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Amazing garden of LJG ( Len ) PRA

Tassie_Troy1971

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Gary Levine , palmofire , Pogobob and Braden and myself met at Len's place for a grand tour of his palm collection .

Len has a great variety of palm with a particular interest in New Caledonian palms .

The attention to detail

Lens Burretiokentia vieillardii has a huge bulging crownshaft ! :yay:

Pogobob and Len on video with the huge Burretiokentia

Huge Chamearops clump makes an imposing statement in the front yard ! ( Len grew this from seed when he as 2 yrs old :mrlooney: )IMG_4526.jpg

..........only joking !

Dracaena draco Dragon tree

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pseudophoenix not sure wIMG_4528.jpghat variety

Left to right Palmofire Gary levine and Len

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Close up of the Burretiokentia crownshaft

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Parajubaea cocoides and sunkha

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Cyphophoenix nucele

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Ravenea hilldebrandii

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New Caledonian tree - forgot the name ofthis one Lenny ?

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Burretiokentia hapala

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Copernicia prunifera

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Some variety of tree Aloe

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Becarriophoenix madagascarensis

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Lens Monster Dypsis decipiens with Rhopalostylis on the left

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HUGE Beccariophoenix alfedii

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Dypsis prestoniana

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Big kentiopsis oliviformis

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Alloschmidia glabrata

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Huge dragon tree that Len Collected from seed on a school trip to the Canary islands in 1977 !

:floor: ( My jokes are getting worse )

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Video panorama of lens rear garden

Huge Bismarckia stands guard over the pool area

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Ravenea xerophilla

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Nice blue Encephalartos

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Dypsis onilahensis

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Ceroxylon quinduense i think ??

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Syagrus coronata

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Chameadorea plumosa

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Ficus damearopsis

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More Chamearops

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Len's pool blends in perfectly with the surrounding landscape

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Kentiopsis magnifica ?

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Cycas debonensis

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Chambeyronia houailou

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Check out the sheer size of Len's Bizzy

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Alogoptera caudescens :greenthumb:

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Rhopalostylis cheesmanii

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ah the pool keeps drawing me back

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Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Len's greenhouse is perfectly clean organised and well ventilated place for up and coming special palm like the one in this video :greenthumb::drool::greenthumb:

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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Wow, Len you've been holding out on the picture tour of your place! Or maybe I missed them the last time they were posted. Fabulous!

Glenn

Modesto, California

 

Sunset Zone 14   USDA 9b

 

Low Temp. 19F/-7C 12-20-1990         

 

High Temp. 111F/43C 07-23-2006

 

Annual Average Precipitation 13.12 inches/yr.

 

             

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I like it. I REALLY like it.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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Elegant Homes and Gardens

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Another great tour Troy! Len your garden is INSANE!

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

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I can attest to how amazing Len's garden is, I wish I had more time last time I was there.

Is that really a c. Prunifera? I have one and its silver blue. Len's looks green.

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Lens collection is awesome and Troy missed a bunch of stuff. Len has the only Ravenea albicans growing in the ground outdoors, its pretty impressive.

Gary

Rock Ridge Ranch

South Escondido

5 miles ENE Rancho Bernardo

33.06N 117W, Elevation 971 Feet

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Oh my. Lens garden is top 3 I've ever seen! Just smashing

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Len is very humble and is a great host if you ever get within a bull's roar of Vista !

More Video

Big Hedyscepe in the front yard and more !

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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I don't even know what to post. I'm totally speechless. Stunning garden in all phases of the game...design, hardscape and specimen plants. Unreal!

Len, when can I invite myself over for a tour?

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Troy, Thanks for documenting such a magnificent garden. Nice job Len. :greenthumb:

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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That is absolutely fantastic! Thanks for sharing this work of art with us.

Jason

Skell's Bells

 

 

Inland Central Florida, 28N, 81W. Humid-subtropical climate with occasional frosts and freezes. Zone 9b.

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Stunning selection of plants and love the hardscaping. We just don't get away with hardscaping like that in FL without it becoming a slimy mess in the summer.

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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Wow. That is a benchmark for California folks. Intricate details. The pool and hard scape are the cherries on the top. Your neighbors must love you.

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Thanks Troy....yes that pool keeps drawing me back to it too! Has someone already said spectacular? Well then, I will. Spectacular!

Tim

Tim

Hilo, Hawaii

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