Trachycarpus fortunei Wagnerianus Saruma " has bright red stems

" has bright red stems ending in carmine-red traps

and has a little red neck (at the base of each petiole)

Selected from seedlings that survived our 1984/85 winter of -9 degrees F

separate each back-bulb and replant

Trachycarpus fortunei Wagnerianus Saruma " has bright red stemsFor years, this wonderful palm masqueraded as Trachycarpus wagnerianus, but, as it turned out, it was botanically described from a cultivated specimen (a no no) and never known from the wild. This is simply a seed cultivar of Trachycarpus fortunei, albeit a truly fine one. In addition to proving very winter hardy, it makes a 20' tall trunk exactly like typical Trachycarpus fortunei, except the stiff round leaves are stunningly beautiful and much