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Just a few pics from around the yard today

ruskinPalms

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Hey all. Just thought I’d post some pics from around the yard since I haven’t posted much here lately. Had a rough year last year. I gave most of the palms a heavy hurricane cut before Irma came through since it was supposed to make landfall here as a cat 4 which was followed by a nasty winter with at least one night down to 27F or 26F as seen on nearby weather stations and a few others below 32F along with a week of 50F rain... So I actually lost 3 smaller foxtails in the ground with my 3 larger ones seemingly pulling through. Interestingly the coconut made it through. Has been really interesting to see what made it around here. Small foxtails are wimps, Adonidia did better for example.

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Parrish, FL

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@ruskinPalms Great palms, super green grass, awesome landscaping.  Nice work!

Lost an archontophoenix alexandrae over here to a secondary fungal infection after the freeze.  One night down to 28F for ~10-12 hrs damaged some stuff, but the archie was the only fatality.

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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Just for giggles I’ll see if I have any data left on this post and try to post a rain pic. This is the second storm like this today. 

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By the way, all these pics were taken today. That’s how chnagable the weather is here this time of year. 

Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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Beautiful pics! Your Palms are  looking  great & I love that green grass!

Hesperia,Southern CA (High Desert area). Zone 8b

Elevation; about 3600 ft.

Lowest temp. I can expect each year 19/20*f lowest since I've been growing palms *13(2007) Hottest temp. Each year *106

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Beautiful yard! Love the Spanish moss behind the fence

Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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Your yard is beautiful and elegant.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Going to try to post some 1 year growth updates. I think I got most of them in there that I took pics of last year at this time. 

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As you can see, a couple of landscape beds expanded and there are a few new additions. Notably, I finally planted my bottle palm in the ground that has been in a pot for probably 8 years. Very pot bound but it seems happy enough in the ground so far. Also, got rid of a struggling orange tree and put a Roystonea regia in its place. There is a new spindle palm hidden in there somewhere and a really small Thrinax radiata is hidden behind the bottle palm. May see it in 5 years or so lol. The clumping Dypsis by my AC units which I think is cabadae has only been doing so so. Slow and a couple of the stems got bud rot in the middle of July and had spear pull. Oh well. It may meet the shovel next year as that is a really nice micro climate there. Could put another coconut there or something. 

Parrish, FL

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Wow, wow, wow! Thank you for the update!

What a great development! Your bizzy is spectacular!

Give your garden a few more years and it will be a paradise.

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

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your gardens amazing! 

Wow im so pleased to have stumbled across this forum. Nice to know there’s lots of other palm enthusiasts out there   

 

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What’s the name of that palm? I have one but no idea what it is. :wacko:

 Seems pretty easy to look after though.  No insects or fungus attacks.  

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33 minutes ago, Nic said:

What’s the name of that palm? I have one but no idea what it is. :wacko:

 Seems pretty easy to look after though.  No insects or fungus attacks.  

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Dypsis lutescens.

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Thank you all!

Yes, the D. lutescens and Bismarkia nobilis grow well here. Just hoping lethal bronzing stays away from my Bizzies...

Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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Guess it is time for another 1 year update. Better do it before these hurricanes start tearing stuff up lol. I tried to get the as close to the same angles as possible. Sorry the lighting is not great on some. These pics all taken today throughout the morning. 
 

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Closer shot of the Adonidia clump in the middle of the yard. Fast growers for sure. 
 

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So this is what has happened in two years (I started this thread in August 2018). I’m going to try to keep updating this thread yearly :)

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Parrish, FL

Zone 9B

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Thanks for the update - great pics of a great looking garden!

Dave

 

Riverside, CA Z 9b

1700 ft. elevation

approx 40 miles inland

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Marvelous garden und beautiful palms!!!

 

5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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Time for a yearly update again. Again, lighting is not great, lots of shifting rain clouds this time of year. Anyway, I tried to capture mostly the same angles and the same palms. 
 

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