Susannah - this one's been in the ground for 8 years from a seven gallon can. It's right up against the driveway and packed in between two Spindle Palms.

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Fawnridge,

That's exactly the look I'd like! It's really pretty. What is the white-flowered bush? It's pretty too. Mine is in a five-gallon pot now, but started off a year ago in a one-gallon, so it's probably a little younger than yours was when you planted. But good to know that within a decade it will achieve the look I want. And even small, I'm happy with it, so maybe I will put it out by the front walk as a pretty tropical specimen.

Does yours get dappled sun under the spindle palms? I just read that's what they prefer, though mine has been getting full sun in the pot, and would be in dawn-to-dusk full sun in the front or by the pool.

thanks for the pic. It truly is what I want mine to look like. I've even envisioned it with little colorful bromeliads around the base like yours.

Susannah

They make an excellent palm around a pool. They are very clean and always look great. The roots do not go to far beyong the trunk and don't go very deep either. They also take many years to seed. I have three of them around my pool. This is the only one I have a picture of though. They also transplant very easily. This one was transplanted in March this year.

Susannah - The white flowering shrub is Pinwheel Jasmine and the Bottle Palm gets heavy sun, all day, although the Spindles do provide a little shade at times.

Kitchenshock,

I'm sure you took that pic for the girls, who look like they're having a ball! But my eyes went straight to the bottle palm. It's so cute there! Thanks for the advice, and picture. Mine won't have that much around it. Yet. But the goal is a lush look like yours.

Fawnridge,
Thanks. I have so much sun in my yard, despite a couple large trees. I need more plants that can survive full-on serious South Florida sun. And I love my jasmine, but it doesn't have those cute flowers (mine is a small-flowered, giant tree variety. Smells great and shields the view of the neighbor's house, but the flowers aren't much to look at.) I'll have to get some pinwheel!

Susannah

Wow, kitchenshock! Your back yard looks like paradise. I love the arrangement and layering of all your healthy looking tropical plants. Great colors, too. That bottle palm is outstanding, and the girls are beautiful! Thanks for sharing your pic.

Anna

Thanks for the kind comments Anna and Susannah. Susannah, if you like the look of bottle palms (I know that not everyone does) put your bottle palm where you will enjoy it most.