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Old 24-10-2006, 09:10 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Charlie Pridham Charlie Pridham is offline
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Default Flowering date palm


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Smee writes:
| A phoenix canariensis in my garden is flowering and I've not seen
| one flower in this country before. Is this a rare occurence in the
| UK? I live in London.

Ah! Toddy!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Down here they flower regularly once they reach the right size/age, but I do
not often see ripe seed (but that may be because something eats it)

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
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