My Garden - Melbourne Australia

[tim_brissy_13]

1 hour ago, HolyNewBee said:

Do you have Kerriodoxa elegans in your garden? I'm really curious about its behaviour this winter. I buy one seedling this month, and not sure if it can handle cool winter. I got one two years ago, but it got bud rotten in late winter.

I do have one but it’s in a pot and remains untested outside so far. I do intend to trial it one day maybe once I have some space when the canopy grows up and creates more sheltered locations. 

[tim_brissy_13]

A few current updates of the garden. Late September means the risk of frost is now over and most damage has already presented itself. A few freezing nights and some cold and wet weather caused some issues, like frost burn on Bentinckia condapanna and crown rot in Syagrus schizophylla. Overall though no losses due to cold, I’m still hopeful the S schizophylla can recover. 
 

L-R: Chamaedorea klotzschiana, C costaricana, Rhapis humilis, Howea belmoreana

My largest Archontophoenix myolensis

 

Hedyscepe canterburyana

 

Oraniopsis appendiculata

 

Caryota monostachya

 

Ceroxylon sp. labelled as ventricosum grown from seed but I may have mixed it up with C alpinum seed I think based on how it’s turning out. 
 

Lanonia dasyantha

 

Bentinckia condapanna a bit fried but recovering

 

L-R: Chrysalidocarpus arenarum, Chambeyronia oliviformis, Dypsis rosea, Gaussia maya, Pritchardia hillebrandii, Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus 

 

Euterpe edulis Orange Crownshaft

 

Hyophorbe indica Red form.  Can’t believe how well this thing has been going. A bit over 3 years from seed now  

 

Pritchardia napaliensis

 

Chamaedorea woodsoniana male

 

C elatior male and female pair

 

C anemophila

 

Pritchardia maideniana 

 

 

Brahea moorei

 

Rhopalostylis sapida var Oceana

 

Trachycarpus princeps 

 

Ceroxylon sp.  bought seed as parvifrons but looking like something else maybe vogelianum

 

Ceroxylon quindiuense

 

C quindiuense abaxial frond surface detail

 

Parajubaea torallyi var torallyi 

 

Parajubaea sunkha 

 

Brahea Super Silver

 

Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae twin trunk detail 

Schippia concolor breezing through another winter 

 

 

L-R: Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae, C baronii, Bismarckia, C lutescens, C decaryi x leptocheilos

 

Chamaerops Volcano

 

C decipiens

 

 

C decaryi X leptocheilos, C decaryi, C pilulifer hybrid
 

Brahea dulcis

 

Syagrus schizophylla not looking good

 

 

Chuniophoenix hainanensis 

Chrysalidocarpus decaryi x leptocheilos close up

 

Chambeyronia oliviformis trunk detail

[HolyNewBee]

Fabulous sharing. I've already buy a Euterpe edulis 'Orange Crownshaft' and test its cool hardiness.

[Jonathan Haycock]

The Ceroxylon are clearly happy in your climate. Got some C. quindiuense seed on the go so hopefully I'll get to try a few. Great to see the Brahea moorei doing well. 

[tim_brissy_13]

Chambeyronia macrocarpa var flavopicta showing off again. 

[Jonathan]

I reckon you'll find Tarzan swinging around in there one day Tim!

Very impressive.

[tim_brissy_13]

A few new plantings somehow squeezed into this limited space I have left. This year is probably the first where I’ll look to ‘edit’ the garden. Not removing any palms but some of the companion plants used as space filler can start to make way. 
 

Trachycarpus sp Nova. Planted next to a slightly larger one to form a double. I recently had my back fence get blown over in severe winds. The tradies who installed the fence did a decent job but didn’t take a lot of care in the garden despite some pretty clear instruction (pleading) and the existing Nova got trampled along with anything else I didn’t protect with some foolproof device. I think the Nova will be ok but I lost a Cham metallica and C linearis along with a few other heavily damaged palms. 
 

 

Trachycarpus geminisectus. Bit of crown rot in this one but I’m hoping some H2O2 and room for roots to spread will kick it back to life.

 

Chrysalidocarpus malcomberi

 

Nannorrhops baluchestanica

 

Chamaedorea woodsoniana triple planted. 

 

Chamaedorea nubium. I love this species. So perfect as a small seedling with the bright green foliage. 

 

Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii double planted under a mature female to make a group of 3. 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

A few new plantings somehow squeezed into this limited space I have left. This year is probably the first where I’ll look to ‘edit’ the garden. Not removing any palms but some of the companion plants used as space filler can start to make way. 
 

Trachycarpus sp Nova. Planted next to a slightly larger one to form a double. I recently had my back fence get blown over in severe winds. The tradies who installed the fence did a decent job but didn’t take a lot of care in the garden despite some pretty clear instruction (pleading) and the existing Nova got trampled along with anything else I didn’t protect with some foolproof device. I think the Nova will be ok but I lost a Cham metallica and C linearis along with a few other heavily damaged palms. 
 

 

Trachycarpus geminisectus. Bit of crown rot in this one but I’m hoping some H2O2 and room for roots to spread will kick it back to life.

 

Chrysalidocarpus malcomberi

 

Nannorrhops baluchestanica

 

Chamaedorea woodsoniana triple planted. 

 

Chamaedorea nubium. I love this species. So perfect as a small seedling with the bright green foliage. 

 

Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii double planted under a mature female to make a group of 3. 

Give your garden ten more years and it will be a jungle out there. You need ten acres of land in the murwillumbah district then you can go to town on the landscaping. You got so many varieties you need ten acres of land.

[HolyNewBee]

My tiny euterpe edulis orange crownshaft seedling Hope it can handle with the next cool winter as easily as yours.

[tim_brissy_13]

First Geonoma sp. in the ground for me here in Melbourne - Geonoma stricta subsp. arundinacea. It goes into a fairly deeply shaded part of the garden near a south facing fence where it stays relatively moist. 

I’ve really gotten into this fascinating genus recently. It contains 68 recognised species according to Henderson 2011, but within many species there are accepted sub species and even different morphotypes within subspecies that can have instinct features. The majority of species come from the wet tropics of Central and South America, but the range of some species extend up to high elevation (G undata, G orbignyana and a couple of others) and a couple extend down to the subtropics around -30S latitude (G schottiana and G pohliana subsp. pohliana). 

Most of my Geonoma trials will not likely end well here down here, but perhaps I’m a chance if I can keep them shaded and moist but well drained all year. Am I crazy? Probably. 

I’d love to see any other Geonoma sp being grown. It seems to be an under utilised genus, likely because they are generally difficult to grow and most seem to need quite a narrow temperature range to thrive and can’t dry out at all.

[tim_brissy_13]

A couple of other recent plantings. 
 

A Lanonia dasyantha planted next to my existing one to make a group of 2. 

 

A triple Chamaedorea tepejilote (Yellow Inflorescence).