Trachycarpus fortunei Bulgaria Persicaria 75" x 4" heavily-pleated green

75" x 4" heavily-pleated green leaves are stacked tightly up and down the purple-emerging

The upright growing clump is composed of small slightly twisted leaves on long petioles

'Arabicus'

Silene regia

Growing on a dry rocky cliff

Trachycarpus fortunei Bulgaria Persicaria 75" x 4" heavily-pleated greenYou are absolutely not going to believe this, but here goes. Palm nut Kiril Donov noticed these 40 year old windmill palm trees growing in Plovdiv, Bulgaria that's right, the one near Romania. According to Donov, the original Trachycarpus fortunei 'Bulgaria' trees regularly see very cold temperatures, including a record 17 degrees F in 1993 see www. polarpalm. net. After growing these to a larger size, we are fairly confident they represent hybrids