Palms in Kabul Afghanistan

[Palmfarmer]

What you guys think would grow there? Would Trachies or Perhaps Butias do ok in such Climate? I got the averages here and i Found out that in 2012 there was a record breaking cold of 3f/16c

 

[Jimhardy]

Temps don't look to bad...I wonder how much rain though

looks like a pretty dry climate there.

[Palmfarmer]

1 hour ago, Jimhardy said:

Temps don't look to bad...I wonder how much rain though

looks like a pretty dry climate there.

its dry 300 mm per year. 

[Jimhardy]

Whats that like 11". ....that is dry. I think Phoenix in the desert here is

around 9" or so "normal" year but if you have access to water there your in business.

[teddytn]

I’ve seen nannorrhops as far north as Kowst province. I couldn’t see them surviving in Bagram way too cold there, Bagram is just north of Kabul, didn’t check but could be a huge elevation difference. Flying over south and west Afghanistan you see lush greenery directly next to rivers then sparse as you move away from water. A lot of date palms further south and west. In Tarin Kowt, and Kowst I remember it going really long stretches without raining and then having a monsoon type downpour for a day or two. 

[Henoh]

I have never see a picture of palm trees in Kabul, probably there is limiting factor of cold dry climate  https://en.climate-data.org/asia/afghanistan/kabul/kabul-120/ Record low was -13f/-25c. Borderline between Afghanistan and Pakistan are home for some high altitude populations of Nannorrhops. They are naturally growing up to 1700 m in Zazi Maidan district of Khost province. That area is not so dry, and snow is  not unusual. Pictures are not mine, they are from different internet sources. 
Zazi Maidan, Afghanistan Nannorrhops habitat.

Edited August 31, 2021 by Henoh

[jwitt]

5800' elevation, temp averages on par with Denver.  Moisture on par with high Plains(Denver).  Pulled from Wikipedia.  

 

Maybe some harder species.  Just my hunch. Although pomegranates are said to grow in Kabul. 

Often wondered myself. 

[MSX]

No palms in the assortment

[Darold Petty]

I rode a bus from Herat to Kabul and back in 1972, never saw any palm !  

[teddytn]

5 hours ago, Darold Petty said:

I rode a bus from Herat to Kabul and back in 1972, never saw any palm !  

I think a lot of people don’t realize there was a period of time in Afghanistan that people went on vacation there.