Trachycarpus fortunei Bulgaria Persicaria Growing on a dry rocky

Growing on a dry rocky cliff

'Arabicus'

Silene regia

Even before the buds open

75" x 4" heavily-pleated green leaves are stacked tightly up and down the purple-emerging

Trachycarpus fortunei Bulgaria Persicaria Growing on a dry rockyYou are absolutely not going to believe this, but here goes. Palm nut Kiril Donov noticed these 40 year old windmill palm trees growing in Plovdiv, Bulgaria that's right, the one near Romania. According to Donov, the original Trachycarpus fortunei 'Bulgaria' trees regularly see very cold temperatures, including a record 17 degrees F in 1993 see www. polarpalm. net. After growing these to a larger size, we are fairly confident they represent hybrids