{"id":5157,"date":"2019-02-26T12:32:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&#038;p=5157"},"modified":"2022-09-23T14:33:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T21:33:48","slug":"designing-with-palms","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/designing-with-palms\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing with Palms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5158\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/designing-with-palms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/designing-with-palms.jpg 428w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/designing-with-palms-375x438.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/>\u201cDesigning with Palms\u201d by Jason Dewees is by a San Francisco based author, who profiles garden motifs evoked by palms across the country.\u00a0 For instance, <em>Chamaerops humilis<\/em> suggests a Mediterranean garrigue, an ecosystem with low shrubs, including rosemary and lavender, like one might find in a Seattle landscape.<\/p>\n<p>While the author\u2019s examples do not include a garden in the Pacific Northwest, those in temperate areas do give guidance for those who wish to try these iconic plants in our climate.\u00a0 I found the Riverbanks Botanical Garden in Columbia, South Carolina especially instructive, perhaps because Jenks Farmer, a Master of Science graduate from the Center for Urban Horticulture in 1993, had a major role in its design.<\/p>\n<p>Dewees is well aware of the practical side of a garden with palms.\u00a0 His copious species notes include hardiness ratings \u2013 fined tuned to the exact minimum temperature \u2013 and many cultural and aesthetic tips.\u00a0 On caring for <em>Trachycarpus fortunei<\/em>: \u201cGive them an updated look by pruning off the gorilla-hairy leafbases to reveal their smooth, ringed trunks\u2026or leave them natural and tuck epiphytes such as bromeliads, orchids, and ferns among the fibrous leafbases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Published in <em>Garden Notes: Northwest Horticultural Society<\/em>, Spring 2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDesigning with Palms\u201d by Jason Dewees is by a San Francisco based author, who profiles garden motifs evoked by palms across the country.\u00a0 For instance, Chamaerops humilis suggests a Mediterranean garrigue, an ecosystem with low shrubs, including rosemary and lavender, like one might find in a Seattle landscape. While the author\u2019s examples do not include a garden in the Pacific Northwest, those in temperate areas do give guidance for those who wish to try these iconic plants in our climate.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/designing-with-palms\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Designing with Palms<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[171,111,22],"class_list":["post-5157","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","keyword-landscape-design","keyword-palms","keyword-reviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/5157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=5157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}