Everything looks great!Always enjoy seeing those waggies

Thanks Jim! They've been a lot of fun to grow!

I remember when they were much smaller. They seem to be doing very well for you. Everything looks real nice! Great job!

Fantastic Garden!

I can't do nearly as much as you, since Im not in a "house or row house", but I manage.

Where did you get your Waggies? That is on my list to get, and would love to know of any local places to pick up a small one.

I did find a local place here in Alexandria, that I would have never thought would have Windmills (Fortunie), but they do... that are about 3-4' tall for only 49 bucks. Im going to pick one up today or tomorrow.

Is that Papyrus I see under your Bananas? Also, I love your fig! Do you have any babies from that tree? or perhaps some seeds? Well, then again, every other house in my neighborhood has Figs in the yards here in Del Ray. LOL!

Very nice garden! Are you on Cap Hill?

They already look like great palms.Nice pic johnnie.

Johnnie very nice garden congrats !

Thanks everybody!

Novaplantguy, I'm in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, just a few blocks from Rock Creek Park and the zoo. One of the main reasons for choosing this neighborhood was that many of the houses have big yards (for the city, that is!). The waggies were grown from seeds from Rarepalmseeds.com that I planted in January 2001, just a month after we moved into the house. I put the first ones out in spring 2002. I planted them too close together, thinking that not all of them would survive (frankly I was skeptical that they would be hardy at all) but much to my surprise, they not only all survived, but thrived to the point where they're crowding each other out! They've taken winter lows in the single digits with very little damage, and their spears have never pulled. I protected them during their first winter, but since then all they get is mulch.

Here's a different view of the garden, as seen from the roof. Too bad the palms aren't visible from up there, but I'm hoping they'll eventually get big enough to see. We are having a rooftop deck constructed so I'm trying to plant more big-leafed plants that will have more of an impact from a distance. I also need to plant a few taller things to hide our garage at the top of the hill. This photo also shows how narrow our yard is--just 20 feet from fence to fence. Now if only our neighbors would improve their yards a bit!

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