Scott

Here's mine I got last year.

Mark

It's at the side of my house right now due to really bad wind!

A few from around the yard on one of the first overcast / rainy days in eons.
Very little growth this year with the dry conditions. Trachycarpus need regular watering
to grow well. When the rains start in mid October, growth should pick up considerably.

Cheers, Barrie.

Barrie those palms look so nice!! I wish I could plant mine in the ground but it`s just to cold out here in southern ontario to do so. 🙁

Windmill Guy! Trust me right now when I tell you this "your Palm will survive in the ground" We can all help you with protection methods. Look into the heat cables on bananas.org that I posted under hardy bananas. They will do you more then good next year. I will put these under everything that needs a spring boost next year!

Bill

Ya ... there's people growing these in much colder areas than yours using winter protection. Fairly simple in many cases from what I gather. Check with others about what they've done in the past.
A hard winter followed by a dry and sometimes hot summer didn't allow for much growth this year on my palms. It was the worst year for growth I can recall. Irrigation is difficult on a half acre lot and expensive, not to mention against local bylaws during drought periods. We're still on stage 4 restrictions (total outdoor watering ban).

Cheers, Barrie.

Hope you start getting some rain Barrie,this fall/winter/ spring should do the trick!

Here's a pic of my little T.fortunei

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Nice one there Jim. It should be putting on some rapid growth once the trunk diameter max's out. After that, they want to go skyward.

Some areas got rain yesterday, all we got was some periodic drizzle and then sunshine all afternoon. A system is pushing in off the Pacific and is bringing rain tomorrow.

Cheers, Barrie.

Bill's a bit of a palm peer pressure guy!!! He's the one who talked me into making that huge box in my backyard!!

HAHA Just kidding Bill!! You know your stuff!

Come on Windmill Guy!! Everybody's doing it!!! haha...

I live in Kingston ON and am trying a Washie on the ground over the winter plus a needle palm and sable minor...

Haha... well we'll see, i'll do some reserch and I might give it a shot next summer. So Scott do you have one in the ground?

Scotts got a washy in the ground!!!

Bill

Here is one of my Trachies finally developing a fan leaf. These were from Joe on Saltsprings seed and are about three years old. I protect them with leaves raked into the bed in winter.

My hand is covering all strap leaves from numerous other seedlings. A few look like they may be fans soon too.... okay, next year. I've got another clump of these in the same bed as well.

Wonder if I should be covering them soon as we should be getting frosty here one of these days.

Actually my Trachy is in a pot like yours. Not that I want it in one but have no room in the garden. I am expanding in the sping and it will go in for sure, with some others. In the ground I have two sables, a needle palm and as Bill mentioned a Washie.. I'm not that optomistic on the Washie surviving but giving it my all...