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Manambe Lavaka 2013


MattyB

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Time to take some updated pics of the garden. And I finally got Jen to model for me. Enjoy. :mrlooney:

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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Here's some of the more marginal things planted up by the house.

Carpoxylon macrospermum, holding 10 leaves!

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Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

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Satakentia likuiensis

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And the Pinanga caesia that won't die after 4 years in the ground. I tried to burn it to death this year but it became sun acclimated. :indifferent:

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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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The bat cave w/ a small Pritchardia beccariana next to Jen and she's actually standing underneath a large P. beccariana.

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part of the dry garden

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Kerriodoxa elegans and Dypsis sp.

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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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One overall angle of the rainforest. Jen is in there if you look closely.

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small P. beccariana

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Dypsis prestoniana

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Beccariophoenix madagascarensis w/ B. alfredii in back.

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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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Some overall shots of the ridge with Dypsis decipiens, Brahea armata, some aloes, agaves, etc. I'm trying to preserve as much native coastal sage habitat as possible while still introducing the ornamentals in between.

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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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Washingtonia robusta hanging in there in very harsh conditions.

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Large Pritchardia beccariana

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Bizzie

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Copernicia baileyana grown from seed. Starting to look real nice.

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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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Matt, Your homestead never ceases to amaze me.

Thanks for the pics!

"Ph'nglui mglw'napalma Funkthulhu R'Lincolnea wgah'palm fhtagn"
"In his house at Lincoln, dread Funkthulhu plants palm trees."

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Roystonia borinquena

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I tried to catch the green flash but I was a second too early.

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Roystonia regia

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Arenga pinnata

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Sun rays over Coronado

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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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Overall pic of the side yard where the Carpoxylon and Bottle Palm are planted. Tall Kentiopsis, Foxtails, Livistona, Dypsis heteromorpha, Dypsis onilahensis, etc. This is a sweet spot.

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After cutting down a Jacaranda that was up and over the house, I built a new retaining wall and soon I'll lay down some gravel for the path. The row of dwarf schefflera is acting like a living retaining wall, holding up the dirt on the downslope side of the path.

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Another pic of the Satakentia from above. Since cutting down the Jacaranda it's really started to grow fast. I think it likes the brighter light. Next year it'll be in full all day sun.

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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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Painting with succulents.

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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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Rhopalostylis sapida 'Chatham Island'. This is what happens after a hot summer in lots of full sun.

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Dypsis 'hankona' ?????

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Wallichia disticha

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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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Some views peering through the rainforest

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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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Do you like fan palms?

Pritchardia martii

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P. beccariana, small and large

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Sabal yapa

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Livistona decora duo

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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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Jubaea x Butia

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Furcrea and Butia and Frog

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That's a nice find, first Cherimoya of the season.

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Dypsis baronii and D. prestoniana

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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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Bizzie, weeping Onily

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Roses, Aloes, and Giraffes, it's a no brainer

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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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Moving back up to the dry garden again. Jen collected all these rocks in her backpack while walking the dogs everyday.

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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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Front driveway triangles and breahea decumbens

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8 Syagrus abre ojos line the dirt road down into the canyon

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Copernicia cerifera, Copernicia alba, Bizzie

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Front Kentias fully acclimated to full, all day sun.

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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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I tried to get an overall shot from across the canyon

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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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That's it for 2013! Enjoy!

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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I love those GIraffes Matt, they add a nice touch. What are they made out of and where did you get them? Also love the garden, it has really come a long way and looks great.

Gary

Rock Ridge Ranch

South Escondido

5 miles ENE Rancho Bernardo

33.06N 117W, Elevation 971 Feet

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awesome garden! .... looking at how some of those more marginal palms have survived a few years I may actualy consider attempting Satakentia likuiensis and Carpoxylon macrospermum when I get some canopy going, or maybe even buy a couple small ones from floribunda, pot them up and place them around the yard. For a bit I was worried about my Chatham Island Rhopie since it didn't seem like the fronds wanted to open all the way, the last one opened about 80% of the way and stopped, but from looking at yours and remembering Jastin's post on his it seems like that's what happens for a bit when they're in FULL sun, maybe until it completely acclimates

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Matt,

Congratulations on an amazing garden. Have you checked on google earth to see if you can find your house? It would be an amazing view to see what you have done. You have so much more land to plant things than I do. I don't know how you do it. I have a hard time keeping up with mine.

Huntington Beach, CA

USDA Zone 10a/10b

Sunset Zone 24

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Here's a google earth image of part of my property, the part where you can tell I've done something. I've gotta filmaker friend who has a flying camera. We've gotta get that thing over my place and take some video.

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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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Gary,

Jen got those giraffe's in Julian. They're made from sheet metal. It seems like they've been allowed to rust a little bit to get that color, and then it was clear coated which seems to have stopped the rust for at least a year so far.

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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Hopefully, this will work...

I deleted it, since your picture is much better.

Huntington Beach, CA

USDA Zone 10a/10b

Sunset Zone 24

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Great tour Matt! Your garden is really coming together excellently, with some species that I didn't even know could be grown in California (like Satakentia and Carpoxylon). That Pritchardia beccariana is a monster!

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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Wow! I love the topology with all those great species and dry and wet areas. Matty your place is really turning into an unbelievable garden. It has great up close and more distant garden hillside views. Did you really envision this or did it form as time went by? Fantastic!

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

Tom Blank

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It's pretty much how I envisioned it. Of course it never comes out exactly as you imagine, but touring a lot of private gardens gave me a good idea of what I was planning and planting would eventually look like.

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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Tom brings up a good point about the topography. I knew I had a good microclimate but over the years walking around with a temerature sensor I know exactly why.

Here's that canyon shot again. Not only is my property on a slope, but it's actually a gradual knoll, with two gullies flanking it on either side.

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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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Here's a screenshot from Google Earth taken as if you were sitting on my roof looking down the canyon. On cold still nights I can walk around down there and if you're within 15 feet of the two gullies there's a rush of cold air doing down the hill. As you continue to walk and get up on the rise a little bit, you can actually feel the warmth. It's quite dramatic.

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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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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Matt!

Your botanical garden deserves more pics, and faithful Palmtalk members too!

But I am lost with 2014 or 2013...did you mention: That's it for 2014! Enjoy! ?
What happens next? 2015? tomorrow?

Kindest regards

Philippe

Mod Edit: If anyone is wondering, I cleaned up his errors.

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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I don't know what I was thinking. I kept typing 2014. :wacko:

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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Thanks for the Grand tour Matty n Jen, Gardens are certainly 'Crankn", :greenthumb: hope this winter is kind and nothing stops growing, great stuff , keep it up you 2 and keep collecting those rocks Jen they look great. Pete :)

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Congratulations on all the hard work Matty. It really does look fantastic.You're ready to hold PSSC meetings now, or have you already done that. If time permits and the planets align suitably, I may even see this for myself next year.

The whole rainforest area can now expand as it takes care of itself, as you no doubt are encouraging and planting, that is my fav spot at ML.

Thanks Jen for the modelling, rocks and sandwiches (2014).

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Tom brings up a good point about the topography. I knew I had a good microclimate but over the years walking around with a temerature sensor I know exactly why.

Here's that canyon shot again. Not only is my property on a slope, but it's actually a gradual knoll, with two gullies flanking it on either side.

So matty, did you know that you had at least 1/2 zone change due to topology/air mass movements when you were planning it? what is the elevation(did I miss it) difference between the high and low spots? I have read previous threads where you talk of 7(?) degree differences in the lows. Planning out the wet/dry irrigation and and colder warmer zones must have been a lot of fun. I would love to see your place sometime.

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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Nice adventure Matty!Thanks! :winkie:

Also like the surrounding vegetation and the topography, something dry or xerophytic land. You can use the slope to irrigate your plants by gravity. I am impressed with the delonix regia (I thought it was very tropical) . Try some arums plants, planting them near your tropical palms & trees. The family of araceas are plants endothermic ( they produce heat when they bloom).

They can help in keeping a constant temperature in your microclimate in the colder winter months. This is file can help you dude:

Exitos siempre;

Cailan

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Wow, those heat producing flowers are interesting, thanks!.

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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