Just a couple of Livistona Australis planted

[happypalms]

Nothing like a couple of Aussies running around the bush planting native palms. A few more for the garden and one tough palm native to my area so they will be right at home.

[gyuseppe]

Richard I have a large Livistona australis, it produces seeds every year, they fall to the ground and germinate on their own

[Harry’s Palms]

That’s the first really young one I’ve seen . They are very tough palms and moderately fast growing for Livistona. Not that common here but I’ve seen a few large ones in Ventura . I was lucky enough to stumble onto one a few years ago . I didn’t know much about them but I had to have it . The divided , costa palmate fronds give it a very distinct look. Harry

‘It has to be tough to grow so well on my south facing slope . This was last year , Fall . Dry and very windy conditions didn’t phase it . Just don’t get too close , this one has teeth!

[happypalms]

30 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard I have a large Livistona australis, it produces seeds every year, they fall to the ground and germinate on their own

They are actually in demand in Australia with landcare groups. I donate a few extra when they buy them from me.

[happypalms]

29 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

That’s the first really young one I’ve seen . They are very tough palms and moderately fast growing for Livistona. Not that common here but I’ve seen a few large ones in Ventura . I was lucky enough to stumble onto one a few years ago . I didn’t know much about them but I had to have it . The divided , costa palmate fronds give it a very distinct look. Harry

‘It has to be tough to grow so well on my south facing slope . This was last year , Fall . Dry and very windy conditions didn’t phase it . Just don’t get too close , this one has teeth!

I have seen some growing in habitat in some very tough places, and surviving bushfires as well. Super tough. They look totally different as seedlings. And a popular palm in nursery’s as well also with landscaping companies. Look after that one you have it’s an Australian living in America.

Richard

[Jonathan]

Nice kanga there with a Joey on board! 

[happypalms]

7 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

Nice kanga there with a Joey on board! 

Her name is miss shredder her son is chomper the last Joey we called whizzer and this one not sure yet, not out of the pouch yet. And dad we call big balls, they live on my property, there not worried about us. A nice free pet to have around. 

[Harry’s Palms]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

I have seen some growing in habitat in some very tough places, and surviving bushfires as well. Super tough. They look totally different as seedlings. And a popular palm in nursery’s as well also with landscaping companies. Look after that one you have it’s an Australian living in America.

Richard

Yea , it is missing home for sure but quite happy here in America , complete with miniature Kangaroo ….we call them Jack Rabbits😂 Harry

[gyuseppe]

Is this a puppy?
A few years ago I saw some in the circus. They were locked in a small cage. How sad! Leave the plants and animals alone!

 

[gyuseppe]

4 hours ago, happypalms said:

They are actually in demand in Australia with landcare groups. I donate a few extra when they buy them from me.

Richard, it does you credit to donate plants that are at risk of extinction.

[happypalms]

18 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Yea , it is missing home for sure but quite happy here in America , complete with miniature Kangaroo ….we call them Jack Rabbits😂 Harry

Jack wabbits , so it’s wabbit season! 
Richard 

[happypalms]

16 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, it does you credit to donate plants that are at risk of extinction.

Thanks but iam pretty confident that Livistona Australis won’t become extinct any time soon. But it is nice to donate palms to a landcare group. 

[happypalms]

17 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Is this a puppy?
A few years ago I saw some in the circus. They were locked in a small cage. How sad! Leave the plants and animals alone!

 

That there is skippy the bush kangaroo a friend ever true! 

[gyuseppe]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

That there is skippy the bush kangaroo a friend ever true! 

👌

[happypalms]

2 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

👌

You have to google skippy the television show,  a classic Australian show.

[gyuseppe]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

You have to google skippy the television show,  a classic Australian show.

Richard, I don't really understand much about it, I'll get my son to help me.

[happypalms]

9 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, I don't really understand much about it, I'll get my son to help me.

It’s a television show for children set in a national park in the Australian bush, about a kangaroo named skippy that basically saves the day from all sorts of problems and adventures, a bit like flipper the dolphin an American television show. It was before the internet when children used to play outside ride  bicycles and swim in any creek or river for  hours at a time, making tree  houses out of all sorts of materials to play armies and do what children did best have fun outside, then of an evening when it was time to come home  before the street lights come on you would watch television, no computer games or dvds or I phones available back then just whatever fun and trouble you could find, my mother would say where are you going I would tell her and be gone all day  playing with friends, when 50 cents worth of chips would feed all of our mates. We never got in trouble with the law and respected our elders a much simpler time to grow up in! 

[JohnAndSancho]

15 minutes ago, happypalms said:

We never got in trouble with the law and respected our elders a much simpler time to grow up in! 

Lol to be honest, the reason I didn't get in more trouble is because there weren't cameras everywhere back then. Now you just have to assume you're being watched 24/7/365. 

 

Anyway another day, more cool palm updates and this time with kangaroos. Maybe I'll trade you some cats for a kangaroo? 

[gyuseppe]

6 hours ago, happypalms said:

It’s a television show for children set in a national park in the Australian bush, about a kangaroo named skippy that basically saves the day from all sorts of problems and adventures, a bit like flipper the dolphin an American television show. It was before the internet when children used to play outside ride  bicycles and swim in any creek or river for  hours at a time, making tree  houses out of all sorts of materials to play armies and do what children did best have fun outside, then of an evening when it was time to come home  before the street lights come on you would watch television, no computer games or dvds or I phones available back then just whatever fun and trouble you could find, my mother would say where are you going I would tell her and be gone all day  playing with friends, when 50 cents worth of chips would feed all of our mates. We never got in trouble with the law and respected our elders a much simpler time to grow up in! 

As a child, I also played in the courtyard of my house or of my friends, especially in the summer when schools were closed. On TV we only saw cartoons, especially Japanese space ones.

[happypalms]

12 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Lol to be honest, the reason I didn't get in more trouble is because there weren't cameras everywhere back then. Now you just have to assume you're being watched 24/7/365. 

 

Anyway another day, more cool palm updates and this time with kangaroos. Maybe I'll trade you some cats for a kangaroo? 

Kangaroos omg, everywhere you’re welcome take as many as you want, but you do realise  our native flora and fauna is protected. Kangaroos do more damage to cars bouncing right into them on roads, you see one and miss him and think great I missed him but it’s his mate you will hit, and usually on dirt roads so no hope of dodging them, it’s so sad hitting an animal and very traumatic for both the driver and kangaroo.

[happypalms]

6 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

As a child, I also played in the courtyard of my house or of my friends, especially in the summer when schools were closed. On TV we only saw cartoons, especially Japanese space ones.

Astro boy I assume the Japanese one, I loved that one, oh and kimba the white lion. School holidays where so much fun with cartoons on the television in the morning, oh those where the days fun to be had.

[gyuseppe]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

Astro boy I assume the Japanese one, I loved that one, oh and kimba the white lion. School holidays where so much fun with cartoons on the television in the morning, oh those where the days fun to be had.

yes astro boy, kimba the white lion, but also goldrake, jeeg robot, mazinga, what good times!

[happypalms]

17 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

yes astro boy, kimba the white lion, but also goldrake, jeeg robot, mazinga, what good times!

Argh to be a young boy again hey gyuseppe, easy living not a care in the world!

[JohnAndSancho]

On 8/17/2025 at 7:04 AM, happypalms said:

Kangaroos omg, everywhere you’re welcome take as many as you want, but you do realise  our native flora and fauna is protected. Kangaroos do more damage to cars bouncing right into them on roads, you see one and miss him and think great I missed him but it’s his mate you will hit, and usually on dirt roads so no hope of dodging them, it’s so sad hitting an animal and very traumatic for both the driver and kangaroo.

Sort of like the deer here I guess. I hit one in my mom's Buick once and the hood of the car just peeled back like a can of sardines. The deer was fine. Then, I kid you not, maybe a week after we got the car out of the body shop, we were on the highway and there was a car in the other lane so I couldn't swerve and it was too late to stop by the time I saw it, and I ran over a dead one. Apparently there was just enough meat and fur stuck to the engine and exhaust to where I couldn't clean it but the car smelled like burnt hairy BBQ for months. 

[Phoenikakias]

Two Livistona sp grow next to each other in my garden: decora on the left and australis on the right. You can see in my climate how differently wide are the internodes on each trunk. No wonder, that th the decora in my semi arid place is multiple times faster than australis @gyuseppe...

[happypalms]

9 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

Two Livistona sp grow next to each other in my garden: decora on the left and australis on the right. You can see in my climate how differently wide are the internodes on each trunk. No wonder, that th the decora in my semi arid place is multiple times faster than australis @gyuseppe...

Strong looking trunks on them, it’s great to see the two side by side, an amazing difference. Solid palms!

[gyuseppe]

40 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

Two Livistona sp grow next to each other in my garden: decora on the left and australis on the right. You can see in my climate how differently wide are the internodes on each trunk. No wonder, that th the decora in my semi arid place is multiple times faster than australis @gyuseppe...

Konstantinos are 2 species that grow fast, unlike chinensis, but the decora here too is faster than the australis

[Phoenikakias]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Strong looking trunks on them, it’s great to see the two side by side, an amazing difference. Solid palms!

I love Australian Livistona spp!

[Phoenikakias]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

Strong looking trunks on them, it’s great to see the two side by side, an amazing difference. Solid palms!

I love Australian Livistona spp!

[happypalms]

20 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

I love Australian Livistona spp!

There’s actually quite a lot of them to collect and some very rare ones as well in isolated locations. So if you’re wanting to collect all of them it will be a challenge!

[Phoenikakias]

1 hour ago, happypalms said:

There’s actually quite a lot of them to collect and some very rare ones as well in isolated locations. So if you’re wanting to collect all of them it will be a challenge!

I have already beside the previously displayed spp, mariae, benthamii, fulva, victoriae, alfredii and nitida. I propagated from seed in the past also inermis (... me thinks, the pinky, slender one anyway), but I gave away the seedling of latter sp. It would not stand a chance in my temperate climate, so better for it indoor conditions somewhere in the far north!  My biggest problem is finding an available spot for each one of them in my garden and meet their increasing water needs, as they develop to larger specimens. Also specimens from the NT are too tropical in their needs. I assume that drudei and lanuginosa are the only still missing spp in my collection, which might survive in my climate.

[gyuseppe]

43 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

I have already beside the previously displayed spp, mariae, benthamii, fulva, victoriae, alfredii and nitida. I propagated from seed in the past also inermis (... me thinks, the pinky, slender one anyway), but I gave away the seedling of latter sp. It would not stand a chance in my temperate climate, so better for it indoor conditions somewhere in the far north!  My biggest problem is finding an available spot for each one of them in my garden and meet their increasing water needs, as they develop to larger specimens. Also specimens from the NT are too tropical in their needs. I assume that drudei and lanuginosa are the only still missing spp in my collection, which might survive in my climate.

Konstantinos, if I remember correctly, I gave you the fulva seeds?
If so, I'm glad it ended up in your hands. Unfortunately, I lost them all, but here we go again. I already have two livistone mariae.

[JohnAndSancho]

3 hours ago, happypalms said:

There’s actually quite a lot of them to collect and some very rare ones as well in isolated locations. So if you’re wanting to collect all of them it will be a challenge!

The only Livistona I can find over here are Chineseis and literally just a few people selling Decora... 

[gyuseppe]

7 hours ago, happypalms said:

There’s actually quite a lot of them to collect and some very rare ones as well in isolated locations. So if you’re wanting to collect all of them it will be a challenge!

Richard I really like livistona, I had about ten species, I only have chinensis, australis and decora left in the garden

[Phoenikakias]

5 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Konstantinos, if I remember correctly, I gave you the fulva seeds?
If so, I'm glad it ended up in your hands. Unfortunately, I lost them all, but here we go again. I already have two livistone mariae.

Yes and I managed to grow a single plant from those seeds, which grew well, as long as it was in pot. When put in the ground it suffered a slow death.

[gyuseppe]

3 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

Yes and I managed to grow a single plant from those seeds, which grew well, as long as it was in pot. When put in the ground it suffered a slow death.

Konstantinos, I'm so sorry it died! Maybe it's not suited to your climate?
Do you have the Livistona nitida in a pot or in the ground?

[Phoenikakias]

17 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Konstantinos, I'm so sorry it died! Maybe it's not suited to your climate?
Do you have the Livistona nitida in a pot or in the ground?

I an not sure about the real causes of failure. The late fulva had spent a whole one or two winter seasons outdoors as potted specimen and looked still ok. This part of the garden was back then heavily contaminated with rhizoctonia and perhaps the Livistona for also infected. I am way more experienced now and my last attempt of introduction of this palm in to my garden, will not have to deal anymore with rhizoctonia.