With this and subsequent issues however, we hope
to cover the entire spectrum. From the Needle Palm (Rhapidophyllum
hystrix) - hardy down to around -20° centigrade, but oh so slow-growing
in all but the warmest areas - to the Washington Fan Palm (Washingtonia
filifera) which needs 'serious protection' in cold winters but grows
like a rocket in the summer, there is a palm for every climate,
every taste, every pocket, and every gardener, be he inventive and
resourceful, or faint-hearted and fatalistic.
Finally, thank you for joining the European Palm
Society - you are most welcome. Your comments and observations are
much appreciated, and it is hoped that this magazine will stimulate
correspondence and communication from and between its members. Letters,
articles and photographs will be gladly received; indeed the E.P.S.
and "Chamaerops" cannot function without them.
Editorial
