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Piece of Cake...NOT! Moving a Beautiful Specimen

Jim in Los Altos

By Jim in Los Altos
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Jim in Los Altos Grand Master

Jim in Los Altos

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When a client doesn't want a palm for one reason or another, I usually find a new home for it. Sometimes the move is relatively easy, sometimes not. I have the hardest working group of guys I could ever hope for and today proved it. This job involved new hardscaping, pergola, plantings etc. but the prize is this Chamaerops humilis estimated at 50 years old. Here's some of the progress shots today.

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Its old home

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It's new home

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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Brad Mondel Grand Master

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Beautiful work, and you couldn't ask for a more perfect specimen.

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

palmsrgreat Experienced

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Awesome palm, great work

_Keith Grand Master

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What a job.

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Awesome work Jim!

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For just a second I thought that was a Copernicia . . . .

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Jim in Los Altos Grand Master

Jim in Los Altos

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For just a second I thought that was a Copernicia . . . .

:bemused: :bemused: :bemused:

Yeah, Dave. This specimen has such a nice tight canopy and short petioles that it could almost fool somebody into thinking it's something it's not. Its new owner is already in love with it.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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That's an hard work! Very well done Jim :)

And what a spectacular chamaerops arborescent!

Why did the owner want to move it?

Rafael, the homeowner from where the palm came from is from Ireland and likes a more traditional style landscape. She does really like Phoenix roebelenii however. The palm's new location is ironically in the same neighborhood just up the street from where I live and the couple that lives there is really excited about their new palm.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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Neil C Mentor

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Stunning Chamaerops and well worth all the effort.

Regards Neil

Palms4Steve Proficient

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Job well done. It's great that it found a new home and was not just chopped up. Very impressed.

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That's pretty impressive work by hand. Nice palm, too.

Rafael Grand Master

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That's an hard work! Very well done Jim :)

And what a spectacular chamaerops arborescent!

Why did the owner want to move it?

Rafael, the homeowner from where the palm came from is from Ireland and likes a more traditional style landscape. She does really like Phoenix roebelenii however. The palm's new location is ironically in the same neighborhood just up the street from where I live and the couple that lives there is really excited about their new palm.

Wow, from the pics i thought it was in the same property :)

She had lots of room to plant roebeleni. Why disturb such a nicely grown chamaerops...?

Furadouro and Ovar, zone 9b/10a.
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Such a nice specimen, I too was thinking Copernicia at first. Great work.

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Beautiful specimen, looks perfect.

Palos Verdes Estates - coastal Los Angeles - 33°45'N 118°24'W

On a cliff, 2 blocks from the Pacific Ocean. Zone 10b - Sunset zone 24

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grant b.

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snow? perlite? tony montana's stash? whats the story with the white stuff?

Grant
Long Beach, CA

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John Case

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snow? perlite? tony montana's stash? whats the story with the white stuff?

I am guessing it is rock to improve drainage in the new hole......

John Case

Brentwood CA

Owner and curator of Hana Keu Garden

USDA Zone 9b more or less, Sunset Zone 14 in winter 9 in summer

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That's a nice looking palm. I like seeing them as a solitary palm.

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Nice job Jim. Lucky new owner to get such a beauty. Given the Chamaerops is relatively slow growing to begin with and maybe 50 years old in that case, I love that it got transpanted. You must have felt great being able to save it from possibly being cut down. It's fun to see something grow from a smaller size but it's also great to be able to appreciate more mature palms as well when they get transplanted.

I'm sure the front yard removal had it's challenges but that side yard of the new home looked rather narrow.

Zone 9b (formerly listed as Zone 9a); Sunset 14

Josh-O Grand Master

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great job Jim!!

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

Jim in Los Altos Grand Master

Jim in Los Altos

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snow? perlite? tony montana's stash? whats the story with the white stuff?

That's coarse sand and it's important when transplanting a large specimen where the soil is clay and we mixed 50% sand with 40% native clay and 10% compost.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

Las Palmas Design

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Jim in Los Altos Grand Master

Jim in Los Altos

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Nice job Jim. Lucky new owner to get such a beauty. Given the Chamaerops is relatively slow growing to begin with and maybe 50 years old in that case, I love that it got transpanted. You must have felt great being able to save it from possibly being cut down. It's fun to see something grow from a smaller size but it's also great to be able to appreciate more mature palms as well when they get transplanted.

I'm sure the front yard removal had it's challenges but that side yard of the new home looked rather narrow.

Thanks, Debbie. We were lucky to have a big landscape project so close to the one where the palm originally resided. We built a new lap pool, patios, a spa, etc. in the backyard of that original house and are about to do the front where the palm "needed" to be removed. The palm's new location is shared with Chamaerops 'cerifera', king palms, and Phoenix roebelenii. No exotic palms but nice nonetheless. I could NEVER have had my guys cut the palm down and we practically gave it to its new owners at $735.00 which covered the cost to move it.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

Las Palmas Design

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Las Palmas Design & Associates

Elegant Homes and Gardens

Tassie_Troy1971 Grand Master

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Wow Jim what a magnificent specimen . I have a single trunk Chamearops and love it .

Will need a lot of TLC to regenerate those roots !

Troy

Old Beach ,Hobart
Tasmania ,Australia. 42 " south
Cool Maritime climate

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