A few garden pictures in the rain

[happypalms]

More rain and the garden is going crazy you would think you where in Hawaii, let me dream of a land far far away on a tropical island called Hawaii where palms grow just by looking at them. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Nothing like rain to show a garden at its best. We have a chance for some rain this weekend . 🤞I sure hope so . Harry

[happypalms]

  On 4/26/2025 at 8:40 AM, Harry’s Palms said:

Nothing like rain to show a garden at its best. We have a chance for some rain this weekend . 🤞I sure hope so . Harry

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Start spreading the news!! 📰 you gotta love the rain.

Richard

[peachy]

What is the palm in the middle of the last 2 photos please ?

Peachy

[happypalms]

  On 4/26/2025 at 10:32 AM, peachy said:

What is the palm in the middle of the last 2 photos please ?

Peachy

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That one my darling peachy is the silver lady hybrid palm that you love so much. I do believe you received some the other day.
Richard 

[Harry’s Palms]

A beauty at that. Harry

[SCVpalmenthusiast]

  On 4/26/2025 at 8:22 AM, happypalms said:

More rain and the garden is going crazy you would think you where in Hawaii, let me dream of a land far far away on a tropical island called Hawaii where palms grow just by looking at them. 

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Where do you live? This is amazing. Looks like a tropical paradise. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Rain!!

Well , it was gonna be “ water the garden day”. But Mother Nature gave me a day off! Harry

[happypalms]

  On 4/26/2025 at 1:15 PM, Harry’s Palms said:

A beauty at that. Harry

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She is indeed a beautiful lady. I have even had one of the biggest growers in Australia ask me what it was as they had never seen it as well. A very special palm. 
Richard 

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  On 4/26/2025 at 2:17 PM, SCVpalmenthusiast said:

Where do you live? This is amazing. Looks like a tropical paradise. 

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On the east coast of Australia in a lovely subtropical climate. The far north coast it’s a beautiful part of the world. 

[happypalms]

  On 4/26/2025 at 3:01 PM, Harry’s Palms said:

Rain!!

Well , it was gonna be “ water the garden day”. But Mother Nature gave me a day off! Harry

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Mother Nature always has surprises. Always coming up with something new daily in nature. 
Richard 

[peachy]

  On 4/26/2025 at 12:17 PM, happypalms said:

That one my darling peachy is the silver lady hybrid palm that you love so much. I do believe you received some the other day.
Richard 

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It's a lot taller than mine was so looks very different. Yes I potted up the sprouts, had a visit from Erica who snavelled half of them as usual ! 😏

Peachy

[happypalms]

  On 4/27/2025 at 1:10 AM, peachy said:

It's a lot taller than mine was so looks very different. Yes I potted up the sprouts, had a visit from Erica who snavelled half of them as usual ! 😏

Peachy

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It’s got a fair chunk of trunk I would say that for sure. I have another 20 or so in the garden and none of them have a trunk yet, so this one is absolutely jumping in comparison to its cousins. The best bit about Erica snavelling your plants is you get some back of her if you manage to kill your ones. 
Richard 

[SCVpalmenthusiast]

  On 4/26/2025 at 10:10 PM, happypalms said:

On the east coast of Australia in a lovely subtropical climate. The far north coast it’s a beautiful part of the world. 

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I find Australia fascinating. Most of the country is desert. But there are some beautiful subtropical areas, and even Mediterranean climates that resemble California. I believe Perth is like Southern California climate and biome wise. 

[happypalms]

  On 4/28/2025 at 4:22 PM, SCVpalmenthusiast said:

I find Australia fascinating. Most of the country is desert. But there are some beautiful subtropical areas, and even Mediterranean climates that resemble California. I believe Perth is like Southern California climate and biome wise. 

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In my opinion Australia is one of the best countries in the world. It has its advantages being so far away from the rest of the world. Our climate and our environment is absolutely beautiful, we can have floods, fire, drought and snow in one day somewhere in Australia. Perth  is a beautiful city and one of the most isolated cities in the world as far as distance from other major cities. I have never been California so I cannot comment on the difference between both places. The bio security for Western Australia is very strict they can only import seeds and not live plants basically a quarantine state within its own country. A state very rich in natural resources and beauty. But the east coast is the place to live for me. Apart from the cairns area the region just south of the Queensland border is a paradise for palm growers then a little place called the Sunshine Coast is another great place to grow palms without the cold weather or tropical cyclones that the cairns area gets.