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Nice article on Trachycarpus

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Phil Bergman wrote a nice article with lots of photos:

http://www.junglemusic.net/articles/Tra ... _palm.html

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GRRRR. Still listing Trachycarpus fortunei var. wagnerianus under it's old name (T. wagnerianus)... Rabble rabble rabble.

Good info. though! Thanks for the link!
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Lots of nice Trach-e-i-candy.
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Phil is a good guy. I already emailed him with my "minor" gripe that his article implied that Trachy were 2nd to needles for cold tolerance and of course I had to defend the honor of Sabal minor "McCurtain." He was gracious, replying in <5 minutes. :D
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