A visit to a private garden

[happypalms]

I was fortunate to meet two gardeners through an online sale. They visited my nursery and purchased some palms. And asked if could deliver them, not a problem I said. What a collection of plants 35 years of collecting and some unusual and rare plants mixed in with the usual landscaping plants. I must say as plant collector myself I was impressed with the rare trees and plants on display. Some common and some very old plants mixed in to make for a botanical collection. 

[Harry’s Palms]

Very nice , and a lot of container plants = a lot of work to keep them going. Harry

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Some unusual and some common palms amongst the winners in this private garden. A real gem hidden away in the suburbs. 

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2 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Very nice , and a lot of container plants = a lot of work to keep them going. Harry

I was impressed by the collection as I know what goes into such a large amount of plants in containers. 

[MichaelB]

Awesome!

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1 minute ago, MichaelB said:

Awesome!

Quite a collection I really appreciated the time and work that had gone into the creation. 

[peachy]

What a gorgeous collection, even a few I have never seen before. Many I have had in the past and quite a large percentage of what I have currently, although these lovelies have a decade or two on my bubs. Love some of the combinations also. Putting a Colocasia with a Camellia would never have entered my head but it really seems to work well.

Peachy

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11 minutes ago, peachy said:

What a gorgeous collection, even a few I have never seen before. Many I have had in the past and quite a large percentage of what I have currently, although these lovelies have a decade or two on my bubs. Love some of the combinations also. Putting a Colocasia with a Camellia would never have entered my head but it really seems to work well.

Peachy

They had a real flair as gardeners. They purchased some of my beautiful palms, iam going to offer them some more as a trade for some lovely plants they offered me. I was lucky enough to get a Hong Kong rose tree given to me super beautiful.

Richard 

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7 minutes ago, happypalms said:

They had a real flair as gardeners. They purchased some of my beautiful palms, iam going to offer them some more as a trade for some lovely plants they offered me. I was lucky enough to get a Hong Kong rose tree given to me super beautiful.

Richard 

The Rhodoleia are very hard to find now, good score. I think I saw a nice Tababuiea also.

 

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bad spelling

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18 minutes ago, peachy said:

The Rhodoleia are very hard to find now, good score. I think I saw a nice Tababuiea also.

 

Two beautiful gentlemen who knew there plants well, they even had plants from the age of 16 years old that started his collection. At age 75 now they had been given there rewards in collecting plants. 
Richard 

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Some more of this magical garden. I was constantly asking what is that plant along with naming some real gems I knew about! They were not propagaters but offering whatever they had in cuttings , seeds or self sown plants! A real plant propagaters paradise! 

[Harry’s Palms]

That Hyophorbe in the second set of pics is amazing! It looks as healthy as the ones I saw in Tahiti and Hawaii. All the plants are very well cared for ! It takes a better part of a lifetime in my climate to amass a collection that size . I have about 35 years in my humble collection so I know , although it may be faster in a sub tropical climate , it still takes dedication and $$ but the rewards are priceless. My garden shoes have holes worn in them from “ walking the garden”. From the wee ones to the sky walkers , I remember planting each one . Harry

[Mazat]

4 hours ago, happypalms said:

I was fortunate to meet two gardeners through an online sale. They visited my nursery and purchased some palms. And asked if could deliver them, not a problem I said. What a collection of plants 35 years of collecting and some unusual and rare plants mixed in with the usual landscaping plants. I must say as plant collector myself I was impressed with the rare trees and plants on display. Some common and some very old plants mixed in to make for a botanical collection. 

Paradisiacal🤗

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7 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

That Hyophorbe in the second set of pics is amazing! It looks as healthy as the ones I saw in Tahiti and Hawaii. All the plants are very well cared for ! It takes a better part of a lifetime in my climate to amass a collection that size . I have about 35 years in my humble collection so I know , although it may be faster in a sub tropical climate , it still takes dedication and $$ but the rewards are priceless. My garden shoes have holes worn in them from “ walking the garden”. From the wee ones to the sky walkers , I remember planting each one . Harry

And the ocean view just set the scene as well with the mountains of to the right. I will say I was impressed and it’s a pleasure to talk to like minded gardeners. A passion for nature and gardening, we all speak the same language. 
Ruchard 

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6 hours ago, Mazat said:

Paradisiacal🤗

A true gardeners paradise!

[peachy]

I am in awe of the Leptospermum.  They just dont like my soil, climate or hard water. As a youngster in Melbourne (bayside) they were a menace if you lived near the foreshore and I was always pulling them out. Of course now they have all the lovely cultivars, I can't grow them here.  On the plus side however, they are a goanna magnet and I would rather not have those close by.

Peachy

[peachy]

That divine Spathiphyllum sp picasso is to die for. They get ratty looking so quickly and take ages to recover.  Slow growing too for a Spathiphyllum so that one must be quite ancient.

Peachy

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8 hours ago, peachy said:

That divine Spathiphyllum sp picasso is to die for. They get ratty looking so quickly and take ages to recover.  Slow growing too for a Spathiphyllum so that one must be quite ancient.

Peachy

Don’t worry I eye balled that one straight away!