Soon to be super-palmy residence

[Justin]

Plenty of pahoehoe.

Front yard

Spot for a triple Fishtail? Maybe a Rain Tree?

Need to replace with a hedge of Areca vestariana

A little nervous/excited to see how fast this Royal grows

[Justin]

View from back patio

Coconut that winter won't kill

Backyard

Pond

[bgl]

Justin,

That's great! Congratulations! Glad to see it worked out. And I pass by that house every single day on my morning walk or run! Incidentally, that's an A. alexandrae in the last photo in post #1. Another one of these pesky weeds around here !

Bo-Göran

[Justin]

Some small stuff

Eucalyptus deglupta

Heliconia 'sexy pink'

Palms and Eucalyptus

[paulgila]

thats amazingly cool!

[Peter]

Congratulations Justin! Think of all those flowering trees you can plant to accompany your palms! How large is your lot?

[MattyB]

congratulations Justin. So how are we going to work the BBQ thing?

[bgl]

What's wrong with his back yard? I'm sure Justin can easily squeeze in 500 people or so there! Without a single palm being trampled on. And all of you in Southern California - you know you're all going to end up here anyway! It's not a question of "if" but "when"!

[BS Man about Palms]

Are you covering airfare to the BBQ? or do we have to fit a sail to Dave's green monster??

CONGRATS!

[realarch]

Congrats Justin, get ready to feed your obsession, 'BIG TIME'. Lots of great palm folks on this island and welcome to the tropics.

[Dypsisdean]

E Komo Mai Neighbor

I already see a croton cutting I have to have.

[Enzo]

Beautiful....

[dalmatiansoap]

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Well done Justin

Looks like you have chosen a perfect palm haven , can't wait to see the epic before and after pictures in 10 years time !

No irrigation is a big bonus especially considering it's a holiday residence ( at the moment) .

How far are you from the beach ?

[edric]

Very nice, good luck, Ed

[Justin]

The lot is one acre, although I am checking to see if I can acquire the empty lot next door to double the size. We're about 15 minutes from the beach, give or take - tide pools in Kapoho (to the East) and black sand beach in Kalapana (to the South). Also, this is 15 minutes away by car - hopefully it doesn't get too much closer:

[BeaumontTropics]

Justin,

I think it is safe to say you are not a useless tool working for the man, I think it is far more appropriate to say you are the man! Congratulations Player!

FINS LEFT, FINS RIGHT, FINS WAY, WAY UP!

-eric

[Justin]

E Komo Mai Neighbor

I already see a croton cutting I have to have.

Bring over a big truckload of palms and aroids and you can have pretty much anything you want.

[jdapalms]

Justin, congratulations neighbor, that's a Very nice looking place. What street are you on? I am on Hapuu at the top of Leilani estates; stop by when you get the chance.

Jerry

[epicure3]

Have a great retirement. Looks awesome! Any fruit trees?

[Justin]

Justin, congratulations neighbor, that's a Very nice looking place. What street are you on? I am on Hapuu at the top of Leilani estates; stop by when you get the chance.

Jerry

Jerry, we stayed in Leilani Estates over Thanksgiving, and drove pretty much every inch of the roads there - I was wondering where your place was. Only when I was hanging out at Dean's place before going to the airport did I find out that your place was off the paved roads, which is the only place we didn't drive. I'm not sure why we didn't drive on them - they certainly couldn't have been worse than what we drove on in Hawaiian Acres looking for homes.

Anyway, we're at the northern end of Maile on the makai side, about halfway between Leilani and Kahukai.

[Justin]

Have a great retirement. Looks awesome! Any fruit trees?

Three different kinds of avocados (I should probably learn to eat them), plus some tangelos and bananas. My wife has already put in requests for Rambutan, Mango, Papaya, and Calimansi. I'm also going to see if I can snag a Mangosteen somehow.

[tikitiki]

I wish I lived in cali so I could buy a house in Hawaii. To far to fly from Florida.

[Tassie_Troy1971]

The best thing Justin is that together with your residence in vista you should be able to grow nearly every species of palm avaliable with the posssible exception of Juania australis and Leppidorachis .

You guys are also 40% closer to Tasmania if you get sick of perfect warm temperatures while on holidays.

[Kim]

Warmest congratulations, Justin and Crystal! Welcome to the neighborhood! Best place on the planet for growing palms, imho.

[Dr. George]

Congratulations and welcome to the CA-HI commute group. Hope this is a long and enjoyable adventure for you.

Plant It Hawaii in Kurtistown should be able to help you with all of your fruit tree acquisitions.

As for that future A. vestiaria hedge - there's a nursery just down the street from you that has some really nice ones at a very, very good price.

Aloha - gmp

(Ever notice that when folks on this forum buy a home in Hawaii you never see pics of the house itself)

[DoomsDave]

Congrats, Justinian!

Got an estimate on a sail for the Green Monster . . . . .

[Justin]

Congratulations Justin! Think of all those flowering trees you can plant to accompany your palms! How large is your lot?

Definitely going to put in some flowering trees. I was going over my 10 years' worth of wish list plants that I was waiting to grow, all of my old books, plus thought up some other stuff, and here's what made my first (of many to come) "wish lists" - now I need to get started finding them on the island:

Palms

Actinokentia divaricata

Areca vestaria (red form)

Arenga brevipes

Arenga pinnata

Arenga undulatifolia

Attalea amygdalina

Burretiokentia vieillardii

Calyptocalyx albertisianus

Calyptocalyx ‘Briasuu’

Calyptronoma dulcis

Carpoxylon macrospermum

Clinostigma harlandii

Clinostingma samoense

Copernicia baileyana

Copernicia macroglossa

Corypha umbraculifera

Cyphosperma balansae

Dictyocaryum lamarckianum

Dictyosperma album

Elaeis guineensis

Gulubia valida

Hedyscepe canterburyana

Heterospathe woodfordiana

Hyophorbe verschaffeltii

Iguanura elegans

Johannesteijsmannia magnifica

Kentiopsis magnifica

Kentiopsis olviformis

Kerriodoxa elegans

Lemurophoenix halleuxii

Licuala grandis

Licuala ramsayi

Marojejya darianii

Mauritia flexuousa

Normanbya normanbyi

Oncosperma tigillarum

Pelagodoxa henryana

Phoenicophorium borsigianum

Physokentia dennisii

Pinanga coronata

Pinanga negrosensis

Pseudophoenix vinifera

Ptychosperma nicolai

Raphia farinifera

Salacca magnifica

Satakentia liukiuensis

Syagrus amara

Tahina spectabilis

Wallichia densiflora

Wallichia disticha

Wodyetia bifurcata

Trees

Alstonia angustiloba

Amherstia nobilis

Butea monosperma

Cassia javanica

Cassia roxburghii

Ceiba pentandra

Colvillea racemosa

Couroupita guianensis

Delonix regia

Dolichandrone alba

Ficus auriculata

Ficus dammaropsis

Ficus pseudopalma

Kigelia africana

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Pisonia grandis

Samanea saman

Triplaris cumingiana

Warszewiczia coccinea

Fruits

Citrofortunella microcarpa (Calimansi)

Mangifera indica (Mango)

Garcinia mangostana (Mangosteen)

Carica papaya (Papaya)

Nephelium lappaceum (Rambutan)

Ornamentals

Aechmea blanchetiana

Alocasia portei

Alocasia sanderiana

Angiopeteris evecta

Bixa orellana

Caladium bicolor

Coccoloba pubescens

Ctenanthe oppenheimiana ‘Tricolor’

Etlingera corneri

Etlingera elatior

Heliconia gloriosa

Heliconia longissima

Heliconia rostrata

Medinilla magnifica

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys

Musa coccinea

Musa velutina

Sadleria cyatheoides

Tacca chantrieri

Tapeinochilos ananassae

Trematolobelia macrostachys

Victoria amazonica

Zingiber spectabile

Vines

Bahunia kockiana

Gloriosa superba

Mucuna bennettii

Strongylodon macrobotrys

Thunbergia mysorensis

[bgl]

Justin,

That's a VERY impressive palm wish list! The key is finding large enough palms to plant. A few may be impossible to get, period, but most of them are available. But size is critical. A good sized 2G plant will easily make it. In other words, you can plant it and then leave and not come back for 12 months (not implying that this is what you would do, though!) and the palm will be doing just fine. If you plant smaller than that, a bit riskier. The ideal: 5G size (or up).

I don't see a single Dypsis on your list. Was that intentional? And Pinanga coronata is a nice looking palm but a bit on the common side. But there are others that are much more colorful. P. insignis, P. caesia and P. speciosa for instance. Also, plenty of different Licualas. Many of them smaller, which means it's easy to add them here and there. And incidentally, Coryphas, for whatever reason, are tricky. When they're small they can just sit there and do nothing. FOR YEARS! And it's just about impossible to find any good sized ones.

Have fun! And I hope to see you soon again,

Bo-Göran

[BS Man about Palms]

Yeah Justin! Like Bo said, whats with the Dypsis bias?

[Justin]

No bias. They're just very hard for me to distinguish between (not in terms of appearance, but in terms of preference) - so I figured I'd wait until I was there and could look at the different ones growing in the neighborhood and make my mind up then. Settle down scrunchy face.

[BS Man about Palms]

OK- Long live the Dypsis!!

[bgl]

Justin,

Basically any Dypsis will do extremely well here. All the large ones (carlsmithii, robusta, prestoniana, tsaravoasira, sp. bejofa, pilulifera/orange crush etc.) really thrive. Some are faster than others, but they all grow exceedingly well. Even D. decipiens, which comes from a very dry area, will thrive here. It's not going to be one of your faster Dypsis but it WILL do just fine. And all the medium sized ones are also perfect for this environment (onilahensis, baronii, psammophila etc.). Many of the small ones will probably also do well here, but I have more or less given up on anything smaller than, say a Dypsis paludosa (=sp. florenceii) or D. faneva. The tiny ones unfortunately are very delicate and many times when they get hit by a falling frond from a larger palm nearby or maybe even from a small branch that falls down from the ohi'a canopy they are damaged beyond the point of recovery. As a matter of fact, I have found that the most difficult aspect of landscaping with palms is how to incorporate small shadeloving palms, because either the canopy gets so dense after a number of years that they are deprived of the rainfall OR they get hit by falling debris.

Bo-Göran

[ariscott]

Justin,

talk to me or Peter, if you want to know more about trees to plant!! The list should be longer not that short!!! Ask Dean too... I think his wish list are SO LONG now, we have corrupted him... And just that many fruit trees? Really??

Good luck... let us know if we can help populate that list even further.... There are a whole new world out there once you go tropical!!

Regards, Ari

[Peter]

Yes Justin, I would agree with Ari as I see some glaring omissions on the flowering tree list ;-)

[Justin]

Feel free to post some ideas - I'm happy to consider pretty much anything.

[ariscott]

There is nothing better than trees to provide canopy for those ultra tropical understorey stuff!! Where should I begin? The possibility is endless....

Regards, Ari

[Urban Rainforest]

Justin, Congratulations to you and Crystal on your new tropical paradise!! I know you guys are gonna love it there. Your botanical palate just expanded big time!!

Stevo

[Peter]

So many, many choices. For smallish, fragrant trees it's hard to beat Tabernaemontana pachysiphon, and Stemmadenia littoralis is also very nice. Gustavia superba is fantastic. bit very hard to find. More smallish trees are Saraca thaipingensis, and the Browneas are also great. If you're going to do a Cassia, I'd try bakeriana first, but that's just my opinion of course. Caesalpinia peltophoroides is a great, larger flowering tree for canopy. Colvillea racemosa looks extremely lush in Hawaii-I've got some photos of Colvilleas in bloom from Ho'omaluhia that will really impress you. I'll email you some photos over the next couple of days. Sounds very exciting!

[ellidro]

So many, many choices. For smallish, fragrant trees it's hard to beat Tabernaemontana pachysiphon, and Stemmadenia littoralis is also very nice. Gustavia superba is fantastic. bit very hard to find. More smallish trees are Saraca thaipingensis, and the Browneas are also great. If you're going to do a Cassia, I'd try bakeriana first, but that's just my opinion of course. Caesalpinia peltophoroides is a great, larger flowering tree for canopy. Colvillea racemosa looks extremely lush in Hawaii-I've got some photos of Colvilleas in bloom from Ho'omaluhia that will really impress you. I'll email you some photos over the next couple of days. Sounds very exciting!

Peter this is a palm forum quit talking about silly flowering trees. They are a wast of precious palm space.