happypalms Another day in paradise in the garden

[happypalms]

I have a few ayanishiki and zuikonishiki plus a collection of other varieties in pots there pretty tough prefer bright shade lots of water but as with all raphis kick them as you go past and they grow better they grow well in my climate a true winner for palm colour a must have in any garden 

[wimmie]

Any chance of sending one of the little ones to The Netherlands? Is the fern in the last photo a Blechnum gibbum? Nice!

[Chris WCT]

Wow, your garden looks amazing! Your  Superbum looks very happy. 

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, wimmie said:

Any chance of sending one of the little ones to The Netherlands? Is the fern in the last photo a Blechnum gibbum? Nice!

Yes it is a blechnum silver lady not sure if it’s gibbum is that a variegated raphis pup you want I could send without paperwork if you’re willing to try it 

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, Chris WCT said:

Wow, your garden looks amazing! Your  Superbum looks very happy. 

 Thank you the superbum grows native in my area I get them of the macadamia trees were I work there are literally 100s for free for me I will post a story soon on them 

[happypalms]

Another favourite in the garden chameadorea geonomiformis loves the shade and water chameadorea species grow well in my climate an easy to grow species 

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

Beautiful palm, one of my favorites for sure. 

T J 

[happypalms]

One of the most spectacular chameadorea varietie ernesti augusti with its fish tail shaped leaf an easy one to grow palm shade and water they take temperatures as low as 2 degrees a must have for any understory spot in the garden 

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

1 minute ago, happypalms said:

take temperatures as low as 2 degrees

Your talking Celsius correct ? This is another chamaedorea sp. that I want but haven't been willing to spend the high price on yet = / You have an amazing garden. 

T J 

[happypalms]

5 minutes ago, OC2Texaspalmlvr said:

Your talking Celsius correct ? This is another chamaedorea sp. that I want but haven't been willing to spend the high price on yet = / You have an amazing garden. 

T J 

Yes Celsius thanks on the garden 30 years collecting palms I live in the Australian bush guests are amazed  a true resort garden my collection is small in comparison to other collections but for subtropical not to bad for what is available in my area up to around 170 varieties of palms in my collection and counting on more to get as they become more available via mail order or seeds 

[happypalms]

I collected this palm seed 25 years ago at my mate’s wedding from a suckering variety but this one never suckered I do get seeds of it easy to germinate bottom heat 30 degrees Celsius there almost a small kentia in appearance and flower but seeds much smaller and a nice liver colour new leaf one tough palm 

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

57 minutes ago, happypalms said:

around 170 varieties of palms in my collection

Can't wait to see the rest of your garden. 

T J 

[happypalms]

23 minutes ago, OC2Texaspalmlvr said:

Can't wait to see the rest of your garden. 

T J 

Here’s a start another ernesti Cham in a container 

[Tyrone]

They’re an awesome palm and that’s an awesome specimen. Very few people grow these which is a great pity. 

[Mangosteen]

Mine growing on the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

[Tyrone]

3 hours ago, Mangosteen said:

Mine growing on the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Wow. It almost looks like a Calyptrocalyx.

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, Mangosteen said:

Mine growing on the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Nice palm and so out in the open lucky tropical climate growers the pictures of your palms seem to a lot more coloured than the ones I have seen in Australia hers a picture of a lacospadix seedling i germinated 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Tyrone said:

They’re an awesome palm and that’s an awesome specimen. Very few people grow these which is a great pity. 

Thanks Tyron they certainly are a nice palm there should be more planted there still rare in my area 

[tim_brissy_13]

7 hours ago, happypalms said:

Here’s a start another ernesti Cham in a container 

Loving your recent updates. This is another one that grows really strongly down here in Melbourne. Proven down to at least -2C here with no significant damage. Here’s mine in the ground (also got about 30-40 seedlings)

[happypalms]

32 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Loving your recent updates. This is another one that grows really strongly down here in Melbourne. Proven down to at least -2C here with no significant damage. Here’s mine in the ground (also got about 30-40 seedlings)

Nice one can definitely see the cold weather affect still a beautiful palm you have 

[happypalms]

On 8/16/2023 at 8:52 AM, OC2Texaspalmlvr said:

Beautiful palm, one of my favorites for sure. 

T J 

If you can get them buy them when is the best time to plant a palm tree 30 years ago I look at my garden and think of the ridiculous amount of money I have spent on my garden is priceless in what I get in return in peace and quiet and Mother Natures beauty palm seedlings that cost up to $300 aus dollars not to mention the investment in seeds but well worth the wait 30 years later just do it you only get one chance in life 

[Tyrone]

There’s at least two versions (maybe 3) getting around of Laccospadix australasica. A solitary lowland variety with a red new leaf (shown in a previous picture in Hawaii) and the highland varieties from up in the Atherton tablelands tend to clump and don’t get a red new leaf. I believe there should be two species really, but that’s above my pay grade. 

[Merlyn]

I bought a few seedlings of this palm from Floribunda in the spring, I hadn't heard of it before!  It looks like a full sun palm in Hawaii, I have it written down as a PM shade spot and hardy to around 25F.  Does that seem reasonable for Florida?

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, Merlyn said:

I bought a few seedlings of this palm from Floribunda in the spring, I hadn't heard of it before!  It looks like a full sun palm in Hawaii, I have it written down as a PM shade spot and hardy to around 25F.  Does that seem reasonable for Florida?

50/50 as they say sun shade or dappled light the higher the humidity the more sun they can take temperatures as low 2 degrees Celsius in my garden so fairly cold tolerant 

[peachy]

I always get these confused with Linospadix. I have never been able to find either in nurseries although last weekend, driving over Cunninghams Gap I saw some Linospadix in habitat along with Archontophoenix and tons of huge Blackboy Grass trees.  I had forgotten how pretty the Laccospadix is but I stopped searching for one when somebody used the C word about them.  I have an unnamed Calyptrocalyx here that looks quite similar, but keep it in the shade house.

Peachy

 

[happypalms]

19 hours ago, peachy said:

I always get these confused with Linospadix. I have never been able to find either in nurseries although last weekend, driving over Cunninghams Gap I saw some Linospadix in habitat along with Archontophoenix and tons of huge Blackboy Grass trees.  I had forgotten how pretty the Laccospadix is but I stopped searching for one when somebody used the C word about them.  I have an unnamed Calyptrocalyx here that looks quite similar, but keep it in the shade house.

Peachy

 

Hi peachy I have hundreds of linospadix monostachya about 3 years old in tubes when you’re ready for one or two lacospadix seedlings as well they would look amazing in habitat the old bangalow get a bit boring for me but a great pioneer palm plant them for the canopy I would want that calyptrocalyx to stay a calyptro much better palm than lacospadix i guess our native palms take a back seat to the more tropical imports Australia has some wonderful palms it’s a bit like traveling overseas when Australia has the best places to see we often choose abroad holidays like they say step out of your comfort zone and go see Australia first 

[happypalms]

Planted these  ravenea 20 years ago a nice tough palm they do flower but I never get seeds ? I use the old flowers as small dust broom an all round very attractive palm much slimmer and finer looking than rivularis cold tolerant and heat tolerant shade or sun there happy either way 

[Tomas]

Beautiful palms, mine are twnty years old too, but not more than two meters high. Have you ever tried to polinate them manually? They are dioecious, you need male and female inflorescences from two separated plants flowering at the same time.

[happypalms]

52 minutes ago, Tomas said:

Beautiful palms, mine are twnty years old too, but not more than two meters high. Have you ever tried to polinate them manually? They are dioecious, you need male and female inflorescences from two separated plants flowering at the same time.

Hi Tomas I have not had the chance to collect male pollen the two that flower are females I have two more so they may turn out to be male Italy must be fun to grow palms in 

[Tomas]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Hi Tomas I have not had the chance to collect male pollen the two that flower are females I have two more so they may turn out to be male Italy must be fun to grow palms in 

Interesting that only two of your palms flower at that dimension. My only trunking one is flowering like mad since many years, still not more than 2 high.

Fun? Not realy, am I too pessimistic? We have the red palm weevil here that is killing the large palms, and the palm moth killing the small ones. And long cold winters and some killing freezes far too often. A strong determination is the major ingredient for growing palms here I would say. I still enjoy and love my palms.

Here is the trunking glauca, there may not be many in Italy, also because the RPW likes them too. 

[happypalms]

12 hours ago, Tomas said:

Interesting that only two of your palms flower at that dimension. My only trunking one is flowering like mad since many years, still not more than 2 high.

Fun? Not realy, am I too pessimistic? We have the red palm weevil here that is killing the large palms, and the palm moth killing the small ones. And long cold winters and some killing freezes far too often. A strong determination is the major ingredient for growing palms here I would say. I still enjoy and love my palms.

Here is the trunking glauca, there may not be many in Italy, also because the RPW likes them too. 

If you can get some lanonia dasyantha arenga Engleri chamadorea Radicalis that might supply you with a tropical look and cold hardiness Nice ravenea i could not live in anything below zone 10 happy gardening 

[TomJ]

These are really slow here. 

I've seen trunking ones from established growers.

For me 10 years plus and not trunking yet but looking healthy.

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, TomJ said:

These are really slow here. 

I've seen trunking ones from established growers.

For me 10 years plus and not trunking yet but looking healthy.

I think the reason for the ones I have have something to do with longitude and latitude my garden is roughly around the same longitude as Madagascar the palms native habitat the area were I live there are a lot of plants in old established gardens with plants from Madagascar and quite common plants in propagation being sold in nurseries so the link is there just longitudinal for growth 

[Tomas]

9 hours ago, happypalms said:

If you can get some lanonia dasyantha arenga Engleri chamadorea Radicalis that might supply you with a tropical look and cold hardiness Nice ravenea i could not live in anything below zone 10 happy gardening 

Here are some palms I am growing in my garden near Rome, the latitude is 42 degrees N. 

 

[happypalms]

On 8/20/2023 at 11:39 PM, Tomas said:

Interesting that only two of your palms flower at that dimension. My only trunking one is flowering like mad since many years, still not more than 2 high.

Fun? Not realy, am I too pessimistic? We have the red palm weevil here that is killing the large palms, and the palm moth killing the small ones. And long cold winters and some killing freezes far too often. A strong determination is the major ingredient for growing palms here I would say. I still enjoy and love my palms.

Here is the trunking glauca, there may not be many in Italy, also because the RPW likes them too. 

You have a great eye for gardening I had a vision in my eyes when I planted my garden now it is becoming that vision you understand that vision 🌱

[The Palm Nut]

Great palm just very slow growing for me. This one is clumping with new red leaf, not sure of age but must be at least a couple of decades old. I would plant more but these are water hungry to look good. Many years it was struggling but the last few years have been wet and it's the best it's look ever.

[happypalms]

4 hours ago, The Palm Nut said:

Great palm just very slow growing for me. This one is clumping with new red leaf, not sure of age but must be at least a couple of decades old. I would plant more but these are water hungry to look good. Many years it was struggling but the last few years have been wet and it's the best it's look ever.

Nice little rainforest you got growing there do you get seeds of your lacospadix and yes the rain we had in the past few years I thought some palms were goners then all the rain we had with such great growth in my garden I want it rain like that again it’s so dry again now it hurts my green thumbs for it to be so dry again my sandy soil is becoming hydrophobic 

[happypalms]

Growing well in my garden is a dypsis procera I swapped some zamias for of Ben smith he knows his Palms well a great guy to know 

[happypalms]

I just love the afternoon sun in my garden the far red spectrum is great for flowering plants 

[The Palm Nut]

I get seeds but then again it depends on the amount of moisture in the soil which will determine if they become fully mature. I haven't tried to germinate any of them just throw them around the garden and see what happens.  My garden is starting to dry out in parts, I picked up a trailer load of mulch (1 cubic meter) of leaf mulch for 45.00 dollars, getting to the point where I can't even afford to get the cheapest mulch available. Crazy how the prices have gone up. Fortunately, I have a hammermill mulcher of my own and can recycle and turn my green waste into mulch but it's hard work, keeps me fit though. Fortunately, I don't have sandy soil so no issues with hydrophobic, but my soil is shallow. Road base which was used as fill many years ago keeps out the salt, but I have to continually build on it with organic material. I think if you were able to look through the top layer of the soil you would see an extensive layer of roots basically forming a large root mat throughout the garden. There would be intense competition for moisture and nutrient up take between the plants which is evident with some of the younger plants, so I tend to focus on them during the periods of drought. We have had some cyclonic winds over the years with trees in my area blowing over, fortunately due to the root mat, the interconnection of trees and palm roots, I haven't lost any. The old saying goes (strength in numbers) is certainly true in my garden.