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just had a right bargain £19.99 for a 5ft phoenix canariensis palm a bit confused 
some sights say fully hardy evergreen and some say needs to be in a conservatory (.Not such a bargain if needs to be indoors.) it was stored outside when i bought it .....
can any one help please ?????
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thanks . hey-ho you live and learn as they say. If I wrap it in fleece during the winter will this help ? and put some sack cloth over it ?
Phillippa is right that CIPD is hardy in parts of the UK, but you need super sharp drainage and few frost days in winter. It is not going to like being wrapped up for 6 months. I find large CIPD have been grown in nurseries in Spain and sent to the UK. They tend to do worse than homegrown/smaller palms IME.
£20 for a 5ft CIPD is about average. B&Q and Homebase sell those sizes for under £15, less during sales at end of year when they want to dump them.
We are in the Midlands winters normally not that bad if we have snow it only lasts a couple of days . No its in the garden now lol cause that was what I was told to do
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And yes it is a vicious thing as i have found out
put it right up a corner out of reach. Well onwards and upwards we will see what happens thanks for your help this new project of a tropical area isn't going as planned must stop impulse buying and do some more research.
Not such a bargain after all then
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Hi Jools, as has been said, the key to keeping phoenix alive is really good drainage. Months sat in soggy soil will kill it. once the central new growth turns browns it's doesn't recover.
Maybe you should get a trachycarpus fortunei, very tropical looking, way hardier than Phoenix.
there are rather fine specimens of canary island palms growing in the open in Soutsea. Google it and you can see them.
not clever enough to provide "links"