Trachycarpus nanus 5b you'll have some happy bumblebees

you'll have some happy bumblebees in the garden

Hosta 'Northern Exposure' makes a wide clump to 6' wide

I well remember the buzz of excitement when Hosta 'Olive Bailey Langdon' was introduced in the 1990's and now

and graceful 2' long pendulous panicles of medium-lavender flowers in summer

I am not a fern

Trachycarpus nanus 5b you'll have some happy bumblebeesTrachycarpus nanus is one of the rarest of the hardy windmill palms. Our oldest garden plant, which has matured at 3' tall x 4' wide, dates from 2006, but it's been over 15 years since we had any to share. This very rare dwarf windmill palm, with glaucous green foliage, was re discovered in 1993, by Gibbons and Spanner in Yunnan, China, on dry slopes above 6500' elevation. Trachycarpus nanus doesn't form an above ground trunk. When the plants mature