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Trachy forests in Riva del Garda, Italy

Peter Timmermans

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Spent my summer vacation in Riva del Garda, on the northern shore of lake Garda. There were hundreds of small and large Trachy´s and thousands of seedlings in the hotel garden.

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Kim Grand Master

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These are gorgeous photos! Except for the last one, I'd never have guessed them to be of Italy. What a beautiful setting. :)

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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very nice! that is a beautiful place, for sure! :yay:

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Exotic Life Grand Master

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Good pictures Peter.

This is so close but never been there. I have seen lots pictures and it is really a Trachycarpus heaven.

Southwest

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Great photos!! I knew I missed seeing something while in Italy...I guess I have to go back now. Thanks for sharing, Peter

The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

That doesn't happen there / So when you run make sure you run / To something and not away from

Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

--Avett Bros

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Wow! These are stunning!

Glenn

Modesto, California

 

Sunset Zone 14   USDA 9b

 

Low Temp. 19F/-7C 12-20-1990         

 

High Temp. 111F/43C 07-23-2006

 

Annual Average Precipitation 13.12 inches/yr.

 

             

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Peter,

Wow, that's breathtaking! Absolutely beautiful! :) My very first memory of Italy was MANY years ago, driving across the Alps with my parents, and arriving in Riva. After crossing the barren mountains it was like arriving in paradise. Left a strong impression with me, and I was only 12 at the time.

Thanks for posting! And I only saw this thread just now because our power was out in August for more than a week due to tropical storm Iselle when you first posted.

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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I looked around on Google Street View. Looks like the town is stuffed with Trachys. This scene isn't the best, and the palms are overly trimmed, but it includes a flowering southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, a tree that's widely planted in gardens in Japan, even very traditional ones, and is likely to coexist with trachys.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Really beautiful. Is it safe to assume that these are all T. fortunei? Some of the fronds look like a different species.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Also was wondering what the soil is like there?

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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