Amazing UK palm video including a huge JxS

[Chester B]

I have not seen videos from this gardener before, but he has a really amazing collection of palms for the UK.  Lots of Butia and Jubaea hybrids including the holy grail Jubaea x Syagrus that is as tall as his two story house.  He even has the years of when he planted everything.  Most of the palms seemed to be from 2011-2013, so probably back when it was easier to get palms over to the UK from the US and other spots.  JxS starts at 11:22 and its a real beauty.

 

 

[Ben G.]

I got a chance to watch this tonight. He has a pretty nice selection of palms there. That was a pretty big JxS. You don't see those too often.

[tarnado]

That is an absolute STUNNER. He has quite a lovely little collection of hybrids. Thanks for sharing the lust I mean link!!!

[Foxpalms]

On 10/30/2024 at 2:52 PM, Chester B said:

I have not seen videos from this gardener before, but he has a really amazing collection of palms for the UK.  Lots of Butia and Jubaea hybrids including the holy grail Jubaea x Syagrus that is as tall as his two story house.  He even has the years of when he planted everything.  Most of the palms seemed to be from 2011-2013, so probably back when it was easier to get palms over to the UK from the US and other spots.  JxS starts at 11:22 and its a real beauty.

 

 

Probably from Europe before brexit when we left the European union.

[Foxpalms]

@Chester B

This is also another nice palm focused garden in the UK. 

[Chester B]

Yeah Jim has a surprising selection. He’s got that drier and warmer climate in Lowestoft that makes all the difference. 

[BayAndroid]

6 hours ago, Foxpalms said:

@Chester B

This is also another nice palm focused garden in the UK. 

I watch this one as well. 

[UK_Palms]

On 11/3/2024 at 4:30 AM, Chester B said:

Yeah Jim has a surprising selection. He’s got that drier and warmer climate in Lowestoft that makes all the difference. 

He found a Queen growing there in Lowestoft in East Suffolk at 52.3N latitude. It looks a little beat up being that far north and right by the coast, but that is still quite something, given that it is in the ground. I wonder how long it has been there?

For comparison the Queen growing at St. Mawes / Falmouth down in Cornwall is 2.2 degrees of latitude further south at 50.1N.

 

[Axel Amsterdam]

It’s possible they have been planted recently, but three years ago that spot was a terrace with wooden decking. So potted plants seem more likely (also given the likelyhood that a policy is in place not to plant your own trees in the ground in a commercial caravan park).

[UK_Palms]

32 minutes ago, Axel Amsterdam said:

It’s possible they have been planted recently, but three years ago that spot was a terrace with wooden decking. So potted plants seem more likely (also given the likelyhood that a policy is in place not to plant your own trees in the ground in a commercial caravan park).

That Jim guy says the Syagrus appears to be planted in the ground along with the Washingtonia and the Trachy. I highly doubt all 3 of them are just sat there in pots. The question is whether they were planted this year, or 1-2 years ago now. 

Anyway, it is one to watch. That is far from being an ideal spot for a queen, at least compared to central London, Isle of Wight, Devon, Cornwall etc.l where it is a bit milder in winter and hotter in summer.