Oregon jungle.

[Chester B]

Just a few shots of my tiny Oregon jungle after the extreme heat. 

[Chester B]

[Chester B]

[Chester B]

[ColdBonsai]

That's the dream. I'd sit in one of those red chairs all day. 

Are those sabal minors in the last set of pics? I like the look of them.

[ColumbusPalm]

I imagine your Sabals loved it! 

[Chester B]

Yes all the heat lovers did well. The big Sabal in the picture is Sabal brazoria. I have one minor in there but it kind of gets swallowed up by all the bigger plants. Jubaea and Butias put on noticeable growth during the very hot 5 day stretch. I think the hot nights are what really speeds them up and is our main limiting factor in how fast many of our palms grow.   Nights are typically in the lows 60s and even in to the upper 50s. 

[PalmatierMeg]

I love jungles. I like you are inspiring more of them.

[Paradise Found]

Looking great Ryan,  Love all the colour, foliage textures, and everything will be getting real full once it grows taller. Really like the Sabals and big leaf plants.  I bet your butia's and mules are doing good too.  Did not know you had two silk trees?

Edited July 4, 2021 by Paradise Found

[Fallen Munk]

Here's is my Oregon jungle.  I won't be able to see the house in a year or two.  I wish the backyard looked half that nice.

[SeanK]

How about more pix of the Washie and Brahea?

[Chester B]

[Chester B]

Got to work today. Since my greenhouse got damaged I’m starting to plant the remainder of my tender palms. 

 

Mule palm and Meiwa kumquat and my last Sabal causiarum. 
 

Lady palms and Livistona chilensis were also planted today.

Good bye to a Japanese maple, some hostas and some ferns. Too hot for them in my yard. 

Edited July 4, 2021 by Chester B

[teddytn]

@Chester B your bananas are crazy tall in that one pic. Way milder winters than I get, but do you need to protect them to retain their pseudo trunk for next year?

[Chester B]

1 hour ago, teddytn said:

@Chester B your bananas are crazy tall in that one pic. Way milder winters than I get, but do you need to protect them to retain their pseudo trunk for next year?

No need to protect. I usually bottom out at 25F each year for very short durations. Bananas usually grow all year but when a hard frost hits it kills all the new growth and then they resume again. Believe it or not I already have 3 that are flowering. I find the bigger the banana the less damage they take. I’ll try and take a pic of me in front of the bananas for scale, they are way bigger than they look. 

[BeyondTheGarden]

How tall are your microspadix? 

[teddytn]

30 minutes ago, Chester B said:

No need to protect. I usually bottom out at 25F each year for very short durations. Bananas usually grow all year but when a hard frost hits it kills all the new growth and then they resume again. Believe it or not I already have 3 that are flowering. I find the bigger the banana the less damage they take. I’ll try and take a pic of me in front of the bananas for scale, they are way bigger than they look. 

That’s awesome! That one pic trachycarpus in front, bananas back left arching over the mimosa tree I think it is, gives a good idea how tall. Definitely jealous of that lol

[Chester B]

11 hours ago, Paradise Found said:

Looking great Ryan,  Love all the colour, foliage textures, and everything will be getting real full once it grows taller. Really like the Sabals and big leaf plants.  I bet your butia's and mules are doing good too.  Did not know you had two silk trees?

I inherited the big green one, and is the only tree left on my property when we bought it.  It was in rough shape but each year it’s looking better. The chocolate one was an impulse buy at the end of the season at 50% off. 
 

2 hours ago, Jesse PNW said:

How tall are your microspadix? 

Most are in the 6’ range, give or take. I think I see seeds developing on one of them.  The birds like to steal them as they turn red when ripe. 

[knikfar]

On 7/3/2021 at 9:51 PM, Chester B said:

Just a few shots of my tiny Oregon jungle after the extreme heat. 

What's that large leaf shrub to the left? It's gorgeous. Probably not hardy in my 7b/8a garden. 

[Chester B]

@knikfarthat's Schefflera delavayi, and IS hardy to zone 7.

If you can't find one locally you can mail order one through https://onegreenworld.com/  which is nursery local to my house that carries a lot of good things these days.

Edited July 8, 2021 by Chester B

[knikfar]

On 7/8/2021 at 11:42 AM, Chester B said:

@knikfarthat's Schefflera delavayi, and IS hardy to zone 7.

If you can't find one locally you can mail order one through https://onegreenworld.com/  which is nursery local to my house that carries a lot of good things these days.

Its definitely hardy here but the pictures online don't look anywhere near as pretty as yours. 

[Chester B]

1 minute ago, knikfar said:

Its definitely hardy here but the pictures online don't look anywhere near as pretty as yours. 

Thanks, all they need is a few years in the ground and they'll look like mine.  I think it's been in 3 years now.

[Chester B]

Thought I’d throw in a shot of me in front of the bananas and two flowers from another clump of mine nearby.   I don’t fertilize and they only get water from some drip irrigation  

Edited July 10, 2021 by Chester B

[GregVirginia7]

Fantastic yard! The Oregon climate seems perfect for the cold hardy palm (and other plants) enthusiasts. The variety is mind boggling...quick question...does Oregon have any Asian Tiger Mosquitoes? I ask because we, here in my part of Northern Virginia are infested with them and they love lush, dense cover...if I had that backyard here, there’d be no going outside to enjoy it...

[Chester B]

1 hour ago, GregVirginia7 said:

Fantastic yard! The Oregon climate seems perfect for the cold hardy palm (and other plants) enthusiasts. The variety is mind boggling...quick question...does Oregon have any Asian Tiger Mosquitoes? I ask because we, here in my part of Northern Virginia are infested with them and they love lush, dense cover...if I had that backyard here, there’d be no going outside to enjoy it...

Are you ready to have your mind blown??  We have no virtually no biting insects here. A couple times a year I might have A mosquito bother me but they are half the size of the standard ones you see anywhere east of the mountains.  No black flies, no horse flies, no deer flies, no no seeums, nothing. 
 

Even when you go hiking in the woods you don’t get bothered. I go fishing often, early in the morning and in the evening in swampy and boggy areas and nothing. It’s so weird. In 5+ years I’ve lived here I’ve never had to use insect repellent. No one has screened in porches and we often just leave the doors open to the yard and don’t bother with the screen door. 

[GregVirginia7]

17 minutes ago, Chester B said:

Are you ready to have your mind blown??  We have no virtually no biting insects here. A couple times a year I might have A mosquito bother me but they are half the size of the standard ones you see anywhere east of the mountains.  No black flies, no horse flies, no deer flies, no no seeums, nothing. 
 

Even when you go hiking in the woods you don’t get bothered. I go fishing often, early in the morning and in the evening in swampy and boggy areas and nothing. It’s so weird. In 5+ years I’ve lived here I’ve never had to use insect repellent. No one has screened in porches and we often just leave the doors open to the yard and don’t bother with the screen door. 

That is amazing...what the heck is going on here where I live? Given that bit of news, you do, indeed, have a fantastic situation out there in more ways than one...do you at least have common house flies that bother you when you eat outside?

[teddytn]

On 7/9/2021 at 8:38 PM, Chester B said:

Thought I’d throw in a shot of me in front of the bananas and two flowers from another clump of mine nearby.   I don’t fertilize and they only get water from some drip irrigation  

Very impressive. If we have a mild winter here you’ll see some plantings retain some good height to start with next spring. Maybe the tallest I’ve seen here is 12’. Looks like you’re over 20’, by the end of the season what do you think close to 30’?

[DAVEinMB]

On 7/9/2021 at 9:38 PM, Chester B said:

That's absolutely gorgeous, great job 

[Chester B]

@GregVirginia7 we do have the standard houseflies and these smaller ones that fly around in circles. The most annoying insect we have are hornets, as they pester you whenever you have food out. The hotter the year the worse they are and we are already seeing them. 
 

@teddytn these basjoo are about as tall as they were at the end of last summer so who knows. I have 5 clumps but these are the tallest, I think they get the exact right amount of sun.  This is year 4 for me growing basjoo. The issue I have is what do with the dead root masses after they flower?  I’m going to attempt to dig a couple up now that I’m finally getting caught up on my yard work. 

[BeyondTheGarden]

We get a ton of house flies in the barn and on the back porch, when the weather gets hot.  The last few years we've also had several cases of yellow jackets, they're mean bastards but usually easy to locate, and deal with after the sun goes down.  

But, no ticks, no chiggers, no fire ants, no snakes except the rare docile garden snake, no venomous spiders that I've ever seen.  No hurricanes, no brain-eating amoeba, and no alligators which actually makes me sad since i can't legally own one as a pet.  Although the PNW will never be a great place for Sabals, Syagrus, papayas, or citrus, it certainly has its benefits which i often find myself taking for granted.  

[Ryland]

Very nice garden @Chester B.  You've clearly been working on that for a few years and things are maturing nicely.

I recognise that Pacific Northwest benefit with regards to critters - even carrying on right down the coast into California.  Maybe due to similarities in the climate, it's the same here in the UK.  Screens on windows or doors are unheard of, because the only flying nuisance are ordinary flies - no mosquitoes either.  I leave the upstairs windows open all summer, which is great for keeping the air in the house fresh.

[Paradise Found]

  I do have hornets, yellow jackets, and some really interesting wasp.  However haven't seen any hornets sense the nest was removed. 

Biting insect never see any.  When ever I water in the evening I get small mosquitos, dry no mosquitos.  Also garden is shady so mosquitos like that too. 

Edited July 13, 2021 by Paradise Found