Planting a sabinara magnifica in the garden, holy grail palm

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I finally got a sabinara in the ground, with two weeks of winter left it’s time to ramp up planting a few new palms, ones that are new to the collection and i  don’t have in the ground. It was raining as I planted it so absolutely perfect conditions to be planting in and well worth getting wet. Five years time things will be looking pretty good with the sabinara in between a darinii and a cycas multipinata for a nice back drop to the magnifica one of my holy grail palms! A few of you will know that feeling of planting such a palm! 

[Harry’s Palms]

A very nice addition to an already lovely garden . I love being in my garden in the rain , the soothing sounds as the dripping of rain drops and the fresh smell of healthy soil and mulch. I can’t remember ever planting much in the rain but definitely a good time to pull weeds. Harry

[JohnAndSancho]

Richard I love your garden. Don't get me wrong, I love the well manicured areas too but yours just looks like.... Nature. Everything looks like it's supposed to be there, if that makes sense. I know you've put years of effort into it, but it all looks like nature did it. 

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6 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

A very nice addition to an already lovely garden . I love being in my garden in the rain , the soothing sounds as the dripping of rain drops and the fresh smell of healthy soil and mulch. I can’t remember ever planting much in the rain but definitely a good time to pull weeds. Harry

I’m looking forward to seeing this one grow that’s for sure,  very special that’s somewhat new to cultivation in Australia. You just cannot beat the rain, it’s one element in life that the whole entire planet needs for survival, and definitely the best time to plant a palm that’s for sure! 
Richard 

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4 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Richard I love your garden. Don't get me wrong, I love the well manicured areas too but yours just looks like.... Nature. Everything looks like it's supposed to be there, if that makes sense. I know you've put years of effort into it, but it all looks like nature did it. 

I love my garden just as much as you John if not more. I look at the garden pictures around the globe with bright green lawns and think I would live that look and do love that style of gardening but unfortunately living in the bush it’s not going to happen especially in my climate. So I just went with the jungle look or rainforest garden that I have always wanted, work with the elements you have. If I was living in a desert iam sure I would have a succulent garden! Ps I can’t stand mowing lawns never did like it, being made as a kid to mow lawns what for I thought, I would rather be fishing I thought as kid!

[JohnAndSancho]

24 minutes ago, happypalms said:

 Ps I can’t stand mowing lawns never did like it, being made as a kid to mow lawns what for I thought, I would rather be fishing I thought as kid!

Oh I loved mowing lawns as a kid. But honestly, most of the time I was popping wheelies on the riding lawnmower. There's no way in hell you could do a property this big with a push mower, especially since it gets neglected for so long. The "back 40" probably needs to be bush hogged. 

My brother mowed most of the front yard last week and the mountains of grass clippings everywhere are just... Gah. 

 

[JohnAndSancho]

I guess what I really want to do here is not take too much away from nature, too - I mean, this is East Mississippi, it's scrub pine flats. Like, I can't turn this into Miami and I can't turn it into Brazil, but I can add a bunch of Sabals as fillers and to people who don't know palm trees, they all look the same to them. 

Once upon a time, about 20 years ago i wanted to build a custom car and hot rod shop out here. Now I just want nice stuff to look at while I walk the dog, and a few statement plants just to break the monotony of it all, like some Butia and Brahea and the Trachies, these Agave, etc etc. Like a little oasis in the middle of the woods. Grow some vegetables to make my own soups and salsa and stuff like that. There's an old shed I'd like to turn into a chicken house. Build a greenhouse and be the HappyPalms of the US, on a much smaller level. Throw some flowers out there for color. It all just looks so bleak and depressing here, and it's 6 acres of blank canvas. 

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26 minutes ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Oh I loved mowing lawns as a kid. But honestly, most of the time I was popping wheelies on the riding lawnmower. There's no way in hell you could do a property this big with a push mower, especially since it gets neglected for so long. The "back 40" probably needs to be bush hogged. 

My brother mowed most of the front yard last week and the mountains of grass clippings everywhere are just... Gah. 

 

We are destined to mow lawns John. It’s a horrible thing mowing lawns, here’s a dollar go mow the lawn and earn your pocket money. Yes I agree with getting a work ethic at a young age, but nowadays they call it child slave labour. You have to love your parents god bless them they tried for good reasons!

[Harry’s Palms]

I mowed lawns around the neighborhood , took the money and bought a power mower at a yard sale . That plus selling seeds I bought from comic books bought my first bicycle . I think being introduced to a work ethic is a good thing. I did tear out the lawn at this house when I moved here because it was too difficult to mow around the palms! Harry

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4 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

I mowed lawns around the neighborhood , took the money and bought a power mower at a yard sale . That plus selling seeds I bought from comic books bought my first bicycle . I think being introduced to a work ethic is a good thing. I did tear out the lawn at this house when I moved here because it was too difficult to mow around the palms! Harry

Very enterprising, a young Harry making a business, and selling seeds as well. I built my first bicycle from bits and pieces I could scratch up, with money I got from selling mangoes, I would raid the trees around town, then sell them to the elderly living in retirement villages. They would talk to me a lot and I loved it at age 15. 
Richard 

[peachy]

A dream palm of mine but one I will just admire from afar.  I really missed having a lawn so when I moved to this house I left a small space in the front yard for a bit of grass. Such a small area looks better with defined bounaries.  I had wanted a tiny bit of lawn in the backyard too but that big idea is long gone. The jungle gone wild look worked well before so will be fine here too ! (just on a much smaller scale)

Peachy

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8 hours ago, peachy said:

A dream palm of mine but one I will just admire from afar.  I really missed having a lawn so when I moved to this house I left a small space in the front yard for a bit of grass. Such a small area looks better with defined bounaries.  I had wanted a tiny bit of lawn in the backyard too but that big idea is long gone. The jungle gone wild look worked well before so will be fine here too ! (just on a much smaller scale)

Peachy

For me the holy grail of palms the sabinara. Such a beautiful palm and being able to grow one in my climate is a blessing, it’s usually the more beautiful tropical looking ones that are the most difficult to grow, but the sabinara seems to like my climate so some hope of it growing well. I never wanted a lawn, I would rather plant palms instead of mowing grass, now iam glad I went with the jungle rainforest lmethod ok in my garden a lot easier to maintain to a certain degree, mind you though those gum trees drink a lot of water and the sticks that come down from them can be quite annoying not to mention dangerous. 
Richard 

[Palmensammler]

Sabinaria for sure is the holy grail, especially when you live in my  country. You know it exists, but you will never get your hands on one. Price for a seedling is 75 € and the risk of loosing it is nearly 100%.

So I will enjoy seeing yours.

Eckhard 

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2 hours ago, Palmensammler said:

Sabinaria for sure is the holy grail, especially when you live in my  country. You know it exists, but you will never get your hands on one. Price for a seedling is 75 € and the risk of loosing it is nearly 100%.

So I will enjoy seeing yours.

Eckhard 

That’s a fair price for a palm that is quite rare, they sell for about $250 Aus dollars here a 3 leaf seedling. There would be a lot of palm enthusiasts out there that would dream of growing such a palm, iam lucky I can grow them in my climate. 
Richard 

[Cindy Adair]

I just checked on the largest of my Sabinaria (from CBLisa) and zero damage from Hurricane Erin’s close call. Whew.

 

The other two are also fine but bad weather prevented more photo taking!

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3 hours ago, Cindy Adair said:

I just checked on the largest of my Sabinaria (from CBLisa) and zero damage from Hurricane Erin’s close call. Whew.

 

The other two are also fine but bad weather prevented more photo taking!

That’s a solid looking young plant. Even at that age one can see there beauty. It’s going to be one lovely palm in the future. Iam glad we dont cyclones in my are of the world, we do get them very rarely but nothing like they get in Queensland!