"cineman" wrote
Here in The West Midlands , Tuesday night till This evening, we have had
very strong winds, as has most of the country.
I found this morning that the centre stem of my Torbay Palm had broken
off, the Stem is around 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter, with bare stem for
around 3.5 foot. and a lovely canopy of leaves on top taking the full
length to around 6 foot high.
This palm has some 6 shoots left from low down so it doesnt look too bad.
I have trimmed the broken end, and planted it up to about 12 to 15 inches
deep, in another border, question is, will it root?
Luckily that and one fence panel is all the damage we have suffered.
Looking forward to positive reply.

We had a builder dig up one of ours some years ago and I came home to find
exactly what you describe lying in the drive. Planted it in the garden and
it is now as big as the one that came up the next year from the roots he
left feet down. Tough plants.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK