Some pics of my desert area of my garden

[yachtingone]

To the left is Ravenea glauca. The small palm next to it is Phoenix laureirii. Far right is Livistona nitida.

Waterfall when it rains.

Far left is Brahea edule

Far left is Trachycarpus latisectus

[yachtingone]

The two shorter cactus of the 3 tall ones are a 1 1/2 old. That's a trunking Ravenea glauca.

Phoenix loureirii in front of Ravenea glauca in front of Brahea edule

Close up of the last pic.

I really like this part of my garden

[Got Palms]

Very nice! Great job. Sergio

[MattyB]

Dang Randy, that is awesome!

[BeerPlant]

Man impeccable!!!

[LJG]

Nice work Randy. Nice and clean.

[Rafael]

What an excelent yard concept, very good taste. I also prefer this kind of yard. Ordered. However disordered yards, with beautiful palms, are also amazing...

[DoomsDave]

Randy!

Your garden rocks! (As well as full of rocks!)

[Shon]

Great job Randy, I remember your photos from when first started your garden. Maybe post a before so everyone can the see the transformation.

[BS Man about Palms]

Randy, having been there I can see the work you've done. It looks REALLY nice!

[freakypalmguy]

Very nice brutha, you have a great eye for design.

[DippyD]

Randy,

the place is looking killer, you should for sure post some before and after pics, think it has come a long way in the past year good growings man.

[Tampa Scott]

Randy, Great garden !

[Walter John]

Brilliant work, I love it. What are the cycad species there ?

[Surf Guy]

WOW! I am jealous! It looks like a well thought out design. Very nice.

Mike

[mjff]

Very nice. Love the mixture of palms, cacti, and rocks/gravel.

[rozpalm]

Very cool! I love the layout and plant selection. I have a rock garden in my garden and I have lots of palms, cycads and succulents mixed together.

[yachtingone]

Thankyou everyone for the kind comments!

Wal, The cycads in the first pic are Dioon on the right, Encephalartos horridus X arenarius middle and E. munchii on the left.

Palmfreek and Shon I am posting a before pic

First last night I went out and took some shots of the same area!

[yachtingone]

more pics

[yachtingone]

Before pics 2/08/08

todays pic

Can anyone see a huge difference between before and after pics. Hints; it cost me over a thousand dollars and in the after pic you can't see the result.

[FRITO]

Looks Great Randy! I enjoy following your progress.

You had the eletrical wires moved from the pole going to your house? Did you wire them underground or are you 'off the grid'

[BS Man about Palms]

Yep I'm with Luke on that!

[yachtingone]

Bill I figured you would get it after moving your power location.

Luke a 4' deep 110' long trench took care of the problem.

I have lots of birds back there. They hung out on the wire and used my jaccuzzi for a toilet!

Also the Sabals were catching up to the wire.

[Xenon]

Hmm..if this is the desert, I wonder how the rainforest looks like....

Nice garden,

Jonathan

[yachtingone]

I wonder too Jonathon rain forest is a tough go in 9b. Maybe I will settle for a Mediteranian climate theme next!

[Dave H]

Awesome Randy !

[Urban Rainforest]

Randy, As others have said you have a great eye for landscape design! I have been working on something similar but on a smaller scale now at my place and it too is becoming one of the favorite spots in my garden. I have planted drought tollerant palms, Cycads and I'm starting to add succulents. Keep up the good work.

Stevo

[tikitiki]

This is what I like about this board. I would not plant my yard like this because I like the jungle look. However I love that people do and I get to see it. It looks great and if I had another house one of them would get a garden like this. Looks great.

[BigFrond]

Very nice Randy. The cacti will not have any problem on the raised beds. I only see the Schizolobium parahyba as a leaf litter in you cacti garden. A few more agave and maybe one or two Dasylirion will make the desert garden more lush.

[palmcurry]

Nice landscaping. You got layers in height and curves - staples in good design. That R.glauca is money.

[Morabeza]

Great choice of plant material. Surely all of these plants will thrive in Corona and will never disappoint!

[yachtingone]

Bigfrond I like my Mexican grass! I have 2 more. I will be adding more agave and succulents to this area.

[Palm crazy]

Fantastic garden, if I lived in SoCali I would love to grow some of the plants you guys can. Very interesting plants and love the unique garden design.....very orginal....

[John in Andalucia]

Randy, what's the name of the cactus in the first pic in post #18? I bought one of these when it was thumb-sized 12 years ago, and took it everywhere I lived. It's now at home, here in Spain and has "trebled" although the oldest is still only about 11 inches tall.

[Kris]

Very nice visuals...

[yachtingone]

Randy, what's the name of the cactus in the first pic in post #18? I bought one of these when it was thumb-sized 12 years ago, and took it everywhere I lived. It's now at home, here in Spain and has "trebled" although the oldest is still only about 11 inches tall.

John,

That cactus is Silver Torch Cactus, Cleistocactus strausii. Had to go to a box store to find out. That's what took so long to reply. The two short ones are 4' 6" tall and 1 1/2 years old. They came up as pups.

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=silver+torch+cactus&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=EzYRTMuzNpKaMsXkwbQC&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQsAQwAw

[realarch]

Great job Randy and the design is so fitting for your climate. Makes so much sense.

[MattyB]

I just put in my first 10 Keystone Legacy retaning blocks (56 Lbs. each) and I'm gaining a real appreciation for how much work you've put into your walls. That base course is real critical to get stable and level. I'm dealing with lots of elevation changes too and it's making my base course go extremely slow. I can't imagine what Jack had to do.

[Exotic Life]

Looking good!

[yachtingone]

Matt that looks really sharp! I'm glad mine were only 27 lbs. each except the 6 I used for the steps were 106 lbs each. I don't weigh much more than that! Did you use gravel in your constuction of your walls? I used a total of 12 yards of 3/4" gravel to build mine. My retaining wall and planter took 9 days each! Oh yea loys of advil too!

Regards, randy