Windmill Palm 🌴 || The Most Expensive Plant I’ve Ever Bought!

Today I am so pleased to be planting a Trachycarpus Fortunei, otherwise known as the Windmill Palm.
The Trachycarpus Fortunei originates from Japan and China. It is a hardy palm which can grow up to 40 feet tall, with a trunk as wide as 1 foot in diameter, and even larger.
These Windmill Palms have beautiful palm leaves which reach for the sun, and they are hardy to -20 Celsius when fully grown. Mine is much younger but should still be able to handle -8 Celsius which is fine in my US zone 8 equivalent climate.
The Trachycarpus Fortunei can be male or female, but no-one knows which, until they flower! The flowers on the male are bright yellow, while on the female they are more greener. They also have fruit later in the year.
In this video, we show you how we plant our new palm, and I’m making sure I do everything right, including using the correct palm fertiliser to look after it properly.
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Janette, The Enthusiastic Gardener