Juania Australis in the British Isles

[UK_Palms]

I think we need a new updated thread for these palms...

Starting with the big one at Overcliffe Gardens near Dublin in Ireland. This is probably the largest Juania in the British Isles. 

 

The Earlscliffe Juania was planted very small back i 1995, so it has been in the ground for 30 years now. The earliest photos I can find are from 2002 and 2003. The third photo below shows it in 2009...

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Next up we have the Juania specimen at Overbeck's Garden in Salcome, Devon.

 

The Overbecks Juania was apparently planted in 1995 as well, but it was a very small seedling back then. the earliest photos I can find for it are from 2011 and 2013.

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Next up we have another legendary Juania at Glendurgan Gardens in Cornwall that has been in the ground about 25 years as well, alongside Dr Kevin Spence for scale...

 

Here is a grainy photo of the Glendurgan Juania from 2012 before it had properly started trunking...

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There are other decent specimens in southern England and Ireland, which I will update on in due course... 

[gyuseppe]

I don't want seeds!
but does it produce seeds in ireland  and uk?

[Banana Belt]

@UK_Palms  It is so difficult to get a Juania Australis here in the US and yet in the UK several places have them for sale.  Question, are any of the big Juinia you pictured setting fruit and seed?  If so are the seeds viable?  I have a couble leads on Juania seeds here in the US and expect one supplier to have some for me soon. 

[Banana Belt]

1 minute ago, gyuseppe said:

I don't want seeds!
but does it produce seeds in ireland  and uk?

I posted same question as you at same time, go figure.  P.S. I don't want to go through the issues of importing seeds into the US, much rather get them here.

[Darold Petty]

This palm will break your heart.  I have grown several, and they exhibit what I call "sudden death syndrome" even though I have a very good microclimate.  They grow well and then die suddenly without any sign of distress.  Any Ceroxylon has a similar look and is much easier to grow. 

Carpe emptor ! 

[UK_Palms]

26 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

I don't want seeds!
but does it produce seeds in ireland  and uk?

So I believe all 3 of the ones shown have produced flowers as of 2024 now (some of these photos are from 2023) however you really need separate male and female specimens for pollination as they are dioecious. So someone would need to collect male pollen and hack the female plant at Earlscliffe with it, assuming either of those other two are male.

Those are definitely female flower sacks on the Earlscliffe Juania. Some are fresh and not opened up in the image below, but you can also see older, spent ones hanging down too. The first flower supposedly emerged way back in 2016, so I would have been flowering for about 7-8 years now. Hopefully some of the gardens and owners can lend some pollen. I think there are other large Juania’s in private gardens too.

[kinzyjr]

A few additional threads discussing Juania australis:

• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/24474-the-juania-australis-today-in-ireland
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/76743-juania-australis-earlscliffe-garden-ireland
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/52461-seed-grown-juania-australis
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/56374-juania-australis-palm-possible-climates
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/54117-sad-truth-about-juania-australismaybe
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/16959-juania-australis
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/17752-juania-australis-heat-tolerance
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/35552-juania-australis-in-huntington
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/24194-juania-australis
• https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/31238-juania-australis-flowering-for-christmas