Trachycarpus nanus 5b making a nice mat

making a nice mat

Hosta 'Northern Exposure' makes a wide clump to 6' wide

Pyrrosia lingua cultivars hate growing flat and must be planted on a slope to thrive in cold climates

you'll have some happy bumblebees in the garden

Expect a 3' tall x 5' wide clump at maturity

Trachycarpus nanus 5b making a nice matTrachycarpus nanus is one of the rarest of the hardy windmill palms. Our oldest garden plant, which has matured at 3' tall x 4' wide, dates from 2006, but it's been over 15 years since we had any to share. This very rare dwarf windmill palm, with glaucous green foliage, was re discovered in 1993, by Gibbons and Spanner in Yunnan, China, on dry slopes above 6500' elevation. Trachycarpus nanus doesn't form an above ground trunk. When the plants mature