Palms with Clivia Gone Wild

[Jim in Los Altos]

It’s the season for these Clivia blooms and the palms are “waking up” from winter’s slumber. 
 

 

 

 

[rprimbs]

I love the really strong red clivia!  Where do you get those?

[Carp589]

Looks great, how long did something like this take? 

[Jim in Los Altos]

22 minutes ago, rprimbs said:

I love the really strong red clivia!  Where do you get those?

Local nursery called SummerWinds.

[Jim in Los Altos]

14 minutes ago, Carp589 said:

Looks great, how long did something like this take? 

Much of the garden is 20 years old but it’s evolved. A lot is significantly younger and a few of the palms are older than 20. None of my backyard is pictured in this thread however. 

[FlaPalmLover]

The title is appropriate. This is like palm nut porn. Maybe a video tour of your full yard would be a good idea, à la Walt from FL?? 😉

[happypalms]

I know the feeling to well jim 👍

[Jim in Los Altos]

10 hours ago, happypalms said:

I know the feeling to well jim 👍

Beautiful, Richard! It’s too bad they only bloom in the springtime though. Luckily they have colorful berries that hang on quite a while. 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Beautiful, Richard! It’s too bad they only bloom in the springtime though. Luckily they have colorful berries that hang on quite a while. 

Yer there pretty boring all year then then  flowers make up for it the Belgium hybrids are the one’s to grow and the colour of seed is an indicator of the colour of the flower so yellow seeds yellow flowers 

[Tracy]

It is that time of year again in the Northern Hemisphere.   Mostly a variety with orange flowers here in my garden.  They make a nice green ground cover when not in bloom.

[Jim in Los Altos]

The yard was FULL of Clivia flowers but due to the unprecedented heat in March, I didn’t have much time to snap photos before the flowers began falling off. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

[DoomsDave]

Obscenities screamed.

[Harry’s Palms]

Ours just bloomed! I had to move it under the Chrysalidiocarpus Decaryi , it started to get sun burned . The courtyard is now getting a lot more after noon sun. Harry

I love the blooms of these . We will probably get more at some point.

[Tracy]

37 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Ours just bloomed! I had to move it under the Chrysalidiocarpus Decaryi , it started to get sun burned . The courtyard is now getting a lot more after noon sun. Harry

I love the blooms of these . We will probably get more at some point.

Put it in the ground and you can remove cuttings.  These produce offsets prolificly like bromeliads and they are equally easy to divide and transplant. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Yes , I see new plants coming off the original one . There are two or three “ pups” . We’ve only had it a year. So those can be seperate plants? Harry

[Foggy Paul]

We had a bunch of these with the original plant-out of our garden but they all rotted. I think in our moist climate, they don't need any irrigation at all. I may try again. @Jim in Los Altos how much water do you give yours? I like that deep red color too.

[Jim in Los Altos]

3 hours ago, Foggy Paul said:

We had a bunch of these with the original plant-out of our garden but they all rotted. I think in our moist climate, they don't need any irrigation at all. I may try again. @Jim in Los Altos how much water do you give yours? I like that deep red color too.

Paul, they’re much like orchids in the need for excellent drainage as well as plants of water during dry periods. Their roots even look like orchid roots and will sometimes grow over rocks and mulch. Most of my garden’s soil is fertile loam that drains fast so my Clivias are watered regularly. Their roots are naturally fairly shallow so deep watering isn’t necessary.  

[Mazat]

On 4/15/2024 at 12:28 AM, Jim in Los Altos said:

It’s the season for these Clivia blooms and the palms are “waking up” from winter’s slumber. 
 

 

 

 

impressive Jim, simply impressive 🤗