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Spreading the love of palms

Josue Diaz

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Josue Diaz Grand Master

Josue Diaz

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I've read threads on here about spreading the love (read obsession) of palms with friends and neighbors.

Today, a success story from my neighborhood: after seeing palms slowly take over my front yard, my neighbor across the street asked about planting one in her front yard. I was super happy to plant this parajubaea for her. Here she is, happy palm, happy palm owner.

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4 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

I've read threads on here about spreading the love (read obsession) of palms with friends and neighbors.

Today, a success story from my neighborhood: after seeing palms slowly take over my front yard, my neighbor across the street asked about planting one in her front yard. I was super happy to plant this parajubaea for her. Here she is, happy palm, happy palm owner.

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That’s awesome Josue, as well as very generous. That palm will be a monster someday. Hopefully others in the neighborhood will catch the palm bug. 

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So kind of you. Beautiful palm and your neighbor looks happy indeed.

Meg

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Elevation: 15 feet

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Josue Diaz Grand Master

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Sad to say, this palm was removed over the weekend by the new homeowners to accommodate a bounce house...

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2 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

Sad to say, this palm was removed over the weekend by the new homeowners to accommodate a bounce house...

Wow. Some people have zero taste...? Yikes. What a bummer. :(

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3 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

Sad to say, this palm was removed over the weekend by the new homeowners to accommodate a bounce house...

I'm surprised no one at that house offered to give you that palm? I know the feeling when that happens. I've revisited properties where I lived in the past and was disappointed to see which trees (incl. palms) the current owners had removed or were neglecting. I'm enjoying my own garden while I live here. It's over-planted but it'll be decades before that's an issue... and by then it may be someone else's problem to deal with. ;)

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Never assume that your gifts will be appreciated by others as much as yourself.

I grew from seed five palms of Ceroxylon parvifrons, the best ones from a seed lot of 100 seeds.  I donated these five, the pick of the whole seed lot, as fat, vibrant 5-gallon palms to the SF Botanical Garden with explicit instructions about the species requirements, only to see my donation mistreated and poorly utilized.  :(    Never again.

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San Francisco, California

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19 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

Sad to say, this palm was removed over the weekend by the new homeowners to accommodate a bounce house...

You should give these new homeowners a thorny Bougainvillea...

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It’s sad in a way, that some of the stuff we find fascinating, and have a great love for, is just a bunch of weeds to most homeowners.   But then again, their sports car is just “a car”, to me too.     So I guess we have all have our specific wants and likes.  

I try to think way head with stuff....  I think out 20+ years...   I spend so much time right now correcting what previous owners lazily made “the next owners problem”, that I refuse to leave a mess for the next guy....  whether it be plumbing, electrical, drainage, wood quality....  or palm plantings.    It just isn’t in my nature.

But I guess someone might still come along someday with a bulldozer and create a nice open lawn again.  
 

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1 hour ago, Darold Petty said:

Never assume that your gifts will be appreciated by others as much as yourself.

I grew from seed five palms of Ceroxylon parvifrons, the best ones from a seed lot of 100 seeds.  I donated these five, the pick of the whole seed lot, as fat, vibrant 5-gallon palms to the SF Botanical Garden with explicit instructions about the species requirements, only to see my donation mistreated and poorly utilized.  :(    Never again.

But in some cases they are. The two rare Ravenea seedlings gifted to me by Darold are healthy and ready to be moved to 5 gals, and eventually to prized locations in my garden. Thanks again Darold.

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That's great news, Dean.  Congratulations !  :greenthumb:

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2 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

Never assume that your gifts will be appreciated by others as much as yourself.

I grew from seed five palms of Ceroxylon parvifrons, the best ones from a seed lot of 100 seeds.  I donated these five, the pick of the whole seed lot, as fat, vibrant 5-gallon palms to the SF Botanical Garden with explicit instructions about the species requirements, only to see my donation mistreated and poorly utilized.  :(    Never again.

SF Botanical garden bungled your gift? That’s very disappointing and somewhat surprising. 

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On 4/6/2021 at 11:04 AM, Fusca said:

You should give these new homeowners a thorny Bougainvillea...

lol

On 4/6/2021 at 11:43 AM, ExperimentalGrower said:

SF Botanical garden bungled your gift? That’s very disappointing and somewhat surprising. 

 

On 4/6/2021 at 9:36 AM, Darold Petty said:

Never assume that your gifts will be appreciated by others as much as yourself.

I grew from seed five palms of Ceroxylon parvifrons, the best ones from a seed lot of 100 seeds.  I donated these five, the pick of the whole seed lot, as fat, vibrant 5-gallon palms to the SF Botanical Garden with explicit instructions about the species requirements, only to see my donation mistreated and poorly utilized.  :(    Never again.

I gifted the SF botanical my 3 biggest and healthiest fernaldia pandurata for their Mesoamerican cloudforest. I don't think they ever made it into the ground.

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Birds have gifted a couple neighbors some palms of mine (seeds) that they surprisingly let grow. Luckily they were Sabals so they survived the Texas Freeze of Feb 2021. 

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Extremes: Low Min 4F 2021, 13.8F 2024. High Max 112F 2011/2023, Precipitation Max 58 inches 2015, Lowest 19 Inches 2011.

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I gave a pretty nice (small 2 gallon) Kentia to an employee. Her little sisters friend got bored after school one day and cut all of my employee and her mom's plants down with scissors. 

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3 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

lol

 

I gifted the SF botanical my 3 biggest and healthiest fernaldia pandurata for their Mesoamerican cloudforest. I don't think they ever made it into the ground.

Even after they confirmed they would take them for the garden? :/

This is a new plant to me. Very interesting.

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1 hour ago, JohnAndSancho said:

I gave a pretty nice (small 2 gallon) Kentia to an employee. Her little sisters friend got bored after school one day and cut all of my employee and her mom's plants down with scissors. 

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Grounded for life! Lol what child does this???

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2 hours ago, ExperimentalGrower said:

Grounded for life! Lol what child does this???

Really makes me wanna get a vasectomy. 

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