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Boy, I will second that! Quite the collection. Tim

Here is a pic of the trunks on my triple from the above post Closer look at trunk where the leafbases fell off(near ground) looks like 10-12" trunk. Rupicola fruits are almost a pomegranite red color, very bright no yellow or green observed. The final defining trait I use is the flexibility of the thorns, they easily bend at the base where they are attached to the stem. Here is a pic showing that bend before and after bending.

I am in Puna, east Hawai’i island, and I do not recognize that at least from the photos? Hmmmm…

Actually in front of those walls in the frontyard area there's actually Chamaedoreas growing right there😆😄. I don't really know the specific species though, either its elegans or seifrizii. They were growing perfectly in the shades but they don't last long, due to them planted beside the roads without barriers. Maybe someone cutted them or perhaps malnutrition or animals. I've checked it this year and only a few stems still survived. Then Now

Sure seems like Socal is a winner for Aussie palms. Funny that in Florida some are good growers(alexandre, myolensis, maxima) and some are not so good/happy including cunninghamiana and purpurea which may not like our sun/heat. A number of livistonas do very well here. Cunninghamiana have thin trunks and smaller crowns here. When I lived in SoCal I had a cunninghamiana triple right across the coastal highway from my apartment, very nice looking palms. Here its either the sandy soil or combination of sun/heat(to 95F) and sandy soil. Further south the alkaline soil is reported to be a possible issue.

The garden creates a beautiful space with more privacy, an outdoor living space. A well planted and spaced outdoor garden makes the lot feel bigger with privacy and height. We are of the same mind there. Your growth is excellent, keep doing what you are doing. I started about 15 years a go and added palms more slowly I think. Parts of Florida can give really fast growth. If my experience is like what you will see in the future 10 years, you should expect a lot of height. Palms that don't grow so fast(like the pseudophoenix) will balance out the garden canopies in 10 years as things get more height. As for selling the house, every day there has been made more special by the gardening effort. I find my garden very calming, a place to sit and relax. It is my blood pressure medication, and a much more healthy option in personal healthcare. Every couple years I will plant something small out now. Most of what I plant now will be slow growing and will not attain much height. I do have a few volunteers I may let go to maturity though.

Harry also in southern Italy🌴

They were much more common in nurseries 20 years ago. Now I rarely see them available. I got it from a big box store on clearance , they had dozens in 10” pots. Harry

Here’s about how mulch I need for my garden every year! 🤣

Oh and of course a beautiful little dypsis louvelli

The greatest thing with archontophoenix is your driving and come around a corner in the forest and the view of thousands of them in habitat is quite spectacular, they may be common in my area but they still have that beautiful affect on the eye. Richard

They may be common the chinensis, but a palm is a palm and it will help create that microclimate. Plus they grow in some hard conditions, time is great at revealing the best in Mother Nature and 20 years ago you had that vision! Richard

Australian palms have a great presence in a lot of Southern California gardens and landscaping. Harry

They grow by the thousands in my area. Just about every part of the subtropical rainforest you go into they are there. Often seen growing with Livistona Australis and linospadix monostachya and lepidozamia peroffskyana in their habitat. You have some great Australian palms there !

Some nice ones there! That Livistona will , in time , get very large . Mine was about that size about 20 years ago . Harry Livistona Chinensis just started trunking about 5 years ago. Mine got super wide (still is) before trunking.

A nice winter morning with the birds singing away. IMG_5067.mov

Cerotazamia SpToman St Charlie.

The front yard a good spot for small chamaedoreas, if it’s shaded and the tolerate a little dry soil and if it gets swampy the will love it. Backyard a few small growing zamias.

Another easy growing brom.

Throwing a few in the ground mid winter, a few common easy growers for the hard places and a couple good ones for those special places in the garden. Raphia feriniferaArenga engleri Chambeyronia pyriformis Livistona chinensisKentiopsis oliviformis

😁 YES !

I knew you were the right person, the Italian mafia connection comes good. 🤣

Richard You did well to direct him to me, he lives in Sicily, I gave him the contacts of 3 nurseries in Sicily that have this species

A nice trio of Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana coping well in the cool conditions.

cocothrinax alta, ptychosperma nicolai both doing well.