Sub-Speicies of Trachycarpus fortunei including Trac.Tesan

Barb I looked into getting a couple of Larger Trachy tesan two years ago. First of all Garry will only ship a shipping container full of these palms. I didn`t bother looking into how much but you can bet a shipping container from China to Vancouver would be $$$$. I have some T. tesan seedlings from Maccario. It will be years until I see a larger one at this rate. You might want to try a T. takil as these are likely 5 degrees cold hardier and faster growing. I bought some from Canada palms in Chilliwack B.C. Personally I don`t care what name they call them by if they would be cold hardy here in our zone 6a to 7a.

John

www.canadapalms.com

Much appreciated, thanks.
Barb

Oops, crossed postings...

John, it would be nice to know which nursery buys a large shipping container of palms from Garry.
Likely a big Vancouver nursery?

How much of a hassle was it to bring the tesan seedling in from the US? (photo, import cert, CFIA inspection, border duty).

I thought Tesan was THE ultimate in cold hardiness...or is it Takil?

Are all your palms in the garage now...or Trachys still outside?
Barb

Barb the big nurseries on the coast don`t need to bring in any Trachy "tesan" from China. Regular Trachycarpus fortunei grow just fine there. We would be hard pressed to find any larger T. takil for the same reason as the prices would much higher when someone could buy just a regular T. fortunei cheaper. Until there is a demand for the extra cold hardines such as us in the Okanagan I doubt things will change much. I can`t recall if there was any certificate or not when I got my seedlings from Maccario. I have ordered palms from the U.S. with phyto certificates. Many of these companies say that they won`t ship to Canada . I just asked politely and paid extra for the phyto usually $25.00 and a couple of them shipped my palms. All my palms are still outside exept for the smaller ones. The ones planted will get overhead protection soon, as we will be on vacation the end of Nov. I will post photos.

John

Good points, John.
Of my acquaintances, there aren't any who'll line up for a -18C palm.
You're right; it would have to be an Okanagan-generated request.

To be fair, my new Trachy Nainital from Barrie, once it gets a bit older, will do fine in a mild Okanagan winter.
We just never know when a trunk-splitting killer winter is coming.

Barb