Vancouver! The Palm Capitol of Canada

[Palm D]

Here is a recent video I shot of Vancouver's palm trees, mainly Trachycarpus fortunei.  Where they can grow past 40 feet tall and seedlings can be found at the bases of palms.  This video was shot this winter.

 

 

[Love them palms]

On 1/20/2021 at 9:01 AM, Palm D said:

Here is a recent video I shot of Vancouver's palm trees, mainly Trachycarpus fortunei.  Where they can grow past 40 feet tall and seedlings can be found at the bases of palms.  This video was shot this winter.

 

 

Love the palm porn

[NBTX11]

These palms are very impressive.  Does anyone know if Seattle also has public palm plantings?

[GregVirginia7]

On 1/20/2021 at 12:01 PM, Palm D said:

Here is a recent video I shot of Vancouver's palm trees, mainly Trachycarpus fortunei.  Where they can grow past 40 feet tall and seedlings can be found at the bases of palms.  This video was shot this winter.

 

 

Amazing what an ocean can do to make a location’s latitude irrelevant to growing cold hardy palms...Of course, the ocean has a lot to do with it and the Atlantic has a lot to do with the success of my Sabals in S. Bethany, DE but my Trachy there proved to be on borrowed time. However, the local restaurant, Cottage Cafe, seemed to have a location secret my south face protection zone just couldn’t match...theirs was a south face too, but kind of right up against the side of the building but so was mine...or maybe the Trachy I bought from the local garden shop was grown in Florida? Not sure, but I would only try again with locally grown palms as in NC stock...It’s very important to buy what’s been grown in sort-of similar winter conditions. Live and learn...I’ve lived and learned and killed several palms in the process and that’s not fun because they cost money...however, to the extent that my survivors over the last seven years have continued growing throughout the last two winters anyway, I have to acknowledge that it is a rewarding hobby. Can I graduate from seedling to strapling? How do we do that here? I can use Botanical names if I have to because my choices are very limited and pictures somewhat repetitive, however, time to graduate. If my Sabal Minor straplings survive this 1st winter in the ground unprotected, I’ll make the official request to become a strapling.

[Palm D]

9 minutes ago, GregVirginia7 said:

Amazing what an ocean can do to make a location’s latitude irrelevant to growing cold hardy palms...Of course, the ocean has a lot to do with it and the Atlantic has a lot to do with the success of my Sabals in S. Bethany, DE but my Trachy there proved to be on borrowed time. However, the local restaurant, Cottage Cafe, seemed to have a location secret my south face protection zone just couldn’t match...theirs was a south face too, but kind of right up against the side of the building but so was mine...or maybe the Trachy I bought from the local garden shop was grown in Florida? Not sure, but I would only try again with locally grown palms as in NC stock...It’s very important to buy what’s been grown in sort-of similar winter conditions. Live and learn...I’ve lived and learned and killed several palms in the process and that’s not fun because they cost money...however, to the extent that my survivors over the last seven years have continued growing throughout the last two winters anyway, I have to acknowledge that it is a rewarding hobby. Can I graduate from seedling to strapling? How do we do that here? I can use Botanical names if I have to because my choices are very limited and pictures somewhat repetitive, however, time to graduate. If my Sabal Minor straplings survive this 1st winter in the ground unprotected, I’ll make the official request to become a strapling.

thats very true about buying a growing locally grow/sold palms.  We often get T. fortune shipped in from Asia and they are not as hardy here.  local is best, and there is no shortage of seed here to grow your own!

[Palm D]

Seattle has a similar climate to Vancouver and also has many Fortunei growing.

 

[NBTX11]

2 minutes ago, Palm D said:

Seattle has a similar climate to Vancouver and also has many Fortunei growing.

 

I think Seattle is actually slightly warmer than Vancouver, so they should fare well in Seattle.

[R. J. Dunnill]

I lost mine this year due to two harsh Decembers in a row. It seemed to be clinging to life until an Arctic outflow swept in late in January. Although it was only cold for a few days, that was enough to finish off the once-majestic plant. I only wish I'd wrapped it the day before the cold snap. 

I have a smaller one put in in the spring of 1994 still struggling on. 

From 1970 through 2015, winters were relatively mild here, but then they started changing. White Christmases were rare in Vancouver, but we have had two in a row and cold records were set. In my neighborhood, many large, long-established T. Fortuneis (including mine) have died as a result. 

Edited February 6 by R. J. Dunnill
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