Canary Island Date Palms in Weston, FL

[piping plovers]

Wherever you turn, another dramatic palm planting in this town.

A trio of Canary Island Date Palms…and some others around town.

 

 

[kinzyjr]

Sadly enough, this is a palm we're better off not planting here nowadays. 

They look gorgeous and they're very hardy here, but Lethal Bronzing has really put a dent in the population.  I miss seeing these everywhere, especially at the baseball stadium.

[piping plovers]

On 12/12/2022 at 7:02 PM, kinzyjr said:

Sadly enough, this is a palm we're better off not planting here nowadays. 

They look gorgeous and they're very hardy here, but Lethal Bronzing has really put a dent in the population.  I miss seeing these everywhere, especially at the baseball stadium.

When I first visited south FL approximately 20 yrs ago I was surprised to see them as I  always associated them with Mediterranean or coastal CA landscapes.  It’s been awhile since I visited St. Augustine, FL and can’t recall if I saw CIDPs there but it seems they might be better suited to northern FL, and they would REALLY fit in with the historic Spanish architecture and atmosphere of that city.