Favourite Trachycarpus

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:38 pm

I am undecided as to what trachycarpus I like better, fortunei or wagnerianus. I think I like waggies better when they are young especially when they have the curved fronds but I think a fortunei looks better as a mature palm. I am curious about your opinions.

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:52 am

I like the fortunei better but i don't have any wagnerianus palms so my opinion could change when i get some.

You wouldn't happen to have some seeds would you? I recently bought some T. fortunei & S. minor seedlings from Joe on SSI but didn't get any wagnerianus.

Regards,
Jay

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:30 pm

I just bought 20 seeds form rarepalmseeds.com
If they take I will be in a position to sell some. I will keep you posted.

Cheers

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:33 pm

Awesome! Keep me posted.

Regards,
Jay

PlanesandPalmsGuy · Post by **PlanesandPalmsGuy** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:15 pm

I love fortunei's because of their cold hardiness. In my zone 7a, so I can't be as picky about what palms I can grow. T. fortunei is the most cold hardy and very attractive, so I would have to say its my favorite!

dan · Post by **dan** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:58 pm

I like waggies better, they are just as cold hardy and and hold up better in windy conditions.
How do I post a Pic on this forum?

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:24 pm

Welcome to the forum Dan.

To post photos you will have to have your images hosted somewhere like photobucket.com or your own server. You can then use the image urls provided by the image hosting service and insert them into your post. Hope this helps.

Regards,
Jay

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:17 am

With so many new poster on this board I want to see what everyone thinks about the two most common trtachycarpus palms.

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:26 pm

I prefer the waggies as they are shorter and I would be able to protect them better in winter.

Allen

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:56 pm

Alchris wrote:I prefer the waggies as they are shorter and I would be able to protect them better in winter.

Allen

I think the same.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:30 pm

Shorter is better for protection.
I have only a Trachy and like its more robust look.
Looks a little "cleaner" to me than Waggies.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:32 am

Wes North Van wrote:I just bought 20 seeds form rarepalmseeds.com
If they take I will be in a position to sell some. I will keep you posted.

Cheers

Keep me posted also.

Islander · Post by **Islander** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:15 am

You should have requested seed on this forum. Seed is available in Victoria (for purchase from a palm society member) and I have a few hundred from trees on Vancouver Island down to California. Note: only wag pollinated with wag. You know what... I'll hand you seedlings if your seeds fail. BTW, I purchased small specimens on Vancouver Island. I also purchased a small martianus after seeing a nice one in Victoria. I'm assuming that my older wagnerianus palms will produce in the next year or two. Another nice palm is a fortunei-wagnerianus cross. One of the nicest palms in Victoria. Tell me if you want T. campestris (one seed), Ceroxylon (random various) or Jubaea seeds. I think that it costs nothing to send seeds other than Jub. Jub you can pay postage but seed is free. T. campestris is one of the most amazing palms I've seen. I know of 4 seedlings in Victoria. It is indeed rare.

People who visit prefer wagnerianus over fortunei. It also looks great when it's small. I remember when I looked for T. fortunei palms and now people just give them for free. My biggest free palm was a 15 gal fortunei. Times have changed.

The city of Vancouver needs to plant more palms by the water.

Cheers

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:25 am

Of the 20 seeds only three germinated. They are small seedlings right now. I have two 5 gallon waggies that I plan on planting outside this spring, (1 month from now)

I am planning on buying some waggie seeds from Jeff over in Victoria. I just keep forgetting to send off the money.

If you are offering seeds I would love to get them from you. That is very generous of you, thank you.

Send me a pm and I will send you my address.

Thanks again.

BTW I have a small t. campestris but I have it inside. I am not sure if it is ready to go outside yet.
What is your experience with them. Are they hardy enough to make it in Van or Vic?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:46 am

Welcome to the forum islander!

Any pics you can post?
We "interior folks" love to see Coastal palms.

Wes, it's been a nice winter for your palms!
And yes, spring's only a month away for you folks.

Barb

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:11 pm

All of my palms look great. My tree fern looks like it is in the middle of summer.

Even my canna tropicanas are still standing, mind you they are in a perfect microclimate.
It has been a good winter so far. We still have to the middle of February before we are in the clear.

Islander · Post by **Islander** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:52 pm

This is an old image of a hybrid Trachycarpus in Canada.
Enjoy.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:32 pm

Wes, glad it's a mild winter. Your trachys are probably trying to push a spear!

Islander, very very nice Waggie, especially since width matches height.
Barb

nucci60 · Post by **nucci60** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:05 am

My favorite trachycarpus is anyone I can get through a zone 6 winter.

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