happypalms Another day in paradise in the garden

[happypalms]

3 hours ago, Tyrone said:

I think they look the best in shade. I saw some beautiful old ones growing along a creek in a forested area in shade in a group at an abandoned nursery in Waroona in WA. Just beautiful. I should try the same thing here. 

The king of trachycarpus @Jonathan Haycock Was surprised at my ones in the shade. I got him thinking I think about shade grown ones!

[sgvcns]

Mine is mature and has flowered for a long time but only set seed once, which was sent to a friend in Colombia.

Digging a nice piece of rhizome works. Near 100% success. Bare root ish in a pot. Maybe 50% of the sucker grow. Big clump to nibble at with a garden move in a year or so.

[happypalms]

12 minutes ago, sgvcns said:

Mine is mature and has flowered for a long time but only set seed once, which was sent to a friend in Colombia.

Digging a nice piece of rhizome works. Near 100% success. Bare root ish in a pot. Maybe 50% of the sucker grow. Big clump to nibble at with a garden move in a year or so.

Interesting technique about the same as rhapis, but the strike rate is a bit lower than rhapis. 
If ever I do any cuttings I will just cut it from the parent plant and then remove it 3 months later to reduce shock. 

[Tropical Toni]

how do these do in containers ? 

 

i am in a dryish Mediterranean climate (zone 10b) which never frosts. I am thinking if I had this palm filtered light ?  

[Stevetoad]

On 7/10/2025 at 11:42 AM, PhoenixFXG said:

Is there an official hardiness? I hear they are 10a but can take 9b

Ive had mine for about 6 years or so. it's under canopy but it has seen temps as low as 28f and as high as 111f. always looks the same and keeps trucking along. the only thing I've seen was when it gets down to 32-28f the next leaf comes out stunted. not damaged, just small. 

[Stevetoad]

1 hour ago, xtazia said:

how do these do in containers ? 

 

i am in a dryish Mediterranean climate (zone 10b) which never frosts. I am thinking if I had this palm filtered light ?  

mine is in full shade here in east county San Diego. im willing to bet it could take much more sun though. it should grow great for you. 

[Tropical Toni]

39 minutes ago, Stevetoad said:

mine is in full shade here in east county San Diego. im willing to bet it could take much more sun though. it should grow great for you. 

going to pick up this one this weekend ! Surprised at how rare this palm is in socal. 

[Tropical Toni]

40 minutes ago, Stevetoad said:

mine is in full shade here in east county San Diego. im willing to bet it could take much more sun though. it should grow great for you. 

also can you post a photo ? would love to see 👀

[Stevetoad]

5 hours ago, xtazia said:

also can you post a photo ? would love to see 👀

Lighting isn’t the best but here you go. 

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, xtazia said:

how do these do in containers ? 

 

i am in a dryish Mediterranean climate (zone 10b) which never frosts. I am thinking if I had this palm filtered light ?  

They do great as container palm and easy to grow as well. And they take quite strong light to dappled light. 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Stevetoad said:

Ive had mine for about 6 years or so. it's under canopy but it has seen temps as low as 28f and as high as 111f. always looks the same and keeps trucking along. the only thing I've seen was when it gets down to 32-28f the next leaf comes out stunted. not damaged, just small. 

It takes temperatures down to 2 degrees Celsius in my garden, frost would most likely burn it, but there that tough it would most likely bounce back after a light burn. 

[Tropical Toni]

32 minutes ago, Stevetoad said:

Lighting isn’t the best but here you go. 

lovely palm !!!

[Cannonball]

Beautiful palms Richard, I've found Coronata to be incredibly forgiving.

 

[happypalms]

Five nice growing palms for that tropical look. With some recent plantings doing well. Arenga westhoutii borassodendron machadonisptychosperma schefferiArenga engleri Johannesteijsmannia Altifrons 

[Harry’s Palms]

Your Arenga Engleri looks great in shade . Mine is in full sun almost….for now . To the south , I planted two Howea F. that are just starting to trunk and becoming a bit of a canopy for the Arenga. Funny , as the Kentia get bigger , the Arenga is too. My Arenga stayed the same height ( about 6’ overall) for many years until I planted the Kentia next to it. Harry

[Mazat]

2 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Your Arenga Engleri looks great in shade . Mine is in full sun almost….for now . To the south , I planted two Howea F. that are just starting to trunk and becoming a bit of a canopy for the Arenga. Funny , as the Kentia get bigger , the Arenga is too. My Arenga stayed the same height ( about 6’ overall) for many years until I planted the Kentia next to it. Harry

Both benefit in some way, like a relationship. The big one protects the little one, so to speak. Exciting and extremely rewarding for both.

A great, astute observation, Harry. 
Nature is fantastic.

[happypalms]

You couldnt capture it any better than this as you walk around the corner in the garden and get hit with this bit of eye candy! 

[happypalms]

With a big thunderstorm storm approaching the light in the garden went real dark and the contrast was instantly felt in the garden with the electricity in the air charging up the garden with atoms! Now it’s pouring rain with about 25mm of rain already a true gardeners dreams drenching rainfall I love it! 

[Mazat]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

With a big thunderstorm storm approaching the light in the garden went real dark and the contrast was instantly felt in the garden with the electricity in the air charging up the garden with atoms! Now it’s pouring rain with about 25mm of rain already a true gardeners dreams drenching rainfall I love it! 

Yes, the plants love it🤗

[happypalms]

2 minutes ago, Mazat said:

Yes, the plants love it🤗

It can rain as much as it wants we all love it.

[Mazat]

1 minute ago, happypalms said:

It can rain as much as it wants we all love it.

Yes, absolutely, it also has a calming effect, and like all is always growing

[happypalms]

2 minutes ago, Mazat said:

Yes, absolutely, it also has a calming effect, and like all is always growing

Without it we don’t exist! 

[happypalms]

18 minutes ago, Mazat said:

Yes, absolutely, it also has a calming effect, and like all is always growing

To listen to the rain on a tin roof is very soothing to hear the rain that way!

[Palms1984]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

With a big thunderstorm storm approaching the light in the garden went real dark and the contrast was instantly felt in the garden with the electricity in the air charging up the garden with atoms! Now it’s pouring rain with about 25mm of rain already a true gardeners dreams drenching rainfall I love it! 

Beautiful palms!  Is the pink flowering plant a form of Brazilian plume flower (Justicia carnea)?

[happypalms]

10 minutes ago, Palms1984 said:

Beautiful palms!  Is the pink flowering plant a form of Brazilian plume flower (Justicia carnea)?

It most certainly is well spotted! 

[Mazat]

also a beauty, Richard.

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, Mazat said:

also a beauty, Richard.

It’s one of my favourites in the garden! 

[Mazat]

50 minutes ago, happypalms said:

It’s one of my favourites in the garden! 

i completely understand that. became good news ...

Incidentally, according to ETH Zurich, where an acquaintance of mine used to work, the climate in Switzerland appears to be warming significantly. Less air pollution leads to clearer air, which in turn leads to stronger solar radiation throughout the year, which in turn leads to warmer temperatures, as he wrote in a short e-mail this morning ...

[Harry’s Palms]

Looks great , like it occurred naturally . Multi stem too. Harry

[Harry’s Palms]

Such a great time to be in the garden! Thank you for sharing. We are coming into our third day of rain , unusual for us . Yesterday I checked my rain gage and we had already gotten 3.6”  by 8:30 am . I will check again this morning . I haven’t been out in the garden , time for a walk about the palms. I am so looking forward to checking on everything. Harry

‘This was Friday , by Saturday morning it was about 5.8” deep. After I did some calculations , it comes out at 3.6” corrected. I keep this container for soaking seeds so I had cleaned and dried it after soaking some Dypsis Blackii ( thank you @DoomsDave )seeds just before the storm got here. Harry

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, Mazat said:

i completely understand that. became good news ...

Incidentally, according to ETH Zurich, where an acquaintance of mine used to work, the climate in Switzerland appears to be warming significantly. Less air pollution leads to clearer air, which in turn leads to stronger solar radiation throughout the year, which in turn leads to warmer temperatures, as he wrote in a short e-mail this morning ...

Rising temperatures is a definite sign the planet is heating up. Unfortunately a C lot of small island islands with inhabitants are also at threat. So we as gardeners may think oh good I can grow my favourite palm. It’s a catch 22 situation. Due to forest clearing we are adding to the situation along with our pollution it’s not a  good outcome.

[happypalms]

8 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Looks great , like it occurred naturally . Multi stem too. Harry

It’s one beautiful palm. Such beautiful colours. 
It splits the trunks so technically not a clumping palm iam sure peachy would love it! 
Richard 

[happypalms]

10 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Such a great time to be in the garden! Thank you for sharing. We are coming into our third day of rain , unusual for us . Yesterday I checked my rain gage and we had already gotten 3.6”  by 8:30 am . I will check again this morning . I haven’t been out in the garden , time for a walk about the palms. I am so looking forward to checking on everything. Harry

‘This was Friday , by Saturday morning it was about 5.8” deep. After I did some calculations , it comes out at 3.6” corrected. I keep this container for soaking seeds so I had cleaned and dried it after soaking some Dypsis Blackii ( thank you @DoomsDave )seeds just before the storm got here. Harry

Rain is a welcoming thing for a gardener. 
Your climate is definitely a lot drier than my climate. Dave’s given you some good seeds there. A wanted palm for sure the black petiole.

Richard

[DoomsDave]

I’ve got one too, hairy and multi!

 

[happypalms]

23 minutes ago, DoomsDave said:

I’ve got one too, hairy and multi!

 

Now iam worried, hairy and multi! 🤣

[happypalms]

I was busy over autumn and winter planting palms, and the results are starting to show. With one of wettest seasons I have seen for a long time all the palms that went in are looking quite good. The usual brown edges and tattered leaves is fine after all they came out of a greenhouse and into the ground, a bit of dry leaf is fine it’s the new healthy growth that is more interesting to me, a good sign there tucked in and growing well. Areca vestria orange bentnickia condapanna borassodendron machodonispinanga sp maroon crownshaft black stem baroniichambeyronia divaricata Johannesteijsmannia altifronskerriodoxa elegans Chuniophoenix nanachamaedorea genoformis Veitcha joannis 

[happypalms]

They never seem to get boring when working in the garden theres always a adscendens or two within viewing distance. And they never get boring to look at, one fantastic understory palm! 

[peachy]

They are pretty little things and if I can ever tidy up and reclaim my 'Angel Garden' ,  there is a perfect spot waiting for one.

Peachy

[Harry’s Palms]

Good looking palm . Harry

[Harry’s Palms]

Looking very nice , especially considering they are in their first year or so. They will continue to get stronger as they become part of the landscape. Harry