I was over doing some work at my previous garden (now a rental) and realized that it's been just about exactly 10 years since I "broke ground" there. I've moved some of the newer smaller stuff, but here are some photos of palms that I consider too big to move at this point...

Starting with my all time favorite Chambeyronia hookeri var. 'ginormous'.

Another monster, Rhopalostylis baueri. Wish I could get another of this variety for the new house.

Clinostigma savoryanum

Pritchardia martii with first seed set

Dypsis lanceolata (this plant is actually only about 6 years from a 15g). It flowered this year, but did not set any seed.

Pinanga javana (about 5 years from a 3g). This also flowered last year, but the renters dog ate the inflorescence.

Cryosophila sp.

Sabal mauritiiformis (this is only about 5 years from a 15g plant)

Last but not least, Pritchardia viscosa, about 6 years from a small 5g plant.

fainting

MATT -

Thats cool !

we dont get the insane Hawaii growth out here but at least we can grow 60% of all palms.

anything else on the list that you are still going to plant ????

ps: nice pitbulls

Edited June 26, 201213 yr by trioderob

Matt those are some insane looking palms you have done an incredible job. :greenthumb:

Very nice! Great looking stuff, that P. viscosa is killer.

Indeed...that's something we can only dream of here in Germany. We can only plant out some very cold hardy species, and then still some protection needed on cold winter days.

The dogs in pic#2 do look dangerous, not only to palm inflorescences

Excellent Palm Growing Matt, Well Done, They All Look Very Healthy..Cant Wait To See Your Lavoixia Inground. Pete

Baueriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii :yay:

Last but not least, Pritchardia viscosa, about 6 years from a small 5g plant.

very nice palms! I thought Viscosa was a "no no"?

Matt,

That's quite a collection of spectacular palms. I'm sure your new garden will be equally impressive!

Bo-Göran

Thanks everyone. Rob, we don't live at this house anymore, so I'm not planting stuff over there anymore. The dogs are our renters dogs. Not sure what they'd do if they got out. They're friendly when the owner is out with them.

Matt

Geez.. I can only IMAGINE 10 years at your new place!!!! EPIC!!

Glad you posted these, great job Matt.

Wow! It's funny, you can still see the old rot spot on that Clinostigma. I remember when you thought you were gonna lose it. It sure has pushed past it and never looked back!

Hey matt, that chambeyronia is awesome!! how much sun does it get?

Absolutely beautiful palms! I was surprised to see Pinanga javana, I didn't know that would grow in SoCal. Now I know what my small one will look like in a few years, thanks.

Good eye on the Clinostigma rot. That was definitely a scare, there were beetles crawling all around in there. I actually used a syringe to inject the area with a mix of fungicides and pesticides and it somehow pulled through.

The C hookeri gets quite a bit of sun. It's as close to full sun as you can get in a 10 year old garden. It looked like crap for about 3-4 years after I planted it...actually took that long to acclimate. But it obviously decided it liked the spot in then end. I got that palm from Bluebell nursery in Anaheim, and at the time they had 2 of them. I was talking to Jeff Rood last year and he said he had a friend that had a hookeri that looked just like mine, and after some discussion we realized that he had also gotten his at Bluebell nursery at about the same time (apparently it was the other plant they had). So I'm excited for this to set seed as I think there is a decent chance that this is just a particularly robust variety and may carry through to the seedlings.

Matt

Matt,

Wow, that clinostigma is really incredible. You are very talented grower to have been able to grow it to that size. Also love the hookeri! It looks like the pit likes the baueri, or maybe he's trying to eat a hole in the chain link.

That garden has always been slightly magical -- I bet you miss that incredibly perfect microclimate. I can remember when that Cryosophila was barely knee-high and you had to crouch to get under the CIDP. All the palms look fantastic! Your renters must feel like they live in paradise.

I'm so pissed everytime I see other people's P. martii. I must have the only wavy leaved P. martii in the world! ewwwwww lucky meeeee!!!!

the Chambeyronia hookeri looks really good

I fried mine in the sun.........twice.........................

As for my "growing skills"...these palms have not been fertilized in four years. Maybe it's true what they say about organic fertilizers, that after a long time of building up the soil, it starts to take care of itself. However the banana plants are a completely different story. They do not grow or fruit over there since we stopped fertilizing.

Matt, maybe your palm is P arecina. P arecina looks a lot like martii but has wavy leaves.

Matt

Amazing palms, thanks for posting!

Nice garden Matt. Good inspiration for me here. That is the largest Pinanga javana I've seen in SoCal. The Pritchardia viscosa is killer!

Chambeyronia hookerii has really surprised me. I was told that they are slower than C.macrocarpa and more sensitive. The one I dropped in the ground 2 years ago is the opposite: grows faster and seems to take sun well. I saw one recently a little bigger than yours in San Clemente in full sun looking excellent.

Matt,

That is one incredible garden you have there. That hookeri is amazing, not to mention the Clinostigma, Rhopie, javana and everything else. And to top it off no fert in four years, Wow!! My C hookeriis has 3 feet of clear trunk now and has up to 6 inches between rings and is in almost full sun (and I'm in the I. E.) I've found that it has grown much faster now that it is in more sun. The only thing that will mess up my eaves are those dang Santa Ana's. Most years not too bad but his last year was terrible. Thanks for sharing those wonderful photos

Don

Curious to know, at about what size will the Chamby start to flower?