Tropical Gardens with Hardy Plants - General Tiki

N'' nui 'umi 'umi Tiki Socialite La Mirada Atoll Joined: Feb 21, 2011 Posts: 2718	N'' nui 'umi 'umi Posted posted on Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:07 PM This post will twist off in a slightly different direction and then I'll attempt to bring it back on track. This first pic shows the tops of 3 queen palms all planted at the same time. They were all approx. of equal size 2 years ago. They are sorta the canopy in my current "jungle"area. I planted it 2 years ago right next to my outdoor stand alone tiki bar. The plan was that those sitting at the bar would have a "view" of bunch of tropical and semi-tropical plants. The long broad leaf in the foreground is from an Amaryllis I stuck in the earth last Christmas after forcing the bulb to bloom. Surprise to me-It's doing well. Worked okay til we built a new patio which is were we now hang out more often. This is lookin towards the new patio-the new jungle will be directly left (north) I cut the cactus (peruvian red apple) down to a foot every year or so. The Mexican weeping bamboo in the center will go into the new jungle area. View from dining area in new patio towards new jungle area (unplanted). Was a bare cinder block wall before I erected the dog eared fence trimmed with 3" bamboo. This area was ideal for my tomato's (lottsa heat). The wood should make it a little cooler and it also affords us some privacy from the church parking lot on the other side. new jungle area east to west followed by opposite view. now to get back on track, these are some of the plant's that are going into the new jungle are. Colacosia (will get very big in the ground), flamethrower palm, Fern "Court Jester",and Philodendron "Xanadu" (dwarf). Australian sword fern and an arrowhead that I may not put in the ground. In certain places they tend to takeover. Mexican weeping bamboo. !0-15' tall Monstera, foreground Green striped bamboo.12-15', clumper Chamaedora (bamboo palm, 8-10'. Australian tree fern. probably won't put into ground til I see how much shade I'll have come summer. This Red banana was left outside unprotected during our recent california cold snap. It will probably recover with no ill effect. This dwarf banana was also left outside unprotected. I have no doubt that it will fully recover. A plumaria that surprisingly still has it's leaves although they're suffered some leaf burn. The last two pix are some plants that may or may not be used. The new area is ready for planting. I'm hopeful that I can get em in the ground this month and give em an early start so they'll burst forth in the spring and fill the area quickly. I also have a Bottle palm ( Hyophobe Lagenicaulis) that will be the focal point in this jungle garden-Google this palm,it's a real exotic looker. I'm a member of the Los Angeles International Fern Society so I'm gonna fill any bare areas with ferns of various kinds. I'm open to any suggestions and appreciate any and all tips and recommendations. Cheers [ Edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2013-01-13 20:57 ]

This post will twist off in a slightly different direction and then I'll attempt to bring it back on track.
This first pic shows the tops of 3 queen palms all planted at the same time. They were all approx. of equal size 2 years ago. They are sorta the canopy in my current "jungle"area. I planted it 2 years ago right next to my outdoor stand alone tiki bar. The plan was that those sitting at the bar would have a "view" of bunch of tropical and semi-tropical plants.

The long broad leaf in the foreground is from an Amaryllis I stuck in the earth last Christmas after forcing the bulb to bloom. Surprise to me-It's doing well.

Worked okay til we built a new patio which is were we now hang out more often.
This is lookin towards the new patio-the new jungle will be directly left (north)
I cut the cactus (peruvian red apple) down to a foot every year or so. The Mexican weeping bamboo in the center will go into the new jungle area.

View from dining area in new patio towards new jungle area (unplanted). Was a bare cinder block wall before I erected the dog eared fence trimmed with 3" bamboo. This area was ideal for my tomato's (lottsa heat). The wood should make it a little cooler and it also affords us some privacy from the church parking lot on the other side.

new jungle area east to west followed by opposite view.

now to get back on track, these are some of the plant's that are going into the new jungle are.
Colacosia (will get very big in the ground), flamethrower palm, Fern "Court Jester",and Philodendron "Xanadu" (dwarf).

Australian sword fern and an arrowhead that I may not put in the ground. In certain places they tend to takeover.

Mexican weeping bamboo. !0-15' tall

Monstera, foreground

Green striped bamboo.12-15', clumper

Chamaedora (bamboo palm, 8-10'.

Australian tree fern. probably won't put into ground til I see how much shade I'll have come summer.

This Red banana was left outside unprotected during our recent california cold snap. It will probably recover with no ill effect.

This dwarf banana was also left outside unprotected. I have no doubt that it will fully recover.

A plumaria that surprisingly still has it's leaves although they're suffered some leaf burn.

The last two pix are some plants that may or may not be used.

The new area is ready for planting. I'm hopeful that I can get em in the ground this month and give em an early start so they'll burst forth in the spring and fill the area quickly. I also have a Bottle palm ( Hyophobe Lagenicaulis) that will be the focal point in this jungle garden-Google this palm,it's a real exotic looker. I'm a member of the Los Angeles International Fern Society so I'm gonna fill any bare areas with ferns of various kinds. I'm open to any suggestions and appreciate any and all tips and recommendations.
Cheers

[ Edited by: nui 'umi 'umi 2013-01-13 20:57 ]

Post #663977 by nui 'umi 'umi on Sun, Jan 13, 2013 8:07 PM