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Types of Outdoor Exotic Plants for your Home.
from:If you want to create a unique, spectacular tropical display of exotic plants and trees in your own back yard, palm trees are a great choice. It is best to buy palm trees as large as you can to help improve the success they will have growing in your garden. You should also plant an array of palms when they are younger. Buying palm trees when they are younger is less expensive than larger palm trees. Plus, larger palm trees may be hard to find due to unavailability in your area or rarity. Collect a variety of plants for a balanced look. Include palms with the following examples of types of foliage:
- Bipinnate "Fishtail"
- All Caryota
- Pinnate or "Feather"
- "Window-Pane" pinnate (Beccariophoenix species)
- Premorse innate (Wodyetia, Veitchia)
- Bifid pinnate (Chamaedorea ernesti-augsti)
- Entire pinnate (Johannesteijsmannia)
- Irregularly pinnate (Linospadix, some Pinanga)
- Fan or Palmate
- Undivided palmate (Licuala elegans)
- Divided palmate (Bismarkia nobilis and many others)
- Deeply divided palmate (Rhapis excelsa)
- "Spoke-Wheel" palmate (Licuala ramsayi)
Make sure you place your palm tree in a spot conducive to its specific needs, and keep in mind where it grew before it became yours. If you bought it from a greenhouse, it needs to be acclimated to the sun before you plant it in your yard.
If you want to grow a shady area for you yard, find a few fast growing palms. The following are just a few examples of fast growing palms (keep in mind that the term “fast growing” is relative).
- Archontophoenix (gradual sun) D alexandrae, cunnighamiana, myolensis
- Arenga pinnata (gradual sun)
- Butia capitata Syagrus romanzoffiana
- Calyptronoma occidentalis
- Chamaedorea - costa ricana (coastal sun), plumose (gradual sun)
- Caryota (gradual sun) D gigas, ochlandra, urens
Your palm tree likely requires good drainage. Determine how well water drains in your soil before you plant your tree.
One suggestion to figure out your soil’s drainage abilities is to dig a couple of holes eighteen inches deep by eighteen inches wide. Fill them with water and if they drain within ninety minutes, your palm will do just fine.
Unfortunately, most of the soil found in yards will take longer to drain. You will need to amend the soil.
To locate a good amendment mix, talk to the people you purchased your palm tree from or use the Internet to locate a business that can help you.
If you want palm trees, these are steps you need to take. Digging holes in your yard probably doesn’t excite you too much, either, but you need to be fully prepared to plant your palm trees if you want them to benefit from living in your yard, and if you want to benefit from their presence as well!
You also need to make sure you know how tall and wide your palm trees are predicted to grow. You need to know this in order to avoid overhead and underground utility lines, damaging concrete, preventing other trees from being shaded and spacing palm trees.
You do not want to overcrowd your palms unless you are going for a narrow walkway to produce a jungle/rainforest effect.
Along with palm trees, there are a variety of other exotic plants and flowers that will add charm to your outdoor garden including bristlecone poine, variegated Alaska cedar, the pink beauty viburnum and slender hinoke.
You can also plant pendulous plants, or “weeping plants”. Other types are Japanese maples, dwarf conifers and perennials such as the fern leaf peony.
The bristlecone poine is one of the oldest living plants on Earth. It is approximately 4,767 years old. It is a slow growing plant and an expensive one. One plant costs about eighty dollars.
The Alaska cedar (Nootka Cypress) is rare. It can reach up to fifteen to twenty feet and can survive the winter. It is an evergreen tree originating in the North America . Its wood is popular because it is decay-resistant and it is often used for boats, furniture and construction materials.
The Pink Beauty viburnum is a low maintenance plant that stands out from other types of viburnums because where viburnums bloom white flowers, this one blooms pink. It has an exfoliating bark, which makes it unique. Its light pink petals are edged in a darker pink color. It needs sun to part shade and it performs best in moist, well-drained soil.
The slender hinoki is a slow growing, versatile plant often grown in rock gardens. It is native to Japan the Japanese use it to make bonsai. This is an ideal plant if you have limited space.
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