Anyone here of this 'new' trachycarpus?

Description

'Trachycarpus Tesan'

THIS MAY BE THE COLDEST HARDY OF ALL OF THE TRACHYCARPUS GENUS.

The seedling you are buying here has been grown from seeds imported straight from China and the seeds were fresh picked this season from adults growing unprotected in Beijing and in the mountains surviving temps -10F!! These are truely the most northern growing unprotected Trachycarpus. These adults can be visited in China growing today in anywhere from zone 6 conditions to zone 7. Most Trachycarpus seeds from the USA are from trees growing in zone 7b-9.

This is a special cultivar of Trachycarpus Fortunei grown and developed buy a chinese botanist. He developed his own Colder Hardier version of the already well known cold hardy Trachycarpus Fortunei. Everyone understands that T. Fortunei comes from China and can adapt to almost any climate, so it makes sense that they would come up with the coldest hardiest versions over time, these seedlings are grown from seeds harvested fresh from adults still growing in the coldest of areas.

No one in the USA has these but us!! These are Rare & very, very, limited. Buying this makes you one of the FIRST to own Trachycarpus Tesan.They are becoming available in Europe and in other cold climate areas that have regular winter seasons. These are grown in areas that Trachycapus Fortunei and Trachycarpus Takil cannot be grown. We have started growing a couple hundred of these here in Chicago. T.fortunei grown in the USA typically cant handle wind. T. tesan leaves are slightly smaller and more stiff and can handle some wind. Alot of seeds sold in the U.S. off of trees grown in the U.S. and can sometimes be hybrids because of differnt types Trachycarpus sometimes grown in the same areas, which can cause cross pollinating. These T. tesan are they only trachycarpus that can grow in the coldest of areas which makes them pollinated only by other T. tesan.

Description: As seedlings they do need some slight protection and should be good to 20F, as soon as brown trunk developed they should be put out doors so they can harden off to your climate naturally. They also have a wider trunk with more natural thick brown fibers then regular T. fortunei. The fruit is slightly larger about the size of a blueberry and waxy and adult leaves have a slight white wax under the leaves. Tesan leaves are also slightly smaller then T.fortunei.

How to grow: Grows well in full to partial sun light. Protect from any north or west winds. Will grow in most any soil type. Since this the first time these are being grown here in the USA, your continued input and questions will help us gather more information as your seedling grows into an adult. Pictures and emails are always welcome.

This auction is for one live seedling with its first strap leaf grown in a mini Peat moss pot for shock free transplant. Plant whole pot in dirt when replanting. The shipping costs are what they are because we ship with extreme protection around the seedling to make sure it gets to you unharmed. These are limited and are hard to replace.The pic below shows a Tesan that freezes every year, and is still growing strong. T. Tesan doesnt defoliate until much lower temp than Fortunei. T. Fortunei is generally listed to be hardy from 10 degrees +.

The bottom pic is a map of China, you can see how far north Beijing really is. North of india were T. Takil is supposed to come from.