My House

[freakypalmguy]

I decided to go out this morning to take a photo record of my house and garden and ended up shooting a bunch of pics. Here is a quick tour.

My little house when we moved in

3 years later

Butia capitata with E. horridus on the left and E. trispinosus on the right

T. wagnerianus one large and two small. E. longifolius on the left and E. lehmanii on the right

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C. humilis var. cerifera, B. clara, C. revoluta, P. canariensis, Syagrus,

E. ferox, C. glaucifolia, Agave americana

Double B. armata

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full sun grown E. ferox var big curly

closeup of the big curly leaf detail

C. humilis

different angle of the cerifera and the clara

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C. microspadix, P. canariensis, D. edule

closer shot of D. edule

B. capitata

D. fineleaf, C. revoluta, and A. cunninghamiana var. illawara

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E. altensteinii mid flush (too close to the house)

C. taitungensis on either side of the fountain and barely visible D. fineleafs behind on either side as well

full sun bleached C. radicalis

A. geminiflora

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E. lanatus (with christmas light cord)

A. blue glow

C. thoursaii and revoluta

E. longifolius with new flush. It does not appear to like full sun.

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small E. princeps seedling

E. trispinosus or blue arenarius (has not flushed in two years )

D. decipiens

D. edule

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another front shot

opposite view

Small island in my driveway

Unknown double Butia. Possibly paraguayensis?

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E. whitlockii

Small B. archeri

Recovered from the freeze 07 B. nobilis double. It had completely defoliated, spear pulled and after months with no signs of life I sawed the top off and within an hour, it had pushed up about 1/8"

opposite view of the mystery Butia

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trithrinax schizophila

C. panzihuaensis

M. moorei

super blue B. armata double

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E. arenarius X horridus seedling.

E. transvenosus (some might remember my other thread. I has recovered thank goodness)

A. victorae-reginae

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double Butiagrus (did I say I like doubles )

B. archeri

double D. decipiens and a B. clara

Yucca rostrata that I trimmed. I won't do that again.

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opposite view

Brahea, Jubea, and double Yucca rostrata

Looks like the face of the moon for now, but give it a few and it should come around

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super blue Bizzie

S. repens just getting some silver

A. wrightii

B. paraguayensis (imagine that, a double)

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closer view of a previous shot

my frankenstein B. armata triple with C. revoluta combo

My favorite Agave.

Another variegated Agave

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mutant Dasylirion longissima. It was a double ( ) now it split into five different heads. I think it will be cool.

closeup view of the division

N. rithchiana in jail for bad behavior. Actually the rabbits find them tasty when small.

B. nitida

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S. blackburniana

S. pumos double

More potential rabbit food

The odd couple. P. torallyi combo with B. brandeegii and J. chilensis in the background

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Juvenile leaf form C. humilis

triple W. filifera with agaves

Entrance to my home

canary field

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To be continued later.

[Tad]

looking very nice sir, very nice, I like it alot!!!

[FRITO]

BRAVO! very great collection and everything looks happy. so its safe to say your garden is 3 years old?

Mine is 4 but my palm addiction didnt kick in until I realized a meditteranean and cactus garden wasnt the greatest choice. (about 2 years after moving in)

love the cycad assortment. the Brahea are cool too!

lookinto more sabals. also maybe the florida coontie cycad. C. alba looks like it would love your climate as well. How does P. roebeleniii handle your area? I dont recall seeing any of those.

thanks for sharing Matt, thats a beautiful place.

[Pivi]

looks great.

How much land do you have?

Did you plant that "canarinsis field"?

Edited December 7, 2008 by Pivi

[osideterry]

You've been a busy guy these past 3 years. I didn't realize you had such a big lot. Love all the blue. I still plan on stopping by sometime, hopefully soon.

[BS Man about Palms]

Matt. Ahem...wheres the Ranch Hand? How do we know its your place?

[Walter John]

That's excellent, I loved it and look forward to future changes.

(I can post from work, don't tell anybody, but not from home, PC is buggered)

[Gbarce]

I like your selection of plants and they sure are growing well

They definitely enhance the house.

[Gileno Machado]

Lovely palms and a great selection of cycads, congrats...That Chamaerops with stiff leaflets caught my attention...beautiful plant. Is that what they call "vulcano"?

[_Keith]

You are doing a great job. The Canary field is particularly unique and interesting. Give it another 5 years and going through there will be like running the Gauntlet.

[Mark Heath]

Wow!!! You sure have done a fantastic job!!! I love the Canary field!! How much land do you have??? Your place looks awesome!!! You sure have alot more room for more palms!!!!

[Jeff Searle]

Hey Freaky,

A nice job you did there. I like how you mixed it up with different plants. Of course the palms and cycads we would expect.

Let me ask you because I don't know your area, are you in a fire prone area? If so, what kind of history for this area has seen it's fair share of fires come through.

Jeff

[iamjv]

Matt, fabulous tour. Impressive collection of palms. Look forward to updates! p.s. that field of canariensis will be a sight to see in the near future!!! Jv

[paulgila]

looks great! next garden tour at yer place?

i have a big cidp you can have--bring a shovel!

[Kris]

Dear Matt

your garden is awesome & simply terrefic,since it has made the visual man(me)very happy and the show stopper is B.Clara,CIDP's & cycads.and the stills are self explanatory as to how much of hard work you have put in your property.by the way your jubeas how big are they now,those that are planted in the drive way leading to the main road ?

And the agaves & yuccos are all mouthwatering...

And thats a dream house...which i would cherish seeing for many years to come.. And you have great taste !

Thanks for posting those lovely garden stills..

Lots of love,

Kris

[SubTropicRay]

That looks great. The Agave look right at home with the palms and cycads.

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Thank you all for the very kind comments, I greatly appreciate them.

My lot is just shy of five acres, so I do have a lot more room to plant. I focused on the front of the lot and around the house as that is what you see first, but I will keep going as funds allow.

Luke, I have a few that you mentioned, I will post them next. I definitely would like to plant Copernicia alba but they are not that available here in Cali.

Pivi, Keith, Mark and JV, it is five acres and the canariensis field was planted by my ranch hand and I (couldn't have done it without her). We first marked out how we wanted them planted then with a pick and shovel, dug all 90 holes, amended the soil, planted, then laid the irrigation. It was a lot of work. I got the plants for a few hundred bucks in one gallons. It was a smoking deal as they were in dire need of being potted up.

Terry, you have an open invite anytime. Did you spot the plants you gave me in the pics

BS, I see if I can get her in a bikini and strike a pose for you

Gileno, when I bough that plant I hoped is was var. Vulcano, but was later identified as a juvenile leaf form. It seems to have a lot of variation as it will sometimes put out a normal looking frond. I would love to acquire a vulcano form, but have yet to find one.

Jeff, I'm actually in a small rural pocket in Temecula so that removes me from any fire danger other than the one from my weeds, er I mean natural landscape. Temecula is the next town to the north of Fallbrook but we are separated by a mountain ridge. The south side of Temecula is exposed to some fire danger, but thankfully, has not experienced it as of yet.

Paulito, you are welcome, anytime. Just pick up Oside on the way . Hmmmm, shovel, big canary. How big are we talking?

Kris, Thank you. When I was posting the pics, I thought you might like them, especially the field of CIDP .I will take some closeup pics of my Jubeas with something for reference. They seem to be constantly growing new fronds, but they just don't look that much bigger. I look forward to them putting on some girth.

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Pics, continued.

This looks plain right now but should look cool in the future. The reclinata is the plant that Len gave me that we dug from his front yard. It is reclinata X dactylifera. Surrounding it, barely visible are three hybrids I received from Patrick Shaeffer. Jubutiagrus, Butia X Parajubea, and Butia paraguayensis X Syagrus. There is also some agaves and grass trees.

Butia X Parajubea

Jubutyagrus also rabbit food.

B. paraguayensis X Syagrus. this thing is a rocket.

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Jub with unknown Sabal growing at the base

Jub, Agaves, and Yucca r.

another view. There is three jubes in this spot.

Looking up the hill

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Hyphaene coriacea

Livistona decora

full sun grown Livistona chinensis

Agave sisilana

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Small Nannorrhops, unknown Sabal, and Jub

Nannorrhops

The unknown Sabal. Possibly palmetto

Livistona decora