Trachycarpus fortunei Bulgaria Aucuba quarter-sized flowers (purple with peach

quarter-sized flowers (purple with peach tips) can be found hugging the ground in January

and has been fruiting for years

you may want to remove the old flower stalks when they finish in late spring

The clumps are topped in late October and November with clusters of small

up to 8' tall

Trachycarpus fortunei Bulgaria Aucuba quarter-sized flowers (purple with peachYou 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