Monster Cordyline in Bantry, Ireland

[Roaringwater]

I called in to Bantry House Gardens the other day to visit an old friend- one of the biggest, fattest Cordyline australis I have seen anywhere.

Unfortunately, I only had a cheap compact with me, and no tripod. The camera only had a 10 second delay on the timer, and I had to place it some distance away to get the whole of the tree in the picture. To get in the photo, I had to press the shutter, re-balance the camera, then sprint! This one went off to soon:

But finally I managed it.

The garden also has some very old Trachycarpus. One of them was blown over a few years ago, but it refuses to die.

The trunk of the fallen one is 13 metres long.

Chilean myrtle ( Luma apiculata) is widely naturalised in parts of Ireland, sometimes becoming the dominant tree in secondary woodland. The gardens have some very picturesque old specimens:

I hope you enoyed this glimpse of a garden that is often overlooked.

[Roaringwater]

I called in to Bantry House Gardens the other day to visit an old friend- one of the biggest, fattest Cordyline australis I have seen anywhere.

Unfortunately, I only had a cheap compact with me, and no tripod. The camera only had a 10 second delay on the timer, and I had to place it some distance away to get the whole of the tree in the picture. To get in the photo, I had to press the shutter, re-balance the camera, then sprint! This one went off to soon:

But finally I managed it.

[Roaringwater]

The garden also has some very old Trachycarpus. One of them was blown over a few years ago, but it refuses to die.

The trunk of the fallen one is 13 metres long.

Chilean myrtle ( Luma apiculata) is widely naturalised in parts of Ireland, sometimes becoming the dominant tree in secondary woodland. The gardens have some very picturesque old specimens:

I hope you enoyed this glimpse of a garden that is often overlooked.

Edited November 8, 2012 by Roaringwater

[Roaringwater]

Admin- please can you delete the first post, thanks.

[fastfeat]

Great pics.

Thanks.

[Palm crazy]

Thats a nice old one for sure.

The purple leaf ones are everywhere here, green ones not so much.

I love cordylines.

Here some new ones planted this year close to my home.

http://s1126.beta.ph...ae3a92.mp4.html

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Hi Micheal

Good to see you back on here again .

Great photos -thats one big Australis

Hobart Botanical gdns has a reallly old one that is a similar size

[gilles06]

Wow!!!

So big!

There isn't like this on the french Riviera...

Thanks for theese pics.

[Xerarch]

Nice pics, I am continually amazed at how mild the climate can be at such high latitudes over there.

[BigFrond]

HUGE by any standard!

[Roaringwater]

Glad you liked the pics. Here's another big one I photographed in Rosslare, Ireland a few years ago.

There are big single-trunkers much further north, in the west of Connemara, some of the Hebrides, and even the Orkneys. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some in the Shetlands.

Hi Troy, been a very wet summer and autumn here, bamboos and tree ferns have been happy, palms could have done with more heat. Do you have a pic of the Hobart cordy?

Edited November 10, 2012 by Roaringwater

[jubaeasBC]

On 11/8/2012 at 5:32 AM, Roaringwater said:

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I am visiting Ireland this summer and would love to know where that monster Cordyline is located in Rosslare.