The fronds were definitely a much lighter green than the larger cooperi/brownii ones, so broadly speaking I'd say they look similar. They had made the effort to relabel them from dealbata/medullaris that was on the official label so suggests that they probably are.
As I mentioned though, the australis were the £24.99 ones and were really just starting to think about putting some trunk on. Probably 6 inches on the best ones, so nowhere near the size of those big ones. They had some more in the next house as well so seem to have taken a decent delivery of them. Quite a few had potential to make double trunks I would say, although appreciate often once can die off in favour of the other (think my squarrosa may be going that way!).
Crews Hill today
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So .......... how did you get on? Did you pick up much?phatplants wrote:Thanks mate for the info/pics looking forward to going this morning. Will definitely grab a Gunnera and some grasses. Have a list of plants that I'll buy if I see them, otherwise it's pretty dangerous!!!
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Yes, picked up a good sized Gunnera from Hillside, they definitely had more in their tropical tunnel than previous, but nothing that tempted me too much. GC was probably a bit early in the season, with large gaps in part of the building where a lot of their palms used to be. Also visited Paramount, and although good quality palms, a little out of my price range. Picked up a Cordyline 'Torbay Dazzler' from one of the small independent places and some horti-grit and compost from Thompsons. As I said, I went for specific items on my list, and got two of them. Bigger stuff on order with Nigel 