Palm Trees in Colorado (Denver, Grand Junction: hotels, house, buy)

[denverian]

It looks like in the first picture, those are some sort of potted plants. The second picture is a type of yucca. That one has been there for decades probably, across from the Capital.

I drive by a Yucca tree at the corner of about 25th and Monaco often. Actually, two next to each other. The tallest is over 10' tall. Whatever type of Yucca that is, it's obviously very happy in Denver. I've seen similar ones around the city that do well, so I'm not sure why they haven't caught on more for landscaping. They'd look great in front of a Spanish style house. There are Yucca trees at the Denver Botanic Gardens too.

But I doubt a Windmill palm would grow in Denver, unless you put it in a protected courtyard and bundled it up in winter.

[Mike from back east]

Old threads on the topic of palm trees in Colorado:

- Palms in Westminster

- Palms in Grand Junction

[Texas Ag 93]

Palm trees can be a pain in the rear to maintain. We had a large one in our yard when we lived in Jacksonville in the mid 2000s. Every time it rained, old fronds would fall down and scatter all over the yard and we would have to clean them. We also had to get it trimmed twice a year, which cost a couple of hundred dollars.

They are nice to look at though, just not necessarily have in your yard

[Littlekw]

I was startled when they built the Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park and put fake palm trees out front. They look pretty real when driving by on Hwy. 24 and are bizarre when covered in snow in the winter. A lot of tourists do a double-take on those.

[Mud250]

Originally Posted by Robert5

I seem to recall Palms not handling frost conditions well

there's a snow coated windmill palm in Grand Junction here

List of hardy palms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mud250]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

They're completely yucca and not palms at all.

Yuccas and palms come from completely different orders or the plant kingdom. They're essentially as unrelated as bats and bears or horses and tigers.

The North American range limit for palms (ie, the family Arecaceae) is coastal North Carolina, whereas yuccas (genus Agavoideae) live as far north as Alberta.

What about the palms you see in Vancouver BC?

[Mini-apple-less]

Lmao, why do so many people have this idea Colorado is some kind of balmy subtropical climate? It's hilarious.

[Colorado Rambler]

^^^

Yeah, it's rough living out here in the rain forest. Why just yesterday I found a monkey hiding in all the kudzu in my back yard. Maybe people are mixing us up with California. After all, both the state names begin with a "C." Denver has a climate just like LA's. I can't figure out why no one has mentioned all the palm trees that line Colfax Avenue.

[suzco]

Originally Posted by Colorado Rambler

^^^

. . . I can't figure out why no one has mentioned all the palm trees that line Colfax Avenue.

Because they're hidden behind the magnolias and orchids.

[Mud250]

Originally Posted by valsteele

Lmao, why do so many people have this idea Colorado is some kind of balmy subtropical climate? It's hilarious.

if they can grow here then why not grow them ?