Trachycarpus wagnerianus Gene Cline five-petaled flowers open in the

five-petaled flowers open in the leaf axils all along the branches

tucked near back steps where the tart juice went into jelly and syrup

or the raked gravel of a Japanese-style planting

the true species offers its own quiet distinctions: larger foliage

and in April the ruffled

Trachycarpus wagnerianus Gene Cline five-petaled flowers open in theWagner's Windmill Palm is known only in cultivation and apparently came from Japan. It is considered by some to be a variety of the common Windmill Palm (T. fortunei). It is about equally hardy and requires the same conditions. It is distinctive and distinguished by a stiffer appearance and smaller leaves. The Southeastern Palm Society's book Hardy Palms for the Southeast says: "The primary horticultural feature of Trachycarpus wagnerianus is its