NEW Palm purchases this week

[Rod]

Here's some Palms i have purchased this week, the last ones until next Summer.

[karl66]

Very nice Rod. I take it your climate is very similar to the south coast in the uk?. karl.

[Rod]

Very nice Rod. I take it your climate is very similar to the south coast in the uk?. karl.

Hi Karl - Yes similar in some ways, but we have more sunshine hours, and more intense ultraviolet radiation than the south coast of the U.K - We average 2,144 hrs of sunshine per year.
Our Mean Global radiation intensity is: 1,346 kWh/m2 ( 4847 Mj/m2 )
Here's a global radiation map of the UK

[kata]

A lovely selection there Rod,

Love the Butia capitata

You been saving up your beer money all winter...

[flounder]

Never heard of the south coast being likened to New Zealand before
Looking at Rods various photos, I have a sneaking suspicion he has a tad more favourable conditions

[Conifers]

Never heard of the south coast being likened to New Zealand before
Looking at Rods various photos, I have a sneaking suspicion he has a tad more favourable conditions

Yeah, I'd agree - I'd say the English south coast is a reasonable comparison for Invercargill or Dunedin (except drier), but not Christchurch.

[Rod]

A lovely selection there Rod,

Love the Butia capitata

You been saving up your beer money all winter...

Hi Kata - yeah I love that Butia and a bargain it was.
Its 2.2m tall and it cost me $125 NZD which is $65 GBP

[billdango]

Never heard of the south coast being likened to New Zealand before
Looking at Rods various photos, I have a sneaking suspicion he has a tad more favourable conditions

Yeah, I'd agree - I'd say the English south coast is a reasonable comparison for Invercargill or Dunedin (except drier), but not Christchurch.

Thats true but the South coast gets more sunhours then Dunedin,1.900 hours against Dunedins 1.650 hours.

Dunedin and Southampton probably have similar climates but Southampton gets slightly more sun.

rgds billdango.

[kata]

Hi Rod,

Its 2.2m tall and it cost me $125 NZD which is $65 GBP

That seems a great price.

Butia was my favorite for my garden but too expensive what I was seeing in prices. Now I love the Trachicarpus, bought a 9 year old, and about to buy another in a week or so.

Its done really well. I had hoped to have snow on the leaves like the one on my desktop (someone's Image here) but alas..

[Rod]

Hi Rod,

Its 2.2m tall and it cost me $125 NZD which is $65 GBP

That seems a great price.

Butia was my favorite for my garden but too expensive what I was seeing in prices. Now I love the Trachicarpus, bought a 9 year old, and about to buy another in a week or so.

Its done really well. I had hoped to have snow on the leaves like the one on my desktop (someone's Image here) but alas..

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Hi Kata - that photo looks like here last winter ( Photos of my garden below )

[kata]

Lovely pics Rod,

The one year I spend big on a plant (£40.00 ) on a Trachi and we get no snow to beautyfy it.............

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[rburrena]

Very nice palms. Love the Butia particularly!