A beautiful start to December

[DAVEinMB]

Happy December 1st everyone, hope you enjoy this short tour around my yard. Trying to make the most of the climate I'm working with 

Feel free to share your pics, I think I speak for the majority of us when I say I never tire of seeing pics of palms and landscaping 

[Allen]

WOW your yard has really come a long way!  I remember you first planting a lot of this stuff.  Great job REALLY

[DAVEinMB]

20 minutes ago, Allen said:

WOW your yard has really come a long way!  I remember you first planting a lot of this stuff.  Great job REALLY

Thanks! It's been 3 years since I started. Definitely doesn't feel that long

[Las Palmas Norte]

 I can't compete with that, at least with our new home and much smaller property. I do miss the old place but it was a lot of work. You've done a fantastic job planning and planting your exotic garden. 

[Paradise Found]

Fantastic garden!!! You really have done a nice job on the landscaping with palms and tropical plants. It rocks!

What is this little gem of a palm tucked in the corner of the house? How long has it been in the ground.?

Edited December 1, 2021 by Paradise Found

[DAVEinMB]

15 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

 I can't compete with that, at least with our new home and much smaller property. I do miss the old place but it was a lot of work. You've done a fantastic job planning and planting your exotic garden. 

Thanks Barrie! It's been about an even split between planning, trial and error, and luck haha. The garden is still very young so I'm hoping the coming years are kind to me 

[DAVEinMB]

15 minutes ago, Paradise Found said:

Fantastic garden!!! You really have done a nice job on the landscaping with palms and tropical plants. It rocks!

What is this little gem of a palm tucked in the corner of the house? How long has it been in the ground.?

Thanks a bunch! Can't wait for spring; I've got some plans in the works 

That's a Chamaedorea Cataractum, I planted it this season so it's about to see its first winter. I don't plan on protecting it so we'll see how it does in this little cove

[Paradise Found]

I'd say it hardy in that spot to 24F but you could prove me wrong, LOL. Good luck can't wait to see how it does they do get pretty tall 

[DAVEinMB]

22 minutes ago, Paradise Found said:

I'd say it hardy in that spot to 24F but you could prove me wrong, LOL. Good luck can't wait to see how it does they do get pretty tall 

I'd be super happy if it handled 24F where it's at. The white bird of paradise is about to go through its 2nd winter in the ground. It saw 24F its first winter and handled it pretty well. I've had good luck with a yucca cane in the same general area - two winters in the ground and hasn't flinched. 25F was the lowest winter 1 and 24F winter 2.

Also, please excuse the window haha

[WSimpson]

Looking really good there .

Will

[DAVEinMB]

18 minutes ago, Will Simpson said:

Looking really good there .

Will

Thanks Will! 

[Estlander]

21 hours ago, DAVEinMB said:

Feel free to share your pics, I think I speak for the majority of us when I say I never tire of seeing pics of palms and landscaping 

Well, since you so kindly ask, then here’s some of the pics from my yard this morning:

 

[Estlander]

And my Spanish Dagger, smaller Queen and my smallest Mule

[Josue Diaz]

It's been really warm in Central California up until now. Despite an early rain storm, it's actually been rather dry as well. My plumeria haven't even dropped their leaves yet. I'm not complaining

[DAVEinMB]

@Estlander @Josue Diaz

Man you guys in Florida and Cali and ur nice weather... not jealous at all over here haha

Beautiful work on your gardens 

Edited December 3, 2021 by DAVEinMB

[Scott W]

An ever growing work in progress....

 

[BeyondTheGarden]

Wow.  

[Paradise Found]

Awesome u guys!!! 

[DAVEinMB]

5 hours ago, Scott W said:

 

Is that a butia cross on the right? It's gorgeous

[Scott W]

6 hours ago, DAVEinMB said:

Is that a butia cross on the right? It's gorgeous

Thanks!  It definitely has Butia in it.  It's going on five years in the ground from a small three gallon size.  I originally got it on eBay and the seller thought it might have Jubaea in it also, so that's how it was sold.  There were a couple threads on here about it as well... @IdolLurker was the seller.

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/47899-bujubaea-the-way-to-pack-a-palm/

[BeyondTheGarden]

Whoops I just posted on that old thread thinking it was this one.  That's a great little area there Scott.  

[Paradise Found]

On 12/3/2021 at 2:06 PM, Scott W said:

An ever growing work in progress...

What palms are these two?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Scott W]

@Paradise Found those are Syagrus campylospatha, grown from seed purchased from RPS.  Should be flowering in a year or two...

[Paradise Found]

1 minute ago, Scott W said:

@Paradise Found those are Syagrus campylospatha, grown from seed purchased from RPS.  Should be flowering in a year or two...

Nice never heard of it till now.  Very small, I like that. Thanks! 

[Scott W]

Just now, Paradise Found said:

Nice never heard of it till now.  Very small, I like that. Thanks! 

Thanks!  It's a natural clustering palm as well.  Local hybridizer Rich Lindberg has 7 in large pots, grown from the same bath of seed.  All have multiple stems now and most are flowering.  I'll probably let mine set seed naturally as these are very rare in cultivation.

[Hutch]

Just straight up Tropical looking.....u guys on the east coast may have cold spells but the heat and humidity 8 months is a blessing with rain...really looks great...!!#......48 and cloudy here...

[RyManUtah]

[JLM]

Why do mules have to look so good, i would like to have one but have yet to find one. Probably going to see about reaching out to MPOM if i cant get my hands on one from a big box store this Spring. My yard cannot compete with yalls gardens, but i guess there can be more done to make it compete in the future (we'll see)

[BeyondTheGarden]

30 minutes ago, JLM said:

Why do mules have to look so good,....

I think they look a lot like Beccariophoenix alfredii.  Which is certainly a beauty.  

[CLINODAVE]

Really spectacular.  Are u familiar with Far Reaches Farm;  think they are in Oregon.  Lotta subtropicals/warm temperates that prolly hardy ur area.

[Paradise Found]

4 hours ago, CLINODAVE said:

Really spectacular.  Are u familiar with Far Reaches Farm;  think they are in Oregon.  Lotta subtropicals/warm temperates that prolly hardy ur area.

FRF is located in Port Townsend, Washington 8b/9a.  Great exotic plants from around the world that are mostly hardy for z8 and up.  Who knew they did mail order too!!!

Edited December 6, 2021 by Paradise Found

[BeyondTheGarden]

Far Reaches is so cool.  So many rare and unheard-of plants.  I got a few plants from there this past summer, including a really cool fern called Pteris Wallichiana and a Schefflera fengii.  

[BeyondTheGarden]

Also... Dave, looking at those Sabals...  Someday when I'm old and retired I want to start a business just making constant runs from FL up to the PNW, hauling full-sized regenerated Sabals.  

[kinzyjr]

On 12/2/2021 at 11:36 AM, Estlander said:

Well, since you so kindly ask, then here’s some of the pics from my yard this morning:

You have some really nice plants up there!

[Brandon James]

Just found next years seed pods starting to come out, last year they first began coming out in March. I’m curious what others around me have found for limits they can push with trachycarpus fortunei? 

Edited December 11, 2021 by Brandon James