PUSHING THE BORDERS

The Tillandsia's



Laelia


Very old Platycerium and climbing Monstera.


Variegated Monstera.


Variegated Beaucarnea.


Yucca and some epi's. I planted that massive trunk when it was just a cutting in the 1980's.


Yucca,Cordyline 'Red Star', Pachycereus azul, Trichocereus chilensis. Also the bloomer is Crassula golem about 5' tall.



Tree E. ammak.



10' Firesticks.



Kumara enjoys the winter rains.

As usual Stan, amazing plants. The variegated Monstera seems to be suddenly available all over the place in the UK at the moment, in every garden centre. The price, however, remains ridiculous for a plant which is clearly being propagated very rapidly. No doubt when everybody has one the price will drop radically.

Your variegated Beaucarnea IMO is the wow plant. I’ve never been able to get one. Indeed the only one I’ve seen for sale was on eBay and required shipping from the US. Yours looks magnificent. That is a plant I’m very jealous of!

I was only thinking the other day that Stan hasn’t posted many photos of his fabulous collection … and here we are. Lovely!

We are clearly living in the wrong part of the world Stan, full marks for making the most of your climate though :)

Thanks for posting Stan, I'm very envious of you being able to grow those Aloes permanently outside.
I was given a small Aloe plicatilis last summer and wasn't aware that they are now called 'Kumara'. They are reported to be very slow growing, so I guess you must have had yours for quite a number of years?

Thanks guys. The Beaucarnea bloomed 2 years ago and it's the only one on the internet to do so. Last year it branched 4 new ones making the look much fuller. Andy the Kumara was a cutting from the late 90's. The stump branches happened when a tree branch fell on it.
A few more pics

Mango trees.


Variegated Ficus elastica and Hass Avocado that does have some fruit.


Neoregalia 'Fireball' for midwinter color.

Those variegated monsteras have been exorbitantly expensive here too, until recently. They're nice enough but hardly worth hundreds of dollars!

Love the way you garden, Stan. Always have.

Nice to see your garden again Stan. Really stunning stuff. Thank you.

Thanks,it's always fun. I probably over plant but i never know how some of these tropicals will do in the bay area. I have a growing Pandanus that I'm wondering what to with.

Everything looking good Stan! After a month away from my own garden due to emergency surgery, I’m looking forward to getting back home to my garden again. It’s amazing to me the difference over just 25 miles makes in how well your Euphorbia tirucallii ‘Sticks on Fire’ grows. They are just so marginal here in Berkeley, that I treat them as an annual.