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Hi all!!
Not sure if anyone has seen this before but, this is a pic of a in-ground Trachy in central Pennsylvania. The owner is a great guy and got me into cold hardy palms. I tried to contact him for a more recent photo, but he did not have any available at the time. As of last year the Trachy was doing great and putting on about 4" of new trunk a year. If I remember correctly he does a trunk wrap with X-mas lights during the coldest part of winter.
Not the pot I was expecting........
Posted : 12/06/2007 2:08 pm
That is a nice looking Trachy. The closeness to the house provides additional protection. I hope that he doesn't regret planting it so close to the house.
Allen
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Posted : 12/06/2007 10:57 pm
That gives me hope, being in a 6a as well....so all he does is wrap the trunk? No crown protection? No nothing?
Posted : 12/06/2007 11:26 pm
Looks good !
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Posted : 13/06/2007 12:22 am
Interesting to note that this palms leaf structure (canopy) is very small for the trunk size. I wonder if climate and winter protection plays a part in that factor. Anyone know?
In areas where this grows well, leaves are much larger and numerous for that size.
Cheers, Barrie.
Posted : 13/06/2007 1:10 am
This is what I was wondering, too. Why are the leaves so small and overall the petioles that short?
But I have no clue why is this. Is it a particular species or has it to do with climate or other environmental conditions?
The Trachys we had in Germany, in the Rhein-Main area, generally considered as zone 7, had all longer petioles and bigger leaves. Winter minima were a few times down to 0F, but generally around 15F during the colder weeks. Daytime maxima normally not colder than 25F.
Much colder they wouldn't resist at all, so I don't know if only the difference from zone 6 to 7 makes such a big difference in growth.
Posted : 13/06/2007 4:53 am
The older leaves look they were cut off due to cold damage.
Posted : 13/06/2007 8:42 am
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Turtile is correct. The palm completely defoliated in 2004. The photo was taken in July of 2005 after it made a come back.
Arctic,
A trunk wrap with christmas lights was used during the coldest parts of winter. I do not recall him protecting the leaves.
Not the pot I was expecting........
Posted : 13/06/2007 9:40 am
That reminds me to a Chamaerops humilis that also had lost its leaves. What came out then in spring was a set of leaves that looked like the leaves before in terms of maturity, but they were really tiny and and looked like miniatures of the leaves it had before.
Posted : 13/06/2007 11:19 am
Gorgeous trachy.
That looks like a dryer vent...wonder if the humidity from the vent helps.
But in winter it might even damage it?
Just a thought.
Barb
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Posted : 13/06/2007 5:34 pm
The leaves look very stiff. you sure it's not a "waggie'? 😀
Posted : 17/06/2007 9:51 am
