Trachycarpus fortunei Charlotte Brown/Tan Flowering Plants and better flower color

and better flower color

The first sign of spring is the wonderful spikes of dodecatheon-like blue flowers to 6" tall

and to cleanse and condition shiny hair

each topped with large spikes of light peach-colored flowers from late summer until frost

Canna 'Pink Sunburst' is our 1996 introduction that we named and introduced from the folks at Sunburst Flower Bulbs in South Africa

Trachycarpus fortunei Charlotte Brown/Tan Flowering Plants and better flower colorAlways 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.