Hi, I'm a complete novice with regard to gardening but am trying to get a handle on it icon_scratch Please, is this a Washingtonia http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx124/chyaweth/dsc_0002.jpg http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx124/chyaweth/2012-07-21172422.jpg http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/...

... 7 days and I’m staying in a place called Agadir, going to hire a car for 4-5 days so I can go up into the Atlas Mountains. Can anyone tell me if cerifera is in that part of Morocco? I would love to see them growing in the wild, there could be some free seeds in it for you! icon_thumleft Also ...

What are these like for transplanting from ground back to pot?, i have one with about 25/30 cm of trunk that may be going to a new home!, but not if there to root sensitive. karl.

I have loads of different size hummilis, cerifica etc but my one vulcano does not seem to like the wet weather!, its got about 25cm of trunk & healthy fronds but some of the new spears emerging look really tatty, how are yours getting on?, this one is planted out in full sun. karl.

Two questions.

First off which is hardier?

And which grows fastest?



Im stuck on which one I should get.

I've read here that they can be quite cheap so I don't expect it's the bargain of the century, but I'm well chuffed with it anyway. It was quite rootbound and bursting out of it's pot in Homebase so they knocked a couple of quid off for me. It's 60cm high from soil to tip. It's my first actual palm ...

... Asda as I felt it was very different from my others, what do you think? It has 360 degree leaves and unusually large dark brown spines for a small Chamaerops a lot larger than my other humilis spines. http://i45.servimg.com/u/f45/12/65/11/86/dscn2322.jpg http://i45.servimg.com/u/f45/12/65/11/86/dscn2323.jpg ...

It's the one I got this year from Palm Centre and it's come into flower, it must be healthy and liking the heatwave. :) http://oi47.tinypic.com/28r0b3n.jpg And there is a new non-stretched Trachycarpus to accompany the Leggycarpus Fortunei, 2 Musa Basjoo and a £40 Dicksonia Antarctica from B and Q w...

... read the forum almost everyday.A few weeks a go I seen what I thought to be a reasonably priced (£20) very healthy looking 80cm not including pot chamaerops humillis.It has a stocky but short 10cm trunk that is just starting to flower, I know they flower quite young but I have a much larger one ...

I have a Chamaerops which has produced 4 suckers which are growing and look healthy. But one of them is growing right in the direction of the south facing wall which I planted the Palm close to lol. Will it be possible to eventually ...

What is the difference between these palms? I've seen both that look very similar in garden centres etc, are they really so diiferent, help please.

How fast-growing are Chammy humilis? I'm torn between two sizes (both smallish) and wondered if the smaller size would catch up the larger quickly.

Out digging the new beds today. It's sunny here but bloomin breezy! LOL!

Hi all, just planted my first tropical plants today, a Trachycarpus Fortunei and a Chamaerops Humilis. The Humilis looks great but the Trachycarpus looks like it has adapted to shady conditions at the nursery and this has made the petioles extra long. The petioles ...

Came home from work today to find a very nice Cerifera sat in my back garden. Ordered it from the Palm centre bout a month ago but they`ve been waiting for new stock. It`s actually a tad larger than i was expecting having a clear 500mm of trunk so i`m made up with it.

Hi I planted 2 chammies in a garden in July/August last year .... they are fairly small .... (approx 800mm high) I left them unprotected for most of the winter (Cambridge), and for the 2 nights we had the -16 degrees C temperatures, I draped a horticultural fleece over them .... so, bar the 2 nights...