My wife and I had the opportunity to go to the big Island Hawaii. We visited a few gardens, and did not have time to see the entire Island or all the fabulous gardens. The first stop was Bill Austin's garden just south of Hilo around the town of Mountain View.

A Nice Dypsis Lastelliana showing her upright leaves.

Bill and Margie (my ranch hand)

I am not going to guess on some of these.

Fezz the Palm Dog. Actually, Bill has 2 dogs that look identical, so I might get some of them wrong.

Dypsis utilis, I believe.

Bill is a one man show at his garden, and it looked FABULOUS! Very good host. We had a great time Bill.

Here he is holding a very fuzzy heliconia.

Looks like a Dypsis decipiens.

Various other pics.

Looks like Dypsis carsmithii (Stumpy)

Nice lush Dypsis pembana with Bill and Margie. These are suppose to be a bit hardier than D. lanceolata and D. cabadae

Caryota zebrina showing its stripes.

Coccothrinax crinita (old man) with his glasses on a Sunny day.

Some of the many rainbow eucalyptus that Bill has in the garden.

A few various pics.

Nice size Baccariophoenix sp "windows"

Beccariophoenix madagascariensis. These are slower than the B. "windows" and B. alfredii. Nice job Bill.

More Beccariophoenix "windows"

A very beautiful Hydriastele beguinii

Dypsis betefaka

Very large leaf antherium w/ a cutout for the head.

Part of Bill's driveway lined with tall Dypsis madagascariensis

A very beautiful johannesteijsmannia altifrons (Joey)

Good clump of Hydriastele flabellata.

Nicely grown carpoxylon macrospermum.

Time to eat. There is a lot more to come after a few days of work.

Mike, thanks for all the great pictures, Bill's garden is one of the few I have yet to see out there. Bill, you have some incredible palms, especially the Hy. flab.

Can not wait. Bill's got some great sp. there

Thanks for posting Mike, what an incredible garden Bill has, gotta agree with Jeff love that Hydriastele flabellata and I think pic 211 Pinanga curranii, what a looker

What an awesome garden & that Hydriastele flaballata is even more awesomer.

Here are a few more from Bill's garden. Sorry, I do not have much time to post, so they will come in spurts, but there is to come...

Another Dypsis carlsmithii. I am interested in any ones experience with these in central FL. What a beast.

A few random pics.

Iriartea deltoidea

Chambeyronia hookeri (blonde flame thrower), putting out a new leaf.. These consistently put out redder leaves than the C. macrocarpa.

C. renda (Lipstick), we all know and love. The worlds most beautiful palm.

Another Dypsis utilis and his hairy beard.

Masoala madagascariensis, one you do not see or hear of very often.

Orange Lipstick.

Dypsis marojejyi starting to put out its red leaf, the Madagascar foxtail.

I believe a D. decipiens. Bill, keep me straight and pipe in if I screw up.

marojejya darianii, these are spectacular palms. Bill and I gawking.

I forget this one. Someone pipe in.

A well grown group of dwarf areca catechu. Why do I feel like shaving when I see these.

Areca macrocalyx (red crownshaft)

I really like these pics. They are Chambeyronia macrocarpa (watermellon) Bill stated that these came from a macrocarpa that was not variegated (watermellon). His specimens were extra watermellony. Here are 3 different ones. There is always hope.

Kerridoxa elegans with flowers.

Dypsis hovitrendrina

Wine Time, more later.

Great pic. Mike it was a pleasure to met you and and your lovely wife and to able to share the garden with you. The dypsis decipiens is dypsis robusta.

great pictures Mike

Bill's garden is always a real treat to view !

Very good pictures, Mike. I can tell when I start downloading them to my files. Bill helps a lot, too, with his landscaping that puts them to best advantage to be viewed and photographed.

Here are a few more pics. Sorry have not had time to post, it is very busy time of year.

Pinanga caesia (looks like red form)

Dypsis concinna

Dypsis pilulifera (Orange crush)

Bill's famous Arenga hookeriana. This is the best and biggest I have seen anywhere. Truly magical. These usually look a little chlorotic in Florida.

Nice NC palm. Cyphophoenix alba

Another good NC palm. Cyphophoenix nucele

A fast growing palm that is gaining much interest in Florida. Bentinckia condapanna

Socratea salizarii in flower.

Areca macrocalyx with its red crownshaft.

Clinostigma hybrid.

Heterospathe Longpipes

Another very healthy Beccariophoenix "windows" What a "Coconut".

Dypsis utilis

Neophloga sp. pink crownshaft

Random pic.

Some red Areca macrocalyx

Neoveitchia storckii Wish they would grow in my garden.

A nice striped Caroyta zebrina.

Pritchardia Beccariana

That's it for Bill's garden. Thanks for hosting Bill, you have a beautiful place.

My guess for the unknown palm in post #10 would be Salaca magnifica.

Truely beautimus! Thanks to Bill and Margie for the work and to Mike for posting..

I think D. hovitrendrina. is now D. nauseosa?

These pictures should be on PalmTalk palm forum. I came across this by accident when I Googled Cyphophoenix necele. These are beautiful palm shots!

These pictures should be on PalmTalk palm forum. I came across this by accident when I Googled Cyphophoenix necele. These are beautiful palm shots!

So did I,

Mike, thank you very much for sharing your wonderful visit you did in Bill's garden. Many pictures are very instructive, all are very beautiful.