Palm Trees in Atlanta (Macon, Fayetteville: hotels, neighborhood, live in)

[nickm4226]

How abundant are Palm Trees in the region and how well do they thrive here? I have seen a few outside of restaurants and hotels but haven't seen them consistently. To me they look a little out of place in metro ATL

[A-Town Down]

They are much more abundant in South Georgia, and East Georgia along the coast than they are in the metro area. Some people in my neighborhood have palm trees and though I wouldn't say they thrive per say, they do seem to fair pretty well or better than you'd expect, i.e., they aren't dead lol

[ATLTJL]

There are many types of palm tree. Windmill palms and a few others can live in Atlanta with some care. But the species that look really tropical like date palms and Washingtonians are toast after the first hard freeze no matter what you do.

[JPD]

There are a couple in Carroll Street in Cabbagetown that are pretty well established and have been doing well for years.

[Iconographer]

They're not abundant, but more and more I have seen certain varieties of palms being incorporated into the metro landscape.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/atlan...s-atlanta.html

[CaliDreaming01]

Originally Posted by nickm4226

How abundant are Palm Trees in the region and how well do they thrive here? I have seen a few outside of restaurants and hotels but haven't seen them consistently. To me they look a little out of place in metro ATL

I think they look out of place too. Are there people who really want to plant palm trees here? I guess you could make them survive if you really are bound and determined but why??? That's probably would be a sign that person should just move to a place that naturally has palm trees and quit setting up innocent plants for a painful life and probable death.

[Newsboy]

Another vote for them looking out of place and ridiculous anywhere north of Macon. Truett’s Luau in Fayetteville has replaced all their palms like 3 times already because cold keeps killing them. But Chick-Fil-A has deep pockets, so ...

I suppose palmetto palms that are firmly established can survive and do well in the metro area, but there’s certainly nothing natural about them. And if you have to go out and wrap them in blankets every time there’s a deep cold snap, what’s the point?

PS — We also do not have Spanish Moss north of the Fall Line, a fact that Hollywood moviemakers have refused to get right for generations ... and the real reason why we’ve taken over the industry. Enough is enough already!

[JPD]

Originally Posted by CaliDreaming01

I think they look out of place too. Are there people who really want to plant palm trees here? I guess you could make them survive if you really are bound and determined but why??? That's probably would be a sign that person should just move to a place that naturally has palm trees and quit setting up innocent plants for a painful life and probable death.

That's what all life is.

[Newsboy]

Originally Posted by JPD

That's what all life is.

[CaliDreaming01]

Originally Posted by JPD

That's what all life is.

Wow this topic got meta way fast.