Pics of my backyard garden

[yachtingone]

from roof Dypsis? Beccariopheonix alfredii no windows

chair for scale Mondelas gold double flower! from shed roof

Brahea armata Trachycarpus princepts Sabal rosei left bermudiana right

click on pics to enlarge

more pics to come

Randy

[Tomw]

Nice yard! I like the use of the different hardscapes and your plant choices, and I love all of your cycads!!

[yachtingone]

roof shot Kentiopsis oliviformis

Left to right Prichardia hilebrandii, livistonia nitida, Beccariopheonix alfredii, Parajubaea torallyi microcarpa and Livistonia decora

I will take more shots tomarro

Randy

[Stevetoad]

looks great randy!!! you should get some cycads too

[Palm crazy]

Nice garden and I agree the cycads are awesome along with the cool palms.

I would love to see a closer shot of your Trachycarpus princeps.

I'm going to try one of those yellow flowering bananas this spring.

Love all the boulders in the landscaping.

:D :D

[MattyB]

Lookin good Randy! Dang, that Ficus is getting huge and it looks perfect!

What are the two parallel 4" x 6"s with the gravel in between? A walkway?

[yachtingone]

Palm crazy I will take a pic for you of T. princepts.

Matty your right. The 4" X 6" are nailers for the 5' long 2" X 6" that will be the walkway and lizard protector. I have the 4" X 6" boards an inch or so above grade to give the lizards a chance against the cats!

Also there is roofing matterial under the gravel to minimise weed problems. Also this serves as drainage or a swill if you will. Paul I don't know how to spell swill?

[Firepalm]

Nice work Randy. The garden is looking good. Did you ever plant the Jubaeopsis? I was the guy digging next to you at Steve's last spring.

[Jastin]

Really nice garden, Love the hardscape. Raised planters are a must for me as well. I have the same hose

[redant]

Looking great, love rocks and palm together.

[yachtingone]

More pics...

Phoenix loureirii future wooden walkway Dypsis

Windward side 50 mph+ gust

leeward side no damage Ficus daemoropsis Coccothrinax sp.

[yachtingone]

Nannorrhops richiana BLUE!

Rhapis multifida

Ravenea glauca on steroids

Copernica alba Dypsis heterphilla?

More tomarro

Randy

[nkbish]

Randy thanks for sharing the photos, it is very inspiring to see the before and afters in your other post. That dysis with the red spear is killer, Ambo? Your ficus looks awsome and looks like zero damage from the winter.

[Hilo Jason]

Looks great Randy! You've put a lot of work into your place and it shows. Nice job!

I think that Dypsis in your last post is Heteromorpha.

[Harry]

Very impressive garden. Congratulations

[DALION]

I was a cycad collector far before being the the palm collection so my collection of plants is skewed towards cycads. It's nice seeing the mix.

[yachtingone]

More pics

[yachtingone]

Thats all for now

Randy

[Tassie_Troy1971]

The garden is looking fantastic Randy and the boulders make the landscaping very effective .

Ravenea glauca - looking very nice !

Trachycarpus princeps - So jelaous always wanted one of these !

Kentiopsis oliviformis that is a a surprise didn't know you had any New Cal stuff >

[yachtingone]

The garden is looking fantastic Randy and the boulders make the landscaping very effective .

Ravenea glauca - looking very nice ! Thanks it's holding a dozen or more male pollen spears right now.

Trachycarpus princeps - So jelaous always wanted one of these ! Troy I bet you have a T. princepts in the near future!

Kentiopsis oliviformis that is a a surprise didn't know you had any New Cal stuff > I will see how it does the next hard frost I get here!

[Gileno Machado]

Hi Randy,

Impressive garden, I didn't know you had so many palms, just Cycads (which are fantastic , btw). Please keep the pictures coming, Could you please take a closer photo of the Phoenix loureiroi? Thanks.

[yachtingone]

Hi Randy,

Impressive garden, I didn't know you had so many palms, just Cycads (which are fantastic , btw). Please keep the pictures coming, Could you please take a closer photo of the Phoenix loureiroi? Thanks.

Here you go Gene!

I took some extra shots while I was out there...

Dypsis ambositrae

Another Kevin Weaver palm tree for my garden! Trithrinax brasiliensis

Randy

[Rusty on Pine Is.]

Very impressive, Randy...a totally different look than that to which i am accustomed....you have done a huge amount of work, and it shows.

Thanks for all the pics

Rusty

[Raffinator]

Wow, you have a little slice of heaven there. Thanks for sharing.

Pardon my ignorance, but in the shot labeled "from shed roof", what are those two palms on the left side with the massive fan leaves and long petioles? Are those Sabals? Those are fantastic.

Thanks.

[yachtingone]

In this post there are alot of pics off topic as far as being palm tree shots sorry... Paul put on your blinders!

Alot of these pics are about color in my garden in february. Others I am trying to do creative photography:lol:

[yachtingone]

[yachtingone]

thats all for now...

randy

[palmislandRandy]

Wow, your place sure has matured. The rock work looks wonderful now that your plants have grown in.

[Kris]

Beautiful garden,great collection and nice visuals....

[palmz]

Wow !

Great mix of Cycads and Palms it's really nice to see it done right.

Well done Randy.

[palmsnbananas]

Hey Randy, what are the tall blue cacti? P Azureus?

[Hilo Jason]

Hey Randy,

What size was your Beccariopheonix alfredii when you planted it, and when was it planted? Do you have any pictures of when you first planted it? I'm wanting to know how fast (or slow) these grow for us out here. I have some Beccariophoenix Madagascariensis (no windows) that have not done anything in 2 years and I'm thinking about replacing them with Alfredii, so I'm just trying to get an idea of their speed. Thanks!

[Jastin]

Hey Randy,

What size was your Beccariopheonix alfredii when you planted it, and when was it planted? Do you have any pictures of when you first planted it? I'm wanting to know how fast (or slow) these grow for us out here. I have some Beccariophoenix Madagascariensis (no windows) that have not done anything in 2 years and I'm thinking about replacing them with Alfredii, so I'm just trying to get an idea of their speed. Thanks!

Mine hasn't done anything in 2 years as well...Did we both get duds? I hate ripping things out after that long!

[Jastin]

Beautiful garden! Everything looks really clean...mine would be that way if I didn't have crazy dogs. Love the detail and the non palm photos as well! Do you water by drip? What soil mix did you use to fill in the raised planters?

[yachtingone]

Jastin,

I used dirt for my raised planters. It's iron rich Corona soil. It has an orangeish color from the iron in it. I got 20 yards of it from a school remodel around the corner from my house.

Jason,

This pic was taken on 2/23/2010. It's the small palm tree!

This pic on 01/10/2011 Nothing for scale sorry

These were taken on feb. 2012

I water this palm at least once a day. I flood this mound most every weekend too. It loves being in wet soil here in Corona, Ca.

It has a new leaf opening right now which should put it at 8' tall over all.

Palmsandbananas I have no idea what cactus it is, but it was expensive! It grows well and is about to flower!

Fresh in the ground 05/18/2010

flowering03/16/11

Randy

[Hilo Jason]

Thanks Randy, that's growing strong for you. Definitely makes me re-think where I was going to put mine! I need something shorter and slower in the place I want to put them.

[Kim]

Things are really starting to rock out back, Randy. Quite impressive progress!

[yachtingone]

The jaccuzzi that you see in the back ground has been bothering me for sometime now. The thing I don't like is there seems to be no way of having it look nice in the background of my pics!

Soooooooo... I took the sawsall to it a couple days ago! It took me less than an hours to have 5 pieces of fiberglass jaccuzzi ni the bed of my truck ready for the dump!

Removing it really opened up the views of my plants!

If you look closely at some of the pics you will see 4 footings for a gazebo.

This is what I am going to do with those footings. Mine will have two stories thou. Where the "roof joist" connect to the gazebo at 8" I will have a 12' X 12' observation deck. The 4" X 4" s will go up an additional 8" to support the "roof joist" . So the verticle 4" X 4"s will be 16 footers! All 16 of them.

I put an 8' ladder on the freshly exposed slab, then I climbed to the 8' level to check out my future views, I liked it alot.

These pics are what I took while up the ladder that you can see in the first pic.

I will post pics on this thread when I finish this project...

Randy

[Hilo Jason]

Great idea Randy. I really enjoy my viewing decks and bridge in my yard and I'm sure you will as well.

[Chris Chance]

Wow Randy your place is nice!