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The Garden of Bob and Judy Burtscher - Fullerton, CA (Sept 16, 2017)

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    I am still having trouble absorbing the absolutely beautiful and wonderful collection that is the breathtaking Burtscher's garden. I feel like I couldn't spend enough time there. Like a book that begs to be read over and over. Big thank you to the Burtscher's for sharing!

    Incredible garden and pictures!

     

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    :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

    I am screaming, smiling, crying...

     

    THANKS ANDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Spectacular images of an incredible garden. Thanks, Pando!

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    What are these beautys? (The small palms)

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    Spectacular Southern California garden! Thanks for all the photos.

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    Hilo, Hawaii

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    2 hours ago, Monòver said:

    What are these beautys? (The small palms)

    Chamaedorea adscendens

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    Very nice garden!! Thanks

    Wow!  Thank you Ando.

    Jaw. Meet. Floor. 

    I'm always up for learning new things!

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    Bobs yard and this thread is overwhelming...

    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."

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    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!

    Fantastic garden, thanks for posting!  The attention to detail, color, texture, etc. in Bob's garden is just mind blowing.

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    Gorgeous garden and beautiful photography. Every grouping of shots had at least one money shot. Incredible.

    Tracy

    Stuart, Florida

    Zone 10a

    So many palms, so little room

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    How do they keep the gophers away? Looks like Gopher Xanadu

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

    I've been noticing lately how I seem to see more of these spectacular "tropical" gardens of such a high caliber in California than other palm growing places in the US. I suspect it is since CA is not a tropical climate, the prevailing vegetation is not lush by any means, and the resulting desire is to counterbalance that climate/prevailing flora as much as possible. I guess that in places like FL or Hawaii, the tropical looking plants/palms (and real tropical ones) are commonplace enough and can grow without copious irrigation, it isn't such a savored spectacle anyone feels the need to display or prove it can be accomplished as much.

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    Catching up from a 5 year hiatus from Palmtalk, so I apologize for bringing up old posts.  What a wonderful yard!  This one deserves to be bumped as it sets the bar for how tropical palm gardens could look in Southern California.  

    Huntington Beach, CA

    USDA Zone 10a/10b

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    Yep Joe, you've missed some stellar places!

    And where's Ando been?

     

    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!

    Fullerton is a short drive away...  

    Huntington Beach, CA

    USDA Zone 10a/10b

    Sunset Zone 24

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    13 hours ago, BS Man about Palms said:

    And where's Ando been?

    Hey Bill. I quit after visiting Bob's yard. It was depressing.

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    (kidding!!!)

    I'm still here, just extremely busy with other things, and traveling, not too much time left for gardening. Just watching stuff grow (and die) what I still have. I need to start visiting and photographing gardens again someday.

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