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I added some new beds and plants to the front yard. I am going for an "extreme" tropical look, so I planted a lot more palms. Now I gotta figure out how I want to protect them all this winter! 🙂
Looking southeast at the entire yard.
Looking southeast, closeup of corner bed. Trachycarpus fortunei seedling (hard to see), 3 gallon trachycarpus fortunei, 3 gallon phoenix sylvestris, 3 gallon trachycarpus fortunei, trachycarpus fortunei seedling (hard to see).
Looking northwest, closeup of second corner bed. Trachycarpus fortunei seedling (hard to see), 3 gallon trachycarpus fortunei, 3 gallon phoenix sylvestris, 3 gallon trachycarpus fortunei, trachycarpus fortunei seedling (hard to see).
Shot of my washingtonia robusta and trachycarpus fortunei. Robusta got really beat up by wind this week, ugh!
Any ideas for filler plants around the palms? Bananas, elephant ears, etc? I don't know what to plant there to look tropical but also not take away from the palms.
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Posted : 09/04/2010 6:11 pm
Are you still planning your trip down south to pick up some palms?
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Posted : 09/04/2010 9:46 pm
Humm ... be interested to see how this looks in 10 years (even 5 yrs).
You seem to have a nack for cold climate winter protection.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 10/04/2010 5:12 am
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Scott, I'm not planning on going south to get palms anymore. I did this instead. 🙂
Thanks Barrie!
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Posted : 10/04/2010 9:06 am
Looks good Wxman!
Mark
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Posted : 10/04/2010 10:35 am
Nice job wxman.
A phoenix sylvestris...wow.
Re groundcover, I'd pick something that stays low-growing to give more prominence to the palms.
Barb
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Posted : 10/04/2010 2:24 pm
Hi Wxman,
How would you like the idea of a dwarf Nandina variety? It would be a bamboo-like evergreen of 2' high, with beautiful red berries, leaves turning bronzish in the late fall and pretty full if planted close together....
Rob
Posted : 10/04/2010 5:33 pm
That looks really good. 😀
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Posted : 10/04/2010 11:13 pm
Wxman
I imagine your place stops traffic from time to time! Does anyone else in your area try to grow palms?
Posted : 11/04/2010 6:45 am
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Thanks for the comments guys. I can't wait until the sylvestris is 10 feet tall. That will be a sight. My street doesn't have much traffic, so I don't get a lot of people stopping and unfortunately no one else is growing palms in the neighborhood.
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Posted : 11/04/2010 10:05 am
HA! I cna't say that 'no-one in the neighbourhood grows palms' anymore! I think Scotty lives close enough to negate that comment...
WXman- things are looking really good right now... I have a question though, what ever happened to your Parajubea? Oh, and what sort of styrofoam do you use to insulate your palm huts?
Thanks!
Posted : 11/04/2010 10:54 am
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Hi Paul.
My parajubaea turned brown and just died. Not from cold, so I dunno. It came bare root so I suspect the roots got damaged.
As for foam, I just the 1 1/2 inch pink foamboard that is sold at Home Depot. I painted it white to I don't have pink boxes in the front yard. It's pretty rigid and really insulates well!
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Posted : 11/04/2010 2:07 pm
Ha! Just you and me Paul!
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Posted : 11/04/2010 5:43 pm
Thanks for the comments guys. I can't wait until the sylvestris is 10 feet tall. That will be a sight. My street doesn't have much traffic, so I don't get a lot of people stopping and unfortunately no one else is growing palms in the neighborhood.
I like it. Could almost be a neighborhood in Los Angeles. You house is somewhat similiar to mine.
I think it better that its just you growing palms. Keeps it a unique pastime. One house in Wisconsin with Palms is cool. An entire neighborhood does it and it becomes commonplace.
Ironically, people often do not notice mine. They will be standing right there and not say a word until I point them out. Granted I tend to blend them in with other foliage, but I think ADD is taking its toll.
Anyway, great job. 8)
Posted : 12/04/2010 10:35 am
Looks very promising, hope to see these in a future as huge specimens 🙂 btw the lawn looks very nice and green already, does it stay green during the winter?
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