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PACSOA trip to Phil Redhead’s private garden and nursery: Sunshine Coast, Australia

Jonathan Haycock

By Jonathan Haycock
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What a privilege to visit Phil’s garden and wholesale nursery (Eumundi Palms) on the Sunshine Coast. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do since moving up to Queensland more than 3 years ago now!!!.

The stand out for me was this incredible Cyrtostachys renda hybrid (C. renda x C. elegans). Hopefully one day it’ll produce viable seed, and there will be no shortage of customers for the resulting palms I’m sure, as they thrive in the sub-tropics.

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For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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If my Chrysalidocarpus prestonianus hybrids turn out half a nice as Philip’s, I’ll be chuffed. This looks to have some C. pembanus in the mix I think.

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One of those palms folks can’t help but stare at in amazement, Neoveitchia storckii.

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Wonderful example of Tahina spectabilis.

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Phil clearly knew what he was doing when planting Archontophoenix pupurea with “Blonde” Archontophoenix alexandrae. Pretty sweet contrast.

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Beautiful Marojejya darianii. Really impressive how much sun these can take.

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Monster of a Corypha utan (Philippine variant).

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Cyphophoenix elegans with a straighter leaf, as opposed to the more curved form. Interestingly, the former seems to grow a lot faster than the latter. Some suggest it could be a hybrid.

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Drop dead gorgeous Bentinckia condapanna.

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Areca vestiaria “Orange” do so well in SE Queensland.

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As do Beccariophoenix fenestralis. Yet another perfect example.

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Last but certainly not least, Metroxylon warburgii. Phil has a number of these growing on the side of his dam.

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2 hours ago, Jonathan Haycock said:

Phil clearly knew what he was doing when planting Archontophoenix pupurea with “Blonde” Archontophoenix alexandrae. Pretty sweet contrast.

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Nice combo indeed! I planted lime/yellow dracanea near my purpurea to bring out the yellow color. The purple is obvious... but there's a lot of yellow too (including on the lower side of the fronds), which is fun to highlight.

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@Jonathan Haycock, Thanks for sharing the pictures! Slightly off topic, but I always found it fascinating that there are palms that thrive in Australia that are difficult to grow in Florida in seemingly very similar climates. For example, Areca Vestiaria and Marojejya darianii. 

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1 hour ago, Hurricanepalms said:

@Jonathan Haycock, Thanks for sharing the pictures! Slightly off topic, but I always found it fascinating that there are palms that thrive in Australia that are difficult to grow in Florida in seemingly very similar climates. For example, Areca Vestiaria and Marojejya darianii. 

Soil type, soil mycorrhizae, soil pathogens?

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On 6/29/2025 at 3:57 PM, Jonathan Haycock said:

What a privilege to visit Phil’s garden and wholesale nursery (Eumundi Palms) on the Sunshine Coast. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do since moving up to Queensland more than 3 years ago now!!!.

The stand out for me was this incredible Cyrtostachys renda hybrid (C. renda x C. elegans). Hopefully one day it’ll produce viable seed, and there will be no shortage of customers for the resulting palms I’m sure, as they thrive in the sub-tropics.

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This hybrid grows well in South Florida if you can find one.  
great shots of nice stuff overall.

 

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