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Not sure if anyone has seen this before but, this is a pic of a in-ground Trachy in central Pennsylvania. The owner is a great guy and got me into cold hardy palms. I tried to contact him for a more recent photo, but he did not have any available at the time. As of last year the Trachy was doing great and putting on about 4" of new trunk a year. If I remember correctly he does a trunk wrap with X-mas lights during the coldest part of winter.
That is a nice looking Trachy. The closeness to the house provides additional protection. I hope that he doesn't regret planting it so close to the house.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Interesting to note that this palms leaf structure (canopy) is very small for the trunk size. I wonder if climate and winter protection plays a part in that factor. Anyone know?
In areas where this grows well, leaves are much larger and numerous for that size.
This is what I was wondering, too. Why are the leaves so small and overall the petioles that short?
But I have no clue why is this. Is it a particular species or has it to do with climate or other environmental conditions?
The Trachys we had in Germany, in the Rhein-Main area, generally considered as zone 7, had all longer petioles and bigger leaves. Winter minima were a few times down to 0F, but generally around 15F during the colder weeks. Daytime maxima normally not colder than 25F.
Much colder they wouldn't resist at all, so I don't know if only the difference from zone 6 to 7 makes such a big difference in growth.
That reminds me to a Chamaerops humilis that also had lost its leaves. What came out then in spring was a set of leaves that looked like the leaves before in terms of maturity, but they were really tiny and and looked like miniatures of the leaves it had before.
