My Garden - Melbourne Australia

[tim_brissy_13]

1 hour ago, HolyNewBee said:

Do you have Kerriodoxa elegans in your garden? I'm really curious about its behaviour this winter. I buy one seedling this month, and not sure if it can handle cool winter. I got one two years ago, but it got bud rotten in late winter.

I do have one but it’s in a pot and remains untested outside so far. I do intend to trial it one day maybe once I have some space when the canopy grows up and creates more sheltered locations. 

[tim_brissy_13]

A few current updates of the garden. Late September means the risk of frost is now over and most damage has already presented itself. A few freezing nights and some cold and wet weather caused some issues, like frost burn on Bentinckia condapanna and crown rot in Syagrus schizophylla. Overall though no losses due to cold, I’m still hopeful the S schizophylla can recover. 
 

L-R: Chamaedorea klotzschiana, C costaricana, Rhapis humilis, Howea belmoreana

My largest Archontophoenix myolensis

 

Hedyscepe canterburyana

 

Oraniopsis appendiculata

 

Caryota monostachya

 

Ceroxylon sp. labelled as ventricosum grown from seed but I may have mixed it up with C alpinum seed I think based on how it’s turning out. 
 

Lanonia dasyantha

 

Bentinckia condapanna a bit fried but recovering

 

L-R: Chrysalidocarpus arenarum, Chambeyronia oliviformis, Dypsis rosea, Gaussia maya, Pritchardia hillebrandii, Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus 

 

Euterpe edulis Orange Crownshaft

 

Hyophorbe indica Red form.  Can’t believe how well this thing has been going. A bit over 3 years from seed now  

 

Pritchardia napaliensis

 

Chamaedorea woodsoniana male

 

C elatior male and female pair

 

C anemophila

 

Pritchardia maideniana 

 

 

Brahea moorei

 

Rhopalostylis sapida var Oceana

 

Trachycarpus princeps 

 

Ceroxylon sp.  bought seed as parvifrons but looking like something else maybe vogelianum

 

Ceroxylon quindiuense

 

C quindiuense abaxial frond surface detail

 

Parajubaea torallyi var torallyi 

 

Parajubaea sunkha 

 

Brahea Super Silver

 

Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae twin trunk detail 

Schippia concolor breezing through another winter 

 

 

L-R: Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae, C baronii, Bismarckia, C lutescens, C decaryi x leptocheilos

 

Chamaerops Volcano

 

C decipiens

 

 

C decaryi X leptocheilos, C decaryi, C pilulifer hybrid
 

Brahea dulcis

 

Syagrus schizophylla not looking good

 

 

Chuniophoenix hainanensis 

Chrysalidocarpus decaryi x leptocheilos close up

 

Chambeyronia oliviformis trunk detail

[HolyNewBee]

Fabulous sharing. I've already buy a Euterpe edulis 'Orange Crownshaft' and test its cool hardiness.

[Jonathan Haycock]

The Ceroxylon are clearly happy in your climate. Got some C. quindiuense seed on the go so hopefully I'll get to try a few. Great to see the Brahea moorei doing well. 

[tim_brissy_13]

Chambeyronia macrocarpa var flavopicta showing off again. 

[Jonathan]

I reckon you'll find Tarzan swinging around in there one day Tim!

Very impressive.

[tim_brissy_13]

A few new plantings somehow squeezed into this limited space I have left. This year is probably the first where I’ll look to ‘edit’ the garden. Not removing any palms but some of the companion plants used as space filler can start to make way. 
 

Trachycarpus sp Nova. Planted next to a slightly larger one to form a double. I recently had my back fence get blown over in severe winds. The tradies who installed the fence did a decent job but didn’t take a lot of care in the garden despite some pretty clear instruction (pleading) and the existing Nova got trampled along with anything else I didn’t protect with some foolproof device. I think the Nova will be ok but I lost a Cham metallica and C linearis along with a few other heavily damaged palms. 
 

 

Trachycarpus geminisectus. Bit of crown rot in this one but I’m hoping some H2O2 and room for roots to spread will kick it back to life.

 

Chrysalidocarpus malcomberi

 

Nannorrhops baluchestanica

 

Chamaedorea woodsoniana triple planted. 

 

Chamaedorea nubium. I love this species. So perfect as a small seedling with the bright green foliage. 

 

Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii double planted under a mature female to make a group of 3. 

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

A few new plantings somehow squeezed into this limited space I have left. This year is probably the first where I’ll look to ‘edit’ the garden. Not removing any palms but some of the companion plants used as space filler can start to make way. 
 

Trachycarpus sp Nova. Planted next to a slightly larger one to form a double. I recently had my back fence get blown over in severe winds. The tradies who installed the fence did a decent job but didn’t take a lot of care in the garden despite some pretty clear instruction (pleading) and the existing Nova got trampled along with anything else I didn’t protect with some foolproof device. I think the Nova will be ok but I lost a Cham metallica and C linearis along with a few other heavily damaged palms. 
 

 

Trachycarpus geminisectus. Bit of crown rot in this one but I’m hoping some H2O2 and room for roots to spread will kick it back to life.

 

Chrysalidocarpus malcomberi

 

Nannorrhops baluchestanica

 

Chamaedorea woodsoniana triple planted. 

 

Chamaedorea nubium. I love this species. So perfect as a small seedling with the bright green foliage. 

 

Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii double planted under a mature female to make a group of 3. 

Give your garden ten more years and it will be a jungle out there. You need ten acres of land in the murwillumbah district then you can go to town on the landscaping. You got so many varieties you need ten acres of land.

[HolyNewBee]

My tiny euterpe edulis orange crownshaft seedling Hope it can handle with the next cool winter as easily as yours.

[tim_brissy_13]

First Geonoma sp. in the ground for me here in Melbourne - Geonoma stricta subsp. arundinacea. It goes into a fairly deeply shaded part of the garden near a south facing fence where it stays relatively moist. 

I’ve really gotten into this fascinating genus recently. It contains 68 recognised species according to Henderson 2011, but within many species there are accepted sub species and even different morphotypes within subspecies that can have instinct features. The majority of species come from the wet tropics of Central and South America, but the range of some species extend up to high elevation (G undata, G orbignyana and a couple of others) and a couple extend down to the subtropics around -30S latitude (G schottiana and G pohliana subsp. pohliana). 

Most of my Geonoma trials will not likely end well here down here, but perhaps I’m a chance if I can keep them shaded and moist but well drained all year. Am I crazy? Probably. 

I’d love to see any other Geonoma sp being grown. It seems to be an under utilised genus, likely because they are generally difficult to grow and most seem to need quite a narrow temperature range to thrive and can’t dry out at all.

[tim_brissy_13]

A couple of other recent plantings. 
 

A Lanonia dasyantha planted next to my existing one to make a group of 2. 

 

A triple Chamaedorea tepejilote (Yellow Inflorescence). 

[tim_brissy_13]

After consecutive nights at -0.4C/31F and 1.1C/34F, the growing season has come to an abrupt end here and winter is now upon us. I thought it would be a good opportunity to show how the garden has grown over our relatively long hot growing season for our standards. 
 

Archontophoenix myolensis

 

Brahea dulcis

 

Chrysalidocarpus decipiens

 

Chamaerops humilis ‘Vulcano’

 

Chamaerops humilis var argentea

 

Trithrinax brasiliensis var acanthocoma

 

Sabal minor

[tim_brissy_13]

Chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis 

 

Chrysalidocarpus pilulifer (probably a hybrid, apparently seed originally came from Floribunda after some digging)

 

Chrysalidocarpus decaryi x leptocheilos F1

 

Chrysalidocarpus decaryi

 

Bismarckia nobilis

 

Chrysalidocarpus baronii

 

Chrysalidocarpus ambositrae

 

Brahea moorei (unfortunately the other one has stopped producing spears for some reason @Jonathan Haycock). This one seems happy and I’m still hopeful the other recovers as other fronds are still green. 

 

Brahea Super Silver

 

Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus hybrid

 

Chrysalidocarpus cabadae x madagascariensis F1 (L) and C pembanus x madagascariensis F1 (R)

[tim_brissy_13]

Chamaedorea klotzschiana 

 

Rhapis excelsa variegated

 

Chamaedorea costaricana

 

Rhapis humilis (L), Howea belmoreana (R)

 

Archontophoenix myolensis

 

Chuniophoenix hainanensis

 

Chamaedorea hooperiana

Hedyscepe canterburyana

 

Chambeyronia divaricata

 

Lepidorrhachis mooreana

 

Geonoma stricta subsp arundinacea

 

Hedyscepe trunk and crownshaft

 

Oraniopsis appendiculata

 

Linospadix apetiolatus

 

Linospadix microcaryus

 

Linospadix minor

 

Lanonia dasyantha

 

Ceroxylon sp.  had it labelled as C ventricosum but think I must’ve mixed up with C alpinum seed I got at the same time. 

 

Caryota monostachya

 

More to come. 

[happypalms]

Nice one Tim beautiful palms. And such a chilly place to grow your research is van on the money for cool tolerant. But iam sure like the rest of us you have killed some beauties in the past. That ambositrae is gorgeous it reminds me I must get onto @Tyrone in WA. 

[Jonathan]

Looking good Tim.

Standing room only...you might have to buy the neighbours place and knock the house down!

[tim_brissy_13]

20 hours ago, happypalms said:

Nice one Tim beautiful palms. And such a chilly place to grow your research is van on the money for cool tolerant. But iam sure like the rest of us you have killed some beauties in the past. That ambositrae is gorgeous it reminds me I must get onto @Tyrone in WA. 

Yep it’s not always smooth sailing growing palms especially when you push the boundaries a bit. I’ve lost a few in the last year or so. Recent victims are Trachycarpus geminisectus (although I think it was in its way out when I got it), Trachycarpus takil and Brahea moorei. Strangely they are all extremely hardy palms. I think they’ve got some kind of crown rot. Palmate palms planted as seedlings I seem to struggle with a tad. 

[tim_brissy_13]

A few more:

A wobbly Syagrus hoehnei which fell over and has since been staked. 

 

Syagrus weddeliana

 

Archontophoenix tuckeri 

 

Chamaedorea woodsoniana

 

Trachycarpus nanus x princeps F1. Seems to be T nanus dominant. Very slow and creeping habit. 

 

Trachycarpus princeps. One of my favourites in the garden at the moment. 

 

Rhopalostylis sapida Chatham Islands /Oceana

 

Ceroxylon sp. germinated from C ‘parvifrons’ seed in 2018 but clearly not the true species, as with previous seed batches out there. 
 

And another one. Both turning plumose. 

 

Chamaedorea glaucifolia

 

Chamaedorea nubium

 

Ceroxylon quinidiuense

 

Parajubaea torallyi var torallyi

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

Yep it’s not always smooth sailing growing palms especially when you push the boundaries a bit. I’ve lost a few in the last year or so. Recent victims are Trachycarpus geminisectus (although I think it was in its way out when I got it), Trachycarpus takil and Brahea moorei. Strangely they are all extremely hardy palms. I think they’ve got some kind of crown rot. Palmate palms planted as seedlings I seem to struggle with a tad. 

Maybe cold and wet doing the damage, all of a sudden they just say no iam not going to grow anymore. Check your soil for phytophera, you can bring it in with contaminated soil sources, or in a container plant. Don’t worry yhe amount of stuff I have killed hurts. I have learnt a lot with so many new varieties available now it’s just trial and error. I was worried about dypsis rosea in the cold then you have one Melbourne, so sharing information is a great way to get new palms going. I reckon you could get a licuala sallehana in a container down there and the same for triphylia in containers, bring them under cover in winter so not cold wet feet! 

[tim_brissy_13]

Some more from the garden. Temperatures have bounced a bit here after a few nights in a row around freezing, but the cold is unavoidable June onwards. 
 

Rhopalostylis sapida East Cape / Fine leaf

 

Archontophoenix purpurea

 

Livistona nitida

 

Rhopalostylis baueri var baueri

 

Wallichia disticha  this has made a nice comeback after getting trampled during the back fence replacement.

 

 

Laccospadix australasicus clumping form. Easy grower for me.  Not a rocket, but a robust and reliable grower.

 

Chamaedorea tepejilote clumping form. This one also got banged up during the fence replacement but has grown well since. Ditto the 2x Trachycarpus sp Nova in the bottom right of the shot.

 

Archontophoenix myolensis double, both stems after having dropped old crownshafts. 

 

Ceroxylon echinulatum 

 

Pritchardia maideniana

 

Caryota obtusa.  Got burnt pretty badly during a heat wave, but each new frond is still getting much larger.

 

Arenga engleri

 

Sabal bermudana 

 

Beccariophoenix alfredii

 

 

[Jonathan]

Looking good Tim, the myolensis is a cracker!

Also encouraging to see Laccospadix doing well for you.

[tim_brissy_13]

20 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Looking good Tim, the myolensis is a cracker!

Also encouraging to see Laccospadix doing well for you.

The myolensis are now 10 years old from RPS seed. Had 9/10 germinate, gave a couple to other collectors and planted the remaining 6 at my old house. All then survived the transplant here, very happy I brought them with me. Hopefully should mature in the next few years. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Agree , Tim , impressive show of some real nice ones. That Caryota Obtusa will continue to be a show stopper every time it gets a new frond . They get huge here at 34 degrees north. The C. Tepejelote get burnt easily here . I have a single and a clumping variety and they get so tall it is impossible to keep them shaded. @tim_brissy_13 , thank you for sharing your garden. Harry

[SeanK]

Are larger, specimen palms available in Australia as they are in Florida and California?

[tim_brissy_13]

46 minutes ago, SeanK said:

Are larger, specimen palms available in Australia as they are in Florida and California?

For some species sure. But for rare palms there aren’t many specialist retail palm nurseries left in the whole country. In Melbourne, a city with population around 5.5 million, it’s basically impossible to find anything other than Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, A alexandrae, Phoenix roebellini, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens or Chamaedorea elegans (marketed as an indoor palm). A couple of nurseries have a few more species available but not to the same degree as So Cal or Florida from what I can tell from this forum. 

[Tassie_Troy1971]

On 9/30/2024 at 6:51 PM, Jonathan Haycock said:

The Ceroxylon are clearly happy in your climate. Got some C. quindiuense seed on the go so hopefully I'll get to try a few. Great to see the Brahea moorei doing well. 

Hi Jonathan 

I've done a lot of study on Ceroxylon quindiuense and where they have been successfully grown out of habitat  c quindiuense need yearly overnight temperatures below 16c to grow properly unfortunately SE Queensland has too many warm nights and high dewpoint for ceroxylon with perhaps  the exception of ceroxylon Amazonicum that is from lower elevation.

My  cool coastal climate and San Francisco Bay area are great for ceroxylon species. 

Darold petty had a huge ceroxylon q in his backyard and his summer temperatures in coastal San Francisco are between 13c - 18 C

 

[tim_brissy_13]

7 minutes ago, Tassie_Troy1971 said:

Hi Jonathan 

I've done a lot of study on Ceroxylon quindiuense and where they have been successfully grown out of habitat  c quindiuense need yearly overnight temperatures below 16c to grow properly unfortunately SE Queensland has too many warm nights and high dewpoint for ceroxylon with perhaps  the exception of ceroxylon Amazonicum that is from lower elevation.

My  cool coastal climate and San Francisco Bay area are great for ceroxylon species. 

Darold petty had a huge ceroxylon q in his backyard and his summer temperatures in coastal San Francisco are between 13c - 18 C

 

Quite a few Ceroxylon sp grow well in Sydney which can stay pretty warm overnight during summer. But I suspect you’re right for SE QLD, likely warmth would be too relentless for most Ceroxylon sp. I think I remember an old C alpinum growing somewhere up that way, and, as you say, C amazonicum might be a shot. 

[realarch]

Hey Tim, nice collection, I think I’ve said that before. Not hard to see the passion, you got it bad dude!

Tim

[Jonathan Haycock]

10 hours ago, Tassie_Troy1971 said:

Hi Jonathan 

I've done a lot of study on Ceroxylon quindiuense and where they have been successfully grown out of habitat  c quindiuense need yearly overnight temperatures below 16c to grow properly unfortunately SE Queensland has too many warm nights and high dewpoint for ceroxylon with perhaps  the exception of ceroxylon Amazonicum that is from lower elevation.

My  cool coastal climate and San Francisco Bay area are great for ceroxylon species. 

Darold petty had a huge ceroxylon q in his backyard and his summer temperatures in coastal San Francisco are between 13c - 18 C

 

Unfortunately I did not get the opportunity to test that theory Troy, as none of the Ceroxylon quindiuense seed I got from RPS popped. I’ve not given up on them though, they’ll stay outside in a communal pot for the foreseeable. I’ll keep an eye open for Ceroxylon amazonicum, thanks for the tip.

[Jonathan Haycock]

On 5/20/2025 at 1:14 PM, tim_brissy_13 said:

Brahea moorei (unfortunately the other one has stopped producing spears for some reason @Jonathan Haycock). This one seems happy and I’m still hopeful the other recovers as other fronds are still green. 

Looks great Tim. I kept one, and it has really took off since I installed automatic overhead micro irrigation. 

[tim_brissy_13]

53 minutes ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

Unfortunately I did not get the opportunity to test that theory Troy, as none of the Ceroxylon quindiuense seed I got from RPS popped. I’ve not given up on them though, they’ll stay outside in a communal pot for the foreseeable. I’ll keep an eye open for Ceroxylon amazonicum, thanks for the tip.

Bummer with the seed. I think there must’ve been a few of us give that recent C quindiuense batch a go from RPS. From 50 seeds I’ve ended up with 4 established in 50mm pots. At one stage I thought I’d have more, probably 10-20 germinated but most quickly damped off before getting out of the bag. I suspect my mistake was starting them off on 26C heat. They sat there and did nothing until I moved them to room temp and then I saw germination but I’d possibly cooked them already. Also difficult from RPS with species that need very fresh seed to germinate well with all that waiting in transit. 

[Micha.]

Really cool garden Tim!

Do you have any tips on minimising brown spotting and tips during or at the wind of winter? Have you tried any fertiliser or other supplements?

[tim_brissy_13]

15 minutes ago, Micha. said:

Really cool garden Tim!

Do you have any tips on minimising brown spotting and tips during or at the wind of winter? Have you tried any fertiliser or other supplements?

Good question! Honestly I’ve basically given up and accepted in my climate that some species will brown tip. If I look closely probably most do. I really just keep it simple with fertiliser now. I have a worm farm and every month or so I’ll spread the juice around and I supplement this with liquid organic fertiliser and liquid seaweed. @happypalms did get me on to volcanic rock dust recently but at this stage I’ve mainly used that for mixing into potting mix and adding around specific palms which seem to have deficiency issues. 

[Tyrone]

Tim you have an awesome garden and you have the gift. Your species list is very impressive. 
How often does your garden get into 40C plus territory in summer? We have similar summer averages, my place may even be slightly cooler than Melbourne when you consider averages but it’s the excursions into the 40 plus range that get me concerned. I never seem to have enough canopy for heat sensitive stuff here, and things can burn with just a small gap in the canopy. Your garden however seems to do ok with less canopy. For example I’ve got to make sure my Hedyscepe and Chatham island Nikaus never see direct sun during the heat of the day when it’s over 40C. 
 

[tim_brissy_13]

16 minutes ago, Tyrone said:

Tim you have an awesome garden and you have the gift. Your species list is very impressive. 
How often does your garden get into 40C plus territory in summer? We have similar summer averages, my place may even be slightly cooler than Melbourne when you consider averages but it’s the excursions into the 40 plus range that get me concerned. I never seem to have enough canopy for heat sensitive stuff here, and things can burn with just a small gap in the canopy. Your garden however seems to do ok with less canopy. For example I’ve got to make sure my Hedyscepe and Chatham island Nikaus never see direct sun during the heat of the day when it’s over 40C. 
 

40C+ is uncommon, maybe 1-2 per year on average, but I’d guess there would be 5-10 38C+ days which are typically accompanied by the same dry northerly winds. Maybe one thing that helps us here is consecutive 40+ days are very rare and nights will cool other than outlier events. My Hedyscepe does still burn honestly because I made a bit of a mistake with planting position. I put it to the south of a larger Howea and A cunninghamiana so it doesn’t get any direct sun for 9 months of the year, but I failed to account for the sun setting in the South - West in summer so it doesn’t receive afternoon sun at the worst time of year. The Howea canopy should grow to cover this somewhat, but I may always have a slight issue as I have my deck and concrete area to the south west of the Hedyscepe. 
 

A Quick Look at this season’s records show we got above 37C 10 times, including 2 sets of 2 consecutive days both involving a 40C+ temp. 3 40C+ days with a max of 41.0C. It was an hot summer and the were plenty of days in the 30s and average max temps in the high 20s all throughout summer and into March. Our record max here is 47.4C but that was a freak event (Black Saturday). My Ceroxylon sp (probably alpinum) pre dates that event and there are Hedyscepe around town which coped with that without damage. As you say, shade is key, along with moisture when that kind of thing happens. 

[tim_brissy_13]

Finishing off the update for the season:

Brahea calcarea

 

Jubaea chilensis

 

North facing garden. Stays like dry here probably due to neighbours’ Eucalypts and ornamental pears. 

 

 

West facing garden. Dry here too due to the neighbour’s big P canariensis. 

 

Just around a bit to where the garden faces south west. Palms in here tend to be healthier than just over to the canariensis due to less sun and more moisture. 

The south facing cloudforest section showing a bit of stress from the long summer  

 

Chamaedorea woodsoniana coping ok with quite a bit of sun. 

 

Chamaedorea oblongata slowing down now that it pumps out plenty of inflos. 

 

Chuniophoenix nana

 

Chamaedorea arenbergiana x nationsiana F1. Love the wide leaflets on this. 

 

Corn on the cob from the C arenbergiana x nationsiana. 

 

Chamaedorea elatior getting out of control and with slowly ripening seed. 

 

Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii

 

Chamaedorea anemophila with a baby C liebmanii in front. I lost 2 of the triple planted C liebmanii suddenly, originally suspecting nematodes but found no evidence.

 

Chamaedorea brachypoda

 

Ok, maybe one more set of photos still to come…

[JohnAndSancho]

This is amazing. I'm jealous of your climate first off, but we have an expression over here - "10 pounds in a 5 pound bag," but you've nailed it. 

[tim_brissy_13]

1 hour ago, JohnAndSancho said:

This is amazing. I'm jealous of your climate first off, but we have an expression over here - "10 pounds in a 5 pound bag," but you've nailed it. 

Thanks! I am grateful for my climate but most Aussies will say I live in a bitterly cold place where palms don’t grow. I definitely have more temperature related challenges than sub tropical and tropical climates, but also less disease and pathogen worries, less green waste and even slower growth rate I appreciate as palms tend to remain at eye level for longer. 
 

By the way, I had a look at your profile to check your location. I had a chuckle 😆

[peachy]

I have a very young Kerriodoxa that I bought from happypalms early last year. This is it's second winter on the patio and it's doing fine. It went a bit tatty in the extreme heat wave in January but has recovered well.  Pritchardias have survived every thing my winters can throw at them, P pacifica being the exception but P thurstonii which looks almost the same, does really well.  My Chamaedorea woodsoniana was very slow until the heavy rain this year and has now doubled in height. I started my garden when I moved here in July 2021 so unless you planted some advance specimens, your Melbourne garden is keeping almost equal pace with mine.

Peachy

[tim_brissy_13]

Ok last update for the season. I’ll post some post-winter photos in a few months hopefully showing minimal damage and then on to another Spring planting season (always room for more palms!). 
 

Pritchardia martii. Going ok considering it went through last winter where it got down to nearly -1.5C/29F a couple of times and already -0.4C/31F this year. The one I’ve got in a pot the same age is twice the size and is kept under cover during winter. 

 

Chambeyronia macrocarpa var hookeri  grown from seed 7 years ago.

 

Burretiokentia hapala

 

Cyphophoenix elegans. Some suspicion there may be some C nucele influence in this but possibly just variability. 

A couple of Chrysalidocarpus baronii Black Petioles. The first already shows the typical colour and white emerging spear, the second not so much despite being larger. From the same RPS batch in 2019.

 

Pritchardia napaliensis.  Nice little palm already.

 

Hyophorbe indica. From a ‘green’ seed batch but this one was the oddball that was bright red from the first shoot and 3 times as fast as the rest. Germinated in 2022 and already pushing 3m/10’ tall! Not bad considering it’s considered extremely marginal here.

 

Chambeyronia oliviformis. First in East facing receiving morning sun.  Second North facing receiving full sun. 

 

Euterpe edulis Orange Crownshaft. Originally bought from Palms for Brisbane as E espiritosantensis back in 2017 as a tiny seedling.  Slow but beginning to move now.

 

Bentinckia condapanna

 

Chambeyronia macrocarpa var flavopicta

 

Cyphophoenix nucele

 

Chambeyronia divaricata

 

Gaussia maya

 

Dypsis rosea

 

Pritchardia hillebrandii between the stems of Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus.

 

It’s not all rosy growing palms. The Pritchardia hillebrandii has suffered all growing season.  Lower fronds are dying off one by one.  New growth is still slowly pushing but coming out stunted. At this stage I’ve applied a few doses of hydrogen peroxide into the crown through the last few months and recently applied some volcanic rock dust around the base but without knowing what is going on it’s a bit of a scattergun approach.  Open to any ideas for what is wrong! A year ago this palm held 15+ good fronds, now down to 3-4.