tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428399855033732471.post7036746314944796454..comments2024-02-05T20:25:14.080-08:00Comments on Parallel 49 Palms and Exotics: How many palms?Louishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06219272603726629982noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428399855033732471.post-46157837716862930292012-05-03T09:36:16.643-07:002012-05-03T09:36:16.643-07:00Thanks for that. I agree that PNW trachycarpus ar...Thanks for that. I agree that PNW trachycarpus are wonderful (I think the best)! When you think of places like England where they are a mainstay in the landscape, we are very similar in climate. It makes it almost classic as opposed to experimental or exotic. Even as the mediterranean is concerned, while we can be colder than the typical mediterranean locale, we typically experience a mild wet winter and a warm dry summer. Warmer locations like the southern Gulf Islands or San Jauns are often described as mediterranean. What's interesting to me is an emerging distinct PNW style. One that both celebrates relatively mild winters and the ability to grow cool weather plants side by side.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219272603726629982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428399855033732471.post-85422595109193947822012-05-03T07:05:45.817-07:002012-05-03T07:05:45.817-07:00Those are worth it to me, and so you might lose a ...Those are worth it to me, and so you might lose a couple like the Med Fan Palm? They add a milder visual than the "feel" of conifers, by using plants from semi-analogous places. Like travelling there, by just walking around the property!<br /><br />Last visit to the Pac NW, I was more than impressed with all the Trachy palms. In some ways, I would rather see them there than in Abq or El Paso (outside the oasis), just like seeing Crepe Myrtles in the SE beats seeing them attempted in Abq or worse Las Vegas! I think your motif has much merit.Desert Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952727692048782529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428399855033732471.post-70908430764696521152012-05-02T23:05:27.523-07:002012-05-02T23:05:27.523-07:00Thanks :) It's very exciting to see palms bloo...Thanks :) It's very exciting to see palms blooming! I have at least three that are sending out flower pods right now. Usually the males bloom a couple weeks ahead of the females. My largest is a male and has been flowering for years but this is the first year my other palms have shown flower pods. I just hope that one of them is a female.... I could have a palm jungle! not to mention all the guerilla palm planting that I could do!!!Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219272603726629982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-428399855033732471.post-29190373896786465002012-05-02T22:50:53.456-07:002012-05-02T22:50:53.456-07:0014...that's very impressive! And I can see why...14...that's very impressive! And I can see why you go the extra mile to protect the tender ones!<br /><br />I've only got two, but I do borrow the view of one of my neighbors, it's kind if like having another one. It's pushing out big claw-like blooms right now, very exciting!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.com