Stirring the leaves of a shrub on his farm in Kyparissia, western Greece, Panos Adamopoulos spied the first soon-to-be-ripe mangoes—his share of a state experiment against climate change.
I’ve started to experiment with much more southern zoned flora in my spaces in New England now that we don’t have a winter and anything that can survive a frost or two has been doing really well. Southern England has palm trees. I want palms outside my house year round if I am going to survive these bullshit winters we now get. I know I might be introducing an invasive species but I think climate change is the far bigger worry than me and my little experiments.
As a Californian, don’t do it, palms suck. Most of them have very sharp, dangerous thorns, and they don’t provide much environmental benefits compared to a normal tree.
Well the common ones in California do. I assume they would plant similar species as only a few are hardy to frosts.
Just make sure to avoid Phoenix palms. That’s the most common one in my area and they have like 6 inch spines that can cause serious injuries. They’re also quite weedy.
I’ve started to experiment with much more southern zoned flora in my spaces in New England now that we don’t have a winter and anything that can survive a frost or two has been doing really well. Southern England has palm trees. I want palms outside my house year round if I am going to survive these bullshit winters we now get. I know I might be introducing an invasive species but I think climate change is the far bigger worry than me and my little experiments.
As a Californian, don’t do it, palms suck. Most of them have very sharp, dangerous thorns, and they don’t provide much environmental benefits compared to a normal tree.
Most palms do not have thorns. This is the first time I have ever heard this claim. There is 2,600 known species.
But yes they are not shade trees.
Well the common ones in California do. I assume they would plant similar species as only a few are hardy to frosts.
Just make sure to avoid Phoenix palms. That’s the most common one in my area and they have like 6 inch spines that can cause serious injuries. They’re also quite weedy.