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Originally Posted by Dave Poole
All well and good as far as Trachycarpus fortunei's reputation for
cold hardiness, but this past winter has wiped some out so it's not
quite as tough as was previously believed. Windy situations will burn
and batter the leaves in any climate and it does best in a sheltered,
semi-woodland site with well drained, but moist, humus rich soil. I'm
not convinced that it would be suitable for planting that far north
unless it was given a sheltered spot.
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It is interesting to observe that the RHS plantfinder lists 46 suppliers of this plant, but none are in Scotland or Northern Ireland. You can get it in Whitby and Doncaster, but in general it isn't sold further north than the Midlands. Though I would have thought it would have done fine in Edinburgh at the very least, considering that they can grow many tender things there that I can't grow in Buckinghamshire. If you are living somewhere where -15 is a rare event, go for it, though you may have to have one mail ordered in if the RHS is reliable on local availability.