Suburban Howea fosteriana

[happypalms]

The good old kentia palm. As beeen discussed about there use in commercial landscaping and home gardens. Here’s a few around in the city centre of Coffs Harbour used for commercial landscaping purposes, and the last picture is a home in sunny Sawtell by the beach with a bellmooreana and a fosteriana being used in home garden. I see so many of them in my are and I can only imagine the ones iam not seeing. A beautiful palm that’s a very predictable easy growing palm, we all love them in palm land!

[gyuseppe]

Richard, mine is 30 years old, but it hasn't produced seeds yet.

[Tyrone]

That last shot is a great comparison shot. 

[Harry’s Palms]

We are also seeing commercial plantings here. I think landscapers realized how easy to grow they are. In the nineties , some had the leaning crown problem , but I haven’t seen that condition in many years. Just give them water frequently and they look fabulous! Mine have produced seeds twice so far. They sometimes flower but don’t seed . Harry

[Butch]

4 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

We are also seeing commercial plantings here. I think landscapers realized how easy to grow they are. In the nineties , some had the leaning crown problem , but I haven’t seen that condition in many years. Just give them water frequently and they look fabulous! Mine have produced seeds twice so far. They sometimes flower but don’t seed . Harry

Mine have flowered the last 3-4 years, but so far no seeds...

Butch

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14 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, mine is 30 years old, but it hasn't produced seeds yet.

I have some around the same age it can a long time for them to become adult palms.  Only two of mine flower out about 25 mature ones. 

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

We are also seeing commercial plantings here. I think landscapers realized how easy to grow they are. In the nineties , some had the leaning crown problem , but I haven’t seen that condition in many years. Just give them water frequently and they look fabulous! Mine have produced seeds twice so far. They sometimes flower but don’t seed . Harry

It used to be any old house in Sydney that was being torn down and had a kentia palm they got transplanted by a few companies and sold back to landscaping companies. More and more landscaping architects know the value of a kentia for there projects.

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, Tyrone said:

That last shot is a great comparison shot. 

It’s a beauty for sure. There is another bell to the left of the picture that’s even more punk looking. 

[peachy]

When I bought my very first house at the tender age of 18, apart from weeds the only thing in the yard was a very old Kentia palm. The only reason I even knew that was the former owner had lived in the house for 70 years and remembered planting it when it got too big for indoors, somewhere around 1930 !! These days I some in pots waiting for the day when I have enough canopy to plant them. 

Peachy

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24 minutes ago, peachy said:

When I bought my very first house at the tender age of 18, apart from weeds the only thing in the yard was a very old Kentia palm. The only reason I even knew that was the former owner had lived in the house for 70 years and remembered planting it when it got too big for indoors, somewhere around 1930 !! These days I some in pots waiting for the day when I have enough canopy to plant them. 

Peachy

Yer that’s the ones old pot plants thrown in the ground. 18 years old and buying your first home well done, I had my block of land by 21 years old so I know the feeling hard work.

Richard

[peachy]

I probably still would have had that house but the Sydney City Council decided most of the suburb would be demolished for 'slum' clearance. Okay Woolloomooloo was pretty rough back then, my house needed some work but a 3 story terrace with harbour views wasn't exactly a slum. After we were all bullied and harassed we sold out to the council. The awful thing is that all these years later, every single house bar a few that caught fire are still standing and worth a few million dollars each. My fondest memory is walking down to the Sydney BG to look at the palms and plants I would buy for the yard one day. No doubt a lot of the council members got rich out of that scheme.

Peachy

[Harry’s Palms]

1 hour ago, peachy said:

I probably still would have had that house but the Sydney City Council decided most of the suburb would be demolished for 'slum' clearance. Okay Woolloomooloo was pretty rough back then, my house needed some work but a 3 story terrace with harbour views wasn't exactly a slum. After we were all bullied and harassed we sold out to the council. The awful thing is that all these years later, every single house bar a few that caught fire are still standing and worth a few million dollars each. My fondest memory is walking down to the Sydney BG to look at the palms and plants I would buy for the yard one day. No doubt a lot of the council members got rich out of that scheme.

Peachy

Tragic story . Over here we have “ imminent domain” in which a government can buy your house or land against your will for various reasons like building or expanding a highway. Many similar stories of how folks were forced to leave their homes and years later the project was abandoned! Don’t get me started ….. Harry

‘Back on topic , sorry mate! Lovely palms , the Howea Foresteriana , Harry

[happypalms]

10 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Tragic story . Over here we have “ imminent domain” in which a government can buy your house or land against your will for various reasons like building or expanding a highway. Many similar stories of how folks were forced to leave their homes and years later the project was abandoned! Don’t get me started ….. Harry

‘Back on topic , sorry mate! Lovely palms , the Howea Foresteriana , Harry

Don’t worry Harry they do the same here for your land as well. In fact I think we only own the top soil and what’s underneath is theres if they want it rule. Richard