The rains arrived in force Sunday. Monday was non-stop rain until a break after dinner. We got 6"+ and much of it went into the canal system. So the Isabelle Canal flooded our dock and toyed with the lip of the seawall. I thought our back yard seemed quite photogenic despite dreary skies.

From the east side of the shade garden looking west.

Kentiopsis oliviformis beside path. What a great palm. I have 2.

Middle of garden. Dypsis catechu dwarf on right center.

Northwest corner. Dictyosperma album rubrum on right.

View across walk at garden-in-process. Large palm is Dypsis pembana

On seawall looking east at shade garden

Another view to northeast.

Queens against brooding sky. I know they are almost universally detested but these guys make my shade garden possible & we work hard to keep them healthy and lovely.

Looking south toward canal and dock.

Flooded dock and brimming canal

Dock underwater

RAIN.

I dream of it you know.

Your yard looks awesome too!

RAIN.

I dream of it you know.

Your yard looks awesome too!

Thanks, Bill. I'd send some your way if I could.

Thanks for the photos. It seems to be a small port rather than a 'yard', with all those canals and docks.

That palm labelled Kentiopsis does look good and seems to be very popular among many of the palm growers who write on this website.

Everything is looking lush and green! That D. pembana has a pretty shape. Must be nice to have a dock at your back door! Great setting for a palm garden.

Really nice with the rain! Wow 6 inches, guessed you passed it up our way today.

Meg, I find that dreary days are usually the best days to take plant photos.

Your garden sure looks beautiful! That Dwarf Areca catechu is looking really good too.

Well Ah do declayah. Meg, your garden gets prettier with every new posting about it and I am sure most of those palms have doubled in size since the last pictures. Also I have big queen palms here. I would never have been able to establish any kind of palms without them to provide a good canopy. I still say they are a lovely looking palm.....if they were ugly then why would every second house on the planet have one ?

Peachy

Lovely garden, Meg. Thanks for sharing the photos of it. I know it is a bit of an effort but we appreciate it. --Erik

Wow, that's a lot of rain. Our area also floods pretty badly after several inches of rain. My driveway yesterday had 3" of standing water after only an inch or two of rain. I have to make sure the water loving palms go into that area. And, by the way, your yard is gorgeous! I wish I could grow those in the ground here.

Very beautiful garden Meg!

All queens should look like yours, beautiful!

Jonathan

nice Meg

Lovely setting for a palm garden. Got some Kentiopsis oliviformis seeds in a pot germinating. Be great to have a few in the garden. Yours is beautiful, as is the Areca catechu dwarf.

Great Meg! How did you fertilize this year?

Hi Meg, your garden looks incredible! Congratulations my friend! I will be in Ft. Myers in early November, hope to see you soon! Peter

Thanks, all, for the kind words.

Ken, I just posted a fertilizing topic. I use an NPK 8-2-10 with micronutrients that I found at one of the accursed BBs. I also supplement with fish emulsion and seaweed extract, maybe a dose of magnesium in form of epsom salt. But Lee County requires use of black-out fertilizer that contains potassium, no N or P, from June 1 to Sept 30, i.e., prime rainy season.

Peter, I look forward to seeing you in Nov. after all the Oktoberfest madness is over.

Thanks, all, for the kind words.

Lee County requires use of black-out fertilizer that contains potassium, no N or P, from June 1 to Sept 30, i.e., prime rainy season.

Peter, I look forward to seeing you in Nov. after all the Oktoberfest madness is over.

The madness is Lee County regulations........geez! Those officials got a little too much time on their hands.

Very beautiful garden.....looks very lush.