been so busy thought its time i put on a few places i have visited so far .

Dave

Amazing growth after seeing your garden in person i believe that using leftover chinese food for mulch is the way to go !

Roystonia regia that could hold up the golden gate bridge !

Pritchardia hillebrandii with that WOW factor !

And many More goodies tucked away !

Then it was off to Justin's BBQ

Lovely to meet everyone and tour the garden !

Justin - your Parjubaea cocoides was one of my favorites .

We followed BS -MAN on a wild chase to Braden(PALMZILLA) and Pogobobs nursery - WOW ,what a transformation an awesome collection of rare desert plants and Cycads

What a selection of succulents !

While waiting for PALMAZON to pick us up we waited at Ralph velez's place - what a way to wait !!!

Ralph is a great bloke who took pleasure in showing me his mind blowing garden !

After Ralph we were picked up by Palmazon - Danny you are a legend and gave us a good tour of a Bromeliad nursery on the way up to Jacks !

Then it was up to jacks (el hogie )

400 palms in the ground - all work and no play don't make Jack a dull boy !

Jack has most of his palm planted in geographically represented groups . Lord Howe Island , Cuba etc !

Jacks place has been the hottest so far ! nearly 100f

The next day i went to The Huntington gardens

Stunning palm and cacti sections !

It started to get very hot and we were rescued by Happ (charles)

Happ gave us a lovely tour of the Pasadena area and we then went up to his lovely craftsman home for a palm tour and a coffee.

Thanks for a great afternoon Happ we enjoyed meeting you very much !

Then we met Bob (Pogobob and Jennifer ) at San Clemente pier for 3 nights of cooler weather and big Rhopalostylis ! we stopped by the Purple Rhopy to drool for a little while !

Matt AKA - Freaky palm guy stopped by and we had a great time touring Bob's Oceanic paradise .

At dinnertime PALMCUURY Vince joined us , Vince had a great time and Bob cooked up some Buffalo burgers and we all drank imported beer in the spa under giant Hedyscepe's -

hey is life worked out or what !

Vince asked Bob if he could have some secret fertiliser and Bob pulled out the rusting bottle caps that are used on the Syagrus Abreojoes ! Dang - he was all out of the fish guts - as for the P--s well use your imagination ! you know the Abreojoes story ! http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=12046&st=0&p=205993&hl=abreojos&fromsearch=1&#entry205993

Earlier that day we went around to Rick Luna's garden

Rick was a cool guy and showed us some very nice palms.

Hyophorbe verschaffeltii

Laccospadix

On Sunday we stopped by BS Man about Palms for the grand tour !

Dypsis big curly Prestoniana

hmm - " would DR pepper cans work like pogo's bottle caps as fertilizer ???

Some people have Tiki's some have Gnomes - Bill has TVR cars as garden ornaments

Thats all for now !

Hi Troy

sounds like you are having as much fun as i had, they are all great hosts and good fun people to spend time with

regards

colin

Luv the tour so far!! Tis been a treat to see Troy several times.

Great overview so far Troy!

Nice to see the highlights here, Troy. You're certainly getting the Grand Tour! Looking forward to more photos and impressions.

HAPP - that royal looks fantastic

methinks you've absconded with some Gary LeVine mojo...

It was a delightful honor (honour) to be the Tazzians' guide and driver for a glorious day.

It was a delightful honor (honour) to be the Tazzians' guide and driver for a glorious day.

Dave.....the correct term is Taswegian!

Troy, I'm worn out just looking at it.

You've missed out on 40mm of rain and two huge frosts in the last week!

Slightly jealous.....

Cheers,

Jonathan

Sensational Dave, where's this been hiding ?......almost as big as Tasmania ! Looks like Troy's going for the Dave Goatee Mo look to me.

....triplets....how cute.....

Ok after breakfast at Pogobobs Pogo and I went for a 2 hr walk into the San Clemente Hills and after i managed to keep up with super fit Bob we saw an awesome view of Beautiful S.C .

Bob Showed me some of endemic plants including the Rhus integrifolia Lemonade berry .

Salvia apiana California native sage,it has a very nice fragrance and was used by the indians .

After some seed cleaning we went over to Palmcurry,s Vince Bury,s place .

Vince has done an amazing job transforming his hard claypan into a future paradise. His Soil looks like black gold

and Will make the new garden thrive.

Vince has done some great landscaping with Rocks and a tranquill water feature !

And only a mile from an awesome beach area makes it a nice place to be .

After 3 wonderful nights with Bob and Jennifer in S.C we caught the train down to San Diego .

Here i am with a lovely Brahea Armarta.

Paul - Ponkelepta picked us up from Seaworld for a BBQ !

What an awesome place it literally looks like a slice of tropical rainforest has been dumped in his yard ,a huge variety of palms,philodendrons and Balinese landscaping for that relaxed tropical vibe .

We had a blast ( in fact we are going out for Dinner again tonight with Paul and Jess) and the food was excellent Jess inside and Paul grilling !

Everyone gets a beer at Pauls - I mean EVERYONE !!

Say ello to my little frieend ! !

looks like an awesome trip!

must remember -when nursing a slight hangover don,t post pictures twice LOL !

Slight? When I hang out with Paul I can't be upright for several days! That boy is pure evil, in a delicious chocolately coated sort of way.

Troy,

Sounds like the Cali boys are showing you a good time!! Yes, here in America we drink beer, and lots of it!!

I am happy to see you having a good time, Palmtalk at its finest!!!

Good times, good friends, and great memories!. Doesn't get much better than that.

I hope you got to see all the nice palms and Rhopalostylis on the southwest side of San Clemente, almost to the top of the hills with all the multimillion dollar homes.

The views are breathtaking. And the weekend market is fun too.. sugar shack is fun to hang out and have a great breakfast.

Edited September 9, 201015 yr by Palm crazy

A proper SoCal greeting: Palms & beer.

...or is that the proper Aussie greeting? or maybe it's Florida I'm thinking about?...

Troy, very cool vacation you guys are having. Glad I got to be a part of it.

Why does almost ever picture of Paul on Palm Talk having him looking like he could drop ether on someone at any moment?

Quite the tour, I love it!!

Great vintage Padre shirt there...

ok now that i am back online we spent Friday night with Randy the Stabilizer on the Yacht !

We spent Saturday ,Sunday night at Manabe lavaka and Matts garden has certainly evolved beyond the sunscorched palms on the hill . What a diverse collection of healthy looking palms ,some quite tropical Spindle , Satakentia looking great .

Every morning the sun lights up Matts Bismarckia like a beam from the Heavens above - see !

Saturday afternoon we went for the most anticipated visit to Gary Levines garden - what an amazing place i almost expected a gunfighter from the wild west t ojump out from those granite boulders .

Too many awesome palms to mention but sorry Danylle i found my other true love - The giant Hedyscepe !

other interesting newer palms were a Jubaea - syagrus R hybrid sure to be a winner !

here

and Jubaea x syagrus

from a cooler gardeners perspective the Parajubaea collection was jaw dropping , cocoides ,torallyi ,toralli microcarpa ,and Sunkha were all stunning !

As always i had my mobile garden palm Gnome - BS- Man by my side ! whom failed to understand my lack of obsession with Dypsis !

It must have been around 85f and sunny @ Gary's place .

We then called in at Torrey Pines so i coul see the world famous golf course and buy my neighbour a few hats !

When we arrived it was like going from West Texas to Ireland in a 40 minute drive the weather was so much cooler around 65-68f and cloudy marine layer allowing the golfers to wear those horrid checkered vests !

My lucky garden Gnome accompanied me once more !

so green.lush and cool and er expensive im sure !

After all this Danylle and I Matt , Jenn ,and my garden Gnome BS Man all went out for dinner at Claim Jumper Restaurant

What happened in here is censored after Matt saw me devour those beef ribs like a TaZZIE Devil ! .

It must have been around 85f and sunny @ Gary's place .

We then called in at Torrey Pines so i coul see the world famous golf course and buy my neighbour a few hats !

When we arrived it was like going from West Texas to Ireland in a 40 minute drive the weather was so much cooler around 65-68f and cloudy marine layer allowing the golfers to wear those horrid checkered vests !

Troy,

Don't tell me that I have to take my calculator out for you too...

Regards, Ari