Marco67 Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 (edited) Some photo's of my palms. Summer was pretty bad here in contrast to the mediterranean where they had heatwave after heatwave. Chamaerops Vulcano Chamaerops Cerifera Trachycarpus Fortunei Chamaeops Humilis Edited August 27 by Marco67 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmatierMeg Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Beautiful palms! That Vulcano is awesome. 2 1 Meg Palms of Victory I shall wear Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise) Florida Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal Elevation: 15 feetI'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted August 28 Author Report Share Posted August 28 Thanks Meg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8train Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 Very cool, especially the Vulcano. Those are a rarity here in the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Fan Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 Not to be redundant but… I LOVE your Volcano! I hope to someday have one in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted August 28 Author Report Share Posted August 28 11 hours ago, fr8train said: Very cool, especially the Vulcano. Those are a rarity here in the states. Thanks. They are not easy to find here either unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted August 28 Author Report Share Posted August 28 (edited) 4 hours ago, Dwarf Fan said: Not to be redundant but… I LOVE your Volcano! I hope to someday have one in my collection. I like them as well. Vulcano has a very different look compared to the other Chamaerops species. I have planted this one about 20 years ago. They are not fast growers in my experience. The green one is a lot faster it seems. Edited August 28 by Marco67 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff zone 8 N.C. Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Beautiful palms! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortulanus Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Nice palms! My favourite is the Volcano as well. That Trachy trunk is really thick! Looks a bit like nainital. Didn't know your summer was that bad. Our's was great just 200 km inland. Sad to hear but palms look great! 🌴 2023 High 37.3°C Low -3.9°C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorBold Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Those are awesome specimens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted September 2 Author Report Share Posted September 2 11 hours ago, Jeff zone 8 N.C. said: Beautiful palms! Well done. Thanks Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted September 2 Author Report Share Posted September 2 9 hours ago, SailorBold said: Those are awesome specimens! They have done well over the years. The Chamaeropses were damaged during the horror winter of 2012 but made a comeback from only a couple of shoots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted September 2 Author Report Share Posted September 2 10 hours ago, Hortulanus said: Nice palms! My favourite is the Volcano as well. That Trachy trunk is really thick! Looks a bit like nainital. Didn't know your summer was that bad. Our's was great just 200 km inland. Sad to hear but palms look great! 🌴 Thanks. I planted the Trachycarpus as a very small plant many years ago. The bigger ones they sell almost all look a bit miserable with skinny trunks and only a few leaves. Worst summer in many years unfortunately in the Netherlands. Lots of rain and low temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Las Palmas Norte Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 On 8/27/2023 at 10:37 AM, Marco67 said: Summer was pretty bad here in contrast to the mediterranean where they had heatwave after heatwave. Does that imply that repetitive heat waves constitute a good summer? How bad was your summer? Palms look great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted September 2 Author Report Share Posted September 2 No you are right about that, these heatwaves are no picknick indeed. When I watched the temperatures in Spain and Italy I was glad I didn't live there. We have an oceanic climate with summers normally not that hot and rain year round. This summer we had temperatures which didn't even reach 20 C (68 F) on some days and quite a lot of rainy days as well. Very strange that the weather can be so different between locations not even that far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortulanus Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 On 9/2/2023 at 2:22 PM, Marco67 said: Thanks. I planted the Trachycarpus as a very small plant many years ago. The bigger ones they sell almost all look a bit miserable with skinny trunks and only a few leaves. Worst summer in many years unfortunately in the Netherlands. Lots of rain and low temperatures. Yes I know... Big palms for sale in general look a bit ratty. I also like to plant small palms. But I don't have a specimen this thick! We have one looking very thick at our botanical garden. It's an old female. Ever tried a T. nova? 2023 High 37.3°C Low -3.9°C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortulanus Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 23 hours ago, Marco67 said: No you are right about that, these heatwaves are no picknick indeed. When I watched the temperatures in Spain and Italy I was glad I didn't live there. We have an oceanic climate with summers normally not that hot and rain year round. This summer we had temperatures which didn't even reach 20 C (68 F) on some days and quite a lot of rainy days as well. Very strange that the weather can be so different between locations not even that far away. If weather is miserable for quite a time you start to wish for the other extreme. I understand. I think that's normal... But I bet the upcoming years we all will wish for more "normal" summers. As heat and drought seems to become very frequent even at our latitude. For the weather being so different. It's probably because you are so close to the sea. We also have the Atlantic climate but more air coming from the South-West, passing through France. I'm only 30 to 40km away from the border. I bet the inland parts of the Netherlands also had better weather. But if your plants did good this year. Who cares?! 2023 High 37.3°C Low -3.9°C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted September 5 Author Report Share Posted September 5 On 9/3/2023 at 9:05 PM, Hortulanus said: Yes I know... Big palms for sale in general look a bit ratty. I also like to plant small palms. But I don't have a specimen this thick! We have one looking very thick at our botanical garden. It's an old female. Ever tried a T. nova? I have never tried a T. nova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortulanus Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 3 hours ago, Marco67 said: I have never tried a T. nova. Imo it's a nice palm. People have different opinions on its growth rate but in my experience it seems to be even faster than T. fortunei. It's also a bit less hardy but should be fine in our zones. 2023 High 37.3°C Low -3.9°C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swolte Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 I still can't get over the fact that we regularly have people here on Palmtalk who posts palms from the Netherlands. I am Dutch! I moved to the states to a place in a middle of Texas (College Station) a decade ago. I decided to plant a Windmill palm here (cause I am Dutch...) as a joke and it grew into a hobby. Little did I know that College station was a hotbed for Palm enthusiasts with at least a handful of (semi)-active Palmtalkers! It looks like there was no need for me to move! 😛 Anyway, apologies for the personal rant. My dad, who lives in Zeeland, found a place there with several palms that I will be be visiting when I am there next. I'll make sure to take some pics. Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures! ~ S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Las Palmas Norte Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 2 hours ago, Swolte said: It looks like there was no need for me to move! You moved to grow palms? Really? Maybe a tongue in cheek comment. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Simpson Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 Nice Trachy . It might look nice with a little defibering in that location being so visible , and it would have that little extra difference from other Trachys in the area . In my pictures the lowest area of the trunk was naturally defibering . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted September 6 Author Report Share Posted September 6 16 hours ago, Swolte said: I still can't get over the fact that we regularly have people here on Palmtalk who posts palms from the Netherlands. I am Dutch! I moved to the states to a place in a middle of Texas (College Station) a decade ago. I decided to plant a Windmill palm here (cause I am Dutch...) as a joke and it grew into a hobby. Little did I know that College station was a hotbed for Palm enthusiasts with at least a handful of (semi)-active Palmtalkers! It looks like there was no need for me to move! 😛 Anyway, apologies for the personal rant. My dad, who lives in Zeeland, found a place there with several palms that I will be be visiting when I am there next. I'll make sure to take some pics. Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures! ~ S Je kunt ook Nederlands lezen vermoed ik dan. Het is een stuk heter in Texas, zal wel even wennen zijn geweest als je uit Nederland komt 😁 Zeeland is the mildest province in the Netherlands and its partly zone 9a. It might be worth trying a Butia or Jubaea there. Here in Zuid Holland I stick to Chamaerops, Trachycarpus and Sabal Minors. They do well no problem so far. Because of the heat you have more options in Texas I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted September 6 Author Report Share Posted September 6 21 hours ago, Hortulanus said: Imo it's a nice palm. People have different opinions on its growth rate but in my experience it seems to be even faster than T. fortunei. It's also a bit less hardy but should be fine in our zones. They grow faster than a Fortunei I read as well but they look a bit skinny in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco67 Posted September 6 Author Report Share Posted September 6 (edited) 1 hour ago, Will Simpson said: Nice Trachy . It might look nice with a little defibering in that location being so visible , and it would have that little extra difference from other Trachys in the area . In my pictures the lowest area of the trunk was naturally defibering . Mine looks to defiber a bit at the bottom as well. I probably leave it as it is. Here is one in my backyard. Edited September 6 by Marco67 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swolte Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 8 hours ago, Marco67 said: e kunt ook Nederlands lezen vermoed ik dan. Het is een stuk heter in Texas, zal wel even wennen zijn geweest als je uit Nederland komt 😁 Zeeland is the mildest province in the Netherlands and its partly zone 9a. It might be worth trying a Butia or Jubaea there. Here in Zuid Holland I stick to Chamaerops, Trachycarpus and Sabal Minors. They do well no problem so far. Because of the heat you have more options in Texas I think. Ja, alhoewel de hitte die we de afgelopen zomers hier hebben gehad niet went (zelfs voor de lokale bevolking)! Zal eens wat meet op die palmen gaan letten als ik eens terug ben! Misschien kan ik mijn broers overtuigen om een Jubaea te planten, hehe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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