35 more palms added, mostly small stuff (dypsis onilahensis, dypsis albofarinosa, dypsis ambositrae, dypsis decarii x lepto, dypsis leptocheilos, dypsis madagascariensis, ravenea sambiranensis, ravenea madagascariensis, ravenea hillebrandii, ravenea glauca, thrinax radiata, howea belmoreana, phoenix roebelenii, sabal mauritiformis, cyphophoenix alba, cyphophoenix nucele, lytocarium wedd, lytocaryum hoeney, burretiokentia hapala, basselinia pancheri, licuala peltata sum, licuala spinosa, chamaedorea seifrizii, archontophoenix maxima, archontophoenix alex beatrice, rhopalostylis auckland, ropalostylis great barrier island).

Bigger stuff: ravenea rivularis, prichardia hillebrandii.

soil view

upper view

Wow Rafael,doing great there i see!!! Those are quite the species

Impressive

You will have true tropical forest there soon.

Thanks for your inputs

I am trying to turn this place into something i could never imagine when i started...

Another upper perspective of my yard, from where we can see the yard below too

Went to the mainland a week ago and took this panoramic pic

The new area of this upstairs garden, expanded with the newly built retention wall, and provided with extremely clayish and rich soil, is now full of agressive weeds hiding some seedlings.

Looking at the pic is easy to recognise this new area.

Starting to look lush already

Wau, amazing garden .

Thank you Kostas and Ovar

Looks great, like always.

Thank you Jurica

Beauty!

in a few years you can not walk around your garden!!

Rafa, I love your Pseudo! Was it necessary to 'spoil?' your native soil with clay?

Rafa, I love your Pseudo! Was it necessary to 'spoil?' your native soil with clay?

Thank you Konstantinos!

Yes it was.

Planted it in mostly sandy soil

It's been a while since the last update, so another one it is 

Fantastic, much better than grass and pavers!

Regards Neil

Congrats!!

impresive growth!!

great garden!

Looking quite nice! It is amazing how much it has been growing, congratulations!

Real tropics! bravo.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures soon.

A couple of recent new acquisitions, planted in late december 

More pictures, please!!!

Your palms look nice after winter.

Looking really great. Nice job. 

Nice pictures Rafael

I will learn about your palms to plant it in my garden in coruña!

Yes, really impressive growth!

Thank you all 

This has been a relatively mild winter and almost all palms continue to grow!

More updates coming soon 

Syagrus schyzophila late winter planting

Nice!

Is this the spanish Shyzophila?

4 hours ago, Monòver said:

Nice!

Is this the spanish Shyzophila?

oh yes 

Antonio and Rafa, you both spell the specific name wrongly, sorry! Actually it is schizophylla, from the greek phyllon meaning leaf, while the phila originates from greek philos meaning friend or fond of. For example oreophila means loving mountains (places of high altitude), while picrophylla means leaves with a bitter taste. I do not wish to be the smart guy, just to help you remember the correct spelling by realizing the meaning of the word.

2 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Antonio and Rafa, you both spell the specific name wrongly, sorry! Actually it is schizophylla, from the greek phyllon meaning leaf, while the phila originates from greek philos meaning friend or fond of. For example oreophila means loving mountains (places of high altitude), while picrophylla means leaves with a bitter taste. I do not wish to be the smart guy, just to help you remember the correct spelling by realizing the meaning of the word.

Thanks smart guy!!! Lol!

It is very difficult for me, to renember every names. There is thousans plant names in my head and always, palm names are too exotic for my worse head.

Thanks, i am sure, the next time i will write correctly this name.

great growth Rafeal keep up the good work

 

Troy

Early spring update 

Your palms are perfect after Winter!

Yes Monover, after a mild winter, i have noticed just one damaged palm, the ceroxylon amazonicum