Palm trees in Westminster? (Denver, Pueblo: transplants, to live, gardens)

[hon614]

Driving on Old Wadsworth, just north of 104th.. Saw some windmill palms out in the elements on the right side of the road How does that work? Anybody else seen them?

[zionvier]

Originally Posted by hon614

Driving on Old Wadsworth, just north of 104th.. Saw some windmill palms out in the elements on the right side of the road How does that work? Anybody else seen them?

Those are transplants... or plastic. They moved here for our 'mild' winters

[Scott5280]

Due to global warming some of the local metro cities have decided to start planting
citrus, and fan palms along many of our parkways and boulevards---most common trees to soon be planted will be the California Fan Palm( washingtonion robusta) LBear will be the MC. for the new spring plantings of The New Denver Is Mild campaign put out by the Local Chamber Of Commerce.... Next autumn will make way for the planting of coconut palms and birds of paradise..

[vegaspilgrim]

It's extremely rare to see, but there are some yucca palms (I don't know if that's technically considered a palm tree) in Denver.

Here's one from MobyLL's photo tour: http://www.city-data.com/forum/denve...ry-modern.html, picture #3.



In and around Pueblo they are a lot more common (my picture):

[hon614]

Originally Posted by zionvier

Those are transplants... or plastic. They moved here for our 'mild' winters

they are definitely not plastic.

i have seen them around albuquerque so apparently they can grow at this altitute and at this temperature

[hon614]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

It's extremely rare to see, but there are some yucca palms (I don't know if that's technically considered a palm tree) in Denver.

Here's one from MobyLL's photo tour: http://www.city-data.com/forum/denve...ry-modern.html, picture #3.



In and around Pueblo they are a lot more common (my picture):

i believe they are 'yucca rostratas'

have never seen any of those in the denver metro though

[Scott5280]

In all seriousness some species of desert cactus (Joshua Tree) and yucca trees can survive in some locations here in the state---I have seen people plant the fan palms you saw here, but those will not survive our winters and will only live a brief time ...I have seen people plant some pretty crazy things here too---I actually have thought about doing that several times myself--the fact is that no species of actual palm tree can survive here for very long in winter even the Chinese Windmills and Mexican and California Fans..The coldest climates for those to live successfully are places like Las Cruces New Mexico, and St. George Utah--maybe a few seasons if very mild in Albuqurque.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by Scott5280

In all seriousness some species of desert cactus (Joshua Tree) and yucca trees can survive in some locations here in the state---I have seen people plant the fan palms you saw here, but those will not survive our winters and will only live a brief time ...I have seen people plant some pretty crazy things here too---I actually have thought about doing that several times myself--the fact is that no species of actual palm tree can survive here for very long in winter even the Chinese Windmills and Mexican and California Fans..The coldest climates for those to live successfully are places like Las Cruces New Mexico, and St. George Utah--maybe a few seasons if very mild in Albuqurque.

Supposedly; there are a few windmill palms in places like Wash DC (admittedly, DC's winter lows rarely dip below 10F)-------though I never saw one while growing up there 30+ years ago.

[Scott5280]

Denver is mild

[denverian]

Originally Posted by hon614

i believe they are 'yucca rostratas'

have never seen any of those in the denver metro though

I've seen them in Denver in people's yards, and they have several fairly large ones at the Botanic Gardens.