This looks like an absolute beauty - 8m Chammy from what I can make out.
Good luck getting the rootball out and will need a flat bed and hoist to move it - but for £100 that is one hell of a plant!!
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Wow... what a bargain! I'd have thought Trachycarpus given the size?
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What a super opportunity for some one, instant hight for a couple of hours heavy work. It has the advantage of being near the road.
Don't Just sit there, plant something!
The Kid.
The Kid.
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A beauty! Hope some one will enjoy having it in the garden
Washingtonia Trachycarpus Cordyline? Bamboos Olive tree? Bananas
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Pretty sure it's a Chammy, based on leaf shape, growing point and trunk made mostly of old stem bases and not all furry! Which makes it even more of a bargain ……… IF you can get it our and transport it!!Tropic Plunder wrote: ↑Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:36 pm Wow... what a bargain! I'd have thought Trachycarpus given the size?
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Agree with your reasoning as characteristics do look more chammy, but just surprised it's so big and with a single trunk... couldn't make out whether it was hairy or not.... just wish I had the means to get it, as I would love this in my garden!!
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I think being in a nice London suburb, so close to a house and in what looks like a very sheltered spot, it will probably be growing maybe 9/10 months of the year. You may find the owner has trimmed any pups around the base to keep it single trunk? I've seen some biggies like this with single trunk in nurseries in the UK, so they can get to this size given the right conditions.
I bet it's been there 15-20 years though!!
I bet it's been there 15-20 years though!!
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Why do people plant so close to walls and fences? It would have been okay planted further towards the hedge.
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If I had room i'd go for that!.
I'd bet it has a good age it it also...more like 25/30 years,depending on how large it was when planted.
I'd bet it has a good age it it also...more like 25/30 years,depending on how large it was when planted.
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