Hilo palm garden update

[Hilo Jason]

I was just out taking some pictures in between rain showers and thought I would post. Still amazes me how palms grow here!  Next month will be 4 years since starting this garden. 

Looking up at a couple Ptychococcus:

Chambeyronia Hookeri showing some watermelon marking:

Pelagodoxa:

[Hilo Jason]

Dypsis sp? (Hybrid?) and Areca Vestiaria Red (solitary)

Cyrtostachya Renda (Orange form) and hydriastele begunii obi Island:

Areca Vestiaria and Dypsis Lafazamanga

Wider angle:

[Hilo Jason]

Kentiopsis Pyriformis

cyphophoenix nucele

Pritchardia Beccariana and Hydriastele longispatha:

[Hilo Jason]

Dypsis Heteromorpha:

dypsis mirabilis and Pinanga Maculata:

Dypsis Rosea (2) always opening red leaves:

[Hilo Jason]

2 of my first plantings, Dwarf Areca Catechu and Crytostachys Renda:

Bentickia Condapanna:

areca corner (dwarf, ipot and alba):

Zingiber flowers:

[Hilo Jason]

Big Dypsis (Hovomantsina and Robusta)

Gotta love Pinanga color!

Heterospathe Barfodii getting ready to be productive:

[Hilo Jason]

Pinanga Coronata hedge with Cyphophoenix Alba

opposite angle, Pinanga are the best privacy hedge palms for the tropics!

Front yard:

Dypsis Ovobontsira color:

[Hilo Jason]

I’ll close with a couple of palms that will be planted out tomorrow at a different property that I am just starting on.  Both of these were seedlings when I got them and I’m excited to see what they grow into. 

Dypsis Robusta Hybrid

Dypsis Malcomberi Hybrid (sure looks like Prestoniana got involved with this one)

 

Thanks for looking! 

[Chris Chance]

Jason you did an absolutely amazing job! You made an incredible garden in Fallbrook and now you went and made a garden in Hilo that could rival any other!

[Billeb]

It’s just not fair what you achieve there. (Pouting with crossed arms like a 5yr old) 

[Billeb]

36 minutes ago, Hilo Jason said:

 

Dypsis Heteromorpha:

 

 

Regarding your Heteromorpha…..it doesn’t appear to be suckering like the research on these says. Mine has a “trunk” about 3 inches in diameter far from showing rings right now and doesn’t show any signs of shooting pups. Wondering if it will be solitary,  similar to yours? There is so much variation with the Heteromorpha / 215 etc. Yours is super cool looking by the way. 

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

Amazing garden Jason I can't even explain the jealousy I'm feeling right now =) Thanks for the update and any future ones !! 

TJ 

[KDubU]

Absolutely gorgeous! What a great selection of palms you have and in only 4 years! 

[D. Morrowii]

Wow! Incredible garden you have there!

[redant]

Beautiful garden.

[quaman58]

Nice job Jason, looks awesome. I think I'll quit now..

[doubravsky]

Wow..... 

[tinman10101]

Thanks for always living up this forum.  Your garden accomplishments are always mind blowing.  

[Tracy]

13 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

Still amazes me how palms grow here!  Next month will be 4 years since starting this garden.

Jason, how true on the speed.  I look at the items that we can grow here and despite my "knowing" that things are faster there in Hawaii, I still find myself amazed, to borrow your words.  Despite the wonderful growing environment that you are working with, I know that your experience and knowledge also plays into your success along with the optimized placement of particular species and just brute labor you put in clearing out volcanic boulders on the property.  Beautiful work Jason, it is always a must see when you do update posts like this!

[Kim]

Unbelievable progress in so short a time, and so beautifully manicured. Nice job on all of it! Oh, those Ptychococcus are the tallest palms I have, like rockets! Enjoy the beauty. 

[realarch]

Kudos Jason, you’ve done a GREAT job! All of your physical labor and man hours are paying off…..whew! 

Your garden is in that stage of development where your large or tall palms aren’t too tall and your small palms aren’t too small. Everything, scale wise, is just right. Gee, I remember those days.

Here in east Hawaii, where things grow so fast, the maturing of the garden will continue to feed your passion. Adding, subtracting, color, sight lines and new ideas will keep it fresh and rewarding. I look forward to future updates and visits keeping up with the progress. 

Good job neighbor!

Tim

[Rick Kelley]

I have visited Jason's garden periodically over the past couple of years. The photos are very nice, but there is no substitute for walking around in person to really grasp the beauty of this garden. The growth has been amazing in such a short time.  I stopped by very briefly a few days ago to drop off something and was again blown away by just the plantings next to the driveway.  This place is a real treat for the neighbors who now live next to a spectacular botanical garden instead of the weed-infested eye-sore the property was before Jason & family arrived.  Can't wait to see what happens on your new, larger property with deep soil.  Any palm nut from the mainland who plans a vacation to Hawaii should snag an invitation for a garden tour.  Make it a double header with Tim's garden not too far away.

[The Gerg]

Always enjoy pics from your garden. Thanks for sharing.
And to think you have a new blank slate to start yet another beautiful palm garden. Can’t wait to see that one develop.

[mike in kurtistown]

Jason, my thanks for giving me a tour of your garden a few months back. It was really amazing how well those palms are doing - I keep thinking there must be something in the water or soil up there where you live. And one can learn a lot from your extensive Dypsis collection.

[el-blanco]

Very nice!!!!  How do you like Hilo?  Pros/Cons?  I do not want to take away form your thread.  Looks to be a palm paradise!!

 

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/11/2021 at 6:14 PM, Billeb said:

Regarding your Heteromorpha…..it doesn’t appear to be suckering like the research on these says. Mine has a “trunk” about 3 inches in diameter far from showing rings right now and doesn’t show any signs of shooting pups. Wondering if it will be solitary,  similar to yours? There is so much variation with the Heteromorpha / 215 etc. Yours is super cool looking by the way. 

This Heteromorpha does seem unique since it’s solitary. I do have another in deep shade (compared to this one in full sun) and the shade grown one has one small sucker on it. But nothing like the ones I grew in California that sickened quite a bit. The coloring also seems to be different in the drier California climate. 

I’ll try to get a photo of the shade grown one tomorrow. 

[GottmitAlex]

Drooling. Wünderbar!!!

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/12/2021 at 6:52 AM, Tracy said:

Jason, how true on the speed.  I look at the items that we can grow here and despite my "knowing" that things are faster there in Hawaii, I still find myself amazed, to borrow your words.  Despite the wonderful growing environment that you are working with, I know that your experience and knowledge also plays into your success along with the optimized placement of particular species and just brute labor you put in clearing out volcanic boulders on the property.  Beautiful work Jason, it is always a must see when you do update posts like this!

Thanks for the kind words Tracy, I really appreciate it and it means a lot coming from you as you have created an amazing garden as well!  

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/12/2021 at 7:40 AM, Kim said:

Unbelievable progress in so short a time, and so beautifully manicured. Nice job on all of it! Oh, those Ptychococcus are the tallest palms I have, like rockets! Enjoy the beauty. 

Thank you Kim!  Gardens like yours were part of the motivation for moving here and being able to do this.  I was always blown away by the photo updates of your Leilani garden and I am in daily disbelief that I am actually here now and doing this!  

Oh, and you're not kidding on those Ptychococcus!  I bought 3 more from Jeff on my last visit for the new Pepe'ekeo property.  

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/12/2021 at 9:17 AM, realarch said:

Kudos Jason, you’ve done a GREAT job! All of your physical labor and man hours are paying off…..whew! 

Your garden is in that stage of development where your large or tall palms aren’t too tall and your small palms aren’t too small. Everything, scale wise, is just right. Gee, I remember those days.

Here in east Hawaii, where things grow so fast, the maturing of the garden will continue to feed your passion. Adding, subtracting, color, sight lines and new ideas will keep it fresh and rewarding. I look forward to future updates and visits keeping up with the progress. 

Good job neighbor!

Tim

Thanks Tim!  I agree about the stage of many of these palms right now.  Seeing them at eye level is incredible and I know that in a couple more years they will be up too high.  But like you said, that creates opportunity for new plantings, reworking areas, etc...  

Thanks for the inspiration with your garden! 

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/12/2021 at 11:41 AM, Rick Kelley said:

I have visited Jason's garden periodically over the past couple of years. The photos are very nice, but there is no substitute for walking around in person to really grasp the beauty of this garden. The growth has been amazing in such a short time.  I stopped by very briefly a few days ago to drop off something and was again blown away by just the plantings next to the driveway.  This place is a real treat for the neighbors who now live next to a spectacular botanical garden instead of the weed-infested eye-sore the property was before Jason & family arrived.  Can't wait to see what happens on your new, larger property with deep soil.  Any palm nut from the mainland who plans a vacation to Hawaii should snag an invitation for a garden tour.  Make it a double header with Tim's garden not too far away.

Thank you Rick and thank you as always for the plants that you raise up and freely give out to plant people here like myself.   Your garden is incredible and I can't believe the amount of hard labor you have put into the rock work and reshaping the land.  I think about that everytime I am out at the Pepeekeo property!  Slowyly chipping away, one rock at a time and one wheel barrow of mulch at a time!  

Of course I am always happy to have guests, so anyone reading this that plans to come to the Big Island, feel free to reach out.  

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/13/2021 at 4:00 AM, The Gerg said:

Always enjoy pics from your garden. Thanks for sharing.
And to think you have a new blank slate to start yet another beautiful palm garden. Can’t wait to see that one develop.

Thank you.  The new property is quite a bit larger and very overwhelming if I'm honest.  But it's been enjoyable to plan out the garden, future house site, etc...  I'm giving myself many many years on that project and thankful I have my 1/2 acre lot here in town to enjoy easily in the meantime.  

I'm starting to take pictures as I get the new place going so once I have enough I will start a thread about that one. 

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/13/2021 at 8:43 AM, mike in kurtistown said:

Jason, my thanks for giving me a tour of your garden a few months back. It was really amazing how well those palms are doing - I keep thinking there must be something in the water or soil up there where you live. And one can learn a lot from your extensive Dypsis collection.

Thank you Mike.  You are welcome to stop by anytime.  

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/13/2021 at 3:27 PM, el-blanco said:

Very nice!!!!  How do you like Hilo?  Pros/Cons?  I do not want to take away form your thread.  Looks to be a palm paradise!!

 

We really fell in love with Hilo / East Side of the Big Island.  The amount of rain scares many people off, as does the slower pace of life and some other quirkiness of living on a laid back island.  But it suits us well.  We moved here in 2017 and held on to our house in Fallbrook, CA to make sure we liked it enough to stay.  After 2 years we sold the Fallbrook house as we had a hard time imagining ever moving back to California after living here.  

We have now purchased a larger property about 10 miles north of Hilo in a small town called Pepe'ekeo.   So yeah, we really like it and are setting roots down in many ways.  

[Brad52]

In addition to marveling at what you’ve done, which is inspiring to me on my dead roots/lava flow, I love your Pinanga screen-what spacing would you recommend?

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/16/2021 at 3:10 PM, Brad52 said:

In addition to marveling at what you’ve done, which is inspiring to me on my dead roots/lava flow, I love your Pinanga screen-what spacing would you recommend?

Those are all planted 5-6’ apart. In my opinion they are the perfect hedge palm here. 

In just a couple years I had full privacy from a busy road that we live off of. 

[Brad52]

Thank you!

[Hilo Jason]

On 8/11/2021 at 6:14 PM, Billeb said:

Regarding your Heteromorpha…..it doesn’t appear to be suckering like the research on these says. Mine has a “trunk” about 3 inches in diameter far from showing rings right now and doesn’t show any signs of shooting pups. Wondering if it will be solitary,  similar to yours? There is so much variation with the Heteromorpha / 215 etc. Yours is super cool looking by the way. 

As promised, here’s a photo of another D. Heteromorpha that I am growing. A bit hard to photograph as it’s too close to many other palms and deeply shaded. It has one smaller sucker but that is it. Quite different than what I grew in California that clumped quite a bit. 

[LJG]

Damn, looking sweet man. 

[Billeb]

2 hours ago, Hilo Jason said:

 

Definitely has the attributes of a Heteromorpha. Interesting about the lack of suckers. I kinda think mine will look similar as it’s about 3” or so wide and has no evidence of wanting to sucker. May be too young still. Either way…..I’m a big fan of this Dypsis. Hopefully mine does well. 

-dale