Palms in Northwest England and Torquay.

[cheshirepalms]

Hi, I'm a new member from Ellesmere Port in the Northwest of England. Just thought I'd post a few videos of slideshows, showing some of the palms here in England. Hope you enjoy them. The first is in Torquay at 50.4 degrees north and one of the mildest places in the UK.

The second is on the The Wirral, an area close to me in the Northwest at 53.3 degrees.

The last is my garden in the summer of 2013.

[Ben in Norcal]

Some awesome stuff there. And I complain about not being able to grow more in Norcal!

I lived in London for 8 years and loved the fact that there were Trachys around.

[PalmatierMeg]

Welcome to PalmTalk, John. Your photo presentations are well done. I love your greenhouse and your garden is beautiful and peaceful.

[WestCoastGal]

Welcome to PT and thanks for sharing a palmy slice of your part of the world with us. I enjoyed seeing both videos. Looks like you live in a nice area with lots of landscaping. Noticed some very nice specimens and I was surprised at how tall the trachys were in some of those scenes. Must be very old.

Hope you'll continue to log on and post. Since I'll probably never make it across the Atlantic, your personal photos are really a pleasure to see.

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

Wow!

[_Keith]

I go on vacation everyday, just by reading PT. Thanks for the video and paying my way to England this morning.

[DoomsDave]

Welcome, cheshirepalms!

You have a great garden that's an inspiration.

Maybe you'll join the IPS?

[Alicehunter2000]

Could you tell us the name of some of those tall agave please? What are your low temps there? Those gunnera are huge? Bet a lot of cool weather species grow good for you there. Take a look at Axels threads, they will probably be of interest. ...and welcome.

[cheshirepalms]

Welcome, cheshirepalms!

You have a great garden that's an inspiration.

Maybe you'll join the IPS?

What is the IPS?

[cheshirepalms]

Could you tell us the name of some of those tall agave please? What are your low temps there? Those gunnera are huge? Bet a lot of cool weather species grow good for you there. Take a look at Axels threads, they will probably be of interest. ...and welcome.

They are Agave Americana normal and variegata. My low here the last two winters was -7c, but nothing lower than -1c this winter so far, although my area had down to -15c. The Wirral and Torquay are much milder than I am. I'll explore the forum properly over the next week, looks great!

Edited January 31, 2014 by cheshirepalms

[DoomsDave]

CP, the IPS is the group that sponsors this website, and publishes the magazine PALMS.

I'm a director, as well as president of the Southern California Palm Society. (We also publish a magazine.)

[_Keith]

Could you tell us the name of some of those tall agave please? What are your low temps there? Those gunnera are huge? Bet a lot of cool weather species grow good for you there. Take a look at Axels threads, they will probably be of interest. ...and welcome.

They are Agave Americana normal and variegata. My low here the last two winters was -7c, but nothing lower than -1c this winter so far, although my area had down to -15c. The Wirral and Torquay are much milder than I am. I'll explore the forum properly over the next week, looks great!

David, I have both of those. Neither was affected by our recent cold, or in 2010. Sooner or later this year when I get to the coast, I would be happy to bring you some pups if you want.

[cheshirepalms]

CP, the IPS is the group that sponsors this website, and publishes the magazine PALMS.

I'm a director, as well as president of the Southern California Palm Society. (We also publish a magazine.)

Ok, sounds good, how do I join?

[Milos Srejic]

CP, the IPS is the group that sponsors this website, and publishes the magazine PALMS.

I'm a director, as well as president of the Southern California Palm Society. (We also publish a magazine.)

Ok, sounds good, how do I join?

Just click on the IPS logo on the top of the page (international palm society) and you will see.

[WestCoastGal]

BTW, if you join ISP there are some benefits you also get here on Palm Talk...larger photo file sizes and more time to revise/update your posts.

[Alicehunter2000]

Sorry I mispoke, I didn't mean agave.....I guess the tall branched plants are some sort of Draceana.? Or yucca?

[Silas_Sancona]

Cheshirepalms, welcome to PT and all I can saw is wow.. It is amazing to see stuff that is so familiar to anyone from California, growing nicely much further north.

David, green, branching specimens appear to be Giant Yucca (Y. elephantipes) and the red leaved ones are a species of Draceana though I can't remember which one. Great plant, just not sure how well it would do here in FL.

-Nathan-

[Tassie_Troy1971]

welcome from another cold region grower down in Tasmania

Nice collection of palms !

[Crazy-Horse-Marc]

Welcome Chesirepalms from across the irish sea in Dublin Ireland, if you like the Agave, try out Agave Gentryi Jaws, i got them of a grower in England and they are even tougher than Americano's, grow rather fast and have jaws like a bear trap, also if you want really tough and odd looking try Agave Montana, only down side is they grow very slowly, i know Simon from Amulree Exotics is getting in some 80cm wide big boys this summer!

[cheshirepalms]

Welcome Chesirepalms from across the irish sea in Dublin Ireland, if you like the Agave, try out Agave Gentryi Jaws, i got them of a grower in England and they are even tougher than Americano's, grow rather fast and have jaws like a bear trap, also if you want really tough and odd looking try Agave Montana, only down side is they grow very slowly, i know Simon from Amulree Exotics is getting in some 80cm wide big boys this summer!

I have a small agave americana in my front garden, although the constant rain (despite mild temperatures) might prove a problem. I have a plan in late spring to incorporate this and my yucca gloriosa and chamerops into an arid bed with improved drainage and new plantings, including cacti.

[Crazy-Horse-Marc]

There are tons of Agave you can plant in your climate, i have seen problems with them on the south west cost

of Ireland were they plant them in 90% sand & grit and feed them every 2 weeks otherwise they rot in the damp

soil, it all comes down to the soil, in my brothers garden we dug out the the whole flowerbed 3 feet down and put

in 9inches of heavy grit and pebbles for the first layer, the a foot 65-70 sand and grit mixed with a good soil, then

almost 50/50 soil/sandy grit for the last foot, he has 15-20 Agave species growing now at a frightening pace, its a

sunny location and they grow very fast in the ground, i can get you a list of what he has anytime you like!

But you have way more choices than Americano

[cheshirepalms]

There are tons of Agave you can plant in your climate, i have seen problems with them on the south west cost

of Ireland were they plant them in 90% sand & grit and feed them every 2 weeks otherwise they rot in the damp

soil, it all comes down to the soil, in my brothers garden we dug out the the whole flowerbed 3 feet down and put

in 9inches of heavy grit and pebbles for the first layer, the a foot 65-70 sand and grit mixed with a good soil, then

almost 50/50 soil/sandy grit for the last foot, he has 15-20 Agave species growing now at a frightening pace, its a

sunny location and they grow very fast in the ground, i can get you a list of what he has anytime you like!

But you have way more choices than Americano

I'll stick with the Americana for now but I don't think it will make it through this extremely wet winter and I don't have any more room in the front garden really. If I put one in the back my dog will probably kill himself. I do have a Victoria Reginae in the greenhouse I could plant out at one point. My main passion is palms at the moment. Do you have any pictures of this arid garden in Ireland? Would be good to see.

[Alberto]

Thanks for sharing!

What is the palm that appears from 0,45 - o.49 s on the first slide show???

[cheshirepalms]

Its an unknown succulent that was growing out of the rock on a secluded cove, if your talking about the Torquay video?

[PalmatierMeg]

If you have room, Agave ovatifolia (whale's tongue agave) might be a good choice. There is a huge one growing in North Carolina, where they get a lot of rain most of the year, cold, snow and esp. ice in winter. That plant is amazing. We have one we bought there and planted here in mostly sand. We get most of our rain in summer. It is almost 1 meter diameter and looks great.

[Alberto]

Thanks for sharing!

What is the palm that appears from 0,45 - o.49 s on the first slide show???

Sorry, 0,52 - 0,57 s

[cheshirepalms]

Its a young Canary island date palm, with a "Torbay dazzler" cordyline in front.

[cheshirepalms]

If you have room, Agave ovatifolia (whale's tongue agave) might be a good choice. There is a huge one growing in North Carolina, where they get a lot of rain most of the year, cold, snow and esp. ice in winter. That plant is amazing. We have one we bought there and planted here in mostly sand. We get most of our rain in summer. It is almost 1 meter diameter and looks great.

That looks good, but we get rain year round with no guaranteed dry season, usual average between 700-900mm spread pretty evenly. I am planning on making my front garden in front of the window an arid bed this spring, digging in grit and top dressing with decorative gravel. Already there is an Agave Americana, Yucca Gloriosa variegeta and a Chamerops Humilis.

[Alberto]

OK, Thanks!

[Crazy-Horse-Marc]

Iam gonna post a few shots next week of "the arid garden in Dublin Ireland" next week as i am sadly working night duty

this week, so please feel free to check in here next weekend to see the picks, its certainly worth a look!

[Exotic Life]

Thanks for sharing. Cornwall is still om my list to visit once.