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Mike Evans Garden Visit


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I want to first of all thank MIke Evans for allowing me and my family to tour his garden. I will also like to thank Mike for ALLOWING me to outbid him on a couple Foxy Lady palms (sorry Mike). Here are a few pictures of the garden. This has got to be the best garden I have visited. It is an amazing yard with great plants.

Let's start with a palm that needs no introduction:

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Don't you just want to hug this teddy bear?

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Varigated palms anyone?

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Who knew that Aiphanes minima could handle the cold weather of St. Pete. Maybe it's hardier than people think.

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What a nice Dypsis!

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I love the garden art.

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Don't remember what this palm was but he said it was slower than a snail with an achor.

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Here is a flowering Wallichia distichia.

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Here is another very mature palm just hanging out in the middle.

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Impressive! (I was REALLY impressed when i thought it was in So Cal based on your signature...)

Glad you mentioned it was St. Pete. as I don't know Mr. Evans... :hmm:

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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You wouldnt know Saint Pete has alot of warm microclimates. Look at Sunken Gardens on 4th Street. 110 year old Royal Palms. Some of the best looking ones in Florida. I am not surprised to see those palms growing there.

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That's true, but over the years they didn't hesitate to light the grove heaters on the worst nights.

You wouldnt know Saint Pete has alot of warm microclimates. Look at Sunken Gardens on 4th Street. 110 year old Royal Palms. Some of the best looking ones in Florida. I am not surprised to see those palms growing there.

Tom
Mid-Pinellas (St. Petersburg) Florida, USA

Member of Palm Society 1973-2012
Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum development 1977-1991
Chapter President 1983-84
Palm Society Director 1984-88

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The slow palm u mention looks like l.spinosa, to me.

Thanks for the great pix!

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Leo, nice meeting you & your family. Glad you could make it to our FL Palm meeting. Its tough to bid against a CA person in an auction.

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I see no Aiphanes in the photos, but that spikey palm is a Cuban belly palm--Acrocomia crispa. They are pretty hardy.

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Leo, nice meeting you & your family. Glad you could make it to our FL Palm meeting. Its tough to bid against a CA person in an auction.

Mike, thanks for not bidding more. I think I would have gone up more just to have a couple in the collection but thanks again for making it an exciting visit. I will look you up on my next Tampa visit to buy more palms.

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Really nice garden! I especially like the variety on display in the 6th photo, "garden art". It's always a treat to take a walk in a mature palm garden. Thanks for the photos.

Kim Cyr

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.

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