A nice cool afternoon in the garden

[happypalms]

A nice winter afternoon with the garden looking well watered and rested up tucking in for the next couple of cool months. With a lot of new plantings in the ground it will be an interesting few months to see who is going to make the zone push race in the garden. So enjoy a nice wander in the garden. 

[peachy]

Looking great. I love both the coloured cordylines, haven't seen either of those before. Ooh what species is the cycad with the red cone please ?  Now that it is finally cool enough for me to work outside without fainting or being sick,  the ground is nice and soft after all the rain so I can dig it myself why does it have to be mid winter and too cold to plant anything ?

Peachy

[happypalms]

7 minutes ago, peachy said:

Looking great. I love both the coloured cordylines, haven't seen either of those before. Ooh what species is the cycad with the red cone please ?  Now that it is finally cool enough for me to work outside without fainting or being sick,  the ground is nice and soft after all the rain so I can dig it myself why does it have to be mid winter and too cold to plant anything ?

Peachy

I won’t be stopping planting plants, the common tried and tested plants are going to be planted. The  more exotic new varieties will be planted in spring or summer. I guess if I had two joeys I would be planting them in spring but with hundreds of them iam not worried about them going in now. The cordylines are a new variety my friend gave me. I can do a few cuttings later on to hand around. The cycad is a encepharlatos ferox that’s coning for the first time after 24 years in the ground an original Rolf kyburz purchase.

 Richard 

[Harry’s Palms]

I really enjoyed the trip through your garden , glad I wore my sweater! Very nice , it looks like all the rain has done its job . Harry

[Harry’s Palms]

Seeing the “ Joey “ in the pic above reminded me of a recent trip to The Huntington in Pasadena . It revealed a very nice specimen in the glass house and I thought of you . Now I understand your love of that palm. I don’t remember ever seeing one in person . They keep the glasshouse like a rainforest inside so the Joey is thriving! Harry

[JohnAndSancho]

Looking nice! Where are all the kangaroos and giant murder spiders though?

[happypalms]

21 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I really enjoyed the trip through your garden , glad I wore my sweater! Very nice , it looks like all the rain has done its job . Harry

Your welcome. Drop in anytime. 
Richard 

[happypalms]

21 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I really enjoyed the trip through your garden , glad I wore my sweater! Very nice , it looks like all the rain has done its job . Harry

Your welcome. Drop in anytime. 
Richard 

 

21 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Seeing the “ Joey “ in the pic above reminded me of a recent trip to The Huntington in Pasadena . It revealed a very nice specimen in the glass house and I thought of you . Now I understand your love of that palm. I don’t remember ever seeing one in person . They keep the glasshouse like a rainforest inside so the Joey is thriving! Harry

They have to seen to be believed a large specimen of a Joey. I have not seen them in habitat, only in Singapore botanical gardens and omg what a sight the group of three I saw where magnifica var one wow and double wow. Joeys are even planted as street trees in Singapore, I recommend a trip to Singapore botanical gardens you won’t regret it. 
Richard 

[happypalms]

14 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Looking nice! Where are all the kangaroos and giant murder spiders though?

We ate them all,  kangaroos and spider’s for lunch in Australia and we put shrimp 🦐 (heaven  knows why you guys call them shrimp when they are actually prawns) on the barbie where that tough living in a land down under! It’s actually quite funny the Australian coat of arms has a kangaroo and an emu on them chosen for the two animals in Australia that cannot walk backwards, meaning that Australians are to not go backwards and only forward in life, yet we eat kangaroos in some super markets you can buy kangaroo steaks and crocodile meat. 

[Harry’s Palms]

This one is over 6’ tall, probably 8’ or so. Harry

A sight to see , for sure. I immediately thought of you . From your posts I could tell what it was. I remember when I got my first palm book , seeing it in pictures .

[JohnAndSancho]

13 hours ago, happypalms said:

We ate them all,  kangaroos and spider’s for lunch in Australia and we put shrimp 🦐 (heaven  knows why you guys call them shrimp when they are actually prawns) on the barbie where that tough living in a land down under! It’s actually quite funny the Australian coat of arms has a kangaroo and an emu on them chosen for the two animals in Australia that cannot walk backwards, meaning that Australians are to not go backwards and only forward in life, yet we eat kangaroos in some super markets you can buy kangaroo steaks and crocodile meat. 

I had no idea about them not being able to walk backwards. 

 

I don't think I've ever eaten kangaroo, but I've had alligator sausage. 

[happypalms]

15 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

This one is over 6’ tall, probably 8’ or so. Harry

A sight to see , for sure. I immediately thought of you . From your posts I could tell what it was. I remember when I got my first palm book , seeing it in pictures .

That’s a beauty that one. Iam trying to plant as many as I can. One day someone will appreciate why I did in about 50 years time. 
Richard 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

I had no idea about them not being able to walk backwards. 

 

I don't think I've ever eaten kangaroo, but I've had alligator sausage. 

No knees I think. It must be an evolutionary thing.

[JohnAndSancho]

11 hours ago, happypalms said:

No knees I think. It must be an evolutionary thing.

I learned from cartoons - I think it was Bugs Bunny - that they're excellent boxers. 

[happypalms]

16 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

I learned from cartoons - I think it was Bugs Bunny - that they're excellent boxers. 

What’s up doc!!

[palmnut-fry]

On 6/5/2025 at 5:33 AM, Harry’s Palms said:

Seeing the “ Joey “ in the pic above reminded me of a recent trip to The Huntington in Pasadena . It revealed a very nice specimen in the glass house and I thought of you . Now I understand your love of that palm. I don’t remember ever seeing one in person . They keep the glasshouse like a rainforest inside so the Joey is thriving! Harry

So glad to hear Huntington is still going after those horrible fires recently! I was fortunate to have visited there in 2000 but it was so long ago but the park is eye candy for palm lovers, my gawd!

@happypalms is like a Australia version, what a gorgeous condition of a "winter" down dere! Jealous 

[happypalms]

7 hours ago, palmnut-fry said:

So glad to hear Huntington is still going after those horrible fires recently! I was fortunate to have visited there in 2000 but it was so long ago but the park is eye candy for palm lovers, my gawd!

@happypalms is like a Australia version, what a gorgeous condition of a "winter" down dere! Jealous 

The cold just hit us this weekend. The garden is pretty well stocked up a good watering so set up for winter to tough it out. 

[Tyrone]

On 6/6/2025 at 1:33 AM, JohnAndSancho said:

Looking nice! Where are all the kangaroos and giant murder spiders though?

The giant murder spiders only come out at night……………to drink the moisture from your eyelids while you sleep………………..then murder you. 

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, Tyrone said:

The giant murder spiders only come out at night……………to drink the moisture from your eyelids while you sleep………………..then murder you. 

I guess we won’t ell him about the drop bears then or the bunyips, no point in scaring him now. The spiders should be enough. I wonder if he has seen the movie wolf creek!