Do you think this climate could support coconuts? (rainfall, season, freeze)
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Do you have pictures? In Florida I have not seen them in Daytona Beach and I lived there for a while. I do recall seeing some right along the coast as far north as Sarasota on the west coast and around Melbourne on the east coast.. Average January low is 40 on Tybee Island, GA. In Daytona Beach it is 47..
Coconuts do not grow in L.A. Period. The end. L.A has much cooler climate than Formosa. The only coconut palm that has miraculously survived in Southern California is in Newport Beach, in a microclimate and even though it is over 25 years old, it is very, very unhealthy, stunted and fragile (it currently has only two green fronds). Our weather in Southern California is simply not hot enough to grow coconuts.
Yes, I do think Formosa might be able to grow healthy coconut specimens. L.A, no.
ive seen them in East LA, Santa Ana, the Newport one, some homes in oceanside that have them too. And the Newport one is quite healthy i pass it frequently, if it wasnt, all these "25 years of illness" would have killled it 20 years ago.
they even sell coco palms at home depot, ive seen them at the home depot of Costa Mesa, on Harbor and Wilson.
i never said they grow healthy and robust to 30 ft plus, they dont our climate cant support a fruiting coconut, but a palm yes. in these 25 years it would have grown 50 feet if it were in Acapulco, but in Newport it is simply 15 feet. seriously dont jump to conclusions
[url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/90040]Average Weather for Los Angeles, CA - Temperature and Precipitation[/url]
please tell me this isnt similar temp wise, i strictly said temp-wise
That is a hotter inland station for LA, most of LA would not average 90 in any month.. it is low 80s, and mid 70s for coastal areas, also lows in this place are much higher here than LA..
That is a hotter inland station for LA, most of LA would not average 90 in any month.. it is low 80s, and mid 70s for coastal areas, also lows in this place are much higher here than LA..
That is a hotter inland station for LA, most of LA would not average 90 in any month.. it is low 80s, and mid 70s for coastal areas, also lows in this place are much higher here than LA..
most of LA doesnt average less than 90 in summer, its about 50 50, LA includes SFV, SGV, and all inland areas from South Gate north, LA is not just South LA, the coast, or West LA. now if you include the inland empire, and OC
also the lows for the USC/south LA station are warmer in winter than the ones i posted. and the rest of the year they are the same. I think these averages are lower than reality though.
ive seen them in East LA, Santa Ana, the Newport one, some homes in oceanside that have them too. And the Newport one is quite healthy i pass it frequently, if it wasnt, all these "25 years of illness" would have killled it 20 years ago.
they even sell coco palms at home depot, ive seen them at the home depot of Costa Mesa, on Harbor and Wilson.
i never said they grow healthy and robust to 30 ft plus, they dont our climate cant support a fruiting coconut, but a palm yes. in these 25 years it would have grown 50 feet if it were in Acapulco, but in Newport it is simply 15 feet. seriously dont jump to conclusions
You, my friend, are 100% incorrect. There are NO Coconut palms growing anywhere in Southern California. You might be confusing them with Kentia or Kings. Our climate does not support Coconuts as we do not have tropical climate.
You are lying when you say the Newport Coconut is "Quite healthy". I go to Newport every other weekend since my parents live down there. It most certainly is not healthy. Want a recent picture? You be the judge and tell me if this coconut palm looks "quite healthy". This picture was taken 3 weeks ago.
Also, just because Home Depot sells recently sprouted coconuts doesn't mean they are suited to grow here. If you need further proof of how nonsensical your statement is I can point you to various palm enthusiast forums discussing the 0 probability of growing coconut palms in Southern California.
Wow, in the 15 years I've been doing landscaping I've never seen a coconut in Southern California, except for the anemic one in Newport. Maybe they are hiding from me?
Seriously, stop pretending we have perfect tropical weather here in L.A. We don't. Sorry this upsets you.
Here it is ladies and gentlemen, the "quite healthy" coconut.
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really i passed this sunday, those dry fronds aint there.
i know what a kentia and king palm is, i have them in my house.
the ones ive seen are no bigger than 5 feet, and im 100% correct, ive seen them
have you ever heard of queen palms for sale at Ancorage, or Vancouver for that matter? i Havent, if they supply them, if Home depot orders them they think it will sell, they wont sell palms in artic climates. why would they go through all the hasle of if your plant dies within a year we will refund your money and palm, if they know the palms wont live.
That's why I said the picture is 3 weeks old, duh. Two green fronds is not the symbol of health.
But ok, fine. There are coconut palms all over L.A.
They are everywhere!
Gosh, why do you take my comments as such exagerration i said ive seen coco palms in East LA, Santa Ana, and Newport one, those are three cities, out of over 100 cities in the metro area, damn.
and two green fronds aint a signal of approached death either so i guess we are both wrong on that.
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