Trachycarpus fortunei Charlotte Western Europe topped in spring with a

topped in spring with a flower that includes a purple to violet pouch with similarly colored arching sepals

Despite the bizarre claims on-line that hybrids are less attractive to native pollinators

Selected by California horticulturist

Hosta 'Bright Lights' is topped with nice short stalks of white hummingbird-friendly flowers in early summer

you can always use it for one of its many medicinal qualities

Trachycarpus fortunei Charlotte Western Europe topped in spring with aAlways on the lookout for hardy palm selections, I sighted two magnificent 30' specimens of hardy windmill palms on Ridgeway Drive in Charlotte, NC, in the late 1970s. We are thrilled to make available seedlings of this particularly winter hardy strain that we named Trachycarpus fortunei 'Charlotte'. All Trachycarpus fortunei will tolerate some shade, but their growth rate will slow dramatically.