Posted by Stan The Man on May 12, 2004, 8:42 pm
Can anyone please tell me anything about palm trees? I've been offered
a dozen 8ft ones in pots at a giveaway price and I quite like the idea
as I need somewhere to sling a hammock - but only if I can plant them
in my Berkshire clay. Had previously assumed that they were native to
the Bahamas and Torbay.
Stan
Posted by Charlie Pridham on May 13, 2004, 5:28 am
> Can anyone please tell me anything about palm trees? I've been offered
> a dozen 8ft ones in pots at a giveaway price and I quite like the idea
> as I need somewhere to sling a hammock - but only if I can plant them
> in my Berkshire clay. Had previously assumed that they were native to
> the Bahamas and Torbay.
> Stan
depends whether you are talking true palms or Cordylines? if the former then
there is a very good chapter on growing palms in the UK in a book called
"Gardening on the Edge"
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
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Posted by Adam Davis on May 13, 2004, 3:23 pm
> Can anyone please tell me anything about palm trees? I've been offered
> a dozen 8ft ones in pots at a giveaway price and I quite like the idea
> as I need somewhere to sling a hammock - but only if I can plant them
> in my Berkshire clay. Had previously assumed that they were native to
> the Bahamas and Torbay.
> Stan
What kind of palms are they?
Trachycarpus do very well on clay as long as you give them a helping hand
with the drainage at first.
Adam
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> a dozen 8ft ones in pots at a giveaway price and I quite like the idea
> as I need somewhere to sling a hammock - but only if I can plant them
> in my Berkshire clay. Had previously assumed that they were native to
> the Bahamas and Torbay.
> Stan