I was going for the understory palm jungle look with these but they are toast and I don't really fancy trying again.

is there any shade loving fully hardy plant that looks a bit like palm leaves?

NB
no ferns!!!

These look to be quite a good size for the price, will be hard to get better value http://www.hardy-palms.co.uk/product.as ... roduct=100

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fancy one of these,

any advice on where to buy, so far i've found

http://www.palms-exotics.co.uk/chamaedo ... p-372.html


also has anyone got up to date pics of how theirs is doing?

... the best feather palm for our climate has to be a ....... JUB :) Or a chamaedorea radicalis :lol: hi Gav,good to see you here too. have to agree with the jub/radicalis but out ...

... aren't the most expensive plants in the world. I want to get a Chamaedorea radicalis for the border at Akamba, and also Chamaedorea elegans will be good, as I had limited ...

... the best feather palm for our climate has to be a ....... JUB :) Or a chamaedorea radicalis :lol: hi Gav,good to see you here too. have to agree with the jub/radicalis but out ...

... the best feather palm for our climate has to be a ....... JUB :) Or a chamaedorea radicalis :lol: hi Gav,good to see you here too. have to agree with the jub/radicalis but out ...

... the best feather palm for our climate has to be a ....... JUB :) Or a chamaedorea radicalis :lol:

... the ground ) http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3204/butiaodorata1000.png Chamaedorea microspadix http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4828/chamaedoreamicrospadix1.png Chamaedorea radicalis http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/2164/chamaedorearadicalis100.png Cordyline ...

... no seedling though around 5 feet with pot. These plants are easy to grow and replace if killed. I was thinking of trying it outside myself. My c. radicalis survived in my garden for 8 years taking -8c one night before the freezing winter of 2008 polished it off. To be honest it hardly grew, looked ...

Just an update, I did manage to obtain a couple of Radicalis from Vic about a month ago plus a Princeps. Since then I have been on my holidays and managed to find some Radicalis seeds which was a bit of a bonus. So Ill give them a try as well.

... 1 x Brahea Edulis 1 x Livistona Nitida 2 x Phoenix Canariensis 5 x Chamaedorea Microspadix 5 x Chamaedorea Seifrizia 1 x Chamaedorea Radicalis 1 x Arenga Engleri :D

... cv. loureiroi ( In pot ) 1x Phoenix loureiroi cv. humilis ( In pot ) 1x Chamaedorea microspadix ( In pot ) 10x Chamaedorea radicalis ( In ground & pots ) 1x Rhapis multifida - Small Seedling ( In pot ) Germinated ...

... here are my band new chamaedorea radicalis, oh and a new ficas carica 'adam' http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa445/z1demo1/cr1_zps23b68792.jpg ...

this could be problamatic.
i don't have any dry areas of garden.