mrrreeeooooooooooooooooooooow!!!  :D

Did your "Whole Leaf" Elaeis Guineensis survive?  I bought a couple of seedlings from CFKingFish, but only managed to keep one of them alive.  It's about 4 feet tall now, I'm looking forward to it getting some serious size...

Hi, 

 I have some of those Elaeis Guineensis “Whole/Entire Leaf” seedlings! Think they are so beautiful. Love watching them grow…here are some of mine here in St James City

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This is another garden on my bucket list that I'm bummed to not have seen before being hurricane ravaged. I'm sure by the time I do , it won't disappoint 😃

T J 

T J 

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