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Realarch from Hawaii visits my garden

Tassie_Troy1971

By Tassie_Troy1971
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Tassie_Troy1971 Grand Master

Tassie_Troy1971

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Today I had the pleasure of meeting Tim "Realarch " from Hilo area Hawaii visit my garden.

On one of my rare 80f plus days I showed Tim and Bob around my cloud forest at sea level garden.

Always great to meet palm people from overseas.

Thanks Realarch for coming around and enjoy the Tasmanian seafood tonight 

Troy 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

Billeb Veteran

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@realarch Tiiiiiiiiiiim!! What’s happening. It’s always cool to see other people’s creations and talk plants. Good times. 👍🏻
 

@Tassie_Troy1971 Troy, you gotta make it out to the island and roam around his place if you haven’t before. Sensory overload. Your garden looks awesome by the way. Well done. 
 

-dale 

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happypalms

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Couple of shady looking characters, giving the understory a bit of Hawaiian colour. Lucky Hawaii growers with all that rainfall and warm weather. 

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realarch Grand Master

realarch

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Hey Troy, thanks again for taking the time to show us around. You’ve a lot of amazing plantings packed in there, it was hard keeping up. Your diversity of specimens looked healthy…..you chose well,  

One always learns new things when making the effort to explore other gardens. 

The Hedysepe, which you posted photos of in a previous thread, was absolutely beautiful. 

Impressive Rhopalostylis sapida, Ceroxylon standing by, a fit looking bloke, and some nice tree ferns including this Cyathea brownii from New Guinea.

Mahalo agin Troy

Tim

 

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John hovancsek

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Uncle tim and bob are the best. Wish I could travel more 

Kim Grand Master

Kim

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Hey, you made it! Everyone looking good and Troy's garden is a real treasure, every palm looking perfect! Love seeing you guys sitting in those chairs on the sweet patio. Looking good Troy! Keep up the good work!

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Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Jonathan Veteran

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Post Script: Hilo Hero Tackles Tall Tassie Timber...

Tim vs Eucalyptus regnans, Tall Trees Forest Reserve, Styx Valley, Tasmania.

 

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

peachy Grand Master

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@Tassie_Troy1971 I can't believe how your garden has come on over the years.  I started my old garden about the same time you began yours. Now I am back to square one and starting all over again. Your hardscaping is lovely also. Be proud of it. I have to cringe and feel like apologising these days on the rare occasion anybody of note comes to visit.

Peachy

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I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

Darold Petty Grand Master

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Peachy, remember that you are getting all my palms when I kick off !  :winkie:

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Firepalm

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Your garden is looking amazing, Troy! I love all your oceanic palms.

Jonathan Veteran

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  On 2/24/2025 at 10:12 AM, peachy said:

@Tassie_Troy1971 I can't believe how your garden has come on over the years.  I started my old garden about the same time you began yours. Now I am back to square one and starting all over again. Your hardscaping is lovely also. Be proud of it. I have to cringe and feel like apologising these days on the rare occasion anybody of note comes to visit.

Peachy

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Some folk just have the knack! Troy certainly does, and so does Tim from what I've seen. 

My personal technique is chaos and disorder, although I do have patience...it took me 400 years to grow those Eucs!

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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Oh man, what a magical place! We were all in awe of those magnificent trees. Here is Monica, Tasmanian madman Johnathan, and Hilo hero? The tree ferns gave the feeling of being transplanted to another planet.

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Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

Jonathan Veteran

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We're all teeth, nostrils and possum-shooters eyes out there in the Styx!

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

peachy Grand Master

peachy

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  On 2/25/2025 at 12:42 AM, realarch said:

Oh man, what a magical place! We were all in awe of those magnificent trees. Here is Monica, Tasmanian madman Johnathan, and Hilo hero? The tree ferns gave the feeling of being transplanted to another planet.

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That species of tree fern also grows naturally in Victoria, my home state. Queensland has it's own native tree ferns too but they are spindly things with skinny trunks.  I have one of the southern ones in my garden, even though everyone said it was too hot here for them. So have you been tempted to become a Vandiemonian ?

Peachy.

I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

Jonathan Veteran

Jonathan

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  On 2/25/2025 at 1:39 PM, peachy said:

That species of tree fern also grows naturally in Victoria, my home state. Queensland has it's own native tree ferns too but they are spindly things with skinny trunks.  I have one of the southern ones in my garden, even though everyone said it was too hot here for them. So have you been tempted to become a Vandiemonian ?

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I believe Dicksonia are native to NSW and SE Qld as well Peachy...up in the mountains, although they would obviously be inferior to our proper Vandiemans Land ferns!

 Think it may be a bit too cool down here to tempt Tim off his island onto ours though.

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

realarch Grand Master

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Jonathan, you would be correct! Going from 19ºN latitude to 42ºS latitude would be too much of a stretch for me. Short visits however, during the summer months, would be something to look forward to. 

The walking tracks are unworldly, especially when you throw in wombats, wallabies, echidnas, a few devils, and some unforgettable local folks. 

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

peachy Grand Master

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  On 2/25/2025 at 7:53 PM, Jonathan said:

I believe Dicksonia are native to NSW and SE Qld as well Peachy...up in the mountains, although they would obviously be inferior to our proper Vandiemans Land ferns!

 Think it may be a bit too cool down here to tempt Tim off his island onto ours though.

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I have never seen them in the wild or cultivated here. Tons of Cyathea however. There are some gigantic Dicksonia in the Dandenong Ranges and the Otways. They grow well in the snowfields too but don't seem to get that impressive height.

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I came. I saw. I purchased

 

 

27.35 south.

Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

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