Happy Thread II (climate, snowy, warm, average)

[ilovemycomputer90]

I'll have to go with guy number two (Niki). Handsome fellow.

[Wildcat15]

Idk how accurate it can be this far out, but I will be so overjoyed if the farmers almanac comes true for Lexington.

Summer will be hotter and rainier than normal, with the hottest periods in mid- to late June and early to mid-July. Watch for a tropical rain threat in mid-July.

[B87]

Palm trees are good. The best trees for shade and shelter are cypresses though, without a doubt.

[Ariete]

Palm trees are good, as long as they are in their native environment. Not in Leeds, Brest, Gothenburg or Helsinki.

You wouldn't think a couple of maple trees or good old English oaks would look really stupid in the middle of Sahara, or Dubai or whatever?

[dunno what to put here]

Yes. I like palms in Miami, but not in the locations you mentioned.

[B87]

Palm trees do not look out of place in London or the south coast in my opinion.

[ben86]

Originally Posted by Ariete

Palm trees are good, as long as they are in their native environment. Not in Leeds, Brest, Gothenburg or Helsinki.

You wouldn't think a couple of maple trees or good old English oaks would look really stupid in the middle of Sahara, or Dubai or whatever?

This.

[ben86]

Here's the pride and joy of a palm tree fan in Leeds:

Man creates exotic paradise garden with banana plants and palm trees... in his backyard in LEEDS | Mail Online

Fair play to him for putting that much work in, but can you imagine looking out of the window at something that looks like it should be in Thailand for months and months in the winter when it's 5C and gloomy and damp? I'd feel like it was mocking me.

[Ariete]

Burn them!

edit: If I were a reporter at Daily Fail I'd probably kill myself. And the chief editor.

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by ben86

Here's the pride and joy of a palm tree fan in Leeds:

Man creates exotic paradise garden with banana plants and palm trees... in his backyard in LEEDS | Mail Online

Fair play to him for putting that much work in, but can you imagine looking out of the window at something that looks like it should be in Thailand for months and months in the winter when it's 5C and gloomy and damp? I'd feel like it was mocking me.

But on those sunny days during the winter it would look better than the average British backyard, that looks half dead no?

My garden back in the UK has no deciduous plants in it at all & is full of exotic plants such as palms, yuccas etc.. Even during the winter it's nice to see it through the window, rather than a bare garden full of twigs & in the summer sitting outside on a warm summers evening drinking cocktails under the bananas is heaven