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I bet you can't put Christmas ornaments on tropical trees
Sure you can...on tropical coniferous trees (Araucaria columnaris from New Caledonia or Araucaria heterophylla from Norfolk Island)! Garden Faerie's Musings
It's a toss up between "Wet Subtropical" & "Mediterranean" for me. I'm very fond of both. Where I live now offers a little taste of wet subtropical thankfully.
I am a palm tree & heat lover however the tropical rainforest look looks dirty, wet, rotten, fungus-y, foggy, and super humid to me. However if it's a typical beautiful tropical island then it's up there with my other two choices. I love palms but I don't like overkill, if the wide majority of trees are palm trees then it starts looking tacky, however it still beats deciduous and conifer dominated places. "Tropical" is very broad.
Coniferous forests look nice in pictures, as do deciduous forests, however if I had to choose what to wakeup to everyday it wouldn't be neither of these lol. As for deserts, I do love the look of them but the lack of substantial green would start to annoy me, I get somewhat annoyed in moderate droughts so I couldn't live in a desert long term.
^^ Western Australia is FULL of (Australian) Christmas trees like that.
Most coastal cities have some 80 ft tall specimens; even Geraldton where it's bordering semi-arid.
Does anyone here prefer vegetation that is NOT from climates they prefer?
Most people's responses seem in keeping with their weather preferences.
My most favourite landscapes have stark contrasts:
dull leaves and shiny leaves,
hard and soft leaves,
light and dark leaves,
as many colours of the rainbow as possible,
fluorescent colours if possible
plenty of openings to let sunlight in and cast strong shadows for even more contrast.
Many arid and semi-arid climates still look interesting to me because of this.
In a lot of landscapes in southern Ontario,
the summer-green can look like a bit like a homogenous green blob.
Does anyone here prefer vegetation that is NOT from climates they prefer?
Most people's responses seem in keeping with their weather preferences.
I think you're right! The main reason I've never liked palm trees is because they make me think of hot places. And I've always liked conifers because they make me think cool places, like the Pacific Northwest, and winter in general (Christmas trees). But I like deciduous trees, even though that's mostly what we have here in the hot South. I guess when I see them in the Fall they remind me of New England. Which of course is....cold.
I don't have a problem with palm trees. My top three preferences are conifers ,temp. decid., then palm trees.
If they were able to grow in snowy climates, then I wouldn't mind seeing them there.
I don't have a problem with palm trees. My top three preferences are conifers ,temp. decid., then palm trees.
If they were able to grow in snowy climates, then I wouldn't mind seeing them there.
Who says you can't have all three?
Here is a picture of palm trees in Vancouver covered in snow
Palm trees in snow | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scazon/5207156584/in/set-72157625467097270 - broken link)
I would have voted for the 1st two if I could but chose conifers, I have those in my yard plus maple trees and you can't beat maples for fall colors!
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