Trachycarpus fortunei

wow that's huge

And hardy too!
I saw one of a similar size in a specialist nursery a few weeks ago - yours for a mere £1750.00!!

a mere snip then lol :-) ... mind you that's a lot of plant there..

And like this one, they were all grown outdoors so no issues as to hardiness.

Wow that is a lovely one

Certainly one that I would be very proud of!

Yes I would be too, I have put a quiz on might interest you sure you will get the answer if not when its revealed you ll then know why I said you d be interested.

Yep, that,s a beauty alright, at least twice the size of mine, but there again I only paid £60 for it about 7 years ago lol, but 1 of the virtues of being a gardener is that you learn patience!!!, but Iwould like to see mine like that before I get to that big garden in the sky

Patience! Seven years for me too, with my Strelitziz without a flower!

Just a thought Meanie, do you keep the strelitzia potbound as that's the best way to get them to flower, to much space and they just leaf up..

It was until ten days ago! I had to cut the pot off.
It is splitting, not producing a flower (good call there SL!), so as the days are getting longer I've decided what the heck, I can wait another year!

true it is worth the wait, looking forward to mine now it's only 7 months old lol..

Meanie:

Nice little Trachycarpus fortunei! It will eventually grow to 50ft/16m tall...like they do here in CA.

That may well be the death of it if it outgrows this sheltered spot!

This is an interesting website on Trachycarpus fortunei growing in the UK.

http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/Palms/Trachycarpus.php

Nice palm and it is said to be very hardy. The winters are too cold for me to grow it outdoors but it does well as a houseplant. Thanks for sharing, that's the biggest one I have ever seen.

I'm a member Delonix (not sure how I missed your post).

This one took minus 15 Rkw!