Only the dwarf firebush is capable of being used by our native wildlife. Even though the dwarf firebush is not our native firebush, our butterflies and hummingbirds can can use the flowers & our birds can eat the fruit. Absolutely nothing else on this list can be used by any of our native bees & butterflies. And none provide any potential for a bird to use in any way.
I’m obsessed with your walking tours! Love your design style, love how you educate and explain things. I find myself rewatching your videos often and each time I pick up new things. Please give us more 😊
Love the large group of Auntie Lou's!! It looks awesome and will really be an eye catcher in that corner. My favorite cordyline. Thanks for showing us a yard with issues, and how you solved them. You have given those of us with problem areas lots of solutions. And the consistency in the yard is so soothing to the mind - and soul. Please continue your videos - we need you
I love the tidbits about the problem areas - privacy area from future neighbors, septic tank location and front ditch. The design feels natural and easy. ❤
I love this tour I am going to keep this one the yard is similar to my yard. Unfortunately there is constructions of new homes around us and need the privacy as well as a tropical feel paradise .
Did you know that the Foxtail palm was only discovered in the early 1980s !!? It was found growing in groves along creek banks in a remote part of Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland. 😊🏝👍
brand new here. I live in WPB and am familiar with most of the plants in this garden. I really like your design and will go back and catch up on past videos. I have to ask where your shirt came from. I love the longer flowy sleeves it has. Just love the style and color. Thanks in advance.
Love your designs. Also a fan of the Triangle palm. Do you have a favorite way to display the triangle, ie what direction do you have a flat side of the palm? Parallel to the yard or perpendicular? Thanks for your help.
Great question depending on the space it’s going in. If the palm is set to be installed in a corner i usually like the tail of the canopy set into the corner, hope that makes sense. However if it being viewed straight on then I appreciate the flat side the most so it looks like a Flat fan.
I love your landscaping style! But I live just north of Leesburg in Lake co. Zone 9B. I learned the fist winter that a lot of these tropical can’t take our 1 or 2 freeze snaps. What trees and shrubs can I use to still get this tropical look? I have a 120’ fence line. Thank you.
Oh wow! That's a good bit of space. Well, just to list a few, Graceful bamboo is a clumping bamboo easily manageable. It provides a lovely long backdrop as for some palm options, European fan, Chinese fan, triangle, pindo, Copernecia, sago, Blue Agaves, and possibly pygmy. Not sure how long your snaps are, but these all handle colder snaps relatively well.
@@TrueGardener thank you so much! I have 50’ of Graceful Bamboo planted on another border line, and love it. Our freezes are only overnight for 6-8 hrs., but enough to kill Crotons, Ixoras, Three Sisters Tia, and some of my Bird of Paradise.☹️ So I am starting over. So far I have 6 Queen Palms planted. I will try some of those palm varieties you suggested. Thank you!
Excellent job!! I love the sway of the palms and the various textures that you used. Here in central Florida, I deal with a bit of wind and rain, plus times of drought. However, in September usually, we have a time of way too much rain that sometimes stands in the yard for days. Any suggestions of plants that will handle this?
Yes, depending on how sunny the area is, for partial light. Usually, plant material with large leaves handles standing water the best. Things like alocasia, philodendrons, Sanchezea, and farfugium. For full sun things, Red cloak, clusia, copper leaf, especially blaze or Java whites. Good luck with those challenging areas I know it can be frusterating.
Our natives are adapted to drought/rainy season. This landscaper does not use any natives at all. I’d highly suggest you check out our native plants. Plus, using at least some natives supports our bees, butterflies & birds. Turning our gardens into spaces where life happens.
@@katiecannon8186 you make a good point. However, I find that many natives look unkempt and weedy, and hard to arrange into a garden setting. For several years now, I’ve had milkweed sprout up in various places- and I have never planted milkweed - and it turns out that this milkweed is not the beneficial one and has been shunned by the butterflies. My point is, though it may be native, it may not necessarily be beneficial.
@@beckyboopz1 Thanks for the reply. The milkweed you’re talking about is not our native milkweed, but is a tropical milkweed that is becoming invasive. Also, not all natives are wild flowers. We also have trees and shrubs that our wildlife depends upon to survive. I truly appreciate you responding, so I hope you’ll take this as constructive criticism. But you are not using even one plant that supports any of our native bees, butterflies & birds. If we don’t take at least some care to support our wildlife we humans are gonna suffer as well. It’s the web of life thing. Anyway, we have native trees that our insects & birds need to survive. We have shrubs. We have grasses. And we have wild flowers. Every single landscaper has the moral duty to incorporate at least one little plant that actually supports life. Though really it’s easy to incorporate more than one little plant. It’s also up to your profession to do a little research so you can advise your clients on at least a few native trees, shrubs, grasses, and flowers that support life. Doing a that ONLY has plants that do nothing to support life is gonna really make life hard for us humans. Our children deserve adults that take care of their future. That must include taking care of our ecology that supports and sustains life.
Unfortunately, yes, most things are affected by it. if you can remove as much of the soil as possible and make sure the new planting is raised 3 to 5 inches higher in like a berm fashion that should help reduce the risk of anything getting it again.
I feel like we have bad soil or something? We planted like at least 5 trees in our yard and they have died all except the oak trees. One Royal Poinciana is struggling still. Any advice?
I would absolutely get a soil test done. If you’re from Florida you can get one done from the University of Florida’s test labs. I also have a video on that I’m sure you’ve done the things like check to see if your new trees are getting adequate water make sure that, your soil drains well those are mainly the key things but if you’re missing something small and your soil content, a soil test will tell you you can go to your local extension office to help you read it so that way you can really narrow it in. Good luck to you.
i’m sorry as of yet. I don’t think there is a real treatment for that. The best thing to do is remove the infected tree and safely remove the area that it was planted in into a trash bag close it up. It’s transferred by spores so contain it the best you can sorry I wish there was better information out there for it.
I love the curves, I hope to incorporate some in my blank canvas that I will be doing in our Australian spring. Just wondering if you get any issues with bats in the palms?
No Patsy, we will get the occasional flying squirrel but they’re more than welcome. I haven’t noticed many bats in our parts, which is surprising, considering we’re mosquito heaven.
Hi Jennifer, I just planted three foxtail palms but i’m now concern about the roots, do they get fat and spread a lot..? Any information would be useful. Thanking you in advance.
They are not a heavy rooter; however, adding a root guard can be great peace of mind. Check out Landscape Discount Online. They have many excellent weed barrier product lines. Good luck.
I want to have something done to my yard, but I never see anyone talk about prices. I know they want people to call for quotes but I just want a price range guess is all. Any have insights?
The beds are beautiful! Lovely job. It looks like the bed disgusting the neighbor’s pool cage is in the middle of the yard, rather than closer to the rear property line. What is the reasoning for that?
Great question Laura I know it looks like it’s further into the yard but it’s actually only 5 foot off the property line. This allows for Randy’s a.k.a. the homeowner to maintain to the rear side of the property without being on somebody else’s property.
Love your videos ...very interesting and informative...but you really need to get a better microphone ☺️...most of the time we cant get clear audio and I have to turn on subtitles 🙏🙏🙏🙏
03:05 - Foxtail Palms
04:05 - Gold Mound
04:30 - Cordyline Auntie Lou
05:03 - Traveler's Palm
06:41 - Triangle Palm
07:28 - Pygmy Date Palm
08:05 - Song of India
08:31 - Sanchezia
08:54 - Triangle Palm
09:39 - Dwarf Firebush
10:10 - Pygmy Date Palm
10:38 - Philodendron Selloum
11:42 - Alfreddi Palm a.k.a. Cold Coconut Palm
13:03 - Blaze Copperleaf
15:06 - Dwarf Firebush
15:40 - Blue My Mind
16:10 - Christmas Palm and Triangle Palm
16:21 - Java White Copperleaf
18:18 - Foxtail Ferns
18:48 - Mamey Crotons
20:17 - Pygmy Date Palm and European Fan Palm
21:50 - Dwarf Carissa Boxwood
22:16 - Taiwanese Ixora
22:58 - Variegated Arboricola a.k.a. Trinette
23:26 - Hibiscus Red
23:52 - Foxtail Fern
You are amazing 😊
Only the dwarf firebush is capable of being used by our native wildlife. Even though the dwarf firebush is not our native firebush, our butterflies and hummingbirds can can use the flowers & our birds can eat the fruit.
Absolutely nothing else on this list can be used by any of our native bees & butterflies. And none provide any potential for a bird to use in any way.
One of my favorite landscapers on TH-cam!
I appreciate you, thank you!
I love this! Thanks for all my Fort Myers ideas!
You are so welcome!
I love this video 🎉 lovely landscaping ❤
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much
I’m obsessed with your walking tours! Love your design style, love how you educate and explain things. I find myself rewatching your videos often and each time I pick up new things. Please give us more 😊
Thank you Robin, so happy you are enjoying them I have more coming!
If we want our bees, butterflies and birds to survive then we absolutely need to at least incorporate natives. Otherwise our plants are just statues.
Big up to camera man Bryce for doing such a great job
He’s the best!!!
Love the large group of Auntie Lou's!! It looks awesome and will really be an eye catcher in that corner. My favorite cordyline. Thanks for showing us a yard with issues, and how you solved them. You have given those of us with problem areas lots of solutions. And the consistency in the yard is so soothing to the mind - and soul. Please continue your videos - we need you
Thank you, Chica, for always watching and giving me such encouragement!
I love the tidbits about the problem areas - privacy area from future neighbors, septic tank location and front ditch. The design feels natural and easy. ❤
Thank you so much glad u enjoyed watching!
Awesome tour, will be using some of these ideas for my beds in my new FL home
That’s so great to hear! Glad I could be of some help :)
I wish you were on the Tampa side! :)
Thank you!
Beautiful tropical garden❤
Thank you so so much 😊😊
I love this tour I am going to keep this one the yard is similar to my yard. Unfortunately there is constructions of new homes around us and need the privacy as well as a tropical feel paradise .
Great design. Thanks for sharing. I still think you should incorporate more coontie.
I think so too!
Я так рада ,что вы снова в эфире.
Давно жду ваши новые выпуски.
Смотрю из Майами, я русская.
Thank you 🙏
Did you know that the Foxtail palm was only discovered in the early 1980s !!? It was found growing in groves along creek banks in a remote part of Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland. 😊🏝👍
Interesting! Thanks for sharing. I’m so glad they discovered them I’d be out of a main staple Palm had they not lol.
Beautiful landscape! Well done Jennifer!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looks amazing! You did a beautiful job as always and great video!! Can’t wait to see more!!
More to come and thank you so much!
Looks amazing!
Must have been a nice budget to work with 😂
Can’t wait for a follow up vid when it all fills out - Excellent!
Me too, Ill be sure to get it out after our summer ends.
Great job!👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice work - it looks great!
Thank you very much!
Looks amazing! ♥
Thank you!!
I love your channel, and I need to do this to my yard, but how much, ballpark, would something like this cost?
brand new here. I live in WPB and am familiar with most of the plants in this garden. I really like your design and will go back and catch up on past videos. I have to ask where your shirt came from. I love the longer flowy sleeves it has. Just love the style and color. Thanks in advance.
That's an easy one, Target of all places. Love these easy flowing shirts myself perfect, loose fitting for our heaty summer days. Thank you!
@@TrueGardener Thank you for the info. Stay cool.
Nice to see Sebastian represented. Great job as usual. Which direction does the front of the house face?
Love your designs. Also a fan of the Triangle palm. Do you have a favorite way to display the triangle, ie what direction do you have a flat side of the palm? Parallel to the yard or perpendicular? Thanks for your help.
Great question depending on the space it’s going in. If the palm is set to be installed in a corner i usually like the tail of the canopy set into the corner, hope that makes sense. However if it being viewed straight on then I appreciate the flat side the most so it looks like a Flat fan.
@@TrueGardener Thank you so much. I appreciate you taking the time.
I love your landscaping style! But I live just north of Leesburg in Lake co. Zone 9B. I learned the fist winter that a lot of these tropical can’t take our 1 or 2 freeze snaps. What trees and shrubs can I use to still get this tropical look? I have a 120’ fence line. Thank you.
I’m also 9b in Auburndale. We also get a lot of rain in September that a lot of plants do not like.
Oh wow! That's a good bit of space. Well, just to list a few, Graceful bamboo is a clumping bamboo easily manageable. It provides a lovely long backdrop as for some palm options, European fan, Chinese fan, triangle, pindo, Copernecia, sago, Blue Agaves, and possibly pygmy. Not sure how long your snaps are, but these all handle colder snaps relatively well.
@@TrueGardener thank you so much! I have 50’ of Graceful Bamboo planted on another border line, and love it. Our freezes are only overnight for 6-8 hrs., but enough to kill Crotons, Ixoras, Three Sisters Tia, and some of my Bird of Paradise.☹️ So I am starting over. So far I have 6 Queen Palms planted. I will try some of those palm varieties you suggested. Thank you!
Excellent job!! I love the sway of the palms and the various textures that you used. Here in central Florida, I deal with a bit of wind and rain, plus times of drought. However, in September usually, we have a time of way too much rain that sometimes stands in the yard for days. Any suggestions of plants that will handle this?
Yes, depending on how sunny the area is, for partial light. Usually, plant material with large leaves handles standing water the best. Things like alocasia, philodendrons, Sanchezea, and farfugium. For full sun things, Red cloak, clusia, copper leaf, especially blaze or Java whites. Good luck with those challenging areas I know it can be frusterating.
Our natives are adapted to drought/rainy season. This landscaper does not use any natives at all. I’d highly suggest you check out our native plants. Plus, using at least some natives supports our bees, butterflies & birds. Turning our gardens into spaces where life happens.
@@katiecannon8186 you make a good point. However, I find that many natives look unkempt and weedy, and hard to arrange into a garden setting. For several years now, I’ve had milkweed sprout up in various places- and I have never planted milkweed - and it turns out that this milkweed is not the beneficial one and has been shunned by the butterflies. My point is, though it may be native, it may not necessarily be beneficial.
@@beckyboopz1
Thanks for the reply. The milkweed you’re talking about is not our native milkweed, but is a tropical milkweed that is becoming invasive.
Also, not all natives are wild flowers. We also have trees and shrubs that our wildlife depends upon to survive.
I truly appreciate you responding, so I hope you’ll take this as constructive criticism. But you are not using even one plant that supports any of our native bees, butterflies & birds.
If we don’t take at least some care to support our wildlife we humans are gonna suffer as well. It’s the web of life thing.
Anyway, we have native trees that our insects & birds need to survive. We have shrubs. We have grasses. And we have wild flowers.
Every single landscaper has the moral duty to incorporate at least one little plant that actually supports life. Though really it’s easy to incorporate more than one little plant.
It’s also up to your profession to do a little research so you can advise your clients on at least a few native trees, shrubs, grasses, and flowers that support life.
Doing a that ONLY has plants that do nothing to support life is gonna really make life hard for us humans.
Our children deserve adults that take care of their future. That must include taking care of our ecology that supports and sustains life.
Are travelers palms effected by Ganderma? Sadly I have 5 Arecas I need to take out trying to find something tropical to replace
Unfortunately, yes, most things are affected by it. if you can remove as much of the soil as possible and make sure the new planting is raised 3 to 5 inches higher in like a berm fashion that should help reduce the risk of anything getting it again.
I feel like we have bad soil or something? We planted like at least 5 trees in our yard and they have died all except the oak trees. One Royal Poinciana is struggling still. Any advice?
I would absolutely get a soil test done. If you’re from Florida you can get one done from the University of Florida’s test labs. I also have a video on that I’m sure you’ve done the things like check to see if your new trees are getting adequate water make sure that, your soil drains well those are mainly the key things but if you’re missing something small and your soil content, a soil test will tell you you can go to your local extension office to help you read it so that way you can really narrow it in. Good luck to you.
Can you give us a ball park figure of how much a landscape project like this costs? I’m in Grant Valkaria, Fl
Do you use, or can you recommend, a landscape design app? I’m designing some things for a few customers and want them to see what I have in my vision.
Yes Ideal spectrum is an easy to use app and Sketch up is somthing a few designers in my area use. Good luck!
any recommendations to prevent that ganoderma fungus on the palms specifically Areca? Are you aware of a treatment for this fungus?
i’m sorry as of yet. I don’t think there is a real treatment for that. The best thing to do is remove the infected tree and safely remove the area that it was planted in into a trash bag close it up. It’s transferred by spores so contain it the best you can sorry I wish there was better information out there for it.
I love the curves, I hope to incorporate some in my blank canvas that I will be doing in our Australian spring. Just wondering if you get any issues with bats in the palms?
No Patsy, we will get the occasional flying squirrel but they’re more than welcome. I haven’t noticed many bats in our parts, which is surprising, considering we’re mosquito heaven.
Can any of the palm do good in the Raleigh n c
Hi Jennifer, I just planted three foxtail palms but i’m now concern about the roots, do they get fat and spread a lot..? Any information would be useful. Thanking you in advance.
They are not a heavy rooter; however, adding a root guard can be great peace of mind. Check out Landscape Discount Online. They have many excellent weed barrier product lines. Good luck.
I want to have something done to my yard, but I never see anyone talk about prices. I know they want people to call for quotes but I just want a price range guess is all. Any have insights?
The beds are beautiful! Lovely job. It looks like the bed disgusting the neighbor’s pool cage is in the middle of the yard, rather than closer to the rear property line. What is the reasoning for that?
Great question Laura I know it looks like it’s further into the yard but it’s actually only 5 foot off the property line. This allows for Randy’s a.k.a. the homeowner to maintain to the rear side of the property without being on somebody else’s property.
about how much does something like that cost?
Feel free to reach out to our office for more information.
10:42 selloms are actually not philodendron they're thematiphylum.
One of our big nurseries sell selloums as philodendron
Love your videos ...very interesting and informative...but you really need to get a better microphone ☺️...most of the time we cant get clear audio and I have to turn on subtitles 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you, I will have to look into that for sure. Thanks for the info.