Hardy Tropicals UK

Hi Everyone!

I have been growing Palm Trees for 30 years and I wish I had never started!!
Actually thats not true..

I have a great passion for cold hardy palms and Southampton is a great place to grow them.

Looking forward to talking to others with similar interests.

Hi Bill, and welcome

I was going to say, it took you long enough to know you didn't like growing them, or was it paying for them

So what are you growing

hi Bill
you must have some good stories to tell with that experience

Welcome.....

Great to have you here Bill..enjoy the forums.

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Hi Bill Welcome to the forum mate

welcome bill,you should have some good advice after all those years

hi bill

Welcome Bill, 30 years wroth of experience, WOW show us your photo's don't be shy, we all would love to see them.

hello dave . as first on the list you deserve first reply . as i stated earlier i have been
growing mainly cold hardy palms for about thirty years and so far i have had great succsess with many different species. the first palms that i bought back in 1975 came from a palm center in linconshire. these were t fortuni and were only one foot tall ,now at least one of these is nearly 30 feet tall . most of the others are between 25 feet and 15 feet tall ,so now my house looks like it was imported from malaga. i will give a list of my other palms for now and we can discuss them later .
c humilis , c humilis vulcano. c humilis argentea .t wagnerianus ,15 feet tall .i have three of these at present .also i have a r hystix at about 4foot tall and spread .and a 8 foot s romanzoffianum . also a small w filifera in a pot which i will plant in a sheltered spot later on .unfortunatly i lost my Phoenix canariensis_CIDP last winter when the temperature dropped to a record -8c but i will replace it later this year .hope this is of some use to you ,we can have longer disscussions in the future .
ps you have a great garden ,i hope mine gets that good soon .
keep digging . bill

Welcome to the nuthouse Bill

hello Bill. blimey, a thirty foot Trachycarpus, thats only 29' 3" taller than mine!

Flounder you poor little short ass, get some muck in there shoes of yours and you just might grow a little

Hi Bill

Welcome

will you be putting some pics up, sounds very interesting what you have there

rgds

flounder wrote:hello Bill. blimey, a thirty foot Trachycarpus, thats only 29' 3" taller than mine!

hi flounder . thats an interesting name ,don,t worry about your baby trachycarpus . all of mine were only a few inches high when i planted them back in the mid seventies .
allways remember tiddlys become biggelys? be patient and you will have a fantastic palm garden .
all the best , billdango.