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Think I the original post may be in the wrong section, apologies.

Hi, I'm a new member and thought I'd share a few slide shows of the palms and exotics in England. The first is in Torquay in the southwest, ay 50.4 degrees north, its pretty mild and moderated by the Atlantic and southwest airflow for most of the time. The second is on the Wirral in northwest England at 53.3 degrees north, still some big suprises. The last 2 is of my garden in Cheshire 53.2 degrees north but more inland, from summer 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ0gI0OdsBg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJsuMKwDVMs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hb-AxqZcwc

Nice looking garden.

Welcome John, thanks for posting. In the first vid, that CIDP at 1:40 looks great. Looks like your off to a great start with your own garden. Send more pics for this spring. Cheers!

What a nice place. Love the palms!

Welcome aboard PN, John!
I'm speechless with envy at your area's zone.
All the palms--heck, ALL the plants--that I love.
Yup, that CIDP is jaw-dropping beautiful.

The bougainvilleas..congrats on those, and the figs!

Great back yard retreat, how lovely.
Everything in the greenhouse looks fabulous.
You must spend many many happy hours out there.
I certainly would.

Looking forward to having your participation here.
And help

Barb

lucky1 wrote:Welcome aboard PN, John!
I'm speechless with envy at your area's zone.
All the palms--heck, ALL the plants--that I love.
Yup, that CIDP is jaw-dropping beautiful.

The bougainvilleas..congrats on those, and the figs!

Great back yard retreat, how lovely.
Everything in the greenhouse looks fabulous.
You must spend many many happy hours out there.
I certainly would.

Looking forward to having your participation here.
And help

Barb

Thanks a lot, certainly a good start to the year, nice and warm and everything is making a great start. I'll try and get some updates on when I can. Chamearops in flower now too!

Chamearops in flower now too!

Would love to see a pic of that.

Barb

Here's an update from today, as it was dry for the first time in the last week.







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Lovely, John, especially the Chamey flower.
Know if it's male or female?

Barb

I'm not sure how you tell Unless someone can make identification based on the picture?

This site may help a bit, but it's when flowers are fully open that it's a bit easier to tell.
If you have "known" male and female trees, the males always flower first.
But obviously if you have only one, there's nothing to compare it with.

http://www.sunpalmtrees.com/About-Palm- ... ee-flowers

A short video from BananaJoe doesn't have flowers in full bloom but is interesting nevertheless:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irRpKl-PYPI

Barb

lucky1 wrote:This site may help a bit, but it's when flowers are fully open that it's a bit easier to tell.
If you have "known" male and female trees, the males always flower first.
But obviously if you have only one, there's nothing to compare it with.

http://www.sunpalmtrees.com/About-Palm- ... ee-flowers

A short video from BananaJoe doesn't have flowers in full bloom but is interesting nevertheless:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irRpKl-PYPI

Barb

I'm not sure if that applies to Chamaerops as it does for Traccies? I'll update once the flowers open up, its been wet and cool the last 2 days, we need some more sun!

Nor do I.
Phoenix for instance are dioecious, having male and female on separate plants.

"The date palm is dioecious, having separate male and female plants"
from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm

Can't find my link to the palms list.

Barb

I thought I would share some pictures of the garden from today as the sun has decided to make an appearance and it put me in the mood for some gardening, just cutting the lawn and a bit of tidying and pruning. Today is a world away from friday and saturday, where the sun failed to show its face and maximum temperatures were only 15c. Hope you like the pictures!

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Lovely indeed.
Glad the weather has improved.

Getting so hot and dry here I'm ready for a trip to England.

Barb

lucky1 wrote:Lovely indeed.
Glad the weather has improved.

Getting so hot and dry here I'm ready for a trip to England.

Barb

It was 25.8c on Monday, which is pretty good for here! Down to 20.7c today but still okay and much better from last week!

was 25.8c on Monday, which is pretty good for here

It certainly is a heatwave for your area.
Bet your lovely specimens are loving that.

We had 34C here yesterday and the entire month of July looks to be 30+C
Shoes almost melted.

Barb

lucky1 wrote:

was 25.8c on Monday, which is pretty good for here

It certainly is a heatwave for your area.
Bet your lovely specimens are loving that.

We had 34C here yesterday and the entire month of July looks to be 30+C
Shoes almost melted.

Barb

I like the warmth but 25c is enough for me and any higher and the watering that is needed takes too long as I don't and can't afford to use a hosepipe.

I don't and can't afford to use a hosepipe.

Agree that 25C is perfect.
You must have the same bureaucrats that gouge you on water charge as we do.
Horrible prices the last few years.
Most of it goes to their wages.
I'd better not get started on that wailing...*grin*

Barb

Started planted a garden on a newly gotten land plot. Many ornamental shrabs and trees already planted there. Potato, tomato, peper and etc are an asset. Pics a little bit later. A lot of water is needed - plus 37C is a temp. record so far. A little money to pay for watering.... Bad news - winters are badly cold here. No palms anymore .

That's incredibly hot, Igor.
Nice that your water isn't expensive.

Congrats on the new plot; bet your Mom is looking forward to filling it with seedlings next spring.
Look forward to seeing the new place.

Barb

Barb, my Mom does... Every f...g day. That's why I'm very angry on her - hot and age. By the way we started picking up and sharing through the relatives and the friends tomatos and sweet papers from the new plot. Thanks to my Mom (seeds sowed on a middle of January) and to the hot... And thanks to my seasonal worker...

Incredible that your stuff is ready so soon...the heat will do it.
And of course, your Mom working so hard.

Barb

Update, looks like the Chamaerops has been pollinated, there are little green fruits developing!

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