Spring 2024: What did you plant this week?

[JeskiM]

Below is my list for this year.  I started planting on March 1st and stopped about 3 weeks ago.  I doubt I will plant any more this year as I don't like planting stuff in the summer and I never plant palms in the fall.  Any palms that I purchase now would have to stay in the pot till next spring at the earliest.

I will work to get some pictures posted soon.

-Matt

2 x Brahea armata                         (5 G)
1 x Brahea berlianderli                  (5 G)
2 x Brahea decumbens                  (5 G)
2 x Brahea dulcis (blue)                 (5 G)
3 x Brahea moorei                         (1 G)
1 x Brahea nitida                           (15 G)
1 x Brahea 'Super Silver'                (5 G)
1 x Butia odorata                           (5 G)
2 x Butia odorata                           (3 G)
2 x Butia odorata X Jubaea Chilensis 
      (Dick Douglas)                          (7 G)
2 x Chamaerops humilis (green)    (3 G)
1 x Livistonia nitida                       (3 G)
2 x Phoenix sylvestris                    (1 G)
1 x Phoenix sylvestris                    (5 G)

1 x Sabal brazoriensis                   (3 G)

1 x Sabal 'Blackburniana'               (5 G)
2 x Sabal 'Lisa'                               (1 G)

2 x Trithrinax campestris               (1 G)
1 x Trachycarpus fortunei              (3 G)
4 x Washingtonia filifera               (2 G)
1 x Washingtonia filifera               (5 G)
1 x Washingtonia robusta             (7 G)
2 x Washingtonia robusta             (3 G)

[Fusca]

12 minutes ago, JeskiM said:

Below is my list for this year.  I started planting on March 1st and stopped about 3 weeks ago.  I doubt I will plant any more this year as I don't like planting stuff in the summer and I never plant palms in the fall.  Any palms that I purchase now would have to stay in the pot till next spring at the earliest.

I will work to get some pictures posted soon.

-Matt

2 x Brahea armata                         (5 G)
1 x Brahea berlianderli                  (5 G)
2 x Brahea decumbens                  (5 G)
2 x Brahea dulcis (blue)                 (5 G)
3 x Brahea moorei                         (1 G)
1 x Brahea nitida                           (15 G)
1 x Brahea 'Super Silver'                (5 G)
1 x Butia odorata                           (5 G)
2 x Butia odorata                           (3 G)
2 x Butia odorata X Jubaea Chilensis 
      (Dick Douglas)                          (7 G)
2 x Chamaerops humilis (green)    (3 G)
1 x Livistonia nitida                       (3 G)
2 x Phoenix sylvestris                    (1 G)
1 x Phoenix sylvestris                    (5 G)
2 x Trithrinax campestris               (1 G)
1 x Trachycarpus fortunei              (3 G)
4 x Washingtonia filifera               (2 G)
1 x Washingtonia filifera               (5 G)
1 x Washingtonia robusta             (7 G)
2 x Washingtonia robusta             (3 G)
1 x Sabal brazoriensis                   (3 G)
2 x Sabal 'Lisa'                              (1 G)

Nice selection Matt!  I hope you gave the Trachycarpus some shade from afternoon sun.  If you give the nitida plenty of water it'll take off!  Is your 'super silver' still green?  I planted a 5-gal here 3 years ago and it's still green.

[Fusca]

On 6/9/2024 at 9:52 PM, Ben G. said:

The Washingtonia filifera were the winners, but the Phoenix dactylifera weren't far behind. The dates had about a 75% germination rate after a couple of weeks, the washies were close to 100%. The dates did a weird thing though where their long tap roots raised all of the soil up off the the bottom of the bag:

 

Yeah most Phoenix seedlings are pretty root aggressive early on.  Best to pot them up into deep pots now. 

[Chester B]

24 minutes ago, JeskiM said:

Below is my list for this year.  I started planting on March 1st and stopped about 3 weeks ago.  I doubt I will plant any more this year as I don't like planting stuff in the summer and I never plant palms in the fall.  Any palms that I purchase now would have to stay in the pot till next spring at the earliest.

I will work to get some pictures posted soon.

-Matt

2 x Brahea armata                         (5 G)
1 x Brahea berlianderli                  (5 G)
2 x Brahea decumbens                  (5 G)
2 x Brahea dulcis (blue)                 (5 G)
3 x Brahea moorei                         (1 G)
1 x Brahea nitida                           (15 G)
1 x Brahea 'Super Silver'                (5 G)
1 x Butia odorata                           (5 G)
2 x Butia odorata                           (3 G)
2 x Butia odorata X Jubaea Chilensis 
      (Dick Douglas)                          (7 G)
2 x Chamaerops humilis (green)    (3 G)
1 x Livistonia nitida                       (3 G)
2 x Phoenix sylvestris                    (1 G)
1 x Phoenix sylvestris                    (5 G)

1 x Sabal brazoriensis                   (3 G)

1 x Sabal 'Blackburniana'               (5 G)
2 x Sabal 'Lisa'                               (1 G)

2 x Trithrinax campestris               (1 G)
1 x Trachycarpus fortunei              (3 G)
4 x Washingtonia filifera               (2 G)
1 x Washingtonia filifera               (5 G)
1 x Washingtonia robusta             (7 G)
2 x Washingtonia robusta             (3 G)

Great selection of Brahea, I wish these were more readily available.  I have moorei, edulis and got some armata seeds to sprout.

[JeskiM]

The Trachycarpus is in the understory of a high canopy of a live oak.  

The Livistonia nitida has already taken off. It's easily (so far) as fast as the W. robustas.

The 'Super Silver' is a double with one "trunk" being much further along than the other. The larger trunk is starting to get some silver on the back side of the leaves and the leaf stem. The smaller trunk is still solid green with no hint of silver. The larger trunk (including leaves) is only about thigh high, so it's still young. It's opening it's 3rd leaf since I planted it in March, so I am pretty happy with it's speed of growth ... didn't seem to be set back whatsoever.

-Matt

[JeskiM]

Chester,

What's the trick on sprouting the B. armata seeds ?

I have some B. 'Clara' seeds that have been sown in two different pots. One sown back in the fall and the other pot back in March.  So far they have done nothing.  It's my first time trying any Braheas from seed though.

I've done Sabal from seed the same way and usually they sprout in a few months for me.

I know some seeds can take a while (years) to sprout and I have dumped pots with palm seeds in the past only to find them sprout up a year or so later.

I've had an easier time germinating Macrozamia macdonnellii from seed than so far with Braheas.

-Matt

[Fusca]

51 minutes ago, JeskiM said:

Chester,

What's the trick on sprouting the B. armata seeds ?

I have some B. 'Clara' seeds that have been sown in two different pots. One sown back in the fall and the other pot back in March.  So far they have done nothing.  It's my first time trying any Braheas from seed though.

I've done Sabal from seed the same way and usually they sprout in a few months for me.

I know some seeds can take a while (years) to sprout and I have dumped pots with palm seeds in the past only to find them sprout up a year or so later.

I've had an easier time germinating Macrozamia macdonnellii from seed than so far with Braheas.

-Matt

Here's an interesting thread that I'm sure you'll find helpful.  It refers to some older threads on the same subject.  If you can keep conditions sterile it can be quite effective.

 

[Swolte]

1 hour ago, JeskiM said:

Below is my list for this year.  I started planting on March 1st and stopped about 3 weeks ago.  I doubt I will plant any more this year as I don't like planting stuff in the summer and I never plant palms in the fall.  Any palms that I purchase now would have to stay in the pot till next spring at the earliest.

I will work to get some pictures posted soon.

-Matt

2 x Brahea armata                         (5 G)
1 x Brahea berlianderli                  (5 G)
2 x Brahea decumbens                  (5 G)
2 x Brahea dulcis (blue)                 (5 G)
3 x Brahea moorei                         (1 G)
1 x Brahea nitida                           (15 G)
1 x Brahea 'Super Silver'                (5 G)
1 x Butia odorata                           (5 G)
2 x Butia odorata                           (3 G)
2 x Butia odorata X Jubaea Chilensis 
      (Dick Douglas)                          (7 G)
2 x Chamaerops humilis (green)    (3 G)
1 x Livistonia nitida                       (3 G)
2 x Phoenix sylvestris                    (1 G)
1 x Phoenix sylvestris                    (5 G)

1 x Sabal brazoriensis                   (3 G)

1 x Sabal 'Blackburniana'               (5 G)
2 x Sabal 'Lisa'                               (1 G)

2 x Trithrinax campestris               (1 G)
1 x Trachycarpus fortunei              (3 G)
4 x Washingtonia filifera               (2 G)
1 x Washingtonia filifera               (5 G)
1 x Washingtonia robusta             (7 G)
2 x Washingtonia robusta             (3 G)

Holy cow, that is some list to start your planting adventure with... where did you get all that stuff?! You should start your own palm paradise thread for us to follow. Indeed, amazing Brahea selection. I have been looking for a B Dulcis & Berlandieri for a while now. My SS keeps on dying in winters. 

Good luck. I'd be way too impatient holding off planting for another year so I commend your restraint. Although I also avoid planting in the Fall, most cold spells are in Jan/Feb which still gives you lots of heat for plants to get established. Obviously I'd protect them the first few winters.  

[JeskiM]

12 minutes ago, Swolte said:

Holy cow, that is some list to start your planting adventure with... where did you get all that stuff?! You should start your own palm paradise thread for us to follow. Indeed, amazing Brahea selection. I have been looking for a B Dulcis & Berlandieri for a while now. My SS keeps on dying in winters. 

Good luck. I'd be way too impatient holding off planting for another year so I commend your restraint. Although I also avoid planting in the Fall, most cold spells are in Jan/Feb which still gives you lots of heat for plants to get established. Obviously I'd protect them the first few winters.  

 

I just realized I forgot another species:

2 x Serenoa repens (silver)       (3 G)   

 

~ Half of the list was sourced from local nurseries:  B. armata, B. nitida, B. odorata, C. humilis, P. sylvestris, S. brazoriensis,  T. fortunei, and the Washies.

The other half were from various and sundry places off the web (ebay, etsy) some lone individuals, and some well-known (to us) nurseries such as Jungle Music, etc.   Most of the Braheas came from Jungle Music as Phil seems to be one of the more reliable sources and can ship them. 

Probably 1/3rd of them have been in pots for a few years and survived Palmageddon in my garage. I was leery about planting out a bunch of them until this year where I finally decided to just do it. However, that also required me to re-do two different beds and even then I've had to tuck, disperse some of them into various locations of the yard with the plan to eventually work into a more organized bed / landscape.

For now I am just focused on the easy to get to parts (~ 1/3 acre) of my property:  around the driveway, front yard, near the house, etc.  The remaining 1.25 acre of my property is full of very large, mature live oak, red oak, cedar elm, juniper and brush growing out of pure limestone escarpment with little to no topsoil and very steep drop offs in places.  if that area ever becomes a palm haven it will require tearing down very big trees including rare species that I have planted such as a dozen texas madrones (arbutus xalapensis) and other oak and cypress (cupressus) species.

Right now I am in the process of taking down three 50 foot tall Chinaberries which are mostly dead since Plamageddon that a prior homeowner planted.  Once they are down a cleaned up it will be converted to an elongated bed (for palms, yucca, agave, nolina, etc and other xeric species) bed that will be roughly 175 x 25 feet.  .... Taking down and prepping that area is my summer / fall / winter landscaping project.

-Matt

 

 

 

[Swolte]

9 minutes ago, JeskiM said:

 

I just realized I forgot another species:

2 x Serenoa repens (silver)       (3 G)   

 

~ Half of the list was sourced from local nurseries:  B. armata, B. nitida, B. odorata, C. humilis, P. sylvestris, S. brazoriensis,  T. fortunei, and the Washies.

The other half were from various and sundry places off the web (ebay, etsy) some lone individuals, and some well-known (to us) nurseries such as Jungle Music, etc.   Most of the Braheas came from Jungle Music as Phil seems to be one of the more reliable sources and can ship them. 

Probably 1/3rd of them have been in pots for a few years and survived Palmageddon in my garage. I was leery about planting out a bunch of them until this year where I finally decided to just do it. However, that also required me to re-do two different beds and even then I've had to tuck, disperse some of them into various locations of the yard with the plan to eventually work into a more organized bed / landscape.

For now I am just focused on the easy to get to parts (~ 1/3 acre) of my property:  around the driveway, front yard, near the house, etc.  The remaining 1.25 acre of my property is full of very large, mature live oak, red oak, cedar elm, juniper and brush growing out of pure limestone escarpment with little to no topsoil and very steep drop offs in places.  if that area ever becomes a palm haven it will require tearing down very big trees including rare species that I have planted such as a dozen texas madrones (arbutus xalapensis) and other oak and cypress (cupressus) species.

Right now I am in the process of taking down three 50 foot tall Chinaberries which are mostly dead since Plamageddon that a prior homeowner planted.  Once they are down a cleaned up it will be converted to an elongated bed (for palms, yucca, agave, nolina, etc and other xeric species) bed that will be roughly 175 x 25 feet.  .... Taking down and prepping that area is my summer / fall / winter landscaping project.

-Matt

 

 

 

Yup, definitely start your own thread... 

Sounds awesome!

[JeskiM]

11 minutes ago, Swolte said:

Yup, definitely start your own thread... 

Sounds awesome!

Agreed.

I'll have to start my own thread; I don't want to hijack this thread any further.

-Matt

[Chester B]

3 hours ago, JeskiM said:

Chester,

What's the trick on sprouting the B. armata seeds ?

I have some B. 'Clara' seeds that have been sown in two different pots. One sown back in the fall and the other pot back in March.  So far they have done nothing.  It's my first time trying any Braheas from seed though.

I've done Sabal from seed the same way and usually they sprout in a few months for me.

I know some seeds can take a while (years) to sprout and I have dumped pots with palm seeds in the past only to find them sprout up a year or so later.

I've had an easier time germinating Macrozamia macdonnellii from seed than so far with Braheas.

-Matt

Right now they are outside in a community pot but I was thinking about removing some of the outer material. I’ve also had good luck gently cracking needle palms seeds. 
 

As for my success so far, it’s just luck. I was expecting Brahea seeds to take a long time. I have some Clara seeds too, but nothing yet. 

[Ben G.]

I got out and spent this morning planting a couple of small sabal causiarum, a butia, cycas revoluta, and I moved some cannas from my backyard to the front. Needless to say, I am tired. I am really grateful that I can do hard labor in the sun though. I know I won't be able to do it forever.

Sabals along the fence line with some loquats:

Edited June 15, 2024 by Ben G.
Typo

[Ben G.]

Butia and cycas:

 

[Xenon]

On 6/11/2024 at 12:51 PM, JeskiM said:

Agreed.

I'll have to start my own thread; I don't want to hijack this thread any further.

-Matt

Feel free to hijack away lol. We need more pics 🙌

[Fusca]

Here's a few palms I planted this week.  2 Livistona decora, Nannorrhops richiana (arabica), Chrysalidocarpus madagascarensis and Chrysalidocarpus decaryi.

 

[kinzyjr]

17 hours ago, Fusca said:

Here's a few palms I planted this week.  2 Livistona decora, Nannorrhops richiana (arabica), Chrysalidocarpus madagascarensis and Chrysalidocarpus decaryi.

Fantastic choices!

[Fusca]

30 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

Fantastic choices!

Thanks, I was quite pleased to find them available here!  The decaryi that I got from you isn't quite that big yet but it's progressing nicely.

[MIKE82397]

Planted this butia and this jubaea x butia hybrid on the day of the solar eclipse back in April. Both are opening up new fronds so hopefully that was good luck. The hybrid has the green petiole bases

[Ben G.]

I rearranged my backyard planting a bit yesterday. I want to have a good evergreen screen along my back fence, behind the pool. I planted a couple of Sabal mexicana in the biggest size I could lift and manage on my own. So now I have 3 loquats alternating with the two Sabals as my screen:

[Ben G.]

The more scraggly looking Sabal had a couple of broken fronds, so I got it for $75 cheaper than the fuller one. I liked the deal enough to patiently wait for it to fill out.

[Fusca]

56 minutes ago, Ben G. said:

So now I have 3 loquats alternating with the two Sabals as my screen

I really like loquats - beautiful trees and delicious fruits.  It's a shame that they basically have no shelf life so the fruits don't last long in the fridge.  They make good jelly and make an excellent pie also.  Seeds are edible too - I put a few in my pies and they taste a little like almond.  Palms are nice too!  I hope you left the top third of the heel above the soil.

[Ben G.]

1 hour ago, Fusca said:

I really like loquats - beautiful trees and delicious fruits.  It's a shame that they basically have no shelf life so the fruits don't last long in the fridge.  They make good jelly and make an excellent pie also.  Seeds are edible too - I put a few in my pies and they taste a little like almond.  Palms are nice too!  I hope you left the top third of the heel above the soil.

I will check tomorrow to make sure enough of the heels are above soil level. They are poking out above soil, but I didn't pay close attention to how far. Thanks for the heads up.

[Las Palmas Norte]

Not a palm but a rather root bound Musa sikkemensis. I think it began to appear much better the day after it got out of the restrictions of being potted.

 

[Ben G.]

2 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Not a palm but a rather root bound Musa sikkemensis. I think it began to appear much better the day after it got out of the restrictions of being potted.

 

Looks really happy now! I hope it grows well in its new spot.

 

[njpalmguy]

about to plant this nice young windmill palm  tomorrow, don’t ask why i have a towel on the carpet 😅

[RFun]

On 6/16/2024 at 3:50 PM, MIKE82397 said:

Planted this butia and this jubaea x butia hybrid on the day of the solar eclipse back in April. Both are opening up new fronds so hopefully that was good luck. The hybrid has the green petiole bases

These are very nice palms.

[RFun]

On 6/15/2024 at 3:02 PM, Ben G. said:

I got out and spent this morning planting a couple of small sabal causiarum, a butia, cycas revoluta, and I moved some cannas from my backyard to the front. Needless to say, I am tired. I am really grateful that I can do hard labor in the sun though. I know I won't be able to do it forever.

Sabals along the fence line with some loquats:

Those look nice.  I like the brick setup you have there.

[Ben G.]

4 minutes ago, RFun said:

Those look nice.  I like the brick setup you have there.

Thanks. I am following what is perhaps the first rule of gardening: Use what you have on hand, whenever you can. 

I recently bought this house. I found several piles of bricks leftover from the building of the home stored behind the shed. So, I wanted to find a use for the hundreds of bricks I had lying around.

[RFun]

3 minutes ago, Ben G. said:

Thanks. I am following what is perhaps the first rule of gardening: Use what you have on hand, whenever you can. 

I recently bought this house. I found several piles of bricks leftover from the building of the home stored behind the shed. So, I wanted to find a use for the hundreds of bricks I had lying around.

That makes sense.  Best to keep it simple.  Bricks and palms tend to go together well.

[Fusca]

OK, I guess it's technically no longer spring but here's what got planted over the weekend.

Leucothrinax morrisii:

And thanks to @ahosey01:  Phoenix hybrid sold as theophrasti but obviously not

A variegated Sabal palmetto:

And an unusual double - volunteer seedlings of Archontophoenix maxima and Copernicia alba:

[Xenon]

On 3/4/2024 at 10:20 AM, Chester B said:

King palm and Blue Java banana. You can’t see the spray paint in the photo but these are in a new bed I’ve laid out against the house. 10x30 but will be curved. Next step is to create the edges and sheet mulch the grass. The remaining plants going in will all be of a small stature so as not to block the views from inside the house.  Primarily flowering subshrubs and some of the specialty colocasias. 
 

The king palm will be the only palm planted close to the house to try and give it protection in winter. It’s a little over 4 feet from the house and will easily clear the eaves, if it lasts that long!

How's the king doing? Must have gorged on all of that rain 

[Fusca]

Not a palm but a Dioon spinulosum.  First time purchasing a cycad.

[Swolte]

Great to see these pics @Fusca! Looks like you have enough space around for their expansion or any other small garden gems.
:)

[Fusca]

1 hour ago, Swolte said:

Great to see these pics @Fusca! Looks like you have enough space around for their expansion or any other small garden gems.

I'm filling up an acre - lots of space to plant my container palms once they get big enough.  I'm currently sun acclimating a coco queen and a Beccariophoenix alfredii for planting soon.

[Chester B]

14 hours ago, Xenon said:

How's the king doing? Must have gorged on all of that rain 

It looks like garbage.  I'm getting close to yanking it and throwing it on the compost pile.  The winds at my house are too much for it.  It's put out two new fronds - the first was snapped off, the second is missing half of its leaflets due to wind and its pushing a third one right now.  In comparison the Bismarckia I got looks fantastic and has been pushing almost a frond a week now that its settled.

How's your King?

[Xenon]

4 hours ago, Chester B said:

It looks like garbage.  I'm getting close to yanking it and throwing it on the compost pile.  The winds at my house are too much for it.  It's put out two new fronds - the first was snapped off, the second is missing half of its leaflets due to wind and its pushing a third one right now.  In comparison the Bismarckia I got looks fantastic and has been pushing almost a frond a week now that its settled.

How's your King?

King is doing pretty good. Euterpe edulis are taking off. Think I'll be in time for a new Cyphophoenix leaf by Labor Day. 

The Sabal and Bismarckia are definitely growing 

[Fusca]

4 hours ago, Chester B said:

It looks like garbage.  I'm getting close to yanking it and throwing it on the compost pile.  The winds at my house are too much for it.  It's put out two new fronds - the first was snapped off, the second is missing half of its leaflets due to wind and its pushing a third one right now.  In comparison the Bismarckia I got looks fantastic and has been pushing almost a frond a week now that its settled.

How's your King?

Sorry to hear that.  I had the same thing happen to a foxtail last year but it's settled in and recovering.  Doesn't look great but improving.  The kings get some strong winds too but so far no damage from them.  

[Chester B]

2 minutes ago, Fusca said:

Sorry to hear that.  I had the same thing happen to a foxtail last year but it's settled in and recovering.  Doesn't look great but improving.  The kings get some strong winds too but so far no damage from them.  

At least it was pretty inexpensive.

@Xenon yours is looking much better for sure.

[Xenon]

2 minutes ago, Chester B said:

At least it was pretty inexpensive.

@Xenon yours is looking much better for sure.

Why the past tense. It sounds fine, just some planting shock 😆. They are really really fast once they get acclimated. I had one rocketship out of nowhere around the 6 month mark after planting. Good thing about kings is that they don't really slow down in the cooler season either.