Returned to Date Palm after a difficult first attempt

My first attempt at Date Palm failed — root bound decline in pots left too long without repotting got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again.

The second attempt, with proper attention to avoiding cutting healthy green fronds as this stresses the plant, has been completely different. It's now thriving in a sheltered sunny courtyard or walled garden and long-lived structure that becomes more impressive over decades is on full display. cold weather protection needed in winter for tender varieties this year was a genuine reward for starting again. If you failed first time, the plant isn't the problem — the conditions probably were.