Trachycarpus princeps stoen gate

garryendson · Post by **garryendson** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:44 am

These princeps are grown from the seeds collected in the stone gate.
People used to belive blindly the they were green, but our results and some other growers show they are even more promising than people thought. T.princeps-stone gate are the only officaly recognized T.princeps and now seem to be also the most buish trachycaprus with white powder even on top as opposed to the general green style merely with white undersides.

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:53 am

Beautiful!
About how much cold can these survive?

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:37 am

Erik- I've heard reports that they are similar if just slightly less hardy than 'normal' T. fortunei... In the -15C range. Jim would probably have a better idea since he has a few planted out (I think, correct me if I am wrong).

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:13 am

Paul Ont wrote:Erik- I've heard reports that they are similar if just slightly less hardy than 'normal' T. fortunei... In the -15C range. Jim would probably have a better idea since he has a few planted out (I think, correct me if I am wrong).

Just the one-

that sounds pretty accurate.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:00 am

Ooooh, so beautiful Garry!
They look wonderful planted out.

I hope the T.princeps seeds I bought from you last year will look like that.

Barb

garryendson · Post by **garryendson** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:20 pm

Barb,I hope yours could be just as beautiful as mince in 1-2 years , blue silver even on top other than to the undersides of leaves.
Jim got few of his princeps germinated 2 years after staying in the ground and going through -5F, Gee, is that true? How cold would that be?

Paul, how is your princeps going I shared with you before?

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:05 am

Garry- I'm embarrassed to say that I had a breakout of damping off and lost all but one seedling from the entire tray! It was really unfortunate that such lovely seedlings were victimized by my own slowness to react. I had excellent germination results. I also lost a ton of bamboo seedlings and some bananas too (all of which were germinating at the same time).

How did the sabal seeds I sent your way make out?

garryendson · Post by **garryendson** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:55 pm

Those sabals are germinating like weeds. Thank you very much.
Are they also bluish on the top of leaves? I am an earnest fan of blue palms growing butia capitata and bismarkia,etc.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:26 am

garryendson wrote:
Are they also bluish on the top of leaves? I am an earnest fan of blue palms growing butia capitata and bismarkia,etc.

Me too Garry...S.Louisiana,Bizzy,S.McCurtain,Brazoria,Princeps,Brahea "super silver"
B.Eriospatha,C.Cerifera,T.Campestris,,T.Manipur-

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:25 am

Gary- The Sabal seedlings that I have all have a blueish tint to them (they are S. minor 'McCurtain' strain). They seem to hold the blueish colour even in full sun!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:45 pm

Me too Garry...S.Louisiana,Bizzy,S.McCurtain,Brazoria,Princeps,Brahea "super silver"
B.Eriospatha,C.Cerifera,T.Campestris,,T.Manipur-

Me three, Garry.
Add: Copernicia hospita and Nannorhops ritchiana....oooooh, so blue as they get a little older.

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:25 am

lucky1 wrote:
Me too Garry...S.Louisiana,Bizzy,S.McCurtain,Brazoria,Princeps,Brahea "super silver"
B.Eriospatha,C.Cerifera,T.Campestris,,T.Manipur-
Me three, Garry.
Add: Copernicia hospita and Nannorhops ritchiana....oooooh, so blue as they get a little older.
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Barb

garryendson · Post by **garryendson** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:17 pm

Thanks Paul for the explanation.
You guys are just crazy enthusiasts of blue palms like me .