Canary Island palm

does anyone know if you can get cuttings from a Canary Island Palm as I have a neighbour who has one and is willing to give a cutting if it's possible as I would like to build my tropical garden up, if it is possible can anyone explain how and where to cut thankyou

 

Short answer.

No,

Seed is the usual form of propagation.

 

Cool Thankyou for that

 

you have quite a tropical garden, Pete, if I remember right

 

They grow reasonably quickly from seed, if fresh, but buying a smallish one is the usual way. They are not hardy and when small will not take temperatures below -5c without some damage. Anything lower or prolonged will probably kill it off.

 

Very similar to Washington robusta then, what other Palms are lovely to look at and are pretty hardy

 

Yes, I tend to try to grow a fair amount of the plants from warmer climes.

 

Chamaerops is probably the next hardiest after Trachycarpus.

I takes quite a lot of frost undamaged once its established.

 

Just a thought, another attractive palm is the 'pigmy Date Palm', Phoenix Roebelenii and if you see it for sale, don't buy it for planting in the garden, it is usually grown as a conservatory palm and is not frost hardy and also needs acclimatising if placed outside for the summer as it can suffer from
sun burn!

 

Wow a very fragile plant then thanks for advice I will have a look at getting some new plants, would the pigmy Palm be ok in a roofed gazebo or is it purely a indoor plant

 

OK for late Spring to late summer but they need over wintering indoors with plenty of light and kept damp.

 

Just a few pics I took today.

Chamaerops, very hardy, and unlikely to suffer frost damage once established



Trachycarpus fortunei. Considered totally hardy in all the UK.



Butia capitata, borderline hardy, but in my opinion hardier than Canary Date Palm.


Trachycarpus wagnerianus, another totally hardy one in the UK.

 

That waggy is a good size @pete how long has it been planted?

 

Not sure @mowgley , think I bought it around 83 at 18in high, been there since about 88.
To think I protected it for about three years when I planted it.