Some Northern California photos including my yard

[kylecawazafla]

I had my senior prom this weekend, only I had it in California instead of Florida. I took some photos though:

Eucalyptus golobus (?) - note the rope swing. I spent years 3 - 10 in that tree. There used to be a nice tree house too.

A "wild" CIDP

Some palms in my neighborhood

Cool plant in my neighborhood... yucca?

[kylecawazafla]

Madrona Canyon or Baltimore Canyon with Redwoods. About 5 minutes from my house, but a lot different

Tree ferns have naturalized in that canyon. (these are in a yard though)

Cool yard in Greenbrae. They had Jubaeaopsis, Howea, Syagrus, Brahea, Phoenix, Archontophoenix, etc.. I wish I could have stopped and asked to have a tour

[kylecawazafla]

These next ones are of my yard

The main back section

The middle back section

The way back section

Looking towards the house

[kylecawazafla]

The side yard. (my room is the window on the right)

Entrance to the front door. (perfect microclimate for tender plants, but it has deck. If I lived in that house I'd change that

[kylecawazafla]

A cool creek in San Rafael

Some Washingtonia filiferas in Larkspur. (I was born in the building in the background)

And then the photographer shot. (Fort Cronkite)

[ghar41]

(kylecawazafla @ May 23 2007,22:56)

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Cool yard in Greenbrae. They had Jubaeaopsis, Howea, Syagrus, Brahea, Phoenix, Archontophoenix, etc.. I wish I could have stopped and asked to have a tour

This collection belongs to a retired bay area physician.... Northern Calif. Palm Society member.  We toured this garden a few years ago.  Mostly incredible....

[paulgila]

yeah,i really liked the above photo,too!

thans for the cool tour,kyle!

[kylecawazafla]

I managed to drive by an IPS members house on a random street on a hill. At least I know for next time. Do any of you know of an IPS member in Ross? One of my friends there said there is a guy who has an excellent palm yard there that I really want to check out. Had I more than a weekend, I would have been able to do and see more.

[Scott]

Kyle that yard in Greenbrae is really cool. You've got a great yard going and it looks like you have ALOT of room to plant stuff.

Great Yucca too. I always like those.

Thanks for sharing

[kylecawazafla]

Oh yeah, I forgot these historic palms. Planted before 1915 as a way for pedestrians to find the train station. They're still thriving and are almost at Southern Californian proportions

[bubba]

Kyle, How do you like the lack of humidity? Now do you see why Floridians love Cali. Unfortunately, I think you have to live in the humidity to realize how nice the lack of it is. Meaning, alot of lifer Cali's do not realize how good they have it.

[osideterry]

It must be nostalgic for you, looking back at the area you were born and grew up, especially after living in Florida a while. Thanks for the tour, love the creek surrounded by CIDPs. The yucca looks like a Cordyline australis. Real coldhardy.

[Kris]

Dear Kyle  

After Seeing those stills of cidp's,i think i do not need food at all for at least one week.my stomach feels so full !  

that's what i have always dreamt of california in my collage days

great stills and lovely palms & yuccos..

thanks a lot for those lovely coverage of N.California.and the red woods do look great.its clear that you folks don't experience any cycalonic storms as we asian have every year..

Love,

Kris  

[ghar41]

(kylecawazafla @ May 24 2007,00:55)

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Do any of you know of an IPS member in Ross?

Yes, there is!  Youre on a roll!  

Also, don't miss the Lakeside Palmetum at Lakeside Park in Oakland.  

http://www.palmsnc.org/pages/palmetum.php

[kylecawazafla]

Thanks! I actually went to the Lakeside Palmetum last time I was in the Bay Area. I really enjoyed their selection, although some palms looks like they were about to die. Have you been to the yard in Ross and know what palms they have? The person whose yard it is, is a friend of a friend so I really want to ask if I can see it one time I'm there and have time.

[Trópico]

That's a great place! I love those full & green CIDPs. Nice scenery. Are those redwood in the roadway?

The cool creek blew my mind! CIDP can take a lot of variations in growing conditions different from its native habitat. Now I can't imagine the lack of humidity. If it goes down after a cold front in here I feel like I'm dying of thirst and my lips start to crack and bleed    I've never seen Washingtonia that tall!  :cool:

[ghar41]

(kylecawazafla @ May 25 2007,15:55)

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Have you been to the yard in Ross and know what palms they have?

Actually there are at least two IPS members in Ross.  If you have an IPS Membership Roster (sent out once a year,) you can get their numbers and give them a call.    I think I may have visited one of them in the early 90's....I'm not sure.   ???

Anyway, I don't know or remember anything about their gardens.

[SubTropicRay]

Wonderful photos Kyle.  The wild CIDP looks really healthy.  The Washingtonia lined street is pure California.

[bahia]

The photos of the tall Washingtonia robusta palms and the Sequoia sempervirens in the street are just a block away from each other, on opposite sides of the main drag connecting Larkspur with Corte Madera.    I have a client's garden I did on that same street with the redwoods, and with all that shade, about the only plants that really do well there are the tree ferns!  This portion of Larkspur and Corte Madera are really nice sheltered banana belts that are nestled into the flanks of Mount Tamalpais, which tends to block the coastal fog and make it nice and balmy there in summer, especially as compared to my side of the bay here in Berkeley.  Kris is correct in that we tend not to get really strong winds here on a regular basis, except directly on the coast and the tops of mountains.  We do however get regular stiff breezes and fog, and this particular canyon gets an incredible amount of rain as a result of being at the base of the mountain.  I remember that the nearby creek would overflow its banks and be running down the street gutter all the way into the end of June.  It is an incredible place to live if you can afford the housing prices there, but the winters under all those dense evergreen redwood trees is pretty damp and dark, and it starts to feel like winter will never be over.

[Carlo Morici]

All cool. Is that peppermint the groundcover below your window?

Carlo, Tenerife

[kylecawazafla]

Wow Bahia! How often do you go to that area? You really seem to know it well. I used to go down Magolia ave on my way to middle school right down the road from there. Ever landscaped with Chamaedorea's there?

Carlo,

You hit the nail on the head! It started out with one small plant, and that area had many squashes, tomatoes, etc... but now with neglect it's become a mass of the peppermint. Hasta pronto!

[Carlo Morici]

"The man who lived surrounded by peppermint"

Good for green tea with jasmines, Cuban mojito...