Tassie Troy's Garden 2015

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It's that time again when i do my annual update .

Location - Old Beach Tasmania

Latitude - 42 .36 deg South ( Same as Boston Ma )

Elevation 10 m ( 30 ' )

Climate - cool oceanic - Record high 102 f 42 C low 30 f -0.5 C

Front yard

New area that i call coastal contemporary garden the only palms in this are Jubaea chilensis and Parajubaea torallyi

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to the right is the rock garden with a small Chamerops argentea

Aloe polyphylla

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Along the Driveway

Mule palm

From Mike NEWCAL aka Palm santa ! :greenthumb:

Syagrus

Brahea edulis ( forgot to take pics of the Armarta ! )

Trachycarpus wagnerianus

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Dypsis decipiens - has grown slowly but surely

Other Madagascaran palms are not nearly as good like this Ravenea rivularis

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Dypsis baroni

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A few broms

Oh ! Cyphophoenix elegans is still asleep

The beer / coffee drinking area ~

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Rhopalostylis baueri

Rhopalostylis sapida var Chatham Islands ( or Oceana ) fastest Rhopie down here have 3 in the ground !

Rhopalostylis cheesmanii aka purple crownshaft

Rhopalostylis Sapida South Island

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Small Howea belmoreana on the right and the largest kentia has 5 rings of trunk now

Hedyscepe canterburyana

[mfoster]

Troy I from my temporary perspective on the south coast of Cambodia it looks like what palm neophytes like me dream of achieving.Well done !

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Hedyscepe

Lepidorrachis mooreana

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Ceroxylon parvifrons

Belmoreana and Trachycarpus fortunei

Chameadorea radlicalis

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ravenea glauca

This flower bed contains Small ceroxylon ventricosum . Livistona australia , Howea f , Ceroxylon alpinum

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Cyathea brownii from Norfolk Island

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More tomorrow ~

cheers Troy

[yachtingone]

Looking good Troy!!!

[peachy]

Trolly, the place has come on so much in the last few years and you really have a lovely garden. You have managed to find some palms I hunted after for years without success. Right now I am tempted to accept my cousin's offer to take over her house in Gagebrook just so I can have a garden like yours. Well done.

Peachy

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Thanks Randy

Peachy - you would be a regular at my Coffee drinking area if you moved here i am sure !

[Bill Austin]

Troy thanks I really enjoyed your garden with my cup of coffee this morning. Great color and everything just looks so neat and tight well done.

[Darold Petty]

Troy is a very careful and observant grower. Notice the excellent condition of his plants, with almost no nutritional deficiency or brown tipping !

( More than can be said about many of my plants! )

[Jim in Los Altos]

Troy, It's just looking terrific. Growth and color are impressive. Your succulent collection is extensive. What is your average annual rainfall?

[Josh-O]

awesome collection Troy!! Everything looks so well grown like Darold pointed out.

Do you ever get any frost?

How often do you fertilize?

happy growing!!

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Hedyscepe

Lepidorrachis mooreana

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so cool!!

[WestCoastGal]

OMG what a difference a year or so makes. You have been working hard in that garden and it's sure paid off! Amazing color and the design really makes you want to sit and take it all in. All your palms are loving you too. Nice job!

[realarch]

All of us can tell just how much you love that garden of yours and it looks great. You selection of palms are also well suited to you climate, which is half the battle. If Peachy comes over, wait for me. I'll be on my way.

Tim

[Pip]

Your garden is awesome Troy and will only get better. Can we fast forward to next year?

[Pedro 65]

Troy, same as all above comments, great to see your Decipiens doing so well, how many Hedy's do you have in ground and will you plant plenty more ? Keep having fun creating a beautiful garden and can you pls post some pics of your other Ceroxylons

Pete

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Thank Mike F look forward to seeing your pics from Madagascar

Thanks Bill Austin - It takes a lot longer than the epic growth you experience in Hawaii !

Darold - I have learned a lot from the two visits to your garden and my plant choices for our similar climates reflect that.

Thanks Jim - I have always found ideas from your awesome garden ! My rainfall is around 450 - 500 mm pa 16 - 22 inches

Josh

I only get a very light frost a few times a year never below freezing.

I use a light application of Nutricote total 180 day in spring and the rest is organic seaweeed/ humic acid pellets also foliar feed with 50 / 50 liqiud kelp and fish emulsion .

Thanks west Coast girl !

Tim " You selection of palms are also well suited to you climate," this is an important thing for sure when choosing what to grow.

Pip wish i could fast forward ! thanks

Pete the Decipiens is one of my favorites and i have 2 large Hedyscepe in the ground.

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Rhopalostylis from Auckland area

Rhopalostylis from Waipatiki Beach North Island NZ

Last Rhopalostylis to plant out is Great Barrier Island from Pogobobs old garden

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Smaller Rhopalostylis baueri

Ceroxylon ventricosum

Ceroxylon vogelelianum

Phoenix canariensis

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Livistona australis

Parajubaea cocoides

Sabal minor

Archontophoenix maxima

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Chameadorea cataractarum

king palm and Chamearops

Trachycarpus princeps - will be planted out next spring

Washingtonia robusta

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Chameadorea plumosa

Brahea armata

Sabal bermudana

[Palms4Steve]

Very impressive Troy. job well done.

[comic097]

WOW Troy your garden looks terrific, everything looks so healthy, I love the rock borders, the companion plants, well done mate .... Stunning !!!!!

Paul

[pigafetta]

Amazing what you can grow down in Tassie and they look so healthy.

Troy your Chameadorea cataractarum look so much better than mine and I'm in coastal Vic (no frost) mine are protected from wind and sun but always get ratty seeing yours confirms that my spot must get too wet during winter think i might have to move them come spring to a drier spot.

Do you get much wind in your location?

[Daryl]

Looking fantastic Troy! Who'd have ever thunk it that you could grow such treasures in Hobart, and with such good health!

Daryl

[NApalm]

Looks great troy. Palm Santa is a great title for mike green. Hilarious. That coffee/beer area looks awesome.

[OverGrown]

Troy, your garden looks great! Plants look as perfect as can be. I love the colors.