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Juvenile Trachycarpus wagnerianus at 50°N

Pal Meir
Pal Meir
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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Update after a hot and dry summer:

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    I really need to get one of these in my life!

    LOWS 16/17 12F, 17/18 3F, 18/19 7F, 19/20 20F

    Palms growing in my garden: Trachycarpus Fortunei, Chamaerops Humilis, Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera, Rhapidophyllum Hystrix, Sabal Palmetto 

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    No damage after last winter without any protection:

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    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    Excellent! May it grow well this year.

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    On 4/13/2019 at 9:47 PM, Flow said:

    Excellent! May it grow well this year.

    Thanks, but they are not the fastest growers at their shady place:

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    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    Wow beautiful specimen but extremely slow growing!

    LOWS 16/17 12F, 17/18 3F, 18/19 7F, 19/20 20F

    Palms growing in my garden: Trachycarpus Fortunei, Chamaerops Humilis, Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera, Rhapidophyllum Hystrix, Sabal Palmetto 

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    Update 2019-12-31:

    566714718_Twagner2019-12-31IMG_9667.thumb.jpg.1fe31c6a5cc4077337c9e6081f2a46bb.jpg

    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    Looking good. What's the minimum temperature that occured since it's been planted out?

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    9 hours ago, nintendere said:

    Looking good. What's the minimum temperature that occured since it's been planted out?

    I can’t say anything about the minimum temps in Heidelberg (-15°C or so), but the worst thing that happened was the LONG LASTING severe dry freeze from February to March 2012 which led also to a deep-frozen soil.

    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    I dont realy like the huuge palm trees. I love the petite ones with the beautifull colours like yours. Beautifull green 

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    Update 2020-07-08:

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    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    The traces of last winter are now becoming visible:

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    My photos at flickr: flickr.com/photos/palmeir/albums

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    On 7/21/2015 at 6:57 PM, Flow said:

    You're only 300km from where I live but my waggy seems to be much faster than yours. However, I only planted it after the bad february 2012.

    It was rather slow to start but this year it seems to have finally settled in properly and growth has accelerated considerably.

    I just hope winters like 2012 don't come again because normal winters here are no problem for it.

     

    I've just snapped a pic ten minutes ago, sorry about the bad quality, 10l watering can for scale:

     

    http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/florian_gertsch/2015/DSC_0034_zpsdqokz2te.jpg

     

    The overall height is about 1.20m but the trunk is still only a bit more than 40cm.

    http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/florian_gertsch/2015/DSC_0035_zpsiivmz4cx.jpg

     

    It only receives afternoon/ evening sun. The last weeks have been so dry that growth seemed to slow down and I've started watering it.

     

    Here's a pic from April 2012 just after planting. I find it has grown quite okay.

    http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t107/florian_gertsch/2015/Trachycarpus%20wagnerianus%202%2020.04.2012_zpsu7zpgjfe.jpg

     

    cheers

     

    Ten years later, I can't take a decent photo of my waggy from up close because the garden is very narrow and crammed. It flowered for the first time in 2020 and it's a male, as are my other two flowering Trachies..

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