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The same photo 6 years apart

Chester B

By Chester B
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Chester B Grand Master

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The stretched out Trachycarpus were shorter than the Choisiya shrubs you see today. And yes the Sabal minor is still there, albeit hard to see. 

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Chester B Grand Master

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Wider shot from today  Trachies somewhere between 13 and 15 feet tall  

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Human male, as in me for scale. 

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SailorBold Grand Master

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Who knew trachy could be a privacy screen? Or a windbreak??

That is amazing.. 

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Chester B Grand Master

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They are very versatile.  

Las Palmas Norte Grand Master

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I suppose you might have wished to plant that buried Sabal minor elsewhere. It's lost in all that foliage, and I can't spot it.

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wow

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10 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

I suppose you might have wished to plant that buried Sabal minor elsewhere. It's lost in all that foliage, and I can't spot it.

The Choisiya ternata turned out to be much larger than I expected.  They can always be removed, I've gotten ruthless this year with removing plants!

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It's so much nicer to look at than a fence. Well done!

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SailorBold Grand Master

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21 hours ago, Chester B said:

They are very versatile.  

I really like that they hold their leaves for a long time..  perfect climate for them..

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What a difference 6 years makes!  Really nice Trachys…I tend to plant things too close…yours tend to grow close given your talent and climate even when planted with proper spacing…have you considered thinning out a bit to expose the Trachy trunks a little…the nature of their insulated trunks is really fascinating.

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8 hours ago, GregVirginia7 said:

What a difference 6 years makes!  Really nice Trachys…I tend to plant things too close…yours tend to grow close given your talent and climate even when planted with proper spacing…have you considered thinning out a bit to expose the Trachy trunks a little…the nature of their insulated trunks is really fascinating.

I actually planted these with the thought of them almost acting like a giant needle palm, with a wall of fronds to hide the fence.  Sadly many of these have more than 8' of trunk now, and this is the first year that I have been removing old dead fronds.  I know once the fronds die back to 5' or 6' from the ground I'll see the fence again and will need to bring in mid level shrubs.

As far as exposing the trunks, I have about 36 big Trachys and many are planted singly so I can see furry trunks from just about any spot in my yard.  Here are two of the singles.

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SailorBold Grand Master

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36??????!!!!!!???

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1 hour ago, Chester B said:

Sadly many of these have more than 8' of trunk now

 

 

If this is sad, then may your Texas "6 years apart" photo thread be mortifying!

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1 hour ago, SailorBold said:

36??????!!!!!!???

Ok so I just counted and its 26 Trachycarpus fortunei with over 4'-14' of trunk, with most in the 7-8' range.  I have a few smaller fortunei, and then I have some other trunking Trachycarpus species which number 11, so Trachycarpus total is 37.  And yes I know I have a problem....

 

37 minutes ago, Jesse PNW said:

If this is sad, then may your Texas "6 years apart" photo thread be mortifying!

I sure hope so, but I don't know how I'm going to fit 37 Sabals on a 1/4 acre lot!

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37 minutes ago, Chester B said:

I sure hope so, but I don't know how I'm going to fit 37 Sabals on a 1/4 acre lot!

There's this guy named Doomsdave...

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Lol @DoomsDave

It's not a problem.... its inspiring in a Stockholm kind of way.. 

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WHOA, whut?

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