Is it possible to control their height by coppicing them or do you just have to let them grow as they wish? I have one in a pot and I'm trying to decide where to plant it out. I noticed that the large swathe of the bog standard T papyrifer planted out at Architectural Plants had been coppiced this ...

That would seem to make sense Mark. I read some posts by Kev Spence on GOTE a few weeks ago where he described how he thought he had lost his T rex over winter. Subsequently is started sprouting from ground level.

Sounds a bit risky now that I think about it.

Sue, did this come from a pup of your plant? Any chance of a photo of the mature one?

Not much help was I :lol: No not really :lol: Kidding! I've compared both SG and normal papyrifer and the latter has more deeply cut and lobed leaves as well. Andy's photo shows it too. I'm glad that there's a high possibility that the leaf shape are indeed different as it makes SG a unique cultiva...

Is it possible to control their height by coppicing them or do you just have to let them grow as they wish? I have one in a pot and I'm trying to decide where to plant it out.

Mark, the leaves in your picture are quite different from those of my Tetrapanax papyrifer I have to take its picture from the bedroom window now its got so tall

No idea Mark but less lobed/ deeply cut leaves are more akin to the regular T. papyrifer from what I've read. I've planted what I believe to be regular and rex this year to see the difference. Melissa is growing both in her garden and showed me more established plants and it was clear. Not much help...

Some say that this Tetrapanax is just an American name for a tissue cultured T.p. 'Rex' i.e. they are the same plant. Some say they're different. We've got one (Thanks to Sue from Ireland :D ) and we're pot growing it for now to see ...

Theres one currently on Ebay

£30 - £35 sounds a bit hefty, I bought one from Andy at Mulu for a tenner at the meet, I think it was HTs but could have been an Oasis meet.

... You can pick them up from ebay Like this Also I think someone said Urban jungle had some at a tenner when we went last week. If googleing type tetrapanax rather than T-Rex. or you'll get loads of Mark Bolan and Tyranosaurus. Rex is one varient, emporess is another very similar, if not the same., ...

I just got one in a 2 l pot for £30 inc p + p from kelways...

Hi can someone please advise me on the best place i can get one of these from Tetrapanax papyrifer "Rex". Unfortunately none of the garden centre have any round my way and i had a trip up to easy tropicals today and they had none. The only place i can ...

Hi lesinge2k, T Rex is just a shortened way of saying Tetrapanax papyrifera 'Rex' A bit of play of words too, as it has massive leaves it's likened to T-rex the dinosaur

Sarah wrote:

lesinge2k wrote:(it is tetrapanax papyrifera isn't it?)
Paul

Don't forget the T Rex bit - Tet. pap. T Rex

I've seen Tet. pap. Rex, but not Tet. pap. T Rex