Trachycarpus fortunei Charlotte Western Europe Butterflies and moths are secondary

Butterflies and moths are secondary pollinators

a hummingbird celebration

divide established clumps and spread them out

To see a clump of Fireworks goldenrod burst into flower in fall is truly an amazing site

The summer-produced flower heads are composed of a row of sterile florets around the large central flower cluster

Trachycarpus fortunei Charlotte Western Europe Butterflies and moths are secondaryAlways on the lookout for hardy palm selections, I sighted two magnificent 30' specimens of hardy windmill palms on Ridgeway Drive in Charlotte, NC, in the late 1970s. We are thrilled to make available seedlings of this particularly winter hardy strain that we named Trachycarpus fortunei 'Charlotte'. All Trachycarpus fortunei will tolerate some shade, but their growth rate will slow dramatically.