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2016 Palm Garden

have not posted in a long while....

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March 6, 201610 yr

A beautiful early morning in South Florida calls for a few camera shots of palmy goodness. I started collecting palms in 1987, and have never tired of them. These pictures are from my residence in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, zone 10B. My lowest low temperature this year has been 44F, and the all time lowest since I began in 2000, was 38. Fortunately, I am surrounded by warm brackish river water. My garden just turned 16 years old and many of these palms were planted from either a 3 gallon, 1 gallon, or 4" container.

I can identify any palms if you wish....just attempting to save some time here.

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Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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March 6, 201610 yr

WOW, nice early morning pictures, how is it in the afternoon?

I am lost since I feel I am not able to identify any of the palms you show, besides cocos nucifera.
It seems you have a real nice tropical climate.

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Philippe

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

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March 6, 201610 yr

Fantastic

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March 6, 201610 yr

looks awesome, I started my own little piece of paradise 2 years ago, I brought 4 Christmas palms and planted them from pots, there sky rocketing now, 4 royals, 3 bottle palms and 1 triple Christmas and 2 double which are all doing great, tks for the pics jeff from punta gorda fl

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March 6, 201610 yr

Waterfront Paradise !

Happy growing,

George Sparkman

Cycads-n-Palms.com

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March 6, 201610 yr

Your garden looks great, thanks for sharing! I wish my yard could look like that...

If the coldest you've seen in 16yrs is 38 I think it is safe to say you're zone 11.

Edited March 6, 201610 yr by RedRabbit

Howdy 🤠

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March 6, 201610 yr

So beautiful, thank you for posting, this really brightened my morning.

What is the lovely full palm in photo #13 with the tiki and the red spheres. (Are those basket-woven and painted red? So decorative!)

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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March 6, 201610 yr

What an amazing collection, looks like a tropical resort on some Pacific Island, beautiful

Malta - USDA Zone 11a

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March 6, 201610 yr

:greenthumb:

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March 6, 201610 yr

euuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW! Magic!

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March 6, 201610 yr

send me the coordinates to you tropical oasis and I'll be over shortly with my portable mai tai kit.

seriously, what a killer set up you have!! :drool:

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

Sunset zone 24

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March 6, 201610 yr

2 minutes ago, Josh-O said:

send me the coordinates to you tropical oasis and I'll be over shortly with my portable mai tai kit.

seriously, what a killer set up you have!!

Josh, you might have to rip out all your work and start over with this as the model! :blink:

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March 6, 201610 yr

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Thanks everyone for the kind posts! Yes, I love tiki and everything Polynesian-mid century modern!

Kim, post 13 is a bottle palm...Hyophorbe.

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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March 6, 201610 yr

1 hour ago, Hammer said:

Josh, you might have to rip out all your work and start over with this as the model!

lol...

it would be worth it though.

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

Sunset zone 24

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March 6, 201610 yr

amazing!!

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March 6, 201610 yr

9 hours ago, TikiRick said:

A beautiful early morning in South Florida calls for a few camera shots of palmy goodness. I started collecting palms in 1987, and have never tired of them. These pictures are from my residence in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, zone 10B. My lowest low temperature this year has been 44F, and the all time lowest since I began in 2000, was 38. Fortunately, I am surrounded by warm brackish river water. My garden just turned 16 years old and many of these palms were planted from either a 3 gallon, 1 gallon, or 4" container.

I can identify any palms if you wish....just attempting to save some time here.

You stopped cutting off the nuts to the Macapuna?

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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March 7, 201610 yr

Andrea and I have been to Rick's beautiful garden many, many times. Pretty much since the garden was started when he first bought his house. Per square feet, Rick has really incorporated one of the most diverse gardens you will ever see. It speaks volume of selection of palms and colorful crotons.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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March 7, 201610 yr

BE YOU TEA FULL RICK!!!!

Looks to be well worth your effort as it looks very inviting! Well Done

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time." , "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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March 8, 201610 yr

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Moose,

The Cocos nucifera "macapuna" has to be kept free of nuts because it hangs over my neighbors fence and possibly roof (in a good wind.)

For those of you unfamiliar with macapuna coconut, this tree is a seed from the late Paul Drummond's mature macapuna. He told me it's a Philipino cultivar grown specifically for the coconut meat. The smaller nuts are scooped with an ice cream scoop and taste exactly like vanilla.

I'm not certain if there are any others in South Florida. Sadly, his original fell to bulldozers when his place was sold.

Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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March 8, 201610 yr

Very nice, I really like the Polynesian theme.

Lived in Cape Coral, Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg Florida.

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March 8, 201610 yr

WOW. Absolutely stunning.

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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March 8, 201610 yr

Rick, your garden is amazing! You obviously have an artistic eye and your horticultural skills are awesome. I really do hope to come see it someday when I'm down your way. My only complaint is that you didn't show enough of your beautiful crotons!