Palm trees planted in Iceland near the hotsprings

[Palmfarmer]

I remember making a thread about this a while back, but they actually did it last fall in Iceland cant find an update yet

here is the article 

https://www.icelandreview.com/news/city-of-reykjavik-plants-himalayan-palms-in-laugardalur/

[aztropic]

Iceland does not get as cold as you would expect at that northern latitude.I lived there over a year and was able to grow cabbages outdoors to maturity.At the time,they had several glass greenhouses loaded with tomatoes and bananas which were heated by geothermal water.Birch and spruce are the most commonly planted trees.I don't think the temperature ever went below 15F and many winter days were right around freezing.Unfortunately,winter is also dark 19 hours a day with plenty of rain and snow showers...

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Palmfarmer]

7 hours ago, aztropic said:

Iceland does not get as cold as you would expect at that northern latitude.I lived there over a year and was able to grow cabbages outdoors to maturity.At the time,they had several glass greenhouses loaded with tomatoes and bananas which were heated by geothermal water.Birch and spruce are the most commonly planted trees.I don't think the temperature ever went below 15F and many winter days were right around freezing.Unfortunately,winter is also dark 19 hours a day with plenty of rain and snow showers...

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

this got me thinking if the falkland Islands would be a good Canditate for Tracies

[The Palm Nut]

On 5/12/2020 at 9:15 AM, Palmfarmer said:

I remember making a thread about this a while back, but they actually did it last fall in Iceland cant find an update yet

here is the article 

https://www.icelandreview.com/news/city-of-reykjavik-plants-himalayan-palms-in-laugardalur/

And people thought I was crazy 40 years ago protecting palms from the cold.

[RedRabbit]

On 5/11/2020 at 7:43 PM, aztropic said:

Iceland does not get as cold as you would expect at that northern latitude.I lived there over a year and was able to grow cabbages outdoors to maturity.At the time,they had several glass greenhouses loaded with tomatoes and bananas which were heated by geothermal water.Birch and spruce are the most commonly planted trees.I don't think the temperature ever went below 15F and many winter days were right around freezing.Unfortunately,winter is also dark 19 hours a day with plenty of rain and snow showers...

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

Did the palms ever get in the way of viewing the northern lights? 

Its really incredible how much warmer Europe is than the eastern US. Between Sabals in Iceland and Archontophoenix as far north as Maine we've got every reason to be jealous.