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This story makes Stacey Mulick's camelia bloom dilemma seem sort of insignificant, really.
How would it feel to have a plant that didn't bloom, in say, 10 years? Hmmm. I think pretty frustrating.
But it is a palm tree. The Northwest climate is not necessarily a great place to grow palm trees (but some varieties do OK in our cool climate... the variety at the South Hill Palm Farm in Puyallup comes to mind).
Larry and Sharon Collett of Tacoma planted their palm tree 10 years ago. Never before had they seen it bloom. But this year, blooms. Yellow ones. Here, take a look at the pictures below.
This got us talking in the SoundLife pod today. How many tropical (or seemingly tropical) plants can we grow here in the Northwest? How many of them grow well? Could someone do an entire yard of tropical plants? Anyone up for a fun little garden dare? Reporter Bill Hutchens and I immediately hatched a plan to write a story in August about tropicals that grow (sorta) well here. Have any suggestions? Comment here or send Bill an e-mail at bill.hutchens@thenewstribune.com. And if you missed Bill's great story about growing hops from Saturday's Home&Garden section, clicky click click here.
Here, the palm tree bloom pics. Enjoy.
I love it when readers send us photos of their garden work. This just arrived in my inbox. It's from Michael Maletich, of Orting.
From Michael:
I started in January of 2005 building a raised patio to take advantage of the Mt Rainier view and then completed this past Memorial Day with the awning attached to the house. I did all of the work except the concrete pour on both sides of the patio.
Before, and after:
