That is so cool! I am glad a palm lover got that big yard! Also hopefully the lake being close gives you a little “zone boost” lol, or at least gives some delayed frost
I noticed during the first week I was here when it got pretty cold, that I had a 1 degree bump over homes a little further from the lake and a few degrees different than the airport which is on the same plane.
happy for you man! can’t wait to see things progress. my best advice, for such a flat yard is to build some large berms around to give some interest and height, basically raised planting beds that naturally slope (and help with drainage). it also gives palms and yuccas a slight advantage with height since you can plant them a few feet off true ground level
I totally agree. My soil appears to be the gumbo clay and doesn't drain well so I need help with the drainage. Plus changes in elevation really add a lot.
Not sure how much you're in touch with oregon still, but 2 weeks ago we got down to 15 degrees in Oregon city and freezing rain and a bit of snow. Despite the terrible weather, my lemon tree is still alive and is actually trying to bloom. All I use is plastic with a light bulb and it's got blossoms. Crazy!
I lived in a lovely home in Portland for about 35 years. I completely landscaped it with palms, bananas, cold hardy cactus and many other tropical plants. I was offered a dream job in a botanical garden in Ecuador. So I sold my home and moved to Ecuador. It was the best job I have ever had in my life. But, after a new president of Ecuador was elected, he put his own people in power and then the university I worked for was told that they did not own the botanical garden, but the little city the university was in owned it. The university lost the fight and we all lost our jobs. I came back to Portland and looked for a home to buy. I drove past my old home and found that the new owner ripped out all my plants and installed a gravel and grass yard. The 5 gallon T. fortunei that I had planted so long ago,had grown to over 16 feet tall when I sold the house. A neighbor told me the new owner had some people in and they cut down the all the palm trees in the front and back yard and had them haled away with the yard debris. Two large ones in the front yard, and five in the back yard. It broke my heart. I know you were sad to leave the yard that took you so long to build. I ended up in Salem. I am no longer young, so big yard projects are not possible for me any more. But I have started a small cold hardy cactus garden, a fern garden, four diffrent species of palm trees, and some cold hardy hibiscus. I hope to build a wildlife pond this year. I know you will enjoy the jump from 8b to 9. Think of all the extra things you can now grow! What fun!!! I and many here back in Oregon look forward to your posts! Happy gardening. Jack
Thanks Jack. I'm not surprised to hear what happened to your old place. Nothing bothered me more than ignorant people who were adamant that Palm trees and such didn't "Belong in Portland". Closed minded people who have no knowledge of the botanical world. I'm a little older now too so I can't do 12+ hour days in the garden, but many small steps in time will have a dramatic effect. I'm sure your current garden is pretty great. I have a lot of work to do down here, and keep reminding myself its not a race, and it took me years to get the old garden to where it is today. Thanks for the kind words.
@@texastropics I got some damage this year. Palms still acclimating from Seattle. I wonder how the palms at Raintree Tropical did this winter. I heard it got cold there in December
I would put in pool first. I had to dig up a number of plants and still had some killed. It is much more destruction than I ever anticipated. At least you have a double gate that you might be able to use for access.
Yeah my plan is to start gardening nowhere near where the pool and other things will eventually go in. That wide access is definitely going to come in handy.
Congratulations on your new home & garden. Welcome to zone 9! Same as Tucson-we are 9b most of the time but we too had a freeze a few weeks before you. Several nights of 24, 25, 26F & lots of 30-32's as well. More rain coming here after some nice warm days. Enjoy gardening in Houston. I hope your home in Clackamas area was sold to someone who appreciated your gardening! That Butia was beautiful! Best wishes and happy gardening!
Thanks. It's going to take a lot of time. I didn't start my UA-cam videos on the last garden until about the 4th year. So it's going to look a little unimpressive to begin with.
This is so weird. It's a bit sad because you used to live in a similar climate to mine and it was good to compare but it's also exciting to see your journey. It's cool because you can grow some plants like Phoenix or Washies more easily.
Going to miss you out this way; you've helped me a lot with getting my plants and landscaping sorted. I'm looking forward to your new vids, though. Enjoy those warm winters but beware that summer humidity!
Yeah I'm going to miss it. Everyone here keeps warning me about summer. I have spent a lot of time in Texas and Florida in summer so I have some idea on what its like.
Thanks and sorry. At least there still are a few PNW UA-camrs still. I find for such a big city the only ones I can find here in Houston are into growing vegetables and cottage gardening.
Congratulations on your new place, 0.4 acres is a good amount of land (at least where I live on the east coast where a quarter of an acre is good). From Portland, Oregon? I bet you're glad you're away from that and in the great state of Texas. You might need to change your name from Tropical PDX to Tropical IAH.
Good to see you in the new pad, get rid of the crape myrtles'. Messy and most over planted thing in the SE! (not that sure if you're actually considered the SE though)
I'm going to leave them for this year, since I don't really have anything else with size and reevaluate next year. I'm curious to see what color they are. Anything but pink I hope.
I just invested in a plant nursery near you based off this video.
Awesome, I'm assuming they're offering a fantastic "Friends and Family Discount" then, right?
😮😉😉🌴🌴🌴
So excited for you bro and your Dog seems to appreciate the great size yard! Looking forward to the progress 👍😁
Thanks, its going to take some time.
That is so cool! I am glad a palm lover got that big yard! Also hopefully the lake being close gives you a little “zone boost” lol, or at least gives some delayed frost
I noticed during the first week I was here when it got pretty cold, that I had a 1 degree bump over homes a little further from the lake and a few degrees different than the airport which is on the same plane.
Garden coming on nicely, you've been busy. That bismarkia is a beauty 👍
Thanks 👍 It's been hard work, but worth it.
@tropicalpdx1341 In time you'll forget the hard work and you can enjoy watching everything growi.
Nice big yard for lots of palms 🌴
In a few years I may not be thinking that!
It’ll be exciting to see what you do with your garden, that’s a good sized space and blank canvas to work with!
Thanks. I think its big enough to offer lots of possibilities but not too big where its overwhelming to take care of.
Loads of potential and you have a great borrowed landscape with the neighbouring Washingtonias. Look forward to seeing your progress.
Thanks. I did get lucky with neighbors yards palms on both sides and live oaks at the back.
I’m excited for you and all the tropical possibilities. And I am very jealous. Here in NY I just can’t wait to uncover all my palm trees
Thanks, I'm looking forward to it to. Hopefully not too long for you up there.
happy for you man! can’t wait to see things progress. my best advice, for such a flat yard is to build some large berms around to give some interest and height, basically raised planting beds that naturally slope (and help with drainage). it also gives palms and yuccas a slight advantage with height since you can plant them a few feet off true ground level
I totally agree. My soil appears to be the gumbo clay and doesn't drain well so I need help with the drainage. Plus changes in elevation really add a lot.
That yard is huge, plus it came with a lovely dog. Can't wait to see, what you do with it.
Ha. Yeah he was a bonus. He loves his new yard so much, so that makes me happy. It's going to be an uphill battle with this one.
Not sure how much you're in touch with oregon still, but 2 weeks ago we got down to 15 degrees in Oregon city and freezing rain and a bit of snow. Despite the terrible weather, my lemon tree is still alive and is actually trying to bloom. All I use is plastic with a light bulb and it's got blossoms. Crazy!
Oh, I've been watching and getting updates from friends there. Absolutely terrible. Good to hear your lemon is alive, I just bought one yesterday.
So cool! I’m from Houston but PNW now. Lots of space and a blank slate. Washies and Phoenix a good sign that You can grow much more now.
I guess we flip flopped. I think the challenge here will be the extremes and all the animals and insects that like to eat plants.
I lived in a lovely home in Portland for about 35 years. I completely landscaped it with palms, bananas, cold hardy cactus and many other tropical plants. I was offered a dream job in a botanical garden in Ecuador. So I sold my home and moved to Ecuador. It was the best job I have ever had in my life. But, after a new president of Ecuador was elected, he put his own people in power and then the university I worked for was told that they did not own the botanical garden, but the little city the university was in owned it. The university lost the fight and we all lost our jobs. I came back to Portland and looked for a home to buy. I drove past my old home and found that the new owner ripped out all my plants and installed a gravel and grass yard. The 5 gallon T. fortunei that I had planted so long ago,had grown to over 16 feet tall when I sold the house. A neighbor told me the new owner had some people in and they cut down the all the palm trees in the front and back yard and had them haled away with the yard debris. Two large ones in the front yard, and five in the back yard. It broke my heart. I know you were sad to leave the yard that took you so long to build. I ended up in Salem. I am no longer young, so big yard projects are not possible for me any more. But I have started a small cold hardy cactus garden, a fern garden, four diffrent species of palm trees, and some cold hardy hibiscus. I hope to build a wildlife pond this year. I know you will enjoy the jump from 8b to 9. Think of all the extra things you can now grow! What fun!!! I and many here back in Oregon look forward to your posts! Happy gardening. Jack
Thanks Jack. I'm not surprised to hear what happened to your old place. Nothing bothered me more than ignorant people who were adamant that Palm trees and such didn't "Belong in Portland". Closed minded people who have no knowledge of the botanical world. I'm a little older now too so I can't do 12+ hour days in the garden, but many small steps in time will have a dramatic effect. I'm sure your current garden is pretty great. I have a lot of work to do down here, and keep reminding myself its not a race, and it took me years to get the old garden to where it is today. Thanks for the kind words.
I'm sure you're excited! You'll be able to experiment with alot of different plants now.
Oh yeah. Lots of new things to try for sure. I have a lot to learn.
Congrats on your move. Its a lot easier down here in the south growing palms. You will enjoy it!
I sure hope so! I know the last 4 winters have been pretty bad.
@@texastropics I got some damage this year. Palms still acclimating from Seattle. I wonder how the palms at Raintree Tropical did this winter. I heard it got cold there in December
i’m excited to see what the Garden is gonna look like in the future 
Thanks. It's going to take some time for sure.
I would put in pool first. I had to dig up a number of plants and still had some killed. It is much more destruction than I ever anticipated. At least you have a double gate that you might be able to use for access.
Yeah my plan is to start gardening nowhere near where the pool and other things will eventually go in. That wide access is definitely going to come in handy.
Awesome yard! Blank canvas for a tropical oasis! Congrats!
Thanks. I figured whatever place I was buying I was going to have to rip out the landscape, but lucked out with this one.
Congratulations on your new home & garden. Welcome to zone 9! Same as Tucson-we are 9b most of the time but we too had a freeze a few weeks before you. Several nights of 24, 25, 26F & lots of 30-32's as well. More rain coming here after some nice warm days. Enjoy gardening in Houston. I hope your home in Clackamas area was sold to someone who appreciated your gardening! That Butia was beautiful! Best wishes and happy gardening!
Thanks so much. I only went up half a zone to 9B but went up 4 or 5 heat zones so its a significant change.
Hope you enjoy it!
That's the plan. It won't be all palms though.
Sweet dude!! I'm moving to texas soon too.
Good luck with that! Moving is painful.
Wonderful canvas. Looking forward to see what you'll do with it!
Thanks. It's going to take a lot of time. I didn't start my UA-cam videos on the last garden until about the 4th year. So it's going to look a little unimpressive to begin with.
i can’t wait to see how it’s going to turn out! wishing you luck!
Thank you!!
This is so weird. It's a bit sad because you used to live in a similar climate to mine and it was good to compare but it's also exciting to see your journey. It's cool because you can grow some plants like Phoenix or Washies more easily.
Ah thanks. You never know where you'll end up in life, but best to make the most out of it.
I'm liking the new garden! Plenty of potential there! It will be great to see how it develops 👍
Thanks. It's definitely going to be a lot of trial and error.
Going to miss you out this way; you've helped me a lot with getting my plants and landscaping sorted.
I'm looking forward to your new vids, though. Enjoy those warm winters but beware that summer humidity!
Yeah I'm going to miss it. Everyone here keeps warning me about summer. I have spent a lot of time in Texas and Florida in summer so I have some idea on what its like.
Congrats on the move! Going to miss having PNW content.
Thanks and sorry. At least there still are a few PNW UA-camrs still. I find for such a big city the only ones I can find here in Houston are into growing vegetables and cottage gardening.
It gets much much hotter than the PNW
Sure does. I like the heat though, but I'm still going to need time to adjust.
Congratulations on your new place, 0.4 acres is a good amount of land (at least where I live on the east coast where a quarter of an acre is good). From Portland, Oregon? I bet you're glad you're away from that and in the great state of Texas. You might need to change your name from Tropical PDX to Tropical IAH.
Yes, a name change is in the works, I just need to find the time with all the unpacking and things that I need to do around here.
Sacrificing space for rare plants to put in a pool might be a controversial decision around here Haha
amen
Ha, good point.
Good to see you in the new pad, get rid of the crape myrtles'. Messy and most over planted thing in the SE! (not that sure if you're actually considered the SE though)
I'm going to leave them for this year, since I don't really have anything else with size and reevaluate next year. I'm curious to see what color they are. Anything but pink I hope.
Wooop whoop been to long mate
Yeah, it wasn't intentional but a move this big takes a lot of your time.