How close to the neighbours boundary

[Walter John]

I was curious as to how close others plant palms to their next door neighbour's boundary fence.

Here's a few examples of my boundary fence palm nearness.

[Walter John]

Some more

I have to maintain these bottle palm leaves so the old lady next door isn't attacked by them.

And the other side, some Carpentarias shoot up out of harm's way.

[bgl]

Wal,

How about this - the Salacca wallichiana is about 2 ft away from the fence, BUT the Pritchardia beccariana is probably within 3 inches of the fence!! Actually, the palms have been there for several years and we just put up the fence two months ago. We began having problems with feral pigs coming in from the forest and creating a mess, so had no choice but to put up the field fence.

Bo-Göran

[Jeff Searle]

Wal,

    I don't see much of a problem with what you have. It does depend on how friendly you are with your neighbor sometimes. The other thing that might upset them is a self cleaning palm that keeps dropping leaves on their side of the fence.

[quaman58]

Wal,

I get along pretty well, fortunately, with my neighbors. We share a common hillside, which I think is great, but they both see as "no man's" land. So I plant on their side of the fence. They both think I'm crazy. Actually, I'm just in the midst of a slow, patient annexation of about 70% of theur backyards!  

Bret

[Randy]

Wal,

Here in my neighborhood It is widely acceptable to incorporate the landscape close to the property line. I use my neighbor's tree's as microclimate protection from the hot afternoon sun and also benefit from some cold protection in the winter time.

The drawback I've encountered is that, you can't control what your neighbors will do to their landscape! For example, before I planted a reclinata on the space below, my neighbor planted queen palms right against the fence and fairly close together. I'm not steamed because this is a full sun area with no protection and few exotic palms could take that heat and cold.

I'm probably going to plant more shrubs and vines for lower level interest, but probably not much more. I've been toying with the idea of planting a roystonea regia on my side that would rise above the grouping of queens, but that area is full sun and full cold.

You can see that the larger queen is right up against my jacaranda tree which is growing nice and full also. I think that this type of "crowding" would be a concern when planting on the fence line as well.

[Neofolis]

There are strict regulations in this country with regards planting adjacent a public walkway, but where a boundary is adjacent another private property there seems to be little or nothing.  Whilst my palms are not planted, I have pots within 12"/300mm of my boundary, mainly because the size of the garden determines where things go.

[redant]

I have planted many palms right up to the boundary. Lots around me are large so no worry about hurting the neighbors house.

At this spot I have cat palm against the fence, Carpies for some height, then some majesties to block. It should all fill in nicely in a year or 10. You can only see the carpies in this shot.

[spockvr6]

(redant @ Sep. 18 2006,10:26)

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At this spot I have cat palm against the fence, Carpies for some height, then some majesties to block. It should all fill in nicely in a year or 10. You can only see the carpies in this shot.

Great photo!

[spockvr6]

(redant @ Sep. 18 2006,10:26)

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Lots around me are large so no worry about hurting the neighbors house.

Lots around me are tiny and I still do the same thing

But, fortunately my neighbor on one side (where I have the most dense plantings) is from the Dominican Republic.  Consequently, he pines for the foliage from "home" so draping Royal fronds and dropping Royal Poinciana leaves (which he calls "Flamboyant Tree") across his fence isnt a big deal.

And, in a bit of symbiosis (is that a word?) his Avocado, Papaya, Tapioca plants that hang into my yard are not a concern.  In fact, I like them as they add some interest to my yard (and they also provide shade and some cold protection).   The shade has been most welcome as when we first moved in here the developer leveled every single tree (no joke.......not one left....you should have seen the debris pile when they were clearing this place!).  So, it was terribly hot in the backyard with no shade in sight.  Now, things have grown up enough that I am actually having difficulties keeping the St. Augustine grass happy....not enough sunlight in some areas it seems.

[SubTropicRay]

My neighbors love the privacy.  Planting right up to the property line isn't enough so they have me plant on their side too.

[MattyB]

I think planting right on the property line is fine with single trunked or taller slim palms.  It's bushy things like Arenga engleri or a Banana clump that is a bit rude.

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

One of my neighbors is only a seasonal resident, only lives there 4 months out of the year.  I plant in HIS yard and he loves it!  To my backyard is a public park.  It always can use some addittional trees so I plant there too.  I figure I "have" 10 or fifteen palms and trees that are not on my property.  So far so good.

Jerry