New Palm Trees Give Sea Isle a Tropical Look

[GottmitAlex]

Mayor Leonard Desiderio admires some of the palm trees. (Photo courtesy of Sea Isle City)

Full story:

https://seaislenews.com/new-palm-trees-give-sea-isle-tropical-look/

 

[Kim]

“It is a way to put smiles on people’s faces as they cross over the bridge and enter Sea Isle. It’s a bit of whimsy and a cheerful greeting,” city spokeswoman Katherine Custer said of the leafy green palms.

New Jersey? Sacrificial palms for humanitarian purposes, I suppose. I guess it's good to know people appreciate palms as something cheerful.

[WaianaeCrider]

Wow, kinda dumb spending $8,000 for a few months of the tropics in Jersey.  Must be rich people there that don't mind politicians blowing away their hard earned money.

[teddytn]

Don’t get me wrong I’m a palm lover through and through, I remember going to the Jersey shore when I was young and there were businesses that would regularly have big potted palms. This though seems crazy, why not plant something in ground that has a chance to survive long term? Or instead of blowing money bury those same palms in a pot and pull it out for the winter. 

[redant]

Try also got ripped off, those are dirt cheap here. 

[sonoranfans]

On 5/30/2021 at 11:30 AM, WaianaeCrider said:

Wow, kinda dumb spending $8,000 for a few months of the tropics in Jersey.  Must be rich people there that don't mind politicians blowing away their hard earned money.

LOL, $200 each?  I grew up 35 miles to the west, sea isle apparently has money to blow $200 each on annuals.  I'm sure they will be neglected by the fools that decided to plant them there.  

[RedRabbit]

"Mayor Leonard Desiderio acknowledged that the palm trees likely will not survive through winter."

I like how they're somewhat unsure of this. LOL

 

 

[HtownPalms]

Everyone on here from Florida and Hawaii says that those are cheap and weeds where they live so I don't see it as a big deal. Yeah they overpaid, but they are a tourist area. Even up north when people go to the beach they want to feel like they are somewhere exotic. The palms help with that. Yes they will sadly die in the winter, but by then the tourists will be gone and the trees will have done what they were bought to do. I have been to both Toronto and Denver and seen tropical plants in landscaping. They have no shot there, but people enjoy them for the summer. They aren't bought with long term expectations. 

[Kim]

While those palms are certainly cheaper in Florida, what would it cost to transport them safely to New Jersey and have them planted? 

I have seen tall potted palms in Chicago set out for summer along the lake shore, and even a few planted in the ground. Palms give humans a feeling of summer warmth and exoticism; they are addictive. We should know this!

[Aceraceae]

These are now viewable on Google Street View from September 2021. 

Also they are now dead it's gone below 20 in NJ. 

[Aceraceae]

On 5/30/2021 at 2:41 PM, teddytn said:

Don’t get me wrong I’m a palm lover through and through, I remember going to the Jersey shore when I was young and there were businesses that would regularly have big potted palms. This though seems crazy, why not plant something in ground that has a chance to survive long term? Or instead of blowing money bury those same palms in a pot and pull it out for the winter. 

The previous deciduous trees died they said from salty air so they wanted to try something fun. 

On 6/1/2021 at 4:47 PM, sonoranfans said:

LOL, $200 each?  I grew up 35 miles to the west, sea isle apparently has money to blow $200 each on annuals. 

I'm sure they will be neglected by the fools that decided to plant them there.  

That's not bad for clumps of exotic plants over head high.

Some of them looked kinda bad already by September ^

[KDubU]

On 5/30/2021 at 2:30 PM, WaianaeCrider said:

Wow, kinda dumb spending $8,000 for a few months of the tropics in Jersey.  Must be rich people there that don't mind politicians blowing away their hard earned money.

I know of a company in VB that buys $10k of Queens every year to plant and then die by Jan to start over again in May. Crazy people.