This week’s post has to be a quick one considering I didn’t have much time to prepare nor time to finish any other post that I am working on. The reason is because I had the pleasure of spending the last six days in my wife’s hometown of Duluth, Minnesota. My wife’s cousin was getting married, so…
This is the second of two blog posts that are being published to showcase an article that was written by myself and another palm lover; the article was intended for the Palm Society of Southern California’s quarterly journal. As I stated in the first post, an unscrupulous treasurer robbed the PSSC coffers and left them broke. So the journal is…
This week’s and next week’s blog post are going to be a bit different for me. Some might find them a little too content heavy and scientific. So I will just warn you now. A while back I was asked to write an article for the Palm Society of Southern California’s quarterly journal. A fellow palm lover and…
There are two easily confused Umbrella Trees that have been grown for many years in Mediterranean climate gardens. One is Schefflera actinophylla and the other is Schefflera pueckleri—if I were to label them with the most recent nomenclature. However, any old-time gardener will instead remember Schefflera pueckleri as Tupidanthus calyptratus instead. I actually still have an issue with the name change. So…
This will be the first post in an ongoing series that will be dedicated to palm tree growing tips. I remember back when I first started growing palm trees and tried doing research on the subject, a lot of the advice I am going to share wasn’t readily available. Much of it I had to experience on my own. Over…
Back in April I posted about the transplanting of a Jubaea chilensis from my good friend’s garden to my own yard. During that transplant I also moved two Dypsis leptocheilos at the same time but did not post anything about it. Due to all the other blog material that has been loaded since, I really haven’t had time to document…
One of the benefits of being a rare plant collector is that you usually have some really valuable trade bait sitting around somewhere. After a fruitful trip to Florida in the spring of 2008, I had just that. I came home with a bunch of rare palms that people wanted and would be willing to trade…
One of the pleasures I get when touring a well thought-out garden is all the various fragrances you smell from a multitude of plantings. Many times gardeners overlook this in their landscape planning and focus on the two senses of sight and taste as their main effort. Their yards will have a lot of color with many fruit trees and vegetables planted,…