Palm-style trees for large planter

[Collinsc]

Hi

I am looking to get some palm-type trees in a planter in the back garden and am looking for some ideas on what looks nice.

There are palms i've seen before with big leafs that i like; but im not sure if these are perhaps indoor trees.

As an example, I have x2 "Cordyline 'Charlie Boy's" and then x3 "Trachycarpus Fortunei Hardy Windmill Palm".
I do not want the trees to grow TOO high e.g. twice the size as they currently are is max.

Also, can anyone recommend a good light (battery or solar) that can be put behind the trees to make it "atmospheric"?

Thanks!

 

[oneeye]

Windmill palms and the Cordyline need protection from the cold in the Winter if you live in an area where it freezes.

 

[cpp gardener]

Are you looking for fan-leaf or feather-leaf palms?
For fan palms you could use Erythea either armata (blue-grey) or edulis (green), Rhaphis, Chamaerops, Sabal, or Acoelorrhaphe.
For feather palms you could use Syagrus romanzoffianum, Phoenix roebelenii, Butia capitata or Cycas.
Most of these would need protection from temperatures below 25*F.

 

[Collinsc]

Are you looking for fan-leaf or feather-leaf palms?
For fan palms you could use Erythea either armata (blue-grey) or edulis (green), Rhaphis, Chamaerops, Sabal, or Acoelorrhaphe.
For feather palms you could use Syagrus romanzoffianum, Phoenix roebelenii, Butia capitata or Cycas.
Most of these would need protection from temperatures below 25*F.

Thanks! i will take a look at all of these....

i prefer feather leaf.

what sort of protection can you take if temp below 25F? cover them up?
seems more effort than i'd like as seems in british weather i'd need to cover them up constantly.

maybe the hardier ones are better for me.

 

[cpp gardener]

From what I can glean from Wikipedia, your climate is like San Diego to the south of here which has some of the best weather in the country. Mild oceanic summers and some frosty nights in the winter, but nothing really cold. All of these palms grow great there and would only need to be covered on really frosty nights. If the Cordyline can handle your weather, the palms can too.

 

[Collinsc]

From what I can glean from Wikipedia, your climate is like San Diego to the south of here which has some of the best weather in the country. Mild oceanic summers and some frosty nights in the winter, but nothing really cold. All of these palms grow great there and would only need to be covered on really frosty nights. If the Cordyline can handle your weather, the palms can too.

Thanks - il see what my landscaper says about it.