Tropical Propagation

Hi

When I get my garden sorted out I would like to have more tropical plants and shrubs, I have phormiums, traceycarpus and something else at the moment and would like to know how to propagate Tracycarpus please.

 

Trachycarpus is usually propagated from seed.
It's a pretty slow process in the early stages.

 

Where will I find the seeds, will they be found on the plant.

 

You get Male and Female plants ,you need to have both growing fairly close together to get viable seeds.
Only adult plants flower .

I've grown them from seed and mine first flowered at around 12yr old.

The one in your picture will not be big enough to flower.

 

Is it to do with the size or the age, because these are 15 years old possibly more, I planted them shortly after I moved in and they were about 18 inches tall then.

Is there a way of telling the male from the female as with skimmia japonicas

 

Could you post pics of the Trachycarpus I can oly see two Phoenix, Canary Island palms.

 

If we are referring to the one in the picture it is a bit small, or do you have others?
Don't think you can work out the sex until they flower.

 

I bought them as Traceycarpus and a Washingtonian, I had quite a few more but they have gone.

 

Picture no 1 is a Cordyline australis with a small Trachycarpus next to it.
Picture no 2 is two Canary date palms, ie. Phoenix canariensis.

 

I guess its too late to take them back.