Looks to me like it was a bigger specimen that got trashed in the cold winter of 2010.
Those small leaves are the right size for regrowth.

Yucca Rostrata in a potful of gravel it will be a magnificent specimen in the sun & warmth of the house.

Are you saying we actually got some D?

Wondered why I've been happy pushing plants around the patio.

Gagging to eject my big one as well but the last couple of nights the frost sensor has been on each morning.

JEC1 I believe grows his strellie on a small balcony not a garden, so things are quite te same for the rest of us.

Tom2006 wrote:The pellets work quite well and no harm caused to cats.

The pellets harm anything that eats them...... slugs cats humans......

I have a huge one that needs to be split, may give a bit of it a chance outside, even though I expect it to fail......

Bird of Paradise is a no hoper here as well.

You can get a liquid form of the blue pellets and it works a treat.
You only have to keep the cats off till it has soaked in and it goes on killer slugs for weeks.
Brilliant stuff.

Never having lived north of the M25, I don't feel qualified to judge.

Rob S wrote:I would argue that the Greater London area probably has some of the largest and best palms on the UK mainland as well as some of the most diverse exotics you will find with West London possibly unrivaled!

I agree completely.

I'd say let them struggle in the conservatory, makes stronger plants.

I have a Sophora Microphylla, Sun King, don't know quite why I bought it but it has been a good buy. Its maxed out at 10' so far, provides a welcome bit of shade, its totally undemanding, is evergreen and a bumble bee factory when it flowers, which has already begun. In full bloom the ground vibrate...

.Can you tell me which tree fern is native to sabah in borneo as I would love one those as well. :D 8 Google it - there are loads, never seen in the UK though. http://www.amazing-borneo.com/wiki/kinabalu-park-botanical-gardens.html 22 species of Cyathea! I can't think of 22 types let alone 22 I hav...

Gloating on a summers day when everything is growing and all the jobs are up to date.

Yes we've all been lucky so far, everything has had a good start - may even see some spectacular growth in the summer, fingers crossed.