Cork Phoenix Canariensis dead

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Rob S wrote:I've just had the most brilliant and unique idea! Plant some new ones!
What a good idea.
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Two with some trunk already on them, not two saplings.
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fern Rob wrote:Two with some trunk already on them, not two saplings.
They will actually grow better in the long term planted small... Buying two trunked ones, from a much warmer climate, then plonking them in a cooler wetter climate is never a good idea & they rarely survive & if they do they look awful & grow very slowly... icon_thumright
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it can not be much cooler or they wouldn't have grown so well for so long.
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just picked up on this thread and hate to say it but i think those two palms are dead
mars ROVER broken down. headgasket faillure
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fern Rob wrote:it can not be much cooler or they wouldn't have grown so well for so long.
But it is a much cooler climate than the imported mature Phoenix canariensis would come from...

People have a want for an instant big palm, but in my experience planting a small palm grows better, bigger & faster in the long term icon_thumright
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Nathan wrote:
fern Rob wrote:it can not be much cooler or they wouldn't have grown so well for so long.
But it is a much cooler climate than the imported mature Phoenix canariensis would come from...

People have a want for an instant big palm, but in my experience planting a small palm grows better, bigger & faster in the long term icon_thumright
Hopefully some will be planted soon, it will certainly set the glass house off again, as that looks fantastic.
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