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The farthest north I have ever seen palms growing is in Tofino on Vancouver Island. I was there last new years and there were flowering bushes in bloom also. Now that's a long way north.
I'd love to live in a place with palm trees, beaches, vineyards, and mountains. Unfortunately so did everyone else and now all the lunatics live in SoCal.
Pretty much sums up where I live now
I think a lot of the candidates for the most northerly palm( of different species) may have gone to the big oasis in the sky after some of the cold spells. I grew up with palms all around the farm and wild ones in the bush and never get sick of them. There is about 200 palms of 18 different species where I am now, but I don't have the time to babysit any marginal species. I wouldn't think NZ has the highest latitude for any species ,could have some most southerly contenders though.
I think a lot of the candidates for the most northerly palm( of different species) may have gone to the big oasis in the sky after some of the cold spells. I grew up with palms all around the farm and wild ones in the bush and never get sick of them. There is about 200 palms of 18 different species where I am now, but I don't have the time to babysit any marginal species. I wouldn't think NZ has the highest latitude for any species ,could have some most southerly contenders though.
Is somewhere like Invercargill a place with many palm trees? I had a look at Google Street view on the streets there but couldn't find any palms except for your native cabbage palm (cordyline australis) which isn't even a true palm anyway.
Is somewhere like Invercargill a place with many palm trees? I had a look at Google Street view on the streets there but couldn't find any palms except for your native cabbage palm (cordyline australis) which isn't even a true palm anyway.
I believe we do not have palm tree down here in Invercargill
I did a bit more research and here's a site of a company in Denmark at 55-56N selling palm trees, and it seems some types can survive the winters.
Hardy Palm Trees in Scandinavia (http://www.palmeridanmark.dk/eng/default.htm - broken link)
And according to the Lonely Planet guide there are a few small potted palm trees in Kristiansand in southern Norway at 58N, but these can't survive the winters and are only kept outside in summer. Norway - Google Books
Logically though the most northerly palm trees that can permanently live outdoors would be in Scotland, on some sheltered inlet or bay on the west coast.
Is somewhere like Invercargill a place with many palm trees? I had a look at Google Street view on the streets there but couldn't find any palms except for your native cabbage palm (cordyline australis) which isn't even a true palm anyway.
There are isolated CIDPs and windmills (Phoenix and Trachycarpus), but not many , you really have to look for them. They are as healthy and fast growing as I any I've seen elsewhere. I don't know why they aren't more common.
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