08-20-2009, 08:13 AM
I have some mature plants I would like to give a new home (and would prefer to sell them for something, because I need the money). I am not sure who would be the people to call. I'm not putting this in the non-classifieds for now because I doubt that Punawebbers are the customer. I just wonder if there is one.
Plants I would like to relocate:
1) A fifty year old hala which is a very dramatic specimen. It needs some space around it to make a statement, and it would take more than a pickup truck to move it. I hate to cut it down but it's taking up a lot of room on our residential lot. The lot used to be the front yard for another lot so it wasn't a problem, but now it's going to be a homesite.
2) Several mature pygmy phoenix palms.
3) Two or three Cook or Norfolk pines that are maybe 15 feet high (these are on a different site).
4) I have one really big money tree (dracaena) that has a lot of character. The property already has three giant money trees and doesn't need this fourth one.
5) Lastly, Ttwo Hong Kong orchid trees. I planted these about three years ago and now they're maybe twelve feet high. They were planted in less than a foot of soil over lava (probably pretty solid lava), so not sure where the roots are. I don't know if these would transplant so I only mention them in case someone reading is knowledgable.
I realize I can call a nursery, and probably will, but just wanted to see if anyone knew about this. The lot is in Hilo so it's a distance from any large nursery like Rozelle's.
I don't know how feasible it is too move any of these except the palms. I know that landscapers do move palms around all the time, and the phoenix palms are very slow growing so it's nice to get mature specimens.
Plants I would like to relocate:
1) A fifty year old hala which is a very dramatic specimen. It needs some space around it to make a statement, and it would take more than a pickup truck to move it. I hate to cut it down but it's taking up a lot of room on our residential lot. The lot used to be the front yard for another lot so it wasn't a problem, but now it's going to be a homesite.
2) Several mature pygmy phoenix palms.
3) Two or three Cook or Norfolk pines that are maybe 15 feet high (these are on a different site).
4) I have one really big money tree (dracaena) that has a lot of character. The property already has three giant money trees and doesn't need this fourth one.
5) Lastly, Ttwo Hong Kong orchid trees. I planted these about three years ago and now they're maybe twelve feet high. They were planted in less than a foot of soil over lava (probably pretty solid lava), so not sure where the roots are. I don't know if these would transplant so I only mention them in case someone reading is knowledgable.
I realize I can call a nursery, and probably will, but just wanted to see if anyone knew about this. The lot is in Hilo so it's a distance from any large nursery like Rozelle's.
I don't know how feasible it is too move any of these except the palms. I know that landscapers do move palms around all the time, and the phoenix palms are very slow growing so it's nice to get mature specimens.