Sabal minor.

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karl66
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Sabal minor.

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Who else think's this is a waste of time in most uk gardens?, I realise they are slow but mine does absolutely nothing apart from take space up!. Unless there grown under glass we don't get the heat for them, the one I have is also a decent size with three small trunk's. karl.
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What were you expecting?
They are hot place palms.
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:roll: So are palm's such as brahea amarta, jubaea chillenis........... they still grow in my garden!, my point is there a crappe palm to grow in uk full stop. karl.
GREVILLE

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My tiddler hardly moved for years before disappearing a few winters ago. Have just obtained a large replacement. Cooking it in the greenhouse at the moment but will plant it out in my hottest spot soon and give it a diet of hot water on a regular basis.
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karl66 wrote::roll: So are palm's such as brahea amarta, jubaea chillenis........... they still grow in my garden!, my point is there a crappe palm to grow in uk full stop. karl.
I think S. minor comes from a hotter place than either J. chilensis or B. armata.
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sabals are hardy given heat in the day time,
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Well the way our weather's performing there's little chance of that!! :lol: . karl.
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I know of a couple of people near me that have Sabal minor growing in their gardens & although not the fastest growing palm they do grow & have survived the last few cold winters without any damage...
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Nathan, mine has no winter damage but it also has not done a thing after being planted last year. karl.
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I'm on the lookout for a decent sized sabal causiarum at a good price.

http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/species ... t4209.html

Biggest leaves, hardy.

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karl66 wrote:Nathan, mine has no winter damage but it also has not done a thing after being planted last year. karl.
Well it may need more time to settle in? They do grow down here...
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I shouldnt even comment with our 30c+ summers but they do great for me and our winters are far colder. even here they are slow but I really nice one looks wonderful. I have a few types but the "cape hatteras giant" is my fav and it moves at a decent rate. My sabal "birmingham" is as slow as it gets as well as my "mccurtain"
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Nathan, totally different ball game in Portsmouth m8, you can also grow canary date palm's!, & a host of other's I cant. karl.
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karl66 wrote:Nathan, totally different ball game in Portsmouth m8, you can also grow canary date palm's!, & a host of other's I cant. karl.
Yes winters may be milder here, but I can't see that summer temperatures would be that different, which it seems is the factor for getting them to grow...
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