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Today I visited several palmy sites in Hamilton & downtown Trenton. All were planted 7 or 8 years ago. This is behind the Hamilton Library. Trachys are in poor, gravelly soil and have been slow.
These are Sabal minor 'McCurtain' at the Human Services Bldg. There are trachys here also, but they're in dryish shade in poor soil and have been very slow.
There are basjoo banana , crape myrtle, palms, Choisya ternata 'Sundance', & Spiraea at the Mercer County Courthouse.
Crape myrtles
Trachycarpus
Sabal Sp. 'Birmingham'
These are trachys behind the Trenton War Memorial.
Young minors
Behind the Statehouse
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| These look like they will be tough in the long haul. Is the perceived slowness of growth partly They are certainly planted close enough to enjoy those micro-climates. |
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- Posted by tropicalzone7 7b (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 12:48
| The trachys look great despite the poor soil and slow growth. They crape myrtles and sabals look awesome too! Thanks for sharing! |
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| Very nice looking palms. Still think they would be fine a little farther out from the wall. The fronds are all pressed against the wall. That row of crapes is very nice looking. Haven't been up there in 5 years, glad too see they are doing well. |
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- Posted by islandbreeze 6b MI (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 23:42
| That looks like a really nice sabal minor in the first pic. It looks plenty happy there too seeing as it's flowering. It gives me more encouragement that mine will do well or at least be long-term survivors. |
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- Posted by steve_nj 7-a (stevenj7a@verizon.net) on Tue, Sep 4, 12 at 21:00
| A couple of the sites have poor soil and/or deep shade and trachys have been slow because of that. There was very little winter damage after the first couple of winters. |
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