Palm survival

[Tree monkey 1682]

43 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

Trachycarpus can make a nice specimen tree in a garden with enough space. No doubt they can do the damage you describe, as can flowering cherries and lots of other things people plant near driveways, paths, walls. 

Seens, their a bugger to raise the canopy on, horrible to fell or dismantle and even worse to grub out by hand... They are a nightmare... 

I live in a coastal area where part time gardeners plant them... Leave them and forget them.. They are a pain.. 

Then don't forget that they can't be chipped, 90%water based and £100 a ton to get rid of green waste... 

 I can say unless there in a botanical garden, or you've access for a digger to remove them,  they are an absolute hunt of a plant... They're on par with, knot weed, himilayan balsam, ragwort, bamboo and rhododendron... That delightful victorians brought back. 

[AHPP]

8 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

I live in a coastal area where part time gardeners plant them

Exactly this. I was going to target the worst offending, seaside town ones but didn’t want to leave any doubt that they’re not crass everywhere.
 

But nothing says, “I live in Clacton.” like a 2002 Ford Focus and a palm tree on your paving slab driveway. 

[tree-fancier123]

never before realised all the people who plant Trachs are tasteless idiots.

Everyday a school day

[Tree monkey 1682]

30 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

never before realised all the people who plant Trachs are tasteless idiots.

Everyday a school day

 I'd not go that far yet...... 😂 How ever, the other day I turned upto a job where the was numerous palms, cordlines, trachs! And guess what, the was about 10 of them growing with bamboo, vines and some specimen trees....  It's a small garden. 

Great! 

*forgot the other thing with these plants you have to quote a bar and a chain or two.. Because of the grit within the tree.... 

So they are a pain! 

 

[Rustington]

I didn’t realise you guys would be such fans of them 😂