Garden photo's Netherlands

[Marco67]

Some photo's of my palms. Summer was pretty bad here in contrast to the mediterranean where they had heatwave after heatwave. 

Chamaerops Vulcano

 

Chamaerops Cerifera

 

Trachycarpus Fortunei

 

Chamaeops Humilis

Edited August 27, 2023 by Marco67

[PalmatierMeg]

Beautiful palms! That Vulcano is awesome.

[Marco67]

Thanks Meg. 

[fr8train]

Very cool, especially the Vulcano. Those are a rarity here in the states. 

[Dwarf Fan]

Not to be redundant but… I LOVE your Volcano! I hope to someday have one in my collection.

[Marco67]

11 hours ago, fr8train said:

Very cool, especially the Vulcano. Those are a rarity here in the states. 

Thanks. They are not easy to find here either unfortunately. 

[Marco67]

4 hours ago, Dwarf Fan said:

Not to be redundant but… I LOVE your Volcano! I hope to someday have one in my collection.

I like them as well. Vulcano has a very different look compared to the other Chamaerops species.

I have planted this one about 20 years ago. They are not fast growers in my experience.  The green one is a lot faster it seems. 

Edited August 28, 2023 by Marco67

[Jeff zone 8 N.C.]

Beautiful palms! Well done.

[Arecaceus]

Nice palms! My favourite is the Volcano as well. That Trachy trunk is really thick! Looks a bit like nainital. Didn't know your summer was that bad. Our's was great just 200 km inland. Sad to hear but palms look great! 🌴

[SailorBold]

Those are awesome specimens!

[Marco67]

11 hours ago, Jeff zone 8 N.C. said:

Beautiful palms! Well done.

Thanks Jeff

[Marco67]

9 hours ago, SailorBold said:

Those are awesome specimens!

They have done well over the years. The Chamaeropses were damaged during the horror winter of 2012 but made a comeback from only a couple of shoots. 

[Marco67]

10 hours ago, Hortulanus said:

Nice palms! My favourite is the Volcano as well. That Trachy trunk is really thick! Looks a bit like nainital. Didn't know your summer was that bad. Our's was great just 200 km inland. Sad to hear but palms look great! 🌴

Thanks. I planted the Trachycarpus as a very small plant many years ago. The bigger ones they sell almost all look a bit miserable with skinny trunks and only a few leaves. 

Worst summer in many years unfortunately in the Netherlands.  Lots of rain and low temperatures. 

[Las Palmas Norte]

On 8/27/2023 at 10:37 AM, Marco67 said:

Summer was pretty bad here in contrast to the mediterranean where they had heatwave after heatwave. 

Does that imply that repetitive heat waves constitute a good summer? How bad was your summer? Palms look great though.

[Marco67]

No you are right about that, these heatwaves are no picknick indeed.  When I watched the temperatures in Spain and Italy I was glad I didn't live there. 

We have an oceanic climate with summers normally not that hot and rain year round.  

This summer we had temperatures which didn't even reach 20 C (68 F) on some days and quite a lot of rainy days as well. 

Very strange that the weather can be so different between locations not even that far away. 

 

[Arecaceus]

On 9/2/2023 at 2:22 PM, Marco67 said:

Thanks. I planted the Trachycarpus as a very small plant many years ago. The bigger ones they sell almost all look a bit miserable with skinny trunks and only a few leaves. 

Worst summer in many years unfortunately in the Netherlands.  Lots of rain and low temperatures. 

Yes I know... Big palms for sale in general look a bit ratty. I also like to plant small palms. But I don't have a specimen this thick! We have one looking very thick at our botanical garden. It's an old female. Ever tried a T. nova?

[Arecaceus]

23 hours ago, Marco67 said:

No you are right about that, these heatwaves are no picknick indeed.  When I watched the temperatures in Spain and Italy I was glad I didn't live there. 

We have an oceanic climate with summers normally not that hot and rain year round.  

This summer we had temperatures which didn't even reach 20 C (68 F) on some days and quite a lot of rainy days as well. 

Very strange that the weather can be so different between locations not even that far away. 

 

If weather is miserable for quite a time you start to wish for the other extreme. I understand. I think that's normal... But I bet the upcoming years we all will wish for more "normal" summers. As heat and drought seems to become very frequent even at our latitude. For the weather being so different. It's probably because you are so close to the sea. We also have the Atlantic climate but more air coming from the South-West, passing through France. I'm only 30 to 40km away from the border. I bet the inland parts of the Netherlands also had better weather. But if your plants did good this year. Who cares?!

[Marco67]

On 9/3/2023 at 9:05 PM, Hortulanus said:

Yes I know... Big palms for sale in general look a bit ratty. I also like to plant small palms. But I don't have a specimen this thick! We have one looking very thick at our botanical garden. It's an old female. Ever tried a T. nova?

I have never tried a T. nova. 

[Arecaceus]

3 hours ago, Marco67 said:

I have never tried a T. nova. 

Imo it's a nice palm. People have different opinions on its growth rate but in my experience it seems to be even faster than T. fortunei. It's also a bit less hardy but should be fine in our zones.

[Swolte]

I still can't get over the fact that we regularly have people here on Palmtalk who posts palms from the Netherlands. I am Dutch! I moved to the states to a place in a middle of Texas (College Station) a decade ago. I decided to plant a Windmill palm here (cause I am Dutch...) as a joke and it grew into a hobby.  Little did I know that College station was a hotbed for Palm enthusiasts with at least a handful of (semi)-active Palmtalkers! It looks like there was no need for me to move! 
😛
Anyway, apologies for the personal rant. My dad, who lives in Zeeland, found a place there with several palms that I will be be visiting when I am there next.  I'll make sure to take some pics. Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures! 

~ S

[Las Palmas Norte]

2 hours ago, Swolte said:

It looks like there was no need for me to move! 

You moved to grow palms? Really? Maybe a tongue in cheek comment. 😂

[WSimpson]

Nice Trachy .

It might look nice with a little defibering in that location being so visible , and it would have that little extra difference from other Trachys in the area . In my pictures the lowest area of the trunk was naturally defibering . 

 

 

[Marco67]

16 hours ago, Swolte said:

I still can't get over the fact that we regularly have people here on Palmtalk who posts palms from the Netherlands. I am Dutch! I moved to the states to a place in a middle of Texas (College Station) a decade ago. I decided to plant a Windmill palm here (cause I am Dutch...) as a joke and it grew into a hobby.  Little did I know that College station was a hotbed for Palm enthusiasts with at least a handful of (semi)-active Palmtalkers! It looks like there was no need for me to move! 
😛
Anyway, apologies for the personal rant. My dad, who lives in Zeeland, found a place there with several palms that I will be be visiting when I am there next.  I'll make sure to take some pics. Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures! 

~ S

Je kunt ook Nederlands lezen vermoed ik dan.  Het is een stuk heter in Texas, zal wel even wennen zijn geweest als je uit Nederland komt 😁

Zeeland is the mildest province in the Netherlands and its partly zone 9a. It might be worth trying a Butia or Jubaea there. Here in Zuid Holland I stick to Chamaerops, Trachycarpus and Sabal Minors. They do well no problem so far. Because of the heat you have more options in Texas I think. 

[Marco67]

21 hours ago, Hortulanus said:

Imo it's a nice palm. People have different opinions on its growth rate but in my experience it seems to be even faster than T. fortunei. It's also a bit less hardy but should be fine in our zones.

They grow faster than a Fortunei I read as well but they look a bit skinny in my opinion. 

[Marco67]

1 hour ago, Will Simpson said:

Nice Trachy .

It might look nice with a little defibering in that location being so visible , and it would have that little extra difference from other Trachys in the area . In my pictures the lowest area of the trunk was naturally defibering . 

 

 

Mine looks to  defiber a bit at the bottom as well. I probably leave it as it is. 

Here is one in my backyard. 

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by Marco67

[Swolte]

8 hours ago, Marco67 said:

e kunt ook Nederlands lezen vermoed ik dan.  Het is een stuk heter in Texas, zal wel even wennen zijn geweest als je uit Nederland komt 😁

Zeeland is the mildest province in the Netherlands and its partly zone 9a. It might be worth trying a Butia or Jubaea there. Here in Zuid Holland I stick to Chamaerops, Trachycarpus and Sabal Minors. They do well no problem so far. Because of the heat you have more options in Texas I think. 

Ja, alhoewel de hitte die we de afgelopen zomers hier hebben gehad niet went (zelfs voor de lokale bevolking)! Zal eens wat meet op die palmen gaan letten als ik eens terug ben! Misschien kan ik mijn broers overtuigen om een Jubaea te planten, hehe...