Trachycarpus fortunei Columbus Beesia Thanks to plantsman Jim Waddick

Thanks to plantsman Jim Waddick for sharing his collection so we could distribute it further

We have named it after the late John Lucas's Tradewinds Nursery

Asclepias tuberosa is a maintenance free perennial

Adiantum venustum makes a nice patch to 3' wide in 5-10 years

Agave 'Ring of Gold' offsets faster than all the Agave victoriae-reginae clones we grow

Trachycarpus fortunei Columbus Beesia Thanks to plantsman Jim WaddickWe are pleased to introduce yet another winter hardy strain of Windmill palm with an interesting history. Hardy palm grower, Larry Green, originally collected the seed near the Fant Estate in Anderson, South Carolina. Reportedly, Fant, a former missionary to China, brought the seed home and planted them in SC. Larry took the seed to his now former home at 2,700' elevation in Sylva, NC where they were planted. Only 4 5 survived the first 2 degree F