New garden bed - sorted

[Walter John]

Big day at the Mana today, I got into the new bed, it had time to settle the new soil I added a couple of weeks ago, been some rains around, so I went in.

Firstly here's how she looked before the planting attack.

[Walter John]

That sawed off lemon scented tea tree was given the heave ho due to future palm planning, what can I say ?

So, 12 palms all up went in, one cordyline, one croton, one ponytail and 5 new guinea impatiens.

And here's a view from behind

[Walter John]

Some close ups for the inevitable before and after records:

Beaucarnea recurvata (has this name changed ?) - ponytail palm

Dypsis onilahensis

Veitchia joannis

Pritchardia hillebrandii

[Walter John]

The Areca vestiaria plantings included three orange and two maroon, most of them already clumping, especially the bigger orange job, a transplant from Jackson's Jungle. The one still in the pot at the back is earmarked for ratpacker Mike who shall remain nameless.

[Walter John]

Three Adonidia merrillii

Livistona fulva

I want more time to consider the Cocos nucifera position, more heat and some sand.

[Walter John]

Here's some Vesty close ups.

Warning to anti clumpers, the following may disturb you.

And here's the interesting base on the onilahensis, also a lovely clumping palm, one of the daintiest Dypsis of them all.

[iamjv]

Looks great Wal! What a nice transformation.... and great variety of palms and plants. Jv

[BS Man about Palms]

Go Wal, go!

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

Very nice grouping, Wal, very nice work indeed........

Rusty

[realarch]

Looking good Wal! I am not an anti clumper, just disturbed.

[ariscott]

Looking good Wal. Have you finished?? Come and help me next? A few planting to do this year.... and I do mean a few...

Regards, Ari

[Walter John]

Looking good Wal. Have you finished?? Come and help me next? A few planting to do this year.... and I do mean a few...

Regards, Ari

Never finished Ari, you know that. Yes I will help you, send me down the fare.

[Walter John]

Go Wal, go!

Thanks Bill and others, I now have one of the veggie beds in my sights for more palms...moohah

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Way to go Wal and i bet you will bump this thread in 3 yrs and there will be 4m of jungle in that very same spot !

[Walter John]

Way to go Wal and i bet you will bump this thread in 3 yrs and there will be 4m of jungle in that very same spot !

Maybe Troy and thanks, I tell you what though, it's the early planting days of now and the first couple of years of growing after planting I like the best. Once the plants get up there after about 5 years, it's great of course, wonderful, but the innocent expectations are gone, the early morphalogical changes are complete and the hopes are usually fulfilled.

The palms reach that stage where they will not look any different apart from getting taller/larger.

What am I saying ? I think I'm saying I love plant outs and wish I could start a new palmscape every 5 years or so. I may get one more, but I am starting to doubt it.

Plant 'em young for shape and form.

[JT in Japan]

What's happening with the planting bed, 5 years on, Wal?

[_Keith]

Nothing more exciting than putting together a new garden bed, is there? Next best thing is watching it grow.