Crap. Obviously, I've still not figured out how to post photos directly here. :-( Help!

I think I FINALLY got it this time:

Very nice shots! Where in Rehoboth is that? My old time share there was at 30 Terrace, just off of Silver Lake. One of our best friends now has a house on Rehoboth Bay out in Long Neck. Were all pretty used to seeing palms out there in both Reho, and Long Neck. They thrive there because of the oceanic influence. The Climate there is mainly a zone 8. I find it to be very similar to Va Beach, only very very slightly cooler in winter. I would bet with a little protection, that Sabal Palmetto would do ok in Reho too. I'm sure you have seen it, but the house on Baltimore Avenue, second block in from the ocean (It's near Blue Moon) has a stubstantial collection of palms and such around it as well. I think that place is actually a bed and breakfast. Anyway, thanks for sharing the photos!

This garden is actually between Rehoboth Beach and Lewes just off Rt 1 in a development of smaller homes. I know the Royal Rose B&B well. Their big windmill palms and smaller dwarf sabals, needles and oleander have been my garden inspiration for years. The owner is the one who invited me to this garden open house.

Yes, we are basically zone 8, especially for those of us along the immediate coast. I'm betting that Sabal Palmetto could do well here too, but they're just not sold locally. VA Beach has nicer, milder high temperatures in the winter and early spring than we do, which helps their palms along. But you're right our minimum temperatures aren't drastically different. I'm experimenting with some s. palmetto seedlings I've spouted this year and have several clusters planted in a secluded, protected back dunes near by along the Delaware Bay Beaches of town. I'll monitor them through out the coming winter to see if my theory holds.

BEAUTIFUL GARDEN!

The last pic is a from the many passion flower vines they had along the fence. I've seen them growing wild recently, but have never seen one fruiting like the second to last pic. The home owners said the fruit is not really edible like the tropical variety.

Wow! What a nice garden! Everything looks beautiful! I have to admit that one of my favorites has to be the Monkey Puzzle tree, but everything is so beautiful and tropical looking! I love passion flowers! I got a fruit from mine last summer, but definitely not edible (it was about as heavy as styrofoam). They are one of my favorite termperate flowers because they family is mostly tropical and even the temperate species do look very tropical.

Thanks for sharing!
-Alex

Great pics,thats a very nice garden. I really like the monkey puzzle and the musella lasiocarpa bloom.

Thanks Chad. I'm pretty bad at the exotics and Latin names. Obviously, that banana is potted and comes in for winter. I'm seeing more monkey puzzle trees around here.

Great looking landscape,very tropical looking.
Randy

That banana should be very hardy there. I have mine planted here in zone 7.

Interesting . I always assumed that the only banana hardy to this area is the common hardy musa basjoo. The owners of this garden are pretty conservative with their semi tropicals. Apparently they wrap the tall windmills. Overkill here, but I can't argue with their success. They are a bit out in the open in the countryside, so get more wind than I do in town.

Interesting . I always assumed that the only banana hardy to this area is the common hardy musa basjoo. The owners of this garden are pretty conservative with their semi tropicals. Apparently they wrap the tall windmills. Overkill here, but I can't argue with their success. They are a bit out in the open in the countryside, so get more wind than I do in town.

Very nice,love the Lasiocarpa bloom and MPT.
Pretty amazing to see such healthy Trachys too.

Jim, glad you like. Windmills do very well here. The hardy palm trail blazers who started planting them 10 to 15 years ago really have impressive specimens. I posted pics from my garden and others near. Here is the link :

http://m1206.photobucket.com/albums/Wetsuiter/Delaware%20Hardy%20Palms/?pbauth=1_uLEBonVPfaLdh1h3YMYz2a3bmw2i1HCj8jLbQkYEkjCGUMJortr84hRevoa8QmCGkuNAHmz4Nrn1J5DHhqvKHCbUyrIJXcp2c1CszlOowyaiOCkdsJd5WC82X8unbSAAU5WTwwl%2FY%2FNC7QETwYb3iOj8%2FsEv7bNpt5YNeEd8LSg%3D