Palm advice please

MusaBajoo47B · Post by **MusaBajoo47B** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 4:35 pm

I have two new palms, one I want to keep in a pot and the other to plant in a new island bed.
The faster growing for the island bed, the palms are Jubaea Chilensis and Butia Odora.
Which of the two is the faster growing please?

charliep · Post by **charliep** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:08 pm

Butia, Jubaea are slow in the UK climate

MusaBajoo47B · Post by **MusaBajoo47B** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:30 pm

Thanks Charlie.

GREVILLEAJ · Post by **GREVILLEAJ** » Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:37 pm

Could you post a pic of each side by side, MB?

chainsaw kid · Post by **chainsaw kid** » Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:02 pm

MB, as you live in Telford I would plant the Jubaea outside, as I think they are slightly more hardy also the ultimate size is bigger, if you are young enough to watch it grow.

Also do you intend to move house in the future? If so plant the other one out.

MusaBajoo47B · Post by **MusaBajoo47B** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:21 pm

Unfortunately I'm not going to be around to see the Jubae grow up as I'm 72 but will enjoy watching the others grow in a a new bed I'm planting up in April. Giving the garden a makeover while the wife is in Oz so I can steal more the lawn. She'll burn my ears again when she gets back as I steal parts of the lawn each February when she out of the country seeing her brother.