LARGE BUTIA CAPITATA PALMS IN THE UK.

[billdango]

Time now to start another thread on large palms in the UK.

Heres a picture that I took down in sunny Southsea last year of a 6 foot tall Butia capitata.

This palm is still in perfect health and I will put an updated picture of it up on this thread as soon as i can correct the downsizing issue that i am having with my computer at the moment?

billdango

[redsquirrel]

theres a good pair at abbotsbury and a really big one in cornwall with trunk damage but cant remember where it was

[kata]

Thats a great example of one of my favorite palms

Thanks for sharing Bill!

[brendan]

These Butia are at Tremenheere sculpture garden in Cornwall.

[jcec1]

This is one at the Chelsea Physic Garden snapped this summer.

[billdango]

We can get a few more pictures of these palms from back posts as I know that most of these got through the last few winters with little or no damage.

billdango

[GoggleboxUK]

I'm sure Nigel had a stunning Butia in his driveway border before he moved to Brazil although I believe the new owners of his house chainsawed it.

If I'm thinking of the right palm it was very impressive indeed.

[Rob S]

Hampton Court West London/Surrey;

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Hampto ... 37.71,,0,0

[Axel]

Twickenham:

http://goo.gl/maps/q4Pc5


Rob is that butia a yatay? Fantastic trunk.

[Clive60]

Rob, I wonder if that Butia was bought and planted as a large specimen (I assume) it would take some years to get that size. They do tend to loose their elegant arching appearance with a big trunk.
I'm waiting for mine to take off.

[Rob S]

Yes the Hampton Butia(Yatay?) was bought as a large plant but has still put on a fait bit of size and has been there for quite a few years now! Hard to tell from that pic Axel but i would have a guess that it's Odorata(Capitata), what do you think? There's a nice large Butia in Notting Hill which i posted a pic off on the EPS forum last summer however i recently lost most of the pics on my hard drive so can't re-upload i'm afraid and the plant is not visible on Street View!

[fieldfest]

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll ... 73,,1,5.12

this is an old pic (2009) but its still there and noticeable bigger

[Dave Brown]

Here is a recent one of my 2 larger Butia odorata.

Big Buti01 which has been decidedly yellowy since the 2010 freeze

Buti02 recurved. In partial shade with a light overhead canopy.

[Conifers]

Big Buti01 which has been decidedly yellowy since the 2010 freeze

Isn't this the sort of case where Nigel's Palmbooster would help?

[Half Hardy]

Love the blue colour of buti 2.I would have thought they would be the opposite way round i.e the palm in the shade would be less blue and more lax.
I also like the look of the pine tree.I need some advice on choosing something similar.I'll start another thread in the 'other exotics' section.