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ideas for plants next to my palm

pinkpantheressfan
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ignore that it looks rough rn. it got damaged from our lawn people but it’s recovering now. but anyways i was thinking of planting rhododendrons next to it or behind it (ones that stay smaller) and i was also thinking of some of the grasses. but does anyone have any ideas for plants that aren’t tropical? i’m in south jersey 7bIMG_6521.thumb.jpeg.a9e391250f452499213a851ad7eb042b.jpeg

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    4 hours ago, PAPalmtrees said:

    I can recommend some how much sun does this area get?

    full sun 

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    Columbine is a really good option they have really pretty flowers the flowers come in all different colors they bloom in spring and summer

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    Azaleas are an amazing option there is so many cultivars they come in so many different colors  azaleas are one of my favorite evergreens.

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    Lavenders also a really good one you can grow they smell amazing they are evergreen and they have beautiful flowersth-4182531430.jpg.3beb64909dd1eb01473589483cbeb2f6.jpg

     

     

     

     

     

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    Wax Myrtle. Trim it to 2-4 stems as it grows to a 10-ft tree. 

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    On 5/13/2025 at 3:59 PM, PAPalmtrees said:

     

    Columbine is a really good option they have really pretty flowers the flowers come in all different colors they bloom in spring and summer

    th-905813957.jpg.827a507a701536a3df18e55764913082.jpg

     

     

    creeping phlox Is a very pretty evergreen ground cover it blooms march through JuneOIP-262974317.jpg.fe5673a43ee8cea8e98ef74076783da5.jpg

     

    Azaleas are an amazing option there is so many cultivars they come in so many different colors  azaleas are one of my favorite evergreens.

    th-1023981802.jpg.14855f13d0651db18d6eeed00cbd62a9.jpg

     

    Lavenders also a really good one you can grow they smell amazing they are evergreen and they have beautiful flowersth-4182531430.jpg.3beb64909dd1eb01473589483cbeb2f6.jpg

     

     

     

     

     

    These are great suggestions.  Rhododendrons can get large and could outgrow the palm.  I would plant an azalea instead of a rhododendron.  There are so many varieties of the Encore azalea that bloom throughout spring/summer/early fall.

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