Spectacular palm garden - Fresno CA

[Josue Diaz]

I love the demonstration garden at Sago Rey Nursery in Fresno. I thought I'd share a few photos that I took there today. There are so many goodies here. This is probably one of the best palm and cycad garden in the interior valley of Central California. I don't think I've seen any other mature collection like this from Sacramento to Bakersfield.

The front garden has so much great stuff - cycas panzhihuaensis, dioons,  caryota, syagrus, archontophoenix, ceratozamia, encephalartos... way too many to list.

Venture inside a bit and you find huge stands of raphis palms, chamaedoreas, encephalartos altensteinii,  more cycas, phoenix, butia, livistonas, arenga, chamaerops...

 

Edited March 5, 2018 by Josue Diaz

[Josue Diaz]

 It's hard to capture the size of some of these plants. This Cycas panzhihuaensis is absolutely massive. The pup on the side is at about eye level.

Encephalartos altensteineii is huge also, and so exotic.

[iwan]

I have been going there for years and I don't know how they are growing all that out in the country.  They got down to 18F in 2007.  There is a little bit of cold drainage, but not much.  There is even a huge 100 year old Jacaranda and a nice Erythrina sp.  Not to mention the Saguaro.

[Josue Diaz]

 

  On 3/6/2018 at 3:54 AM, iwan said:

I have been going there for years and I don't know how they are growing all that out in the country.  They got down to 18F in 2007.  There is a little bit of cold drainage, but not much.  There is even a huge 100 year old Jacaranda and a nice Erythrina sp.  Not to mention the Saguaro.

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Yes! the jacaranda is amazing. It dominates the entire side of the property, even being canopy for their massive caryota urens! They were saying that that entire area will soon be cleared out of nursery stock and converted to an expansion of their demonstration garden. It should be an amazing space with the jacaranda already there. 

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

That panzhihuensis is easily the largest i have ever seen photographed.  I didnt know they grew to that size

[gilles06]

Nice pics