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A Little Light On the Subject!

BeaumontTropics
BeaumontTropics
in DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE

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hey palmers,

What's better than enjoying your palms throughout the day? Well Nothing, actually. But it's a nice touch to add a little low voltage system to your landscape, to light up the trees, and to thwart evildoers from doing their worst!

Front yard during the day:

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Living in the valley of the dirt people in the inland empire, "A mullet on every head and a methlab in every kitchen." If you can't afford to live in the tropics, then bring the tropics to you!

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    Front yard at night!

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    Living in the valley of the dirt people in the inland empire, "A mullet on every head and a methlab in every kitchen." If you can't afford to live in the tropics, then bring the tropics to you!

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    And a close up of the reclinata and the canary...

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    Living in the valley of the dirt people in the inland empire, "A mullet on every head and a methlab in every kitchen." If you can't afford to live in the tropics, then bring the tropics to you!

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    Nice! I love seeing palms lit up at night.

    Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica
     

    i agree,landscape lighting can really add alot.

    great job!

    the "prince of snarkness."

     

    still "warning-free."

     

    san diego,california,left coast.

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    That looks awesome. Yours are alot brighter than the kit I got at Lowes. I was thinking of hiring an electrician to replace them with commercial lighting.

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    Eric, Looks great. This might be a good idea for a new thread if many of us have outdoor lighting on our palms. They take on such a different and beautiful look at night. You did a nice job!

    Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

    zone 10a/9b

    sunset zone 16

    300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

    Las Palmas Design

    Facebook Page

    Las Palmas Design & Associates

    Elegant Homes and Gardens

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    Nice! I love seeing palms lit up at night.

    i agree,landscape lighting can really add alot.

    great job!

    Eric, Looks great. This might be a good idea for a new thread if many of us have outdoor lighting on our palms. They take on such a different and beautiful look at night. You did a nice job!

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    Thanks to all!

    I'll try to take some more tonight of the ones in the back row, the butia capitata looks awesome the way it's lit up. Also the parajubea sunkha is pretty darn neat, too. I'll keep the pics rolling! I can't wait to get the planter in the back filled in, and light that up!

    FINS!!

    -eric

    Living in the valley of the dirt people in the inland empire, "A mullet on every head and a methlab in every kitchen." If you can't afford to live in the tropics, then bring the tropics to you!

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    Looks Awesome Eric.

    I bought some closeout lo-volt lighting kits a couple years back to install someday... still in the box.

    Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

    "The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

    -George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

    I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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    Excellent, really makes the landscape at night!

    Regards

    Stephen

    Stephen

    Broome Western Australia

    Where the desert meets the sea

    Tropical Monsoon

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    and a close up of the pony tail....looks kind of cool with the lenghty leaves drooping down..

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    Living in the valley of the dirt people in the inland empire, "A mullet on every head and a methlab in every kitchen." If you can't afford to live in the tropics, then bring the tropics to you!

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    Whoa!

    Front-yard-at-night!

    Front-yard-at-night!

    Who-hoa! Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoa!

    Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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    Well now I can lay pavers, concrete in rock edges...I wonder if I have enough butch genes left to try my hand at electrical things too ? Damn gardens...before I got into them, I even had to pay someone to file my nails. Looks good however so rather than be envious I better think about trying it out for myself.

    Peachy

    I came. I saw. I purchased

     

     

    27.35 south.

    Warm subtropical, with occasional frosts.

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    Looks great. Why haven't you lit up your trunking, blue crownshafted Dictyocaryum yet?

    Bret

     

    Coastal canyon area of San Diego

     

    "In the shadow of the Cross"

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    Looks great. Why haven't you lit up your trunking, blue crownshafted Dictyocaryum yet?

    Bret, I'm waiting for a number of palms to start "trunking" then I'll light them up like the fourth of July...Until then, you'll have to live with the phonenix and butias being lit up.

    Living in the valley of the dirt people in the inland empire, "A mullet on every head and a methlab in every kitchen." If you can't afford to live in the tropics, then bring the tropics to you!

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    Looks great. Why haven't you lit up your trunking, blue crownshafted Dictyocaryum yet?

    Bret, I'm waiting for a number of palms to start "trunking" then I'll light them up like the fourth of July...Until then, you'll have to live with the phonenix and butias being lit up.

    Dang...

    Bret

     

    Coastal canyon area of San Diego

     

    "In the shadow of the Cross"

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    Looks great. Why haven't you lit up your trunking, blue crownshafted Dictyocaryum yet?

    Bret, I'm waiting for a number of palms to start "trunking" then I'll light them up like the fourth of July...Until then, you'll have to live with the phonenix and butias being lit up.

    Dang...

    but if it makes you feel better tonight i'll shine a mag-lite on my dypsis pilulifera and marojejya darianii...

    Living in the valley of the dirt people in the inland empire, "A mullet on every head and a methlab in every kitchen." If you can't afford to live in the tropics, then bring the tropics to you!

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    I love outdoor lighting! They help you see the garden at night specially when it dark earler in winter and get you outside more to enjoy the garden in summer. Looks great what you've done. I like the way if make palm shadow on your house too. :D I have a few I need to replace the light bulbs, but that will come next month or so.

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    I have a few Arenga aroud my hot tub that really show off a silver color on the back side of the fronds with the light from the tiki torches. After seeing your lights I am going to install some on my palms in the front yard also. :D

    Wallace Stanley

    My linkEmail me

    Floridas Best Trees

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    neighbors must love ya

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    That looks sweet homey.

    Matt in Temecula, CA

    Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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    I've seen his neighbors...they're scared of him. Nice job BT.

    Randy

     

    Beaumont, Ca. In the wind tunnel between Riverside and Palm Springs.

    USDA 9B , Sunset Zone 18, Elevation 2438'

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