Hey Jim, nice to see someone else growing C. radicalis, which I find to be incredibly hardy and versatile palms. It baffles me that they're not more popular in this climate! Not sure if you planted yours in the ground yet - maybe I missed an update, but I wanted to share my experience with this species, and maybe you won't feel so restricted in regards to the position you want them in. I have acquired a few of these and I have them scattered around my garden, not in clumps, but groups of 2-3, spaced out a little. The information I found on them also indicated that they are the shade loving palms, and I planted 90% of them in the shade, and they're doing fine, as expected. However, I have 2 growing in a place where they get in excess of 5h of direct continuous afternoon sun in the height of summer and I honestly cannot tell the difference between those 2 and the rest of them which see no sun at all. No leaf scorch at the tips, same slow growth habit. In addition, they're not mature plants - they would be about the same size as the medium ones in your pot - and still don't seem to suffer in any way. Now.. the disclamers: I live in Ireland where I probably see more rain, and I also water frequently; the average temperatures here are probably lower than they are in your area, ~21C in summer; also if you have all your eggs in a single basket, ie all your radicalis in the same clump, you probably want to be more careful. That said, I think that they are more adaptable than they are given credit for, and dappled bright shade or a little sun would pose no problem in my oppinion. Bit of a tangent, I also have a couple of their close relatives, C microspadix, and even though they look pretty much identical as single individuals, the microspadix were seeing about 1h of 4 o'clock sun at some point and that was enough to turn their existing leaves to shreads - literally. They made a comeback since, after my tree fern blew up and provided shade, but they were definitely hit hard by less than 1h of sun a day. The sun interval was so brief that at first I didn't even understand why they were suffering, thinking they were in full shade, until I realized that the sun hit them directly at a certain time, through a narrow gap between 2 buildings. To summarize, in my climate, C radicalis - no problem with a few hours of direct sun, while C microspadix - 100% shade plant. Long comment over, happy growing!
Thanks for the information, I have planted the clump in 80% shade and seem to be doing well👍 I also have a microspadix planted in 50% shade/ sun doing well. I did mention them in my last video ( sunday) Thanks again 👍
@@jimspalmsuk5098 You got me thinking when you mentioned your microspadix is in 50% sun, and after doing a bit more research, I found from multiple online references that slugs absolutely love them, so I'm almost sure not that I misdiagnosed the problem: it was not the 1h of direct sun, but slugs that turned the leaves to shreds.. I might move them to a pot in spring
Real nice looking that bro,, keep an eye out myself for one of these or even try get my hands on some seeds I’m patient enough lol keep the vids coming Jim always interesting and a good watch 👍🏻
I have it in a sheltered position, lots of canopy over head. I will cover with fleece it the temp goes below -3c , but they are pretty hardy. I'll go though the palm in the garden in a upcoming video for winter protection 👍
Great deal Jim. I've never seen one for sale anywhere near me👍
Definitely hard to get hold of round my way, I'm very happy to have it 👍
Hey Jim, nice to see someone else growing C. radicalis, which I find to be incredibly hardy and versatile palms. It baffles me that they're not more popular in this climate! Not sure if you planted yours in the ground yet - maybe I missed an update, but I wanted to share my experience with this species, and maybe you won't feel so restricted in regards to the position you want them in.
I have acquired a few of these and I have them scattered around my garden, not in clumps, but groups of 2-3, spaced out a little. The information I found on them also indicated that they are the shade loving palms, and I planted 90% of them in the shade, and they're doing fine, as expected.
However, I have 2 growing in a place where they get in excess of 5h of direct continuous afternoon sun in the height of summer and I honestly cannot tell the difference between those 2 and the rest of them which see no sun at all. No leaf scorch at the tips, same slow growth habit. In addition, they're not mature plants - they would be about the same size as the medium ones in your pot - and still don't seem to suffer in any way.
Now.. the disclamers: I live in Ireland where I probably see more rain, and I also water frequently; the average temperatures here are probably lower than they are in your area, ~21C in summer; also if you have all your eggs in a single basket, ie all your radicalis in the same clump, you probably want to be more careful. That said, I think that they are more adaptable than they are given credit for, and dappled bright shade or a little sun would pose no problem in my oppinion.
Bit of a tangent, I also have a couple of their close relatives, C microspadix, and even though they look pretty much identical as single individuals, the microspadix were seeing about 1h of 4 o'clock sun at some point and that was enough to turn their existing leaves to shreads - literally. They made a comeback since, after my tree fern blew up and provided shade, but they were definitely hit hard by less than 1h of sun a day. The sun interval was so brief that at first I didn't even understand why they were suffering, thinking they were in full shade, until I realized that the sun hit them directly at a certain time, through a narrow gap between 2 buildings.
To summarize, in my climate, C radicalis - no problem with a few hours of direct sun, while C microspadix - 100% shade plant.
Long comment over, happy growing!
Thanks for the information, I have planted the clump in 80% shade and seem to be doing well👍
I also have a microspadix planted in 50% shade/ sun doing well. I did mention them in my last video ( sunday)
Thanks again 👍
@@jimspalmsuk5098
You got me thinking when you mentioned your microspadix is in 50% sun, and after doing a bit more research, I found from multiple online references that slugs absolutely love them, so I'm almost sure not that I misdiagnosed the problem: it was not the 1h of direct sun, but slugs that turned the leaves to shreds.. I might move them to a pot in spring
Real nice looking that bro,, keep an eye out myself for one of these or even try get my hands on some seeds I’m patient enough lol keep the vids coming Jim always interesting and a good watch 👍🏻
Thank you, plenty more to come 👍
I put one in my garden in a fairly shady area it survived last winter when some other palms died,it's tough
Yeah I've been after one for a while 👍
What you doing with this one for the Winter Jim? I just got myself one
I have it in a sheltered position, lots of canopy over head. I will cover with fleece it the temp goes below -3c , but they are pretty hardy. I'll go though the palm in the garden in a upcoming video for winter protection 👍
@@jimspalmsuk5098 Perfect, thank you!