My £10 Chammy

[tropical Tom]

Just thought I'd share with you a pic of my bargain (i think) £10 chammy (at least i think it's a chammy)!
I bought it off someone who was listing it as a Trachycarpus, when i viewed it and put him straight on the difference he said I could have it for a tenner
It was in a 30ltr pot and I've just repotted it into the 60cm pot in the pic. I've cut a few brown tips off it but there is lots of new growth and about a dozen flower spikes! I measures 1.7m inc the pot.

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Any ideas what it would fetch in a garden centre?

Keith

[jezza]

I've got one of those pots too!

Yep, a chammy. Good price for that size. Don't know what they are selling for in garden centres as i haven't been to one for a while that sells them.

[flounder]

Yep, chammy and yep, very good bargain!
A garden centre would get you to part with an arm and a leg whereas one of the sheds would be just a leg

[kata]

Wowcher, thats a bargain...

Excellent Tom!

[cheshirepalms]

Don't know whether its the light but it looks like a chamaerops cerifera to me, in which case a real good bargain!

[pdid]

I agree on the cerifera, excellent for a tenner. Probs £60-£80 in a garden centre. It's difficult to get the overall size without a comparison bottle of wine or can of coke etc.

[tropical Tom]

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I agree on the cerifera, excellent for a tenner. Probs £60-£80 in a garden centre. It's difficult to get the overall size without a comparison bottle of wine or can of coke etc.

How very dare I forget the wine bottle Here it is

[karl66]

Nice buy keith, sorry to spoil your party but's it's 100% not cerifica although £40/50 all day long. karl.

[multim]

It's a bargain, Probably C. Humilis. That size as seen today, average price £49.99.

[fern Rob]

A great buy, really cheap.

[redsquirrel]

bargain Tom,i would expect to see a 60quid minimum tag on that,depending where you are running to well over 100. def not a Cerifera though