Back on August 25th, 2015, famed plantsmen and palm tree growing legend Mardy Darian passed away at 82 years young. I first met Mardy in 2008 when I went with a few friends to tour his Vista, California, garden. In an effort to limit visitors and to generate some income to assist with his water bill, Mardy would charge…
Readers quite often request updates on the various post that I have made in the past. Sometimes it is because a post may have been left open-ended, but most the times it is because someone wants to know how things turned out. In looking over the last year of post on Married To Plants, these were the ones that I believe needed some updates. Many might…
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…
A large Jubaea chilensis (Chilean Wine Palm) is one of the Holy Grail palm trees in the plant world. I have seen an exceptional specimen sell for $30,000. Why would a palm tree garner that much attention or command that type of price tag? For starters, it is a slow-growing palm tree. It can take two…