New Garden in Townsville QLD

[Chris G]

I moved into my new place in Townsville back in late January and got started right away on the 1st of a few garden beds I will be putting in and thought I might start this thread to keep updated on my progress as it matures over the next few years.

I am only planting Australian Natives so so far palm wise in the ground I have:

Archontophoenix Alexandre

Carpenteria Acuminata

Licuala Ramsayi

Normanbya Normanbyi

Pychtosperma Elegans

Wodyetia Bifurcata

Cocos Nuciferos

 

Nothing too interesting or rare at this point but there are many more species which I have germinated which I hope reach a size I am happy to plant out in the near future.

Also, surrounding my property on 2 sides is native bushland in which their are a number of nice Livistona Decora you can see in the background of some of the images.

 

 

[Chris G]

[comic097]

Welcome aboard Chris, looking good mate, look forward to watching ya garden grow 

Paul 

[Tropicgardener]

Nice Job Chris, will mature nicely.......... I live down the road near Airlie Beach. My garden has just been smashed by Tropical Cyclone 'Debbie'....... If you are after other native palms there are a few of us with access to different stuff but you can also go and see Larry at Anderson Gardens and obtain some seed from palms there.

[Chris G]

Thanks @Tropicgardener. Sorry to hear about the cyclone at your place, we were pretty lucky up here that it tracked south as everything I have seen from down your way does not look good at the moment, I hope you have a speedy recovery.

I have had a bit of trouble finding many of the species I have been after but have managed to track down seeds for many of them one way or another and germinated many of them but that obviously means it will be years before they reach any level of maturity. It is a pain that no nurseries up here seem to grow anything other than the usual suspects, especially as we have so many species native to our own backyard.

I have been looking for Hydriastele Costata, H. wedlandiana, Oraniopsis Appendiculata, Acontophoenix Purpurea, Arenga Australasica and Laccospadix among others. if you know of anyone who sells a greater selection and might be able to help me out would you please be able to PM me their details.

[Mohsen]

10 hours ago, Chris G said:

I moved into my new place in Townsville back in late January and got started right away on the 1st of a few garden beds I will be putting in and thought I might start this thread to keep updated on my progress as it matures over the next few years.

I am only planting Australian Natives so so far palm wise in the ground I have:

Archontophoenix Alexandre

Carpenteria Acuminata

Licuala Ramsayi

Normanbya Normanbyi

Pychtosperma Elegans

Wodyetia Bifurcata

Cocos Nuciferos

 

Nothing too interesting or rare at this point but there are many more species which I have germinated which I hope reach a size I am happy to plant out in the near future.

Also, surrounding my property on 2 sides is native bushland in which their are a number of nice Livistona Decora you can see in the background of some of the images.

 

 

thanka for sharing Chris

whats your land size ?

what is the rough price for a hose with 1000 sqm there ? It seems the prices are more reasonable there ...I'm thinking to buy a property over there to start a palm garden  

 

 

[Chris G]

@Mohsen my block is around 1200m2 and you are right, prices are very reasonable here with blocks of this size at around $200,000 and thats in a good location as well however if you want to buy land specifically to start a palm garden I would go literally anywhere else in North Queensland. Townsville is in the dry tropics and hardly gets any rainfall compared to it's neighbours just 100km to both our north and south and with that comes water restrictions, etc.. It is still obviously in the Tropics and therefor a good location for growing Palms as evidenced by some wonderful gardens up here such as the Palmetum however their are just more obstacles to overcome than other areas in Nth QLD.

[Tyrone]

All the best with your new garden. All those species should grow like bananas (Bananas would also would grow like bananas for you). Just had a look at the climate stats for Townsville and I can see that you'd need to irrigate there from April to Nov to get the wet tropics look. High winter temps and low rainfall create high evaporation levels and would dry everything out pretty quick. A bit like Perth from Nov to April. The almost constant blue sky would be nice though. A constant year round outdoor culture. If you created an efficient irrigation setup you'd have a very tropical and lush garden. 

[Vidalii]

Welcome to Townsville Chris looks like you are at bushland beach,  I am just up the road at Bluewater I have a couple of palms I can give you, archontophoenix tuckeri. Licuala ramsayi . And ptychosperma MacArthur I. All cape York all from the original plants collected by the late Robert tucker

[Mohsen]

1 hour ago, Chris G said:

@Mohsen my block is around 1200m2 and you are right, prices are very reasonable here with blocks of this size at around $200,000 and thats in a good location as well however if you want to buy land specifically to start a palm garden I would go literally anywhere else in North Queensland. Townsville is in the dry tropics and hardly gets any rainfall compared to it's neighbours just 100km to both our north and south and with that comes water restrictions, etc.. It is still obviously in the Tropics and therefor a good location for growing Palms as evidenced by some wonderful gardens up here such as the Palmetum however their are just more obstacles to overcome than other areas in Nth QLD.

Thanks Chris for the info

whicj area you would chose to buy land/ property in north QLD , considering all conditions and price?

[Chris G]

1 hour ago, Mohsen said:

Thanks Chris for the info

whicj area you would chose to buy land/ property in north QLD , considering all conditions and price?

Honestly, I'm not the best guy to ask, I'm from VIC and only been up here a few years. I can't speak much for price however from what I have seen everywhere up here is fairly reasonable compared to the rest of Australia. Airley, Mission Beach, Cairns or anywhere north of it would have great conditions for it.

[Chris G]

1 hour ago, Vidalii said:

Welcome to Townsville Chris looks like you are at bushland beach,  I am just up the road at Bluewater I have a couple of palms I can give you, archontophoenix tuckeri. Licuala ramsayi . And ptychosperma MacArthur I. All cape York all from the original plants collected by the late Robert tucker

Spot on, how did you pick it was bushy beach? I'd love to meet up sometime 

[Mohsen]

15 hours ago, Chris G said:

Honestly, I'm not the best guy to ask, I'm from VIC and only been up here a few years. I can't speak much for price however from what I have seen everywhere up here is fairly reasonable compared to the rest of Australia. Airley, Mission Beach, Cairns or anywhere north of it would have great conditions for it.

Thanks Chris 

im not even sure it will ever be possible for me or it's just a dream  

[Vidalii]

    hi Chris I must admit worked in that area for a few years. Are you home tomorrow about 3? I can drop off a couple of plants.

[steve99]

On 14/04/2017, 11:28:22, Chris G said:

Spot on, how did you pick it was bushy beach? I'd love to meet up sometime 

Welcome to PalmTalk Chris.      I worked in Bushland Beach & Mt Low area a few years ago.   That's a good size block @ 1200m2, most of the homes on worked on had blocks half that size.