Out in the scrub again running around. Getting in a swim before winter gets here, and as usual bangalows in the wet areas and creek beds. Such a tough palm, but they do like moisture. Even there native habitat some of the leaves can look a bit tatty. So if your plants need is not perfect fear not even in habitat they can appear a bit tatty. 

Great photos! Thanks for posting. 

2 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

Great photos! Thanks for posting. 

I know you like your bangalows Jim, when you see acres upon acres of them in habitat there quite impressive! 

They are quite prolific with all that available water. Harry

2 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

They are quite prolific with all that available water. Harry

Very rocky gravel base they are growing in, but moisture underneath is all they need. They withstand great flood events, getting pushed over. 
Richard 

That’s pretty telling of the resilience of these palms . There’s a reason palms have been on this planet for so long. Here , in this area , there are Washingtonia and Phoenix Canariensis that have naturalized . Although not native like your Archontophoenix , they have become very hardy and grow in fields with no irrigation. Harry

2 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

That’s pretty telling of the resilience of these palms . There’s a reason palms have been on this planet for so long. Here , in this area , there are Washingtonia and Phoenix Canariensis that have naturalized . Although not native like your Archontophoenix , they have become very hardy and grow in fields with no irrigation. Harry

They are a tough palm they just need moisture in the medium they are in. 
Garden escape plants can fit into the landscape well, unfortunately they become a weed, in some cases benefiting the local ecosystem. But in the wrong place and wrong type of plants it can be an evironmetal disaster. 
Richard 

On 3/20/2026 at 5:06 AM, happypalms said:

Out in the scrub again running around. Getting in a swim before winter gets here, and as usual bangalows in the wet areas and creek beds. Such a tough palm, but they do like moisture. Even there native habitat some of the leaves can look a bit tatty. So if your plants need is not perfect fear not even in habitat they can appear a bit tatty. 

Blockbuster, Richard 🤗

We’d spend the whole day in the jungle with you, marveling and asking, “When did you plant this and that?”And, of course, we’d roll up our sleeves and start planting, yep!

22 hours ago, happypalms said:

I know you like your bangalows Jim, when you see acres upon acres of them in habitat there quite impressive! 

The only palm species in my area that can drop a seed and that seed become a beautiful towering palm in less than ten years. 

3 hours ago, Mazat said:

Blockbuster, Richard 🤗

We’d spend the whole day in the jungle with you, marveling and asking, “When did you plant this and that?”And, of course, we’d roll up our sleeves and start planting, yep!

And with thousands upon thousands of hectares of land out there in Australia, one can quite easily spend a day in the bush and not worry about the rest of the world. 
I know every plant in my garden a planted every one with a beautiful vision! I now look at that vision! 

1 hour ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

The only palm species in my area that can drop a seed and that seed become a beautiful towering palm in less than ten years. 

They are a fast growing palm, I used them as pioneer palms in my garden originally, creating that much needed canopy. 
You think there fast in your area, should see them in habitat growing. 

17 hours ago, happypalms said:

They are a fast growing palm, I used them as pioneer palms in my garden originally, creating that much needed canopy. 
You think there fast in your area, should see them in habitat growing. 

‘Illawara’ are the fastest here. Three feet (1 meter) of growth per year and sometimes more is pretty typical.  

1 hour ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

‘Illawara’ are the fastest here. Three feet (1 meter) of growth per year and sometimes more is pretty typical.  

So, the new quest begins 😂, mission Illawarra🥂

18 hours ago, Jim in Los Altos said:

‘Illawara’ are the fastest here. Three feet (1 meter) of growth per year and sometimes more is pretty typical.  

The Illawarra one may be a good one but you want the one from the Gibraltar range west of Grafton in New South Wales Australia. That’s the toughest cold climate one around and quite a spectacular one at that, place it in a warm spot and they grow quite fast! 

16 hours ago, dalmatiansoap said:

So, the new quest begins 😂, mission Illawarra🥂

Gibraltar range one trust me! 

On 3/22/2026 at 7:03 PM, dalmatiansoap said:

So, the new quest begins 😂, mission Illawarra🥂

Ante, those had been given to me as seedlings by Dražen Travica. Very robust plants, but slow growers because of the lack of adequate water and the competition with older and more established palms and bananas. Alone the fact that they survive and grow bigger at any rate is a plus. The seem also quite easy regarding soil consistency.

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54 minutes ago, Phoenikakias said:

Ante, those had been given to me as seedlings by Dražen Travica. Very robust plants, but slow growers because of the lack of adequate water and the competition with older and more established palms and bananas. Alone the fact that they survive and grow bigger at any rate is a plus. The seem also quite easy regarding soil consistency.

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It seems I might have to get up to the Gibraltar range and get a few seeds, only a short drive away from home! 

8 hours ago, Phoenikakias said:

Ante, those had been given to me as seedlings by Dražen Travica. Very robust plants, but slow growers because of the lack of adequate water and the competition with older and more established palms and bananas. Alone the fact that they survive and grow bigger at any rate is a plus. The seem also quite easy regarding soil consistency.

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Beautiful plant, my biggest one is from seed from Azores, slower then A. Alexandrei for now. Growing one next to another, same soil, same watering regime. I hope both will rapidly speed this summer