Starting Another Palm Garden

[Daryl]

Chambeyronia macrocarpa

Satakentia liukiuensis

Ravenea krociana

Ptychosperma sp with new red laeaf

Pinanga coronata

[Walter John]

Is there only one Chamby in that pic ? my eyes are crook these days.

Very nice Andy, better widen that garden path and make everyone walk through it, not around it.

[BS Man about Palms]

Aye Carumba!!!

[Daryl]

Wal and I paid ratpacker Andy Green a visit last weekend to see how his garden is progressing, as it has been almost 4 years since our big plantout day. Here are a few update photos...I'm sure Wal will chime in here as he took a lot of photos. Unfortunately my memory card filled up.

Here's Andy, showing Wal his Wanga

Andy has a nice form of Dypsis onilahensis, just starting to flower

Parajubaea sunkha is powering along

Furry trunk on a Bangalow

Dwarf lastelliana is growing well

Nice form of D.baronii with purple/black colouration

Daryl

[Walter John]

It was nice to see Andy's wanga, I didn't get too close though, could be harmful.

Yes I took pics and will try to remember to post this weekend.

[Walter John]

Yes indeed, Andy's palms and garden have come a long way in a short time for sure.

Here's the front gardens.

Andy had his wanga out....in full sun, this is one Pigafetta that looks like it will make it through this nasty winter.

[Walter John]

This Dypsis lastelliana on the left looks great, I think you can put that down to the expert planting from the beginning. Who did plant this palm ?

more from the front, imagine this in another 3 years..

The Jube hybrid is sensational to say the least

There's that furry bangalow near a red triangle etc.

[Walter John]

Moving to the left side and rear of the property.

Andy is like the rest of us, potted babies in waiting.

He might have a nice wide green lawn now, look at those spears, terrific growth.

Different species guard the back fence, some lovely blue Dypsis varieties.

[Walter John]

Right rear area has a train smash of wonderful varieties, including a massive hopei cycad.

[Walter John]

Finally down the right side (from the street), and looking down on this area from the back showing the sun setting direction for winter.

More goodies in waiting,

Down this side there's various plants, including New Caledonians, that hookeri has wonderful dark and light shading, I want it..

Till next time we update ratpacker Andy's garden, and won't that be a treat in a few years, it's au revoir from moi.

[Dave-Vero]

Palm overload!

Apart from the palms, the stonework looks nice. When I lived in Portland, Oregon, the affluent decorated their yards with stonework; everyone else had retaining walls built from slabs of sidewalk. The city was fanatical about replacing defective sidewalks, so there was a super-abundance of wall-building material. The Japanese Garden has elegant strips of granite, serving as paths and bridges. Turns out that when the garden was built, the Civic Auditorium was being rebuilt, and someone noticed that the old granite steps were being removed. The right people were called, and the stuff got delivered. That garden is stuffed with shrubs and trees rescued from construction projects.

I'm envious of all those Dypsis species. I'm in an area with cold-hardiness problems, though D. plumosa and D. carlsmithii are thriving. Thursday's light winds from distant hurricane Irene were just enough to prompt a bangalow to unfurl its latest new leaf (it's grown like crazy).

[Daryl]

Bump! 10 year update!

 

[Billeb]

8 hours ago, Daryl said:

Bump! 10 year update!

 

Holy f$&@!!! That is awesome growth. Jealous for sure. 
 

-dale

[Scott W]

Wow, barely noticed the house in your updated picture!!!  Slowly my yard is starting to emulate what you have created....my wife hates it, I love it! 

Welcome to the jungle baby....

[KDubU]

23 hours ago, Daryl said:

Bump! 10 year update!

 

That is awesome! Love how it’s all grown in, bravo!