New Plantings

[osideterry]

My new camera arrived in the mail a couple of days ago, and I waited until the sun came out to test drive it. After almost 6 months on this forum I figured I owed you all some photos.

First up is my new Bismarckia. A 15-galloner I picked up in March, and finally got into the ground 2 weeks ago.

[osideterry]

This is that Rhopalostylis sapida "oceana" I scored at South Coast Palms. The 28mm makes it look big... the tip of the highest leaf is about 3ft. It was in a 5-gallon pot.

[osideterry]

The Sabal "unknown species/probably riverside". I love a mystery.

[osideterry]

I scored this Caryota urens for $39 at a home/garden center that doesn't need my endorsement. it's 10ft to the top leaflet. You now know how big the bizzy really is. Again, the wide angle lens makes it look small... shrinkage.

[osideterry]

In front is the Pandanus Madagascar Bob gave me in a 1-gallon paint can a year ago. Fast huh? It was in a pot until recently, and spent January in my garage. The D. lutescens behind it is still showing some freezer burn.

[osideterry]

This Livistona decipiens I planted a year ago, after seeing the big ones at South Coast Plaza.

[Kris]

Dear Friend  

you have great taste and it seems you have chosen each plant meticuliously.great job !  

and keep us all posted as to how fast they are growing.

and wish you all the best...

thanks & Love,

Kris  

[paulgila]

lookin' good!

[madagascarbob]

The Pandanus is Utilis from  Madagascar,I also just got a new camera so pictures comming soon,last year would have been better freeze did a number on my yard.Love the paint job on your house  looks like that painter really new what he was doing.

[osideterry]

I've seen Mad'bob's garden, and I'm looking forward to those photos. His freeze damage isn't as bad as he's letting on (except the poor Burretiokentia!).

Painting the house was the first domino that lead to me landscaping the place. Landscaping got me into palms. Anyone in Southern California need their house painted, PM me... I know a guy who will do a great job. He'll be extra careful with your plants too.

[osideterry]

Thanks Kris and Paul.

I'm going to get set up on PhotoBucket today. To get by the forum's restrictions, I had to post the above images with lower quality jpeg compression than I like. I used the dummy-proof auto settings on my camera, and am sure I can get better results with my own settings.

I still have 5 more plants to put in the ground this weekend.

[Scott]

That's a real nice Bizzie! It's gonna be interesting to see it alongside that Caryota in a few years

[osideterry]

The bizzy and the urens are 5-6 ft apart. By the time the bismarck's fronds are 8ft long, the urens will be a pole. The overlap will look better than if they were spaced apart. My wife has no clue how huge they both get!

[BigFrond]

Nice to see some results from your palm hoarding.  I still see way too many open spaces.

BTW, I think the Bizzie is a little too close to the sidewalk.  I see it going into the sidewalk in a year or two, and block the sidewalk by 5 years.  You should uproot that tree in the middle of your yard and replace with the Bizzie.

[osideterry]

I struggled with the placement of the Bismarckia for 2 months. I was thinking it would spread as it increased in height, and be overhead before it got problematic. The sidewalk there is extremely wide, so I don't think getting around it will be a big deal.

I would love to make that Brazil Pepper disappear. It's way to entrenched to be dug out. Too much headache to think about right now.

[osideterry]

I'll keep showing stuff I planted last May a bit. Here's my Parajubaea torallyi torallyi.

[osideterry]

Caryotas are to me what CIDPs are to Kris. When I see a healthy one, it has this glow around it and an angelic choir swells. Wish that were true of my Gigas. I planted it a year ago, and by November it's leaves were taller than the 5ft fence. On MLK day it was all brown, with a 2" spear. I was sure it was dead.

[osideterry]

This C. urens I planted on my birthday last June. Got it from Bamboo Bob, along with the gigas and my now dead Archontophoenix alexandra. Looked great until January. 100% defoliated, but like the gigas, it was pushing a green spear.

[BS Man about Palms]

Hooray! Looks good!

[SubTropicRay]

Your off to a great start.  The various flowers make a nice contrast too.

[STEVE IN SO CAL]

Looking good, Terry. And that is one-chunky-Biz. I was dumb enough to let my wife see a full grown Biz before planting mine. All I hear is "That things gonna knock the house down...you planted it too close to the house"

I tell her that if it gets so big that it knocks our adobe house down, then it will be a Biz to behold, and will be worth it !

[Kris]

Dear Terry  

in post no.16 that wooden pot kind of lining in the lawn, housing that palm pot is very classy.

in post no.18 i do see a huge palm in the background is it

queen palm ? since iam a palm novice,with partial amenisia  

i often forget botanical names & terminologies.so my apologies

in asking the names of varities that looks good to my eyes.

Terry great work !  

Love,

Kris  

[osideterry]

Thanks for the nice comments. My wife is responsible for the flowers, she can't handle bare ground anywhere. My attempt to grow Moses-in-the-Boat was a failure.. maybe I'll let her handle all groundcover.

Kris, those wooden things you noticed are fairly cheap out here. I use them to surround new palms to protect against rabbits and snails. Yes, that is a queen palm in post 18. I'll include a complete photo of it in a future thread.

[bgl]

Terry,

Great pictures! What kind of camera did you buy? And like others said above, it'll be interesting to see how your Bismarckia will co-exist with the sidewalk..!

Bo-Göran

[Kris]

(osideterry @ May 26 2007,14:53)

QUOTE

Kris, those wooden things you noticed are fairly cheap out here. I use them to surround new palms to protect against rabbits and snails. Yes, that is a queen palm in post 18. I'll include a complete photo of it in a future thread.

Dear Terry  

thanks for the information & we are all eager to see more stills

in your future threads...

And Dear Bo & Steve_i did not really follow what was wrong in

terry's bizie's positioning ?

can you come again,i do not follow that.and the place that iam

planing to place my terrace top bizmarkia is so cramped up

with the neighbours wall.god what will you folks tell about

that.

Thanks & Love,

Kris  

[osideterry]

That bizzy is bugging me now. I measured the area, and the planting bed is 3ft deep. I know the trunks get 2ft given enough time. The sidwalk itself is 6ft wide. Making the distance from curb to trunk 7.5 ft. I hope no one minds walking around the thing until it's leaves get overheard. I've heard moving them is a death sentence, but it's only been in the ground 2-3 weeks.

Bo: My camera is similar to yours. It's a Fujifilm FinePix 6000fd. What sold me on it was the 28-300mm lens. Nobody else makes one like that.

[madagascarbob]

The biz will be fine there, the leaves dont get full size until it gets quite a bit of trunk,I have a couple near sidewalks I trim the ends of the leaves because there a little stiff and sharp , dont want  someone poking there eye.

[osideterry]

Thanks MB (madagascarbob). I can stop worrying about it. I was probably subconsciously referncing yours when I planted mine. I think it likes it's new spot. It just started opening it's first leaf for me today.

[osideterry]

I planted my three tree ferns Saturday. L to R: Dicksonia antarctica, Cyathea cooperi "brentwood", and Blechnum gibbum.

[osideterry]

Not going to plant it for a while, but I just picked up this Dypsis pembana at Tropical Vibe last Saturday. It was in a liner at a liner price, but is easily 1 gallon size or bigger. I potted it up to a 5 gallon pot yesterday.

[Johnny]

Terry - put that pembana in the ground already! Ha Ha!

[Kris]

Dear Terry  

those tree ferns looks great !

thanks & Love,

Kris.

[epicure3]

Mighty fine looking garden there. Those caryotas are purty, aren't they?

[osideterry]

I had the potted pemba getting sun from sunrise until 10am, and the leaves started turning red. It's back in full shade until I can find time to get it in the ground where I want it, but with a gradually removable shade cloth.

[Walter John]

(osideterry @ Jun. 13 2007,01:02)

QUOTE

I had the potted pemba getting sun from sunrise until 10am, and the leaves started turning red. It's back in full shade until I can find time to get it in the ground where I want it, but with a gradually removable shade cloth.

I recommend you get it back out of full shade and into part shade. It will adapt quickly. These are full sun growers.

[osideterry]

I'm on vacation next week and will play it safe with the Pembana while I'm gone. Hate nasty surprizes.

My Caryotas all defoliated in January, but have cranked out perfect leaves since then. By comparison, I've had 2-3 new leaves on all my Howeas and Archontophoenix, and they are still goofy. The kings are like soft rubber, and the kentias part toasted. Must have patience...

[happ]

(osideterry @ Jun. 12 2007,17:38)

QUOTE

I'm on vacation next week and will play it safe with the Pembana while I'm gone. Hate nasty surprizes.

My Caryotas all defoliated in January, but have cranked out perfect leaves since then. By comparison, I've had 2-3 new leaves on all my Howeas and Archontophoenix, and they are still goofy. The kings are like soft rubber, and the kentias part toasted. Must have patience...

Really impressed with your palm garden, Terry    And a bit surprised how healthy everything looks considering how much damaged you incurred in January.  [You know, palm growers in Cali must be prepared for an occasional deciduous attack courtesy of freezing temps last Jan wrought onto many locations in SoCal].  Impressive caryotas    I've avoided these palms thinking that they will get too big & die after 20 yrs    But palmazon/Danny turned me on to a beautiful urens & now I am a believer just looking at your caryotas.

[glbower]

Terry  --  I planted my bizzie about 2 feet from the sidewalk leading up up to my front door, fully expecting it to block the sidewalk for 3 or 4 years. Wrong. My sidewalk has been virtually impassable for 3 years already because the palm turned out to be wider than it is tall. This pic is a year old, and it now looks like it's finally starting to elongate in the trunk.  I'd say I have another 2 or 3 years before the low-hanging leaves are above eye level. I could hack off the lower leaves but I don't like to do that. Anyway, keeps the riffraff away from the door.

[osideterry]

Man that is a fatty! I've only seen a few that full here ins SoCal (Balboa Park and Gary Woods). Who needs a sidewalk anyway? Very nice Royal behind it also.

[calyptrocalyx&licuala freck]

Thanks very much for sharing your pictures,

with us Good Job.

In that last post  By glbower

with the nice size Bismarkia, it's not

a Royal, But a nice mature Foxtail.

Keep the pic's coming.

Regards Mikey.