Maybe one of the very best palm gardens in all of California, but if not, at least in the top 5. 2-3 acres on a super rocky hillside in a zone 10b (super rare zone in California)... grows things no one else can seem to, and extremely well. Here are a few shots of things in this 15 or so year old garden in San Diego county. We had our palm meeting there a few days ago. Perfect day, too.

shot of the garden showing typical size of rocks in garden (some were literally the size of a small house, and many had bridges and platforms built on them= owner owns a construction company).

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Just one of several dozen super rare and perfectly grown Dypsis species: Dypsis tsaratananensis

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overlooking nearly all of San Diego, these palms are now growing up into his view of the world... the beautiful one is a hybrid of Dypsis leptocheilos and probably cabadae

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Dypsis florencei (actually not a real name- actual name is Dypsis paludosa)... form of D paludosa with red crownshaft

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This is a palm almost no one else can grow in California... but particularly not to this degree... nearly 25' tall. Aiphanes aculeata

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a common sight perhaps for those of you on the east coast, but here in California Coccothrinax over 2' tall are amazing... and this Coccothrinax barbadensis is nearly 20' tall... incredible

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doesn't look like much but Livistona inermis is near impossible for anyone to grow in California unless you live in the desert.

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didnt' get in good focus sadly... Kentiopsis pyriformis with new orangish leaf

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another incredible sight- Gastrococos (now Acrocomia) crispa with trunk on it in California.. unheard of.

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not a hard palm to grow, but looks great in this more tropical setting... Brahea armata

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another easy grow, but still looks great. Wodyetia x Veitchia (Foxy Lady)

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Basselinias aren't hard to grow, but this one is over 6' tall and has a nice red crownshaft (most here in California stay sort of dull colored)

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any cycad fans out there? These two Encephalartos turneris are huge! One the female is coning.

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super rare Encephalartos poggei

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Encephalartos laurentianus female with two huge cones... yikes! Probably the first of this species to cone in California

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another rare dypsis to see trunking in California: Dypsis fibrosa, one of the branching palms

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Dypsis basilongus over 15' tall (mine never got past 2' before croaking)

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Dypsis affinis full of ripe seed (tempting)

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incredibly healthy Cyphophoenix nucele about 12' tall

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my favorite of all the Braheas, though very hard to find (still looking after 20 years), Brahea pimo

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Arenga undulatifolia- impossible to grow in California... I thought...

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Aiphanes minima- also impossible to grow in California.. and this one is 20' tall and looks great

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only Acanthophoenix rubra this size in California that I know of... wow.

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common, but still amazing sometimes, Acrocomia aculeata

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