Looking forward to seeing your two Trachies, Igor. Barb

Oh, Barb... As I mentioned earlier they were planted outside last May. I like the Waggy foliage but dislike the floppy Trachycarpus f. leaves. Hope I will be able to build a palm hut for them. At least I've bought a thermoregulator for a future shelter 😆

Great pics so far, everyone!

Here are some of my Trachycarpus, probably my favourite genus of hardy palm. I've got somewhere between 500 - 750 of them, but am trying to lower that amount 😆 :

My first Trachies, overwintered twice so far:

Newer leaves:

T. "Tesan" 'South Mountain', 'North Mountain', 'Cultivated', and T. "Nova" 'Green':

T. fortunei from Tennessee:

T. "Hayes Stiffie":

My newest T. fortunei:

Thanks for looking! 😆

Heres my first waggy last year
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and its explosive growth to this year
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female trachy hail damage leaves
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female trachy seeds
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male trachy severe hail damage to leaves
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What the nice palms! Thanks for sharing!

Looking good guys/gals.

Barb

Those lighter colored palms are most likely Nainital,
they really won't green up much until they get bigger.

What a delight looking at all your pics folks...very very nice.

I agree with you Igor, sometimes Trachy is too floppy, with every leaf folding.
Your Waggie comparison makes Waggies look like the palms of choice because of the stiff leaves.
But some Trachies only fold from wind damage, suppose it's just individual genes.
Really like their location, and that they're side by side.
Nice growth too already!
It'll be good to see which winter protection you choose...let's hope you don't have to do it for 3-4 months!

Your first Trachies, Cameron, are getting wider leaves quite quickly.
And here comes another spear!
Wow...750 palms 😯
They sure look healthy.

Mike...wow, explosive growth is right! either that or its roots are in the septic tank 😆
Fortunately the hail damage doesn't show much and will probably induce more growth.
Those seeds...what a gorgeous picture! 😀

Hey Jim, I thought so too that they're Nainital...the sideways trunk is a dead giveaway.
But the big one is nice and dark green...bigger pot, cooler roots probably.

Erik's Trachy post idea turned out to be great eye candy.
Thanks!

Barb

I think with the amount of variation in Nainital it
is most likely a hybrid,possibly with Takil.....
that would explain some* of the confusion.

There is a faster greener variation of Nainital(usually less hardy)
and a slower more hardy- "yellow" version.

I don't see why there couldn't be some in between the 2 main types.

*some of the confusion is because people thought they had Takil
because they were sold as Takil,some is because of similarities between the 2.

Yes, I think I had one of those less hardy Nainitals...remember? 😆 😆 😆
I bet there is a lot of hybridization, more than anyone realizes.

Barb

I would so much like for a plant geneticist to get interested in Trachycarpus. It would make a great PhD project.

Maybe all the geneticists live in Florida 😆
Trachies don't like Florida much.

Barb

I was thinking a Chinese or Indian geneticist, actually.
The methods have come way down in price to where it would be affordable for a grad. student in one of those countries to do the whole project. I saw some great molecular systematics projects by students at that botany conference I went to last month, so I know it is just a matter of time before we hobbyists have the answers we have craved for years.

This is the old fortunei that overwinter in the hut. It's pushing a lot of fronds.

and this is the new wagnerianus that I got from Montreal. I think it's beautiful.

Wow--those are lovely. They look downright happy in your garden, whereas mine present themselves as if they are merely enduring. --Erik

Couldn't expect seeing palms growing just 20 minutes driving from my former house in North York!

Time to move back, Igor...oops, I forgot your next destination may be Belize 😀

Barb