Anyone besides me dislike Palm Trees? (minimum, summer, february, Houston)

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Looks like a glorified windmill palm to me.

[alex985]

That picture signifies everything I dislike, look at all that beautiful temperate vegetation ruined by that one palm tree.

[B87]

Originally Posted by alex985

That picture signifies everything I dislike, look at all that beautiful temperate vegetation ruined by that one palm tree.

Do these look out of place to you?

[alex985]

Originally Posted by B87

Do these look out of place to you?

These don't, but there's plenty of subtropical flora around those palms. That is a beautiful picture, btw , is that the Mediterranean Coast of France?

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by alex985

That picture signifies everything I dislike, look at all that beautiful temperate vegetation ruined by that one palm tree.

Judging by the palm and the Pampas grass, it could be the other vegetation most out of it's usual climate range.

[B87]

Originally Posted by alex985

These don't, but there's plenty of subtropical flora around those palms. That is a beautiful picture, btw , is that the Mediterranean Coast of France?

It's Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall at 50N.

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Originally Posted by B87

Do these look out of place to you?

Looks fine there, but if you went back a bit you'd probably get sight of the sparse rolling hills that typify the English landscape.. even the Scilly Isles.

[Joe90]

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Looks fine there, but if you went back a bit you'd probably get sight of the sparse rolling hills that typify the English landscape.. even the Scilly Isles.

Sparse hills would probably indicate what the climate was at one time, not what it is now.

[french user]

Originally Posted by B87

It's Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall at 50N.

Well, isn't it in an "exotic" botanical park?

I guess it should be from there:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/20...f09e0b34_b.jpg


I do not think that our "palm haters" would think they fit well in this beattiful very oceanic-looking place.


I guess that what might seem "out of place" for som people with many palms we used to see in mediterranean, arid or semi-arid places is to see them in very "green" areas, even if the mild low temperatures fit to them very well actually.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by french user

Well, isn't it in an "exotic" botanical park?

I guess it should be from there:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/20...f09e0b34_b.jpg


I do not think that our "palm haters" would think they fit well in this beattiful very oceanic-looking place.


I guess that what might seem "out of place" for som people with many palms we used to see in mediterranean, arid or semi-arid places is to see them in very "green" areas, even if the mild low temperatures fit to them very well actually.

The south of France would look like that in winter though, wouldn't it? I don't mean architecture or landscape, but the green grass and deciduous trees would be reasonably common during a Mediterranean winter, I would have thought.

I think the Scilly botanical gardens could look a lot more like Mediterranean France, if the owners so wished.