Banana's are water Hogs..I grow some with the Brugs...
I don't grow many Palms... BUT Agave's are Cactus .. I just can't see them liking the same conditions. Perhaps opposing beds???

wow I did not know Banana's love water too. Glad I found out. Thanks Kylie

Lucy

You can not over-water, or over-fertilize, a banana... they love it. Palms... not so much. Once established, most palms do not need, or like too much water, and require a good palm fertilizer, only about 3 times a year. Don't mulch up to the trunk either. I would probably not group them together. Maybe go with some Heliconias and Brugs with the bananas. Palms and Agaves would do well together.

Bob

Thanks you guys.

Tomorrow morning I'll take a pic of where I was thinking of putting them and you guys can let me know what you think ok??

I'm thinking it might be too hot out there for brugs??...Not sure.

I may have another idea, but I want to see if this one will work first..It's the best place for all of them as far as sun goes.

Soooo...Check back on this post tomorrow morning to see the picture :)

You guys are awwwesome...lol

knotz

Here are a couple of pictures from my backyard...bananas, palm trees, etc... Yes, bananas are water hogs as are most of the plants in the beds--must admit, a sprinkler system that turns on automatically helps a lot year round! I have several agaves but I have those planted elsewhere in the garden. They do prefer it dry but do not complain when the sprinkler system hits them. The agaves love the sun!!

Here you go:

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~Mary Jane

Caren, I've seen lots of palms planted along with bananas.
Mary Jane, love your backyard! I can see myself in a floating lounge with a margarita in my hand, LOL!

Great pictures Mary Jane!!

I'm thinking of using Sago Palms with the bananas, or finding a palm variety that will work with the bananas.

I'll post a picture tomorrow morning of where I want to put them and see what you guys think.

knotz

There are a couple of Sago Palms buried in the beds back there behind the waterfalls... :)

I also have three Sago Palms in huge clay pots--I've had them in those pots for about three years now--they look pretty nice. They have to be every bit of three feet across! They were just babies when I got them! :)

Looking forward to your pictures...

~Mary Jane

Mary Jane...please..please..PLEASE may I come live with you? I garden, I don't clean well, but I don't make a mess either, I've never owned a pool..but you can teach me how to take care of it, I'm not afraid of the cold, so I could just pitch a tent and live in one little corner behind a nanner tree. please?

Your place looks like a tropical island. BEAUTIFUL! So perfect with everything looking so healthy. I wish we could grow such beautiful tropical plants here. Oh well. Thanks for sharing your photos.

~Tj~

It does look like a tropical island..here goes..
I'm digging up my whole front and side yard!! Well...
some of it anyway. I've fallen in love with the hardy
bananas. Your garden is beautiful.
Margaret

Thanks for the compliments---just bring a towel! When we built the pool, we wanted a vacation get-a-way in our backyard. The pool is a pebble pool--zillions of tiny pebbles in the plaster to add to that natural lagoon look we were looking for. I must say--I do enjoy floating on my little raft, waterfalls on, on a beauiful day. I wanted the garden to look like a tropical 'rain forrest'. Behind the waterfalls are two Mexican plum trees and a Redbud tree that were there before the pool. My husband was adamant about keeping them there--I wanted to plant several additional palms like Queen palms, Canary Island Date palms, etc. Just a couple months ago, after IKE wreaked havoc on our yard, he says you know, I think we should take out the trees and put in some palms...I was like--we should have done that BEFORE we planted all the tropicals!! Now I don't know whether I should pursue the palm idea...alot of work!!!

Most importantly, we love to be 'the house' with the pool that my kids & their friends hang out at! Recently we bumped out our 3 car garage (on the spa side of the yard) 25 feet to accomodate a covered patio and an air conditioned/heated finished 'manspace' complete with a bathroom. Great for parties! Very useful...especially this winter to house my growing collection of brug cuttings!

Now back to helping knotz with her yard.... :)

~Mary Jane