15th Annual Spring Sale / Open House / Free BBQ

[Phil]

Greetings. Today I wanted to tell you about our biggest nursery event of the year!

On Saturday and Sunday, April 24th and 25th, we will be having our 15th Annual Spring Open House and BBQ. Hours are 9AM to 6PM on both days. There will be refreshments all day with a free BBQ starting at noon each day. On all plant purchases there will be a 10% discount. We will also apply this discount to mail orders as well.

We have expanded our inventory and have an excellent choice of species and sizes. I think you will be pleased with your choices. And, the plants look superb and most are of good size for their containers. All prices and availability are posted at our website. If you click on the link below, you can see our famous Hot Plants list of rare palms and cycads.

Here is a link to the PDF for the sale: http://www.junglemusic.net/sale/PalmCycadOHSaleSpring2010.pdf

We'll have lots of local experts to assist you at the sale, including many people from this discussion group.

Assistance in loading your car and delivery always available.

We hope to see or hear from many of you.

Phil Bergman

Owner, Jungle Music Palms and Cycads

Email:phil.bergman@junglemusic.net

Website:www.junglemusic.net

Nursery Location:

450 Ocean View Ave., Encinitas, CA 92024

Nursery Phone: 619 291 4605

Normal Nursery Hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm Note that during the Sale we're open Sunday with expanded hours

Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm

Sunday typically closed

Directions to Nursery:Freeway Close. Take Freeway 5 to Encinitas

(10 minutes south of Oceanside, 30 minutes north of San Diego).

Exit Leucadia Blvd West (toward ocean).

Immediate left on Orpheus Ave, left on Union St,

Right on Ocean View Ave to Nursery, which is at 450 Ocean View AveMailing Address:3233 Brant Street, San Diego, CA 92103

Lots of pictures are posted below to give you a feel for our nursery.

[BS Man about Palms]

Stop by Phils next weekend, say Hi, eat something and find cool stuff like this Lepidorrachis in a 1 gal. I got yesterday.....!! (yes, there are some more)

[MattyB]

I was at Phil's this last weekend and there's tons of stuff. Seriously, the walkways are bursting with plants. I saw some more Copenicia macroglossa in 5 gallons. Those boxed Royals are huge! Burretiokenia grandiflora, Brahea decumbens, Ravenea xerophylla, Dypsis onilahensis weeping, huge 20 gal Dypsis pembana, Rhapis hybrids, huge Beccariophoenix, Cycad heaven, etc. I'll be there early next week, come say "hi".

[John in Andalucia]

John in Andalucia weeping too! Thanks for the email Phil. One of these days!

[MattyB]

15 gallon Clinostigma savoryanum! Dude!

[sick1166]

cant wait to check it ouuuut

[BS Man about Palms]

cant wait to check it ouuuut

Andy are you coming?

Sadly we don't quite have a "west coast Ryan" to document all good things palmy...

[Phil]

Group,

I do hope a lot of you come. It's an unbelievable amount of work preparing and pulling off this event. Just by itself, imagine the job of preparing food for four to five hundred people. It requires at least 20 to 25 people to make it all happen, and two very long days at that. So, please come visit us. We appreciate your support and patronage.

Phil

[Vari805]

Stop by Phils next weekend, say Hi, eat something and find cool stuff like this Lepidorrachis in a 1 gal. I got yesterday.....!! (yes, there are some more)

[Shon]

Matty, Rusty and I set aside a special palm we found in the lot today. It has Matty B written all over it. You get it on Sat.

[joe_OC]

15 gallon Clinostigma savoryanum! Dude!

I called Phil a couple of months back...He did not have any C. savyoryanums then...

[joe_OC]

Stop by Phils next weekend, say Hi, eat something and find cool stuff like this Lepidorrachis in a 1 gal. I got yesterday.....!! (yes, there are some more)

Would be cool to have all Lord Howe palms in the yard...

[BS Man about Palms]

Currently all 4 look pretty good at my place. Albeit very small...

[BS Man about Palms]

Matty, Rusty and I set aside a special palm we found in the lot today. It has Matty B written all over it. You get it on Sat.

I'd WAGer it looks good!

[Walter John]

Something similar happening here on Sunday 25th April, 2010. The Brisbane PACSOA group getting together at the Kraa nursery for a look see and a purchase or two. A portion of the ratpack will be there and I'll try and remember to take the camera.

This is not a huge annual event like yours but it is interesting to note that there's a similar PRA occurring from across the waves on the same day.

Edited April 21, 2010 by Greenleaf

[Jeff Searle]

I hope to see many of you come out this weekend and help support Phil and his tremendous collection of palm and cycads. Hopefully many forum members will drop by too.

BTW...what's on the menue?

And BS, it's getting a little late, are you still sending me a flight ticket out?

Good luck with the sale, and take some pictures!!!

Jeff

[BS Man about Palms]

And BS, it's getting a little late, are you still sending me a flight ticket out?

Jeff

Sent it by "Donkey Express" this morning.. (Pony Express was too expensive.)

[MattyB]

15 gallon Clinostigma savoryanum! Dude!

I called Phil a couple of months back...He did not have any C. savyoryanums then...

Joe,

Maybe this one got lost in the shuffle. Phil's got so many plants you never know what's hiding in the inner belly of Jungle Music. I only remember walking by this 15 gallon sitting on the ground near table 5, so maybe it's the only one left. Not sure. I just remember thinking, ooohhhhhh, nice.

[Phil]

We're going to have a nice selection of some unusual companion plants. A few I like are a totally black colored Ti that I think has good promise for year round growth here in So Cal. Also, we'll have an unusual Philodendron that I haven't had available for years. Unfortunately, I don't have the latin name for it, but it's very unusual rosette type and would be a nice addition to any garden. We have some nice good sized ferns and really nice clustering red Nerogelias (Bromeliads) that can take our coastal sun. They have small crowns of leaves individually, but a gorgeous appearance when you get about 20 heads. I had these last year and people gobbled em up and love them. Although not as extensive as Jeff's selection back in FL, we'll have some colorful Croton as well. If you like Alocasia, I am going to have a nice dwarf species that have the typical big leaves but never get over 3 feet. Also about 6 species of cold hardy Heliconia including the lobster claw rostrata. I do have a few tall Schizilobium outside in full sun, a great plant for fine filtered light. Although not a succulent grower, I'll have a few cactus surprises in blossom and some Epidendrum orchids. Dracena draco and Dasylirium will also make an appearance. We might have a few Red Congo's left as well. Rare cycads? Of course. So, if you like more than palms, visit us.

Phil

[MattyB]

Sale is tomorrow ya'll!!!!!!!!!!! I'm excited. I'm gonna be helping out on Saturday at least. Come by and say hi if I haven't met you. If I have met you and I like you then it's ok to say hi too. Len, that doesn't mean you.

[JEFF from Trabuco Canyon CA]

I will be work the sale on Saturday....hope to see many of you there.

Jeff

[LJG]

Sale is tomorrow ya'll!!!!!!!!!!! I'm excited. I'm gonna be helping out on Saturday at least. Come by and say hi if I haven't met you. If I have met you and I like you then it's ok to say hi too. Len, that doesn't mean you.

I am sure you do not want me there after I corrected you when you were telling a customer Lytocaryum came Australia. But shhhh. I won't tell anyone about that.

[Phil]

Group,

I apologize that I haven't posted a bunch of photos. I've just been too busy getting ready. I'm up early now doing last minute preparations.

Like I said above, we've got some very cool companion plants that I think everyone will love. We also have a great selection of different sizes of Roystonea, Bismarckia, Dypsis, Chambeyronia, Kentiopsis, some cool Phoenix rupicola, beautiful Macrozamia, Howea belmoreana, Hedyscepe, unbelievable Encephalartos and Dioons, tropical Zamias, etc. etc. Remember, we're growing about 1000 different species, all sizes.

The weather is fantastic. The catering/food is all set up.

All I need now is for all of you to visit us. Hope to see you.

Phil

[BS Man about Palms]

Hope to see plenty of folks at Phils today. PLUS, let us know if you are a Palmtalk reader or member.

[Vari805]

Matty, Bill, and Rusty. Thanks for the help and info! Scored a nice 5gal. Dypsis pusilla @ Phil's today. Drive was quick on the way down, but traffic on the way home. Beer for me, and some water for the palms

[palmcurry]

Matty, Bill, and Rusty. Thanks for the help and info! Scored a nice 5gal. Dypsis pusilla @ Phil's today. Drive was quick on the way down, but traffic on the way home. Beer for me, and some water for the palms

Nice plant!

[BS Man about Palms]

Carlos, Thanks for stopping in, it was great to see you and several other FM members too!

We're there again today!!

[MattyB]

Hey Carlos, it was great to meet you. I was surprised to hear of all the tropical plants you're growing in SB.

Got a chance to meet NachoCarl and Beaumont Tropics Eric too!

[Phil]

Group,

Even though we were pretty busy, one of the staff members took a few photos. They were meant to be more of the event than of plants. I'll show a few in this post and a few more.

Phil

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[Phil]

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People showing up, getting busy. You'll see MattyB, Bill Sanford, Shon G., Danny, Jesse, maybe Jeff R. and others

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[Phil]

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Other Staff members you don't know

And ManAboutPalms and Danny getting out of Dodge.

Phil

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[BS Man about Palms]

While I completely forgot to snap any pix while I was there, I took a couple of some palms I scored.

I had eying a couple for a while and they are a tough grow, but I'm gonna work on this Dypsis perrieri. Although, it may be something else?... (w/tag)

Then a 15 gal Laccospadix complete with red leaf opening..

I had a fun time, Thanks to all for stopping by.

PS- pix at my house. The "ugly" plants are of the Container Ranch...

[Vari805]

Bill, I am glad you ended up with that Laccospadix! After I drove away, I debated in my head to turn around and go get it. Rusty had offered that to me, early that morning. That is a rare find, at that size! Good growing Rusty.

[MattyB]

Carlos, I found one more Laccospadix australasica in a citrus (tall 3 gallon) at the end of the day on Sunday. I thought of you. It was burried under some spiney Pandanus that no one had bothered to look under for a long time I'm sure. It still looked really good. I might have to snatch that one up if someone doesn't buy it this week. If anyone's interested in this hard to find plant I set it up on table #1.

[Walter John]

While I completely forgot to snap any pix while I was there, I took a couple of some palms I scored.

I had eying a couple for a while and they are a tough grow, but I'm gonna work on this Dypsis perrieri. Although, it may be something else?... (w/tag)

Then a 15 gal Laccospadix complete with red leaf opening..

I had a fun time, Thanks to all for stopping by.

PS- pix at my house. The "ugly" plants are of the Container Ranch...

Yeh that looks like perrieri Bill, I had one once with similar twin growth in fact. Lost it back in the drought days along with many others. Add some dialog and this thread should have made it to the main zone in my opinion, which is worth about tuppence halfpenny these days.

[BS Man about Palms]

Wal, I'll always stand up for your opinion. Unless I should sit down.

[Shon]

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Other Staff members you don't know

And ManAboutPalms and Danny getting out of Dodge.

Phil

B

Danny what are we laughing about?

[nachocarl]

What a nice spread Mr. Bergman puts on, and it was great to meet some of the members of the Society and forum regulars (Mattyb, BS, Shon, Rusty etc)! This was the first BBQ and sale that I have attended at Jungle Music and it was very nice. Picked up some very nice looking palms too:

Burretiokentia koghiensis and Kentiopsis pyriformis

[BS Man about Palms]

Still married too, Carl? It was great to meet you there!

[nachocarl]

Still married too, Carl? It was great to meet you there!

Ah yes, but she did remind me that Mother's day and our anniversary was coming up. I asked her if she was interested in palms.