Ever planted palms in a neighbors yard???

[rprimbs]

I've noticed that the neighbors of some palmy people also have palm trees in their yard -- that came from the palmy neighbor. Have you ever asked a neighbor if they would like some palm trees -- when you ran out of space in your own yard??

[KennyRE317]

one of my neighbors is older (most of the home owners here are) and her yard is a disaster, such as, it's never watered or cared for and the clay is pretty much as tough as concrete and the only thing growing are weeds/crab grass, and 3 overgrown and ungroomed cypress trees. she's planning on selling her house as soon as she finds a small place in a retirement community and i'm sure the new owners will tear all the landscaping out. IF and when then new owners take everything out and start working in the soil i would happily offer them a few palms in the front if they would like to plant them, i would even offer to irrigate the front palm area for them

[Perito]

I believe Ralph Velez is the King of Neighborhood palm plantings.

[BS Man about Palms]

A neighbor a few doors away has asked for some stuff from me and I gave it... He now has some rare r gems growing.. A Paraj. microcarpa, a Jubea, a Sabal, a Dypsis plumosa he also has a Bismarkia growing, I can't remember if I gave him that or not.

He also has an old friend that grows Cycads and he got hooked up there too.

[Jim in Los Altos]

Yes, there are several palms throughout my neighborhood that wouldn't be there if I hadn't put them there.

[KennyRE317]

A neighbor a few doors away has asked for some stuff from me and I gave it... He now has some rare r gems growing.. A Paraj. microcarpa, a Jubea, a Sabal, a Dypsis plumosa he also has a Bismarkia growing, I can't remember if I gave him that or not.

He also has an old friend that grows Cycads and he got hooked up there too.

that's what i'm planning on doing ..... giving my neighbor the monster palms that i don't want to squeeze into my own garden

[doranakandawatta]

Phoenicophorium, Verschaffeltia, Oncosperma and some others are good palms for neighbors's gardens

[Darold Petty]

Years ago I gave a robust, overgrown 1-gallon Rhopalostylis sapida to a neighbor. I explained to him that it was a forest palm from New Zealand, requiring filtered light and regular irrigation during summer months. He planted it in a cactus garden in full sun with a mulch of white stones. It did not survive.

Since then I no longer proselytize other gardeners to plant palms. None of my home-owning neighbors has ever expressed an interest in my palms in 30 years .

The only feedback (positive) is from pedestrians, most likely renters from the apartment building nearby.

I enjoy 'gifting' palms to visitors, but they must first express an interest!

[Sabal Steve]

A neighbor a few doors away has asked for some stuff from me and I gave it... He now has some rare r gems growing.. A Paraj. microcarpa, a Jubea, a Sabal, a Dypsis plumosa he also has a Bismarkia growing, I can't remember if I gave him that or not. He also has an old friend that grows Cycads and he got hooked up there too.

that's what i'm planning on doing ..... giving my neighbor the monster palms that i don't want to squeeze into my own garden

Burt from OB was nice enough to give me a Caryota gigas. With permission, I planted it in my my unsuspecting neighbors front yard along with a Chinese fan palm.

[KennyRE317]

A neighbor a few doors away has asked for some stuff from me and I gave it... He now has some rare r gems growing.. A Paraj. microcarpa, a Jubea, a Sabal, a Dypsis plumosa he also has a Bismarkia growing, I can't remember if I gave him that or not. He also has an old friend that grows Cycads and he got hooked up there too.

that's what i'm planning on doing ..... giving my neighbor the monster palms that i don't want to squeeze into my own garden

Burt from OB was nice enough to give me a Caryota gigas. With permission, I planted it in my my unsuspecting neighbors front yard along with a Chinese fan palm.

[Mandrew968]

As often as I can. Five neighbors so far...

[Alicehunter2000]

Ok....lets see 3 neighbors each got a Bizmarkia. One of those neighbors got 3 W. filabusta's and a P. canary x reclinata also. A different neighbor got 2 Agave americana's.....That's it for now, but I've only been here 4 months. I don't have room in my yard and most of these can be seen from my house when they get larger. The empty lot next door got a P. dactylifera and P. reclinata....they are pretty close to the property line...so we will see what will become of them if the lot is ever developed.

[awkonradi]

I've been thinking of buying some small Jubaea from the source in Santa Rosa, and planting them in appropriate places along the golf course across the freeway from me. I bet if they were planted (at night), with proper sticks and pink tape, the maintenance company would take good of them. Perhaps some wise Palmtalker will talk me out of this bad idea.

[Alicehunter2000]

Go for it!

[Cindy Adair]

Our next door neighbor has a number of Trachycarpus fortunei (windmill) palms from us that we get to enjoy also. Around us, these seem bulletproof all year. So none of us need to water them or protect them from cold.

We give these away to everyone who visits and expresses an interest, but I have no idea how many ever get planted.

[Moose]

I've been thinking of buying some small Jubaea from the source in Santa Rosa, and planting them in appropriate places along the golf course across the freeway from me. I bet if they were planted (at night), with proper sticks and pink tape, the maintenance company would take good of them. Perhaps some wise Palmtalker will talk me out of this bad idea.

Brilliant !

[palmsnbananas]

Lol I planted a mule in my neighborhoods yard, they moved and someone else moved in and I bet they have no idea. Boy are they gonna be shocked if I move it to a different location one day.

[LilikoiLee]

Can't talk about it. Lee

[MKIVRYAN]

Where are you at Scott????

[BS Man about Palms]

I've been thinking of buying some small Jubaea from the source in Santa Rosa, and planting them in appropriate places along the golf course across the freeway from me. I bet if they were planted (at night), with proper sticks and pink tape, the maintenance company would take good of them. Perhaps some wise Palmtalker will talk me out of this bad idea.

Such kernels of wisdom are in short supply on Palmtalk.. Thankfully...

[nachocarl]

P. sunkha going in next door to replace a "stinky" guava. I offered to take the guava out and replace it and the owner said OK. It will be right on the property line so I can admire and help take care of it. Depending on the the new renters I may "help" plant more species.

[aztropic]

Where are you at Scott????

Here's a little Bismarckia I planted in the next door neighbors yard with their permission.It went in as a 1 gallon that I grew from seed,and with only a year and a half in the ground,pic 3 is what it looks like today...

Not a slow palm by any means!

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[aztropic]

I've grown several species of palms from seed over the years,and since I only can use a couple of each for my own yard,I have lots of material to "play" with. Local shopping centers and strip malls where the original vegetation has died out (usually due to lack of water) have provided the opportunity for me to make my own surroundings a little palmier,with no one being the wiser. This strip mall now has examples of Bismarckia, Roystonea, and Brahea; all planted out as 1 gallon plants 3 years ago. A triangle and a sabal were also added this past spring. All of these palms are fairly rare to see in Arizona,yet are tough enough to take care of themselves.

Of course,some places eventually do catch the plantings as being "out of place" and remove them, but over 1/2 of the palms I've planted over the years are still happily growing in their new parking lot homes!

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[aztropic]

Hmmm... I think I just found a spot that could use a nice blue Bismarkia!!!

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[redant]

Neighbors, friends, relatives and total strangers all have be gifted palms from me.

[doranakandawatta]

Scott,

Congratulations, You'll change the landscape and make a wonderful garden of the size of your town!

A real UBG: Urban Botanical Garden

Like you, I'll plant seedlings in the village, and we'll see, but we have free cows and wild pigs, porcupines....

let's see what happens...

[Jim in Los Altos]

Here's my partial list of palms I've planted within four blocks of my house (several of certain species):

Sabal ursana, Jubaea X Butia, Rhaphis excelsa, Chamaerops humilus and 'cerifera', Butiagrus, queens, Phoenix roebelenii, Trachycarpus wagneriensis and fortunei, Brahea edulis and elegans, Archontophoenix species, Howea forsteriana, Chamaedorea microspadix, Butia capitata, Livistona chinensis, Livisona australis, and Caryota urens. I've also planted several Cycas revoluta throughout the neighborhood. I'm happy to say that they are all healthy and still where I placed them, all with permission, of course.

[dalmatiansoap]

Isnt is perfectly normal to do?

[turfpro01]

Ive thought about planting palms along the freeway at night. LOL Caltrans lets the volunteers grow here and there, so maybe they wont kill them

[Mandrew968]

Years ago I gave a robust, overgrown 1-gallon Rhopalostylis sapida to a neighbor. I explained to him that it was a forest palm from New Zealand, requiring filtered light and regular irrigation during summer months. He planted it in a cactus garden in full sun with a mulch of white stones. It did not survive.

Since then I no longer proselytize other gardeners to plant palms. None of my home-owning neighbors has ever expressed an interest in my palms in 30 years .

The only feedback (positive) is from pedestrians, most likely renters from the apartment building nearby.

I enjoy 'gifting' palms to visitors, but they must first express an interest!

Darold, I wouldn't call anyone a 'gardner' who does not listen to green wisdom or does not respect palms.

Secondly, do you have a good relationship with your neighbors? Plenty of my neighbors don't know much or care about palms, but when they give a kind remark on my yard, I take that as my cue to offer to plant a rare palm in their front yard(I don't offer palms for their backyard, as I wont see them). I plant them, and weed them occasionally, as well as talk to the neighbors about their status, good or bad. My best neighbors buy palms from me

[Rafael]

Well, i must confess i usually give seedlings as birthday gifts.

I gave my brother a couple of useless palms for me (livistonia nítida and brahea armata - already have these species).

But nothing to neighbours, they just grow queens and washies!

Besides that, they are somehow envious and do not show any interest...

[Darold Petty]

HI Andrew, I live in a 'rowhouse' district with properties only 25 feet wide, and zero clearance on the sides. Paradoxically, people here tend to chose community based on interest affiliation rather than proximity. I have never spoken with the residents directly across the street. My microclimate is not favorable to 'normal' gardening and water is expensive.

On a more positive note my neighbors adjacent to my home have allowed me to design and install a planting in the small area of their land next to my front walkway, a tiny space about 3 by 10 feet!

[Mandrew968]

HI Andrew, I live in a 'rowhouse' district with properties only 25 feet wide, and zero clearance on the sides. Paradoxically, people here tend to chose community based on interest affiliation rather than proximity. I have never spoken with the residents directly across the street. My microclimate is not favorable to 'normal' gardening and water is expensive.

On a more positive note my neighbors adjacent to my home have allowed my to design and install a planting in the small area of their land next to my front walkway, a tiny space about 3 by 10 feet!

Darold, thanks for the reply. I have seen your house--you live right next to Danny Tanner, right? jk What are you gonna plant in your neighbor's 3 X 10?

Doesn't San Francisco get lots of rain? I would imagine there are quite a few palms that are pretty easy in your neighborhood, given little maintenance, no? You mentioned 'gardeners'--I would imagine these people would be open to your suggestions/gifts? Again, thanks for the reply, Darold.

[Darold Petty]

SF receives only 23 inches of rain per year, nearly all in December through March. My neighbors have hectic lives and are not into gardening. I think they feel self-conscious that their front property is just bare dirt. I plan to install an automatic drip irrigation system (their water) for them as part of the planting. The species selection is a bit difficult. The plants must be totally reliable, not marginal, small scale, and somewhat compatible with my plants. I'll post 'before&after' photos when I do this sometime in the next 4 to 6 weeks.