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Looks amazing. Is that cabadae x decaryi on the right?

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That's quite a compliment! ☺️

Yeah I’ve got a similar challenge but on a much smaller scale so easier to manage. I’ve only got a small non permanent greenhouse but it has 3 shelves on top of each other. Even though the shelves are only about 50cm high each, the top one is a fair bit warmer on sunny days and palms up there dry out faster than especially the bottom where it stays damp. I use it to my advantage; got things like Livistona alfredii up on top and Chamaedorea sp, Caryota monostachya etc on the bottom.

Nice palms and cocktails, but I think the shirts stole the show!

Nice Queen palm Tim... ...running and ducking!

This little beauty Pinanga disticha complete leaf, definitely can’t wait to get this one in the ground!

Beautiful stunning tree, unfortunately it’s not one for my area, the native bees get stuck inside the flower and die.

Beautiful as usual, lucky Hawaii growers!

Thanks Tim, you learn something new everyday, it’s been hot and humid in the greenhouse, so that would have started the disease due to watering. That’s one problem you get with so many varieties all together. You have to move the water lovers in a group, otherwise the palms that like it dryer get water to much if they are next to the water lovers! It’s a fine balance.

jubea chiliensis stenocarpus sinuatisdypsis pinnatafrons maroon crown dioon spinolosum A few more easy growers for the garden.

Yes marine parks. The best part of the world naturally. Yuragir nature park.

I can’t believe this is happening again so quickly after what happened in March 2023. I wonder how many haven’t fully rebuilt from that event who are getting hit again. Not fair at all.

Yeah. We got 80mm of rain in 24hrs. Not bad at all. Just steady non stop rain. Nothing too heavy and no wind in it really. We had strong easterlies before it then a day later strong westerlies. It brought the water tank for the house right up. Now the weeds have gone ballistic. We’ve got a sunny 28C today and warm weather for most of the week, so with soil moisture up and warm soil the garden will be growing weeds like nobodies business. We had a few cool nights this week just gone so I lit the fire for the first time on Tuesday for a few days. No need for it now though.

Thanks for looking!!

Amazing! Are the beaches just north of Coffs?

He was a busy host.. Notice how he seamlessly folded the mule palm into his deck!

Lastly, and a bit off-topic, Randall told me several months ago that he was relocating some palms in his backyard so that he could make a tiki hut. I’m thinking of something like maybe an outdoor barbecue/ bar area, open air, with a thatched roof. Ah no.. His attention to detail was absolutely unbelievable. Beyond words, enjoy..

Next, the best Trachycarpus princeps I’ve ever seen. Interestingly, they won’t grow very well here near the coast. But a slam dunk in the dryer air where he lives. Followed by a canopy view with a Livistona decora poking its head out. As his canopy has expanded, what used to be impossible for him to grow, is no longer out of the question. Case in point, Becarriophoenix alfredii.

It is a bit of work, more so the constant monitoring and watering. You can always pot up when you have she me free time, which is never. And that doesnt include the personal house collection and another big greenhouse I have, anyone looking for a job🤣

There’s always coconuts washed up on the beach.

Next up is a nice stout Brahea armata, followed by a great Phoenix rupicola & finally Dr. Randall explaining the characteristics of a Cycas hybrid.

Theres more growing around but only right on the coastal towns, most are pretty well on the beach or headlands.

The lantzeana would have to be one of my favourite little dypsis species around. Cool tolerant a little dry tolerant and absolutely beautiful. A nice rosey red colour to the new leaf. And it makes a great little container palm. You gotta love the lantzeana.

Hey all, Got invited up to Beaumont to see fellow palm geeks Randall (inland palms) & Eric (Beaumont tropics), along with Bill (Cardiff palms). Beaumont is about 2,800 feet in elevation (I believe) and we had great weather. Both have wonderful gardens. We started at Randall’s. Yes, there is a house back there. He must have 150 palms and cycads packed in there. First up, the nerds congregate. Followed by a nice, fast growing Nanorropes richiana, and an awesome Phoenix rupicola.