Good job Troy! Just ready to start getting serious about my garden and look forward to the hard work. Too bad I'm not closer I'd help you haul those rocks, I'm getting pretty good at it.

Tim

Hi Tim

I look forward to seeing your before and after pics .

Great planting Troy, looks like you have the winds blocked for now. A nice spot or two for some guitar playin' me thinks.

That bizzie is lookin' quite powerful, bet she blasts off plenty more by this time next year.

Great planting Troy, looks like you have the winds blocked for now. A nice spot or two for some guitar playin' me thinks.

That bizzie is lookin' quite powerful, bet she blasts off plenty more by this time next year.

Thanks Wal

yes the sw part of the garden is very sheltered the big howea is growing out of its sunburn . As for the Bizzie well its the 3-4 months of cool days that will really take the toll on it 11- 16 c its my equivalent of growing a cocos in So cal not the absolute minimum temperature but the cool winter .

Your garden is amazing for 7 yrs growth .

p.s Let us know when you are coming down so i can fire up the bbq and get Jon & Sol around !

Nice work Troy! Wow, what a clean look you got going there with all the rock borders and walk ways. Just beautiful!

From the photos in post #3 it almost looks like you moved to the Central Coast area of California. Really like your house and the colors. It will be spectacular when all those palms put on some size, nice work! Nice rock details, and the area with the two chairs looks inviting.

Nice work Troy! Wow, what a clean look you got going there with all the rock borders and walk ways. Just beautiful!

Thanks Matt

Moved about 300 rocks last winter . I still have 2 areas left to plant in . But compared to what you had to contend with building your rainforest i had things bloody easy !

From the photos in post #3 it almost looks like you moved to the Central Coast area of California. Really like your house and the colors. It will be spectacular when all those palms put on some size, nice work! Nice rock details, and the area with the two chairs looks inviting.

Hi Kim

Thank you for your comment's . Yes a few people have said that the east coast of Tasmania is similar to northern califoria . I was over your way in 1998 San Diego ,L.a and SFO and drew similar conlusions from all the tasmanian gum trees that have naturalised around SFO bay area .

Troy,

Great work! I know the feeling of sitting and trying to talk yourself out of planting more palms!

Cheers

Dan

Nice work Troy, and as I'm a landscaper, you have done a nice design mate. Lee

Nice work Troy, and as I'm a landscaper, you have done a nice design mate. Lee

Hi Lee

Your the bloke who is moving to southern victoria right ?

Troy, Taz looks like one incredible spot as does your new Palm garden.Thank you for the shots!

Troy that was a lot of work but it's worth it, as it's going to be a tremendous palm garden! Look forward to 'update' pictures. Jv

Just catching up on this thread. You have been one busy Troy.

Your place is looking quite awesome. I know you are proud and should be. - keith

Hi Troy,

I like it when people such as yourself live on the edge when it come to palms. In 20 years you are going to sit with friends and forget that you live in Tassi, because your surroundings will tell you that you are in Queensland. Its a nice feeling.

I have some seeds of Chamaedorea tepejilote if your interested.

Cheers

Mike

Hi Troy,

I like it when people such as yourself live on the edge when it come to palms. In 20 years you are going to sit with friends and forget that you live in Tassi, because your surroundings will tell you that you are in Queensland. Its a nice feeling.

I have some seeds of Chamaedorea tepejilote if your interested.

Cheers

Mike

Hi Mike

Thats exactly what i had in mind ("because your surroundings will tell you that you are in Queensland. Its a nice feeling.) My last place was certainly more than just phoenix cararies and syragus !

Just catching up on this thread. You have been one busy Troy.

Your place is looking quite awesome. I know you are proud and should be. - keith

Thanks Keith

I always enjoy your threads ,you have quite a large garden and are into zone pushing also. BTW although not a palm at my last house i had an awesome swamp cypress . They are such a beautiful tree that is native to your region.

Troy

Nice transformation Troy. I must have missed this post first time around. I love those rocks lining the beds. How have your plants done since March?

Nice transformation Troy. I must have missed this post first time around. I love those rocks lining the beds. How have your plants done since March?

Hi

I will post some more pics in March of the same areas ,12 months period .

That's a huge amount of planting and planning (my yard is far more random). Your climate may make for relatively slow growth due to lack of warmth. One of the remarkable things about Florida is that plants grow fast here, even in saw palmetto/pine lands where the understory is kept to under a meter in height by very frequent low-intensity fires. A residential setting where plants are given water during winter dry spells as well as fertilizer makes for plushy palms in just a few years. For super-fast results, Carpentarias are perfect.

On the other hand, San Francisco's legendary Golden Gate Park has an astounding array of plants growing outdoors, including lots of tree ferns and a mini cloud forest from Chiapas, Mexico. It has extraordinarily cool, foggy summer weather, so that it may be pleasanter outdoors during the "rainy" winter season. Along the same lines, the city's stately War Memorial Opera House famously doesn't have air conditioning. Not even after a major refurbishment.

Your mention of prickly grevilleas reminded me that I spotted a couple of Grevillea robusta (silky oak) in town. They look rather battered, probably from the 2004 hurricanes. These big trees were popular for a short while. I think they were done in by freeze damage and wind. The next Australian fad tree was Carrotwood (Cupaniopsis anacardioides), which yields seedlings all over the place. Florida's climate is reasonably like some fairly wet parts of Queensland, so of course our Pond Apple has become a pest there.

So far, no Tasmanian pesty plants.

Nice transformation Troy. I must have missed this post first time around. I love those rocks lining the beds. How have your plants done since March?

Hi

I will post some more pics in March of the same areas ,12 months period .

I´m curious to see how your palms developed. It´s a challenge to have a cold/fresh climate and ..also dry!!!

Are you planning to plant some Parajubaea there?

Troy,

Good luck with the new house and keep planting away. Your off to a great start! It's good to see and hear back from a couple of you guys from this part of the world.

Jeff

That's a huge amount of planting and planning (my yard is far more random). Your climate may make for relatively slow growth due to lack of warmth. One of the remarkable things about Florida is that plants grow fast here, even in saw palmetto/pine lands where the understory is kept to under a meter in height by very frequent low-intensity fires. A residential setting where plants are given water during winter dry spells as well as fertilizer makes for plushy palms in just a few years. For super-fast results, Carpentarias are perfect.

On the other hand, San Francisco's legendary Golden Gate Park has an astounding array of plants growing outdoors, including lots of tree ferns and a mini cloud forest from Chiapas, Mexico. It has extraordinarily cool, foggy summer weather, so that it may be pleasanter outdoors during the "rainy" winter season. Along the same lines, the city's stately War Memorial Opera House famously doesn't have air conditioning. Not even after a major refurbishment.

Your mention of prickly grevilleas reminded me that I spotted a couple of Grevillea robusta (silky oak) in town. They look rather battered, probably from the 2004 hurricanes. These big trees were popular for a short while. I think they were done in by freeze damage and wind. The next Australian fad tree was Carrotwood (Cupaniopsis anacardioides), which yields seedlings all over the place. Florida's climate is reasonably like some fairly wet parts of Queensland, so of course our Pond Apple has become a pest there.

So far, no Tasmanian pesty plants.

Hi Dave

Yes some palms like Sabal, dypsis, phoenix rob , and Burretiokentia are painfully slow . For example my sabal pametto 5 gall is lucky to make 2 fronds per year , sabal minor 1 !

However Archontophoenix cuninghamiana is not a bad grower . Washy robusta is amazing , howeas ,hedyscepy and Rhopalostylis sapida and baueri ,grow well all year and are perfect for my climate.

we are warmer in summer than SFO but pretty much the same for the rest of the year our rec low is also 27f .

cheers Troy

Nice transformation Troy. I must have missed this post first time around. I love those rocks lining the beds. How have your plants done since March?

Hi

I will post some more pics in March of the same areas ,12 months period .

I´m curious to see how your palms developed. It´s a challenge to have a cold/fresh climate and ..also dry!!!

Are you planning to plant some Parajubaea there?

Alberto

Will post some pics soon . This year we have had the most rain for 56 years ,so the usually dry areas are green and lush . 340 mm to 700 mm approx is amazing . The west coast of Tas is very wet all year round and has cool climate rain forest .

Yes i have a parajubaea torrallyi microcarpa in the ground and its doing very well although not pinnate yet.

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?sh...c=18329&hl= t his is where i got the palm from about 80 km from my place.

Troy,

Good luck with the new house and keep planting away. Your off to a great start! It's good to see and hear back from a couple of you guys from this part of the world.

Jeff

g day Jeff

yes i will be doing plenty of updates in the near future . BTW i absolutely loved the pictorial of your garden on Matty's post . Must be nice to be able to grow all those rare tropical species .

Troy,

Thanks for the great pictures of Tasmania and the house. Just wanted to say great choices on palms!

bob

Hi everyone ,

Hi everyone, I moved from Kingston (10km south of Hobart Tas ) where Sol (Nomolos) lives ,to Old beach an urban/semi rural satellite suburb approx 17 km up the Derwent river estuary.

The area has similar winter lows as Hobart city very rarely below 32f but the lack of sea breeze brings warmer summer days by a few degrees C .

It is a dry area over here only received 340 mm 13 “last yr. I am on town water supply but have installed a rainwater tank and have installed an irrigation drip system to all my plants.

The land area is 800 M sq and being an internal block has a long driveway with a 20m flanking garden bed. Soil consists of deep sandy loam that when mixed with compost & manure seems great for palms . There was only gravel, pine bark and prickly grevillias that I removed for my clean slate !

House and view from my rear deck .

Looks beautiful, Troy, have fun with your new home. That washy is going to be massive until it gets some trunk on it! Good Luck, Peter