Trachycarpus fortunei in USDA Zone 8a Arbon Lake Constance

[Mazat]

near üs some Trachycarpus fortunei. they are all looking good 

[Arecaceus]

Nice! Third picture is a Chamaerops btw.

[Mazat]

1 hour ago, Arecaceus said:

Nice! Third picture is a Chamaerops btw.

Yes, when I was describing it, it went under and my hand almost froze off while taking the photo, it was so cold in the little town

[Zone7Bpalmguy]

6 hours ago, Mazat said:

near üs some Trachycarpus fortunei. they are all looking good 

Nice! That first one is about perfect!

[SeanK]

8 hours ago, Arecaceus said:

Nice! Third picture is a Chamaerops btw.

I was wondering that.

[SeanK]

First Trachy is impressive 

[Las Palmas Norte]

6 hours ago, SeanK said:

First Trachy is impressive 

I recall seeing one about that size with green fronds to nearly ground level.

[Mazat]

More trachycarpus fortunei and 1 chamaerops

all near Lake and arbon

[Colin1110082]

2 hours ago, Mazat said:

More trachycarpus fortunei and 1 chamaerops

all near Lake and arbon

Very cool! I love Germany. It’s one of those places you don’t think about seeing palms in. Same with Switzerland, Trachycarpus is invading them 

[SeanK]

9 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

I recall seeing one about that size with green fronds to nearly ground level.

I've seen some get to about 60 leaves before needing a trim. Hence, folks should 🛑 trimming so much.

[Mazat]

1 hour ago, Colin1110082 said:

Very cool! I love Germany. It’s one of those places you don’t think about seeing palms in. Same with Switzerland, Trachycarpus is invading them 

Arbon is a little town in switzerland, between city constance (germany) and bregenz (austria) and yes in germany it gives a lot of beautiful places too for trachycarpus fortunei

[Mazat]

1 hour ago, Colin1110082 said:

Very cool! I love Germany. It’s one of those places you don’t think about seeing palms in. Same with Switzerland, Trachycarpus is invading them 

[Colin1110082]

3 hours ago, Mazat said:

Oh! You’re in Switzerland lol, just assumed you were in Germany lol. Switzerland is also a beautiful place! Are any naturalized trachycarpus in your area? I heard it’s a huge problem in Switzerland 

[tarnado]

Bravo, those are some lovely looking palms. Thank you so much for sharing!

[Arecaceus]

7 hours ago, SeanK said:

I've seen some get to about 60 leaves before needing a trim. Hence, folks should 🛑 trimming so much.

Letting them build a skirt is also very nice.

[tarnado]

On 1/15/2025 at 4:00 PM, Arecaceus said:

Letting them build a skirt is also very nice

Amen to that! 

[Las Palmas Norte]

I have no context when looking at that above map. I decided to Google a town (Überlingen) at random and get a wider perspective to get my bearings. The first thing that came up, was a mid-air collision killing 71 people in 2002. 😬

I should have gone straight to Google maps instead. At least now I can better visualize where this is on a larger scale.

 

[Arecaceus]

4 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

I have no context when looking at that above map. I decided to Google a town (Überlingen) at random and get a wider perspective to get my bearings. The first thing that came up, was a mid-air collision killing 71 people in 2002. 😬

I should have gone straight to Google maps instead. At least now I can better visualize where this is on a larger scale.

 

This is funny because when I googled Lake Constance once the first thing that came up was an article about the many car crash deaths along the lakes roads.