Spring planting

[Urban Rainforest]

I usually wait until March to plant here in So Cal and this year was no exception. Today was the day and what a beautiful one it was with sunshine but cool breezes. I made it an all day planting session and got 13 plants in the ground. I usually plant lots of Dypsis but strangely enough I did'nt plant any today . However I did get my New Cal ON . Here is the lineup.

5 gal. Kentiopsis Magnifica

5 gal. Chambeyronia Macrocarpa "watermellon"

1 gal. Actinokentia Divaricata

1 gal. Basselinia Pancheri

2-1 gal. Chamaedorea Benziei

Citrus tall Heterospathe Glauca

5 gal. Pritchardia Forbesiana

5 gal. Encephalartos Ferox

5 gal. Ficus Dammaropsis

2 gal. Heliconia

5 gal. Philodendron

1 gal. Blood plant

Not to bad for my first planting day of 09. So what did you plant? I know I was'nt the only palm freak with a shovel in my hands today .

Happy growing,

Stevo

[Perito]

So where's the photos?

[street124]

In the last 2 days Ive planted these. Most of my time is spent walking around with a plant in my hand trying to figure out where to put it, anyone else do the same thing.

Caryota opiopellis (2)

chambeyronia hookeri(2)

cyphosperma balansae

cyphosperma trichospadix

cyphosperma namboutini

loxococos rupicola

ptychosperma waitaianum (2)

clinostigma haerestigma

dypsis perreri

dypsis florencei

dypsis sp white

dypsis carlsmithii

dypsis tenuissima

dypsis mcdonaldiana

dysis sp masaola (Searle)

basselina pancheri

Burretiokentia grandiflora

licuala wah bah

licuala ?

marojeyja darianiip

ptychosperma cuneatum

[Urban Rainforest]

So where's the photos?

I Thought about taking some pics when I was done but the coldies in the jacuzzi won out . Pics soon .

Stevo

[Palmhut1]

Dam, Steve you where busy. Let's see those photo's.

[Urban Rainforest]

In the last 2 days Ive planted these. Most of my time is spent walking around with a plant in my hand trying to figure out where to put it, anyone else do the same thing.

Caryota opiopellis (2)

chambeyronia hookeri(2)

cyphosperma balansae

cyphosperma trichospadix

cyphosperma namboutini

loxococos rupicola

ptychosperma waitaianum (2)

clinostigma haerestigma

dypsis perreri

dypsis florencei

dypsis sp white

dypsis carlsmithii

dypsis tenuissima

dypsis mcdonaldiana

dysis sp masaola (Searle)

basselina pancheri

Burretiokentia grandiflora

licuala wah bah

licuala ?

marojeyja darianiip

ptychosperma cuneatum

Street, Thats what I'm talkin about! Your starting spring off with a bang . Very nice lineup too! Curious, Where did you get the plantable size Burretiokentia Grandiflora? I was under the impression that Marcus had the only seeding one in cultivation and he said his are one leafers . I have some B. Grandiflora and C. Balansae on order from Floribunda right now . Good job Bro!

Stevo

[Urban Rainforest]

Dam, Steve you where busy. Let's see those photo's.

Yeah Don, I was busy but like Street I spent half the day walking around with a palm in my hand trying to figure out where to plant it . Picies coming soon my friend.

Stevo

[street124]

In the last 2 days Ive planted these. Most of my time is spent walking around with a plant in my hand trying to figure out where to put it, anyone else do the same thing.

Caryota opiopellis (2)

chambeyronia hookeri(2)

cyphosperma balansae

cyphosperma trichospadix

cyphosperma namboutini

loxococos rupicola

ptychosperma waitaianum (2)

clinostigma haerestigma

dypsis perreri

dypsis florencei

dypsis sp white

dypsis carlsmithii

dypsis tenuissima

dypsis mcdonaldiana

dysis sp masaola (Searle)

basselina pancheri

Burretiokentia grandiflora

licuala wah bah

licuala ?

marojeyja darianiip

ptychosperma cuneatum

Street, Thats what I'm talkin about! Your starting spring off with a bang . Very nice lineup too! Curious, Where did you get the plantable size Burretiokentia Grandiflora? I was under the impression that Marcus had the only seeding one in cultivation and he said his are one leafers . I have some B. Grandiflora and C. Balansae on order from Floribunda right now . Good job Bro!

Stevo

Steve it was a one leafer I planted. I got 10 dumasii from him before and they started damping off, so I put 2 in the ground and they are doing good and the rest are goners. I got 6 grandifloras and will probably put a few more straight in ground. Same thing for cyphosperma balansae the few I put in ground survived the ones left in pots died slowly, but I think balansae is tricky here in South Florida anyways. Come to think of it maybe its a new caledonia thing cause it was the same for moratia.

[LJG]

JC, when you going to stop planting all the common stuff and get some real gems???

Where did you pull these?

cyphosperma trichospadix

cyphosperma namboutini

[Urban Rainforest]

In the last 2 days Ive planted these. Most of my time is spent walking around with a plant in my hand trying to figure out where to put it, anyone else do the same thing.

Caryota opiopellis (2)

chambeyronia hookeri(2)

cyphosperma balansae

cyphosperma trichospadix

cyphosperma namboutini

loxococos rupicola

ptychosperma waitaianum (2)

clinostigma haerestigma

dypsis perreri

dypsis florencei

dypsis sp white

dypsis carlsmithii

dypsis tenuissima

dypsis mcdonaldiana

dysis sp masaola (Searle)

basselina pancheri

Burretiokentia grandiflora

licuala wah bah

licuala ?

marojeyja darianiip

ptychosperma cuneatum

Street, Thats what I'm talkin about! Your starting spring off with a bang . Very nice lineup too! Curious, Where did you get the plantable size Burretiokentia Grandiflora? I was under the impression that Marcus had the only seeding one in cultivation and he said his are one leafers . I have some B. Grandiflora and C. Balansae on order from Floribunda right now . Good job Bro!

Stevo

Steve it was a one leafer I planted. I got 10 dumasii from him before and they started damping off, so I put 2 in the ground and they are doing good and the rest are goners. I got 6 grandifloras and will probably put a few more straight in ground. Same thing for cyphosperma balansae the few I put in ground survived the ones left in pots died slowly, but I think balansae is tricky here in South Florida anyways. Come to think of it maybe its a new caledonia thing cause it was the same for moratia.

Street, Thanks for the tip. I'll probably plant some of my Grandiflora and Moratia in the ground. I had already planned on planting my Cyphosperma Balansae in the ground. I also have several Basselinia Tomentosas that I germinated and I think I'll plant a few of those as well.

Thanks,

Stevo

[freakypalmguy]

I weeded the greenhouse It's not spring here yet in Temecula, I just had frost two days ago. I'm jonesin to plant something.

[Perito]

I think I saw that Wednesday morning of next week will be the cold one for us in California. Perry

[doubravsky]

Yeah, I'm still waiting a few more weeks too... might break out the fertilizer next week....

[FRITO]

Planted a 7 gallon Needle palm (R. hystrix) at my mother house yesterday.

Today I am working on a nice Serenoa repens 'silver' multiplanting

[Surf Guy]

That's it! Where's my shovel!

[Kim]

I'm about fully planted in my small garden. I like to give my palms plenty of room to grow, and might already be overplanted from that perspective. Trouble is, I still have many small palms in pots and they'll have to go somewhere eventually. This may mean major excavation and removal of non-essential non-palm plants.

[ellidro]

I'm about fully planted in my small garden. I like to give my palms plenty of room to grow, and might already be overplanted from that perspective. Trouble is, I still have many small palms in pots and they'll have to go somewhere eventually. This may mean major excavation and removal of non-essential non-palm plants.

Keep them in pots and plant them later for the Layered effect. Even if some are the same size as the palms in the ground, the potted palms will grow much slower and in a few years will be the perfect size for layering.

[Pivi]

I planted ravenea rivularis today.

[osideterry]

I fertilized today, and am dying to plant stuff, but it all involves creating 3 good-sized beds and no small amount of hardscape and irrigation work.

[Shon]

I fertilized today, and am dying to plant stuff, but it all involves creating 3 good-sized beds and no small amount of hardscape and irrigation work.

Wuss

[palmislandRandy]

I dug out some ficus hedges, opening up my rear garden to my dog's yard. Created a new bed & planted my Carpoxlyon & Allagoptera caudescens I picked up at Searl's this wekend. I also planted a Licuala concinna & a Deckenia nobilis!

[jayfro6]

Planted a 7 gallon Needle palm (R. hystrix) at my mother house yesterday.

Today I am working on a nice Serenoa repens 'silver' multiplanting

Luke:

Looking forward to seeing your Serenoa planting. Today, I planted the Acoelorrhaphe wrightii from Wal-Mart you told me about, and scattered some ginger pieces around.

[_Keith]

Palm wise, so far I have only planted one Chamaerops humilis this spring. That one went down to hurricane damage. Recommended planting time for palms here is no earlier than May, so I am waiting till then to replace the big Butia that was lost to hurricane damage as well. Hoping to add a few more Livistona, like 'australis' this year. But mostly this year is a recovery year. Last year was a bit tough.

Wait, I forgot. I planted 3 clumps of Chamaedorea klotziana that I grew from seeds last year. I have quite a few other seedling around, that will find their way into the ground somewhere.

[Urban Rainforest]

Ok, as promised pics from yesterdays planting session. Here is a pic of Kentiopsis Magnifica. This palm throws the most beautiful red frond .

[Urban Rainforest]

Closeup of the new spear.

[Urban Rainforest]

Chambeyronia Macrocarpa "watermellon". I marked all the spears and this thing actually grew it's first night in the ground.

[Urban Rainforest]

This palm has been a great grower and has proven to be very cold hardy. Heterospathe Glauca.

[Urban Rainforest]

A small but very sturdy 5 leaf Basselinia Pancheri.

[Urban Rainforest]

Actinokentia Divaricata.

[Urban Rainforest]

Dual Chamaedorea Benziei's.These are the other palms that grew the first night.

[Urban Rainforest]

Pritchardia Forbesiana.

[Urban Rainforest]

I planted this arrowhead type Philodendron on the side of my tree fern so it can grow up the trunk.

[Urban Rainforest]

Encephalartos Ferox, I can't wait for this thing to cone .

[Urban Rainforest]

This is a very cold hardy thick leaved Heliconia. It gets red and white flowers . I'll post pics when it blooms.

[Urban Rainforest]

Last but not least one of my favorite tree's of all time . Thanks Jeff Rood! I hope you enjoyed my spring planting pics. Not get out there and dig some holes will ya .

Stevo

[Exotic Life]

Great to read all that new plantings in everbody their gardens, for me it's better to wait a few more weeks before i start planting. I've got some more room for new plantings because that horrible frost period in Januari that killed some of my plants... I always start with planting in the end of March or Begin of April.

Robbin

[Surf Guy]

Steve, Where are you geting your plants?

[epicure3]

I planted a rather large Pandanus Utilis. Took out a smelly, stinky guava. Much happier!

[freakypalmguy]

Looking good guys.

How big is that ferox Stevo? I wish mine would cone soon. The only cycads I have that have coned are Zamia's.

If all goes well, I might be getting a special Butia this weekend that I will plant immediately

Matt

[LJG]

John, did you get this from RSN? The reason I ask is I bought one two years ago from them. A good sized one. I ask if it was Pandanus Utilis. They said yes. Jerry has since admitted a mistake (which he did not do one purpose, honest mistake) and these are the Hawaiian Pandanus. Mine has lead a slow miserable death. I am ripping it out this spring. Just curious.

I planted a rather large Pandanus Utilis. Took out a smelly, stinky guava. Much happier!