Another example of a totally hardy palm comes in the form of Jubaea Chilensis. These guys are sooooo expensive, why? because they grow so slowly in the UK. It fires 3, 4 even 5 new shoots at a time, but the time for any one of those shoots to form a leaf is pretty much a whole year.
If you are patient though it really is an awesome palm to have. It is also worth the expense of getting a chunkier one if you can.
The reason to buy one... this palm does not care how cold it gets... it keeps growing!!! even through the whole of the Winter it will slowly unfold the new shoots into the beginnings of a new set of leaves. Secondly it does not mind wet Winters. Thirdly, because it grows so slowly you can pretty much predict its growing pattern, so it isn't one of those palms that swamp the house or garden in 10 years or so. Finally it is wind resistant. It has very stuff leaves which no amount of wind will budge.
So, in summary they tick all the boxes of the UK climate with the only negative being the price.
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