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Author Flowering date palm
Smee

2006-10-23, 9:25 am

A phoenix canariensis in my garden is flowering and I've not seen
one flower in this country before. Is this a rare occurence in the
UK? I live in London.
Nick Maclaren

2006-10-23, 1:25 pm


In article <Xns9865901AA6FD9jellyspacemen@193.42.231.152>,
Smee <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes:
|> A phoenix canariensis in my garden is flowering and I've not seen
|> one flower in this country before. Is this a rare occurence in the
|> UK? I live in London.

Ah! Toddy!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Smee

2006-10-24, 8:25 pm

nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) wrote in
news:ehitgf$na2$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk:

>
> In article <Xns9865901AA6FD9jellyspacemen@193.42.231.152>,
> Smee <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes:
>|> A phoenix canariensis in my garden is flowering and I've not
>|> seen one flower in this country before. Is this a rare
>|> occurence in the UK? I live in London.
>
> Ah! Toddy!


I like the way your mind works! ;-)
It seems that is the closest I'm going to get to a reply to my
query, so I'll assume flowering date palms in the UK aren't
unusual. Thanks for your reply.

http://tinyurl.com/ymb3fc

Charlie Pridham

2006-10-25, 3:25 am


"Nick Maclaren" <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:ehitgf$na2$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
>
> In article <Xns9865901AA6FD9jellyspacemen@193.42.231.152>,
> Smee <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes:
> |> A phoenix canariensis in my garden is flowering and I've not seen
> |> one flower in this country before. Is this a rare occurence in the
> |> UK? I live in London.
>
> Ah! Toddy!
>
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.


Down here they flower regularly once they reach the right size/age, but I do
not often see ripe seed (but that may be because something eats it)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea


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