POTENTIAL TO GROW SOMETHING THAT CAN’T BE GROWN HERE
VERY EXCITING – NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE
There is an interesting story behind the plants I’m showing you here. About four years ago, we got some seeds from a botanical garden that were labeled as Veitchia merrillii (aka Adonidia merrillii). The seeds we got were thought to be pure Veitchia merrillii. The seeds germinated but about half of the plants produced didn’t appear to be pure merrillii. It ends up that these different plants are a hybrid of a Veitchia merrillii crossed with something else. Most likely it’s with another species of Veitchia that are more cold tolerant. This is to our customer’s benefit as this means perhaps they can grow these and end up with a smaller palm that resembles V. merrillii. These should tolerate full sun. Cold hardiness is unknown but should be below a freeze. We only have a few left. I have no garden photo of this hybrid mature as no one has ever done it before as far as I know.
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