Oddly this year saw me lose a Trachycarpus :shock: . A small 3rd year Naini Tal looks like it never made it sat in the greenhouse with Manipur, Princeps blue form and 100 second year Fortunei seedlings all of which appear completely untouched. ...

Is there anyone out there who knows how many members of the Trachycarpus family there is :?: and if you know there names, could you please list them for me, also how many would be able to be brought in England, and do they all look the same with there ...

Is there anyone out there who knows how many members of the Trachycarpus family there is :?: and if you know there names, could you please list them for me, also how many would be able to be brought in England, and do they all look the same with there ...

... now in his border, Rhododendron etc (not that interesting) including my Trachies, a Chamaedorea radicalis, and possibly a Schefflera arboricola, ... reshoot, I doubt it :lol: but thats sort of thing I will plant my other Trachycarpus in the other corner. Desert: Much more interesting: Proteas, ...

... and an unknown Spikie a Dasylirion I think (£10)... 012_t061.jpg The Trachycarpus "Nova" is only a very small plant but they grow very quickly compared to other Trachies... 011_t061.jpg Finally the unknown Arid any guess,s? 010_t061.jpg Ive got ...

Excellent Gaz
If you want two completely different looking Trachies, grow T. fortunei, one in full sun and another in full shade. You will probably get an intermediate form in part shade

The trachies do get yellow and brown leaflet tips if allowed to get dry, and also as the leaves ... lose moisture and the tip turn brown again. See the yellowing on the lower leaves of my Trachycarpus. This was made worse by the drought of 2005/6 060508 Blue sky.jpg Fatsia may ...

this is me and a Trachycarpus in the grounds of bosahan in cornwall. http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j143/guitarmanmick/mixiesmalltrachybosahancopy.jpg ... without doubt the most unspoilt garden in cornwall. and finally my poor excuses for trachies, mind you they were tiny 5 yrs ago. http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j143/guitarmanmick/trachyscopy.jpg ...

... look better whilst still smaller and sheltered as the really tall ones has leaves ripped to shreds by the wind. Unless you see the really tall Trachies inside the Milton Keynes shopping centre, being indoors the leaves look pristine. It's days are numbered though as it's about to reach the ...

Trachies have a junior hacksaw appearance, and action, if you rub your arm down one

Maybe they think the unsuspecting will buy another one labeled Chammy, if they already have a Trachycarpus

... whole family are Sun worshippers. So where would I put a fast growing Trachycarpus. I have trachies coming out of my ears :lol: I have seedlings popping up all over the place, which ...

This sounds like a good commercial palm then, as Trachies have always been expensive due to their slow growing habit until the trunk ... adult form. The reason I ask is that when I started to buy my first palms all Trachycarpus were fortunei, apart from when it was sold as Chamaerops excelsia ...

... had winds of 54mph with gusts to 62mph here. Not much plant damage, but Trachies looking pretty trashed. Cassy Cordy was was rocking in the ground. I moved the cars just in case she came down. Main problem is the Trachycarpus leaves crashing into the seed branches has knocked 1000s of them ...

Hi Mick, 8) Yes, I know what you mean about fast growing trachies. My Trudi Trachycarpus puts on a foot of trunk a year Now. She is about 18 feet in 27 years, but was only ...