Mislabelled trachycarpus at the garden centre?

[thegoodeatergardens]

Hi all, I spotted this trachycarpus at my local garden centre, it’s marked as a fortunei but I am wondering with the long petioles and very deeply split leaves whether it might be a nova - in which case I’d have to snap it up… am I just getting over-excited?

[SeanK]

Too much variation among fortuneis to assume something different.

[NMPalmjunky]

5 hours ago, thegoodeatergardens said:

Hi all, I spotted this trachycarpus at my local garden centre, it’s marked as a fortunei but I am wondering with the long petioles and very deeply split leaves whether it might be a nova - in which case I’d have to snap it up… am I just getting over-excited?

Many greenhouse and shade grown Fortuneis have this look. The new growth will look more typical if you plant it somewhere with more sun.

[thegoodeatergardens]

Thanks for the wisdom, both - did suspect I might be getting excited over nothing 🙈

[NMPalmjunky]

I would still be excited. It is still a very nice looking palm! Here is a picture of a couple that I bought last year for $75 each. I would have preferred to get some like yours.

 

[Mazat]

On 12/21/2024 at 11:10 AM, thegoodeatergardens said:

Hi all, I spotted this trachycarpus at my local garden centre, it’s marked as a fortunei but I am wondering with the long petioles and very deeply split leaves whether it might be a nova - in which case I’d have to snap it up… am I just getting over-excited?

yes, some of them look like this here in our garden centers too.  my first trachycarpus fortunei also looked like this when I bought it, but after planting it out in a predominantly sunny spot it no longer looked like this after a while🙂

kind regards from lake constance 

Tom