Daily garden walk

December 1

I usually walk the entire garden in the morning and the evening with the dogs and wanted to share some photos

First stop was to check out this massive flowering Chrysalidocarpus. Barely trunking but flowering like crazy and a very large palm already. Check out the size 10 shoe for scale on the second photo.

around the corner and lining the fence is a row of Chrysalidocarpus Sp Mayotte and here’s one of them. Most likely a hybrid as I have 2 very different looking palms as Mayotte grown from the same seed batch. This looks like a “white triangle” type hybrid:

Chrysalidocarpus Robustus getting to the size that it will really get going now:

December 1

Into the “jungle planter” which is the first area planted about 3.5 years ago. This was all just bare grass hillside originally. Filling in nicely and creating pathways through it all now for the dogs and myself:

Rocky 2.0 stopped to check out this crazy mutant Chrysalidocarpus Malcomberi Hybrid that has decided to split like crazy:

Coming out of the jungle path you see Metroxylon Amicarum:

looking down the driveway. Chrysalidocarpus Prestonianus hybrids on each side:

further down the driveway are Chrysalidocarpus Hovomantsina on each side:

December 1

Off to the side is this planter with Ptychococus reaching for the sky. Very fast growing palms here.

Turning off the driveway to head back into the garden where I did my first rock work to divide what was a hillside into terraces:

New Caledonia planter with a couple of Chambeyronia (Kentiopsis) pyriformis on each side or a narrow path through the planter:

the Madagascar planter is next to the New Cal planter and a favorite there is this Chrysalidocarpus Robustus Hybrid. Orania Trispatha is on the left of it:

December 1

And now back to the house, looking over some of the garden from the side lanai. This is where the orchard meets the ornamental:

and looking west as the sun sets:

Thanks for looking!

December 1

You should be so proud of your stone work and plantings, wow, just beautiful. Nothing beats a walk in the garden, right? Peace and beauty and the little distractions observing how the palms are doing. 😎 Such an outstanding creation you are working on, and benefitting from two past gardens, this is going to be killer! (It already is!) Thanks for sharing your walk with us.

December 1

38 minutes ago, Hilo Jason said:

Off to the side is this planter with Ptychococus reaching for the sky. Very fast growing palms here.

Finally a photo that does this genus justice :yay:

The plants, the lighting, the views...unreal !! Thanks for sharing

December 1

1 hour ago, Kim said:

Such an outstanding creation you are working on, and benefiting from two past gardens, this is going to be killer! (It already is!)

Kim, I have to agree with your conclusion that "It already is"... "killer" and an "outstanding creation." I am amazed at how far it has come already. The daily walks in the garden are well earned rewards for the hours you put in on the retaining walls, the building of the house, plant selections and decisions on plant placement Jason. No plans yet, but at some point I look forward to joining you on one of your morning or evening walks again! Keep sharing updates. It never is dull as things grow and change so fast in your garden.

December 2

5 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

Turning off the driveway to head back into the garden where I did my first rock work to divide what was a hillside into terraces:

Soooo many favorites… but this is the palm I’m most hoping will reproduce and/or be identified someday (since I’m color-crazy). Probably wouldn’t be as neon orange in CA, but would be fun to try. 😊

What impresses me most about your garden is the thoughtful usage of color, plant heights, unity/variety, and other design principles. Like a painting. 🎨

December 2

10 hours ago, Kim said:

You should be so proud of your stone work and plantings, wow, just beautiful. Nothing beats a walk in the garden, right? Peace and beauty and the little distractions observing how the palms are doing. 😎 Such an outstanding creation you are working on, and benefitting from two past gardens, this is going to be killer! (It already is!) Thanks for sharing your walk with us.

Thank you for the kind words Kim. Please come by for a visit sometime when you are on island.

December 2

9 hours ago, Xenon said:

Finally a photo that does this genus justice

The plants, the lighting, the views...unreal !! Thanks for sharing

These are truly incredible palms! I had a couple planted in my previous garden but they were not planted in a great spot and were hard to see so I wanted to plant these is a more visible spot.

December 2

4 hours ago, iDesign said:

Soooo many favorites… but this is the palm I’m most hoping will reproduce and/or be identified someday (since I’m color-crazy). Probably wouldn’t be as neon orange in CA, but would be fun to try. 😊

What impresses me most about your garden is the thoughtful usage of color, plant heights, unity/variety, and other design principles. Like a painting. 🎨

Thanks for the kind words Stacey! This is a special plant in my garden as it was gifted to me by a friend who collected the seed in Madagascar.

It is seeding now and germination rates are great for me. I believe this is most likely the same or very similar to a palm that went around over a decade ago as Lutescens “Golden Form”. I don’t recall if those were solitary or not, but the parent of this plant was solitary and this (and its siblings I have) are all solitary. So I’m calling it “Golden Solitary” for now.

December 2

All of the photos above were from yesterday evening so I wanted to share some from this morning with different lighting.

Starting on the bottom corner of our lot and working our way up this time. The fence is lined with Pinanga Coronata, most all seed grown from my previous garden. These grow fast here and are all seeding themselves now. Then every 20 feet there is a taller solitary palm to grow up and above the privacy wall of P. Coronata. Chambeyronia Macrocarpa just happened to be showing off this morning:

Further up the fence line are some Eurerpe Orange Crownshaft:

Turning now to look through the orchard towards the house:

Heading back up and out of the orchard leads into the “Pacific Islands” area which is composed of various Clinostigma and Pritchardia palms. These below are Clinostigma Ponapense:

Further along is Clinostigma Samoense with some various Pritchardia which are proving to be some of my slowest growing palms in the garden:

December 2

As you leave the Pacific Islands planters you approach the Madagascar planter on the right. On the left, next to Rocky 2 is one of three Chambeyronia (Kentiopsis) Oliviformis:

Chrysalidocarpus Sp. Ambanja:

Chrysalidocarpus ifanadianae on the left and Blue Decipiens / Betefaka on the right, with the Robustus Hybrid behind it:

This photo is for @iDesign, Chrysalidocarpus Decipiens Hybrid. Setting seed now and I need to try to germinate to see if it’s good:

December 2

Coming out of the Madagascar area you arrive at the Jungle Planter that I mentioned previously. This was the first area planted out about 3.5 years ago. There are 5 Areca Catechu in this area, all from dwarf seed and you can see that they are not dwarfs! A couple of them I call semi dwarf due to their tight ring spacing and stockier over all size.

more of the Jungle Planter:

Once past the Jungle area you arrive at the top of the driveway with these Chrysalidocarpus Lastellianus:

Across the driveway and now walking down the other fence line. This is the backside of the planter with the tall Ptychococus shown previously. Verschafeltii Splendida on the right:

Heading down the fence and towards the ocean, this fence line is also lined with Pinanga Coronata. On the right are a couple Normanbya and then 3 Hyophorbe Indica Red:

A closer look at the Hyophorbe Indica Red:

And the final stretch now will one day be a narrow tunnel with P. Coronata on the left and on the right is a row of 10 Euterpe Oleracea:

thanks for looking!

December 2

What a lovely garden ! You have all the palms I have been trying to find since before my conception. All that and an ocean view too. Before you start asking for someone to pass you the insulin, I better maintain my image and think of something mean to say. Not easy to do when faced with such images of heaven. Okay, here it comes ....I would hate to reverse a trailer load of mulch down that driveway.

Peachy

December 2

Looking great Jason!

December 2

15 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

Thanks for the kind words Stacey! This is a special plant in my garden as it was gifted to me by a friend who collected the seed in Madagascar.... It is seeding now and germination rates are great for me. I believe this is most likely the same or very similar to a palm that went around over a decade ago as Lutescens “Golden Form”. I don’t recall if those were solitary or not, but the parent of this plant was solitary and this (and its siblings I have) are all solitary. So I’m calling it “Golden Solitary” for now.

Interesting - I found the thread about Lutescens "Golden Form", and it sounds like most of those were from Thailand (but yours came from Madagascar?).

In the following thread the plants seem to be showing almost a variegated look (with golden on the leaves as well as the stem)... while the leaves of yours look almost blue-ish, at least in the photos you posted.

I'm FAR from an expert though! Just feels like yours is special somehow. Possibly a hybrid... although the fact that it's reproducing seems to make that less likely. Whatever it is, it's a stunner! And a fun "Dypsis Mystery". 🔎

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13 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

This photo is for @iDesign, Chrysalidocarpus Decipiens Hybrid. Setting seed now and I need to try to germinate to see if it’s good:

Received! Thank you. 😀