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julrodmes
Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm Posts: 455 Location: cantabria spain
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Spring arrived 3-4 weeks ago.
Beschorneria 3 weeks ago
today
A nice schefflera arboricola
Akebia quinnata out of the blue among wisterias
Russelia equisetiformis in a shopping mall. I saw them 10 years ago for the 1st time. Mine were planted some 15 years ago, even the yellow one
Eucalyptus camaldulensis, a tall one
Another big cinamomum camphora
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julrodmes
Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm Posts: 455 Location: cantabria spain
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Araucaria columnaris
a big and old rododendrum
Mine
A bunch of washingtonias robustas. They were planed some 15 years ago.
A ficus elastica in a hidden yard
Too much rain bring this (moss) to palm trees. Jubaea
the same. Girth
butia capitata.
Phoenix dactylifera
with polypodium vulgare
phoenix canariensis
a good cordyline
a better one. This is the fattest I know of in the area. In one piece, not divided.
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themes
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:42 am Posts: 2148 Location: birmingham, UK
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Nice pics. Loving the rhodies. That schefflera arboricola is so compact almost like Box. I would be tempted to shape it. It already looks like a hen!
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julrodmes
Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm Posts: 455 Location: cantabria spain
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Hi, Themes: How about this one?
Owners must like playing with pruning shears!
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themes
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:42 am Posts: 2148 Location: birmingham, UK
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Monster with horns
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Mo
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Great trunk on the S.arboracola. It reminds me of my old S.puckleri that one warm day died at the age of 30. Gophers,probably. I have a variegeta S. arboracols in my front yard It was supposed to be a tall background...then I changed my mind 20 years later or so because the porch is a great nursery area!..and no shade wanted. So,I cut it back...too far really. Its now at 5-6' and wide. Still not sure how I want to shape it. Even right now,it needs pruning as its growing forward encroaching on plants like Pachypodiums who need all the light they can get. Always a story with my plants
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julrodmes
Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm Posts: 455 Location: cantabria spain
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Hi, Stan: Actually, this second schefflera is variegated
Metrosideros robusta
aerial roots
I planted mine 20 years ago. I´ve pruned it several times. It doesn´t bloom properly because it is in sandy soil which doesn´t keep enough moist which is what this tree deserves and likes the most
This prunus laurocerasus is 4-5 mts tall
A tall dicksonia antarctica. They were planted very tall 10 years ago or so. A pretty penny, indeed!
Tall and over 100 year old magnolias.
My cercidiphyllum japonicum. I planted it 21 years ago, and it has never taken a nice winter colour because it isn´t cold enough here.
Achillea millefolium. Picture of yesterday. I think it is just beautiful with "2 colours"
Clivia ( 2 weeks ago)
Chaenomeles still in bloom
Second spike on the same bloom in dwarf strelitzia. They can even set 3 spikes!
Seedling of kentia (howea forsteriana)
from its parents
I saw them some 25 years ago. They are about 7-8 mts tall. So, they do set viable seeds, indeed! Just yesterday I sowed a dozen of them
I planted this litocarium weddellianum in the ground 5 years ago. It´s over 1 mt. tall and very healthy. It is well sheltered and in the shade.
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Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:07 am |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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My tallest Howea I planted in 1993. 25 years ago. This year is the first time its bloomed. I can see a green patina on everything- even the Sycamore tree's. You are not what I think of when I think of Spain.
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Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:42 pm |
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julrodmes
Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm Posts: 455 Location: cantabria spain
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Hi,Stan: Remember that northern Spain has nothing to do with southern Spain.This is called “the Green Spain”. Ours is an Atlantic, oceanic, warm temperate even humid subtropical climate (at least in terms of minimum temperatures, not the maximum ones) due to the abnormal hot Cantabrian sea. We are having very good weather lately. Today, for instance, a min. Of 17º and a max. Of 25ºC. due to southern winds. The Kentias I talk about, are 6-7 mts tall, and, some, 40 years old. They started to set viable fruit about 10-15 years ago. Not far from there, I found another Kentia 3 years ago.
As you can see, it is loaded with seeds, but still green. This one is taller: 7-8 mts tall, and older: some 50 years old, the greyish colour of the trunk reveals it. Look at the slit at the base.
The tallest ones I´ve seen are in La Coruña. This one is 12 mts tall. Measured by civil servants of the town hall. It must be between 50 -60 years old.
Look at the chubby base. Last time I was there, 2 years ago, I picked 400 seeds. Some have sprouted.
This washingtonia filifera must be over 100 years old, but it doesn´t set seeds. I think it is because of lack of heat here.
This is an Archontophoenix alexandrae. I first spotted it in 2009 as a small seedling. It is in a well sheltered place under the canopy of 2 big Phoenix canariensis.
Look at the girth.
The light Green crownshaft, and the underneath of leaves which is pale kind of grey, typical of alexandraes.
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Unless you have your heart on bottle palms or even Malaga coconuts,I would think UK and Europeans might adapt better to northern Spain. People in cool climates vacation in hot climates and its great for a week. Living there when its 42C is different!
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Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:49 pm |
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julrodmes
Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm Posts: 455 Location: cantabria spain
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Nowadays, the bulk of tourism only looks for sunshine, beaches and heat. In the late 19th century and early 20th, kings, queens, nobles and very wealthy people came to northern Spain and southern France to spend their summers. They came to Santander, San Sebastian and Biarritz mainly, because they wanted to escape from the heat in Madrid and other places. Here, summers are mild, cloudy, sometimes rainy and the sea temperature is warm (22º-23ºC all summer long). If you go to Galicia, you´ll find the same as here but with much more sunshine hours and much cooler sea waters. Minimum temps are also cooler than here. The more southern you go along the coast of Portugal, the better. More sunshine and better sea temperatures, and very little rain (in summer). The climate on Galician west coast is called "transition to mediterranean". Our minimum temperatures are warmer because of the hot waters of the Cantabrian sea. The closer to France, the hotter. Bayonne enjoys 100-200- hours of sunshine more than us, and Vigo, 500 hours.
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Howea's seem to split easily. I can only guess why. Mine is. Some say a too rich diet of water and fertilizers. Maybe. I know my A. cunninghamiana is fat trunked,has splits and despite being over 7 meters in total..has never flowered. I see many around here,smaller with full blooms. With it I feel like "No good deed goes unrewarded"... like near sterile palms!..one day it will. Some of what you show Julio is much like San Francisco. I have some photos of huge,HUGE, Metrosideros with curtains of aerial roots. Would be even more but they are street trees in Golden Gate Park and trimmed. Same for Dicksonia ferns. Away from SF they do well...but seem to top out at 2 meter trunks or so. In SF,they are in a full century old glory going far past two and into six meter area. Found the photos:
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Laurence
Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:34 am Posts: 1822 Location: Weston- Super- Mare. North Somerset UK
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Julio, Nice collection of plant pictures. I think the size of these plants like Washingtonias and the Metrosideros are impressive specimens, equal to the plants sizes when I was in the south of France. Washingtonia was a very tall common street tree in Nice. Maybe the climates are similar. Metrosideros is a fantastic plant but too tender for outdoor cultivation. Maybe Cornwall or London. I like your Russelia equisetiformis. Again does well in the south of France. I have one in a pot that is not doing very well as bits keep dying off it. It is only six inches tall in three years I have had the plant. Expected it to be a little bigger by now. Maybe does not like being in a pot...
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julrodmes
Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm Posts: 455 Location: cantabria spain
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Hi, Laurence: I guess you mean southeastern France (Côte d´azur). Both climates aren´t the same. Ours is warm temperate and humid, and the other is mediterranean and quite dry. Not as dry as southern Spain. Washingtonias grow tall here because they have access to rain all year round, but not heat, while, in France, they enjoy much more heat and less rain. Both are very old too (over 100 years old). In southwestern France (French Basque country) they have the same climate as here, because we are not far from each other. I don´t think you would have much trouble with growing metrosideros in your place, since, it is very close to the sea, which means less cold. I also have russelias in pots and they are very tiny. Better if you plant them in the ground or in a big pot.
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julrodmes
Joined: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:29 pm Posts: 455 Location: cantabria spain
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Wisterias.
Over 10 mt. tall Trachys.
My jasmine in bloom.
Cobaea still blooming.
Tibouchina still with leaves.
Vaccinium in a pot flowering.
A self-pollinating actinidia deliciosa.
Nice blue colour on Brahea armata.
Bismarckia nobilis still on the red colour side. Not enough heat. In summer it gets more bluish. It has been in the ground for 5 years now
Pritchardia hillebrandii for the green effect. Another 5 years in the ground.
Strellitzia
Cymbidium on the north face of a house. When I had mine in the same position, they flowered every February, March, but when I changed them places, they stopped, and they are more protected now than before. I just don´t understand.
A hidden Chamaedorea elegans in another house. I have over 20 different varieties in the ground. They have been there for 6 years now.
Trachycarpus fortunei in bloom.
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