Greenhouse Tour May 2024

[@sarahanderson-jj3eq]

Nice 😎

[@vincenzecalzone8666]

Really enjoyed your tour. Great to see the good, the healthy and really interested to see the dead stuff also. You have great patience, I admire your dedication to giving palms time to recover. The butia that was mislabelled is a great find. Must be at least 7-8 years old in our northern climate minimum. The blue rimmed labelled plant is interesting, initially I wondered whether it could even be an armata but U think a chaemarops with the armoury. Thanks for the tour. Very interesting👍

[@palmsexoticsuk2194]

Thanks Vincenze! I don’t like to give up on plants, definitely can’t bring myself to get rid of the butia in the big pot. It does have a few live roots at the bottom of the pot so you never know! I hadn’t considered that mystery plant could be an armata - will have to wait and see! Thanks again for your comment, really glad you enjoyed the video

[@haroldbetterson1877]

Where do you buy your stuff from?

[@palmsexoticsuk2194]

Hi Harold, a lot has come from friends and a lot has been grown from seed. I don’t like to spend much money!

[@GardenMyselfHappy]

2022 / 2023 was a hard winter. We saw -10 in SW Wales with a drop over a 2 week period. I lost my pink China and T rex. I'm new to a greenhouse this year. So may have more luck.

[@palmsexoticsuk2194]

Hi, thanks for your comment. Yes, a greenhouse should open a few more opportunities for you! I think I’d forgotten how bad the cold spell was in December 2022. Being so early in the winter was tough for the plants too

[@GardenMyselfHappy]

@palmsexoticsuk2194 it really was a bad winter. I was expecting more loses, thankfully my main wish list items were ok. This winter was hard for other reasons as we were fighting flood water. Maybe next winter will be kind to us all.

[@palmsexoticsuk2194]

@@GardenMyselfHappy I really hope so!