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Ten years ago I landscaped our house, and a small courtyard area for a neighbor, when I lived in Del Rio. I didn't have any experience, just a vision of what I wanted it to look like. I did a little plant research and started digging. We ended up selling that house a short time later and moving to Wisconsin for career reasons. Even though I missed our palms and bananas, I never even thought about planting bananas there. We did have a garden and a couple flowerbeds to play in. When I moved back to Texas last year I couldn't wait to start planting. There is something about palms and bananas that is good for the soul. Dave
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Cool! Do you mean Cycas revoluta (not a palm)? I don't think I've seen those used in landscaping before. What kinds of bananas do you have?
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Yes, they are commonly refereed to as Sago palms here in Texas even through they aren't. They are very common here, I don't think you can drive through a neighborhood with out seeing a few. Even though they are very common they are a great plant and really help achieve that tropical look/feel. The banana plants in the pictures are Orinoco I believe. In the original post I listed a group of plants I just picked up to use in other ares. they are doing great and I can't wait to get them in the ground. Dave
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That is a beautiful yard you have there Dave, but I can't figure out how you did all that in one year. It normally takes years to get a yard to get to that point from your 1st before pic.
I'll bet you really appreciate living there so you can have palms & nanas inground all year. I have several palms (incl canary Isl. date) & nanas but have to dig 'em up or haul them in the sunroom for winter....YUK. But it sure is worth it for that summer 'Tropical look' which I love. Your yard is really nice! 
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We moved into the new house the first of July, so most of the planting was done in August with the exception of the grass which was put in right before the picture was taken in October. I do appreciate the warm weather especially after spending the last seven years up in WI. I lived near La Crosse, so I definitely know what you are going through. Stay warm! Dave
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