Where do tropical palm trees grow better in Townsville or cairns?

[Brandon39.5]

I was wondering where do palm trees grow beter in townsville or cairns? When I'm older I would like to live somewhere tropical and I like townsville, is townsville comparable to the miami palm tree possibilities? anyone in townsville or cairns growing tropical palms?

[johnnymak]

Personally I prefer Cairns, but I'm a little biased. Brownsville, I mean Townsville, has a much drier climate.

[Brandon39.5]

34 minutes ago, johnnymak said:

Personally I prefer Cairns, but I'm a little biased. Brownsville, I mean Townsville, has a much drier climate.

yeah definitely Cairns is more tropical looking than townsville, townsville has like a savannah climate and cairns is more a wet enviroment, What about Darwin? is it better than Cairns or Townsville? one of the problems that I see of Darwin is that is basically on the middle of nowhere, and is a bit small. is there better places than Cairns? that are tropical?

Edited August 1, 2023 by Brandon39.5

[tim_brissy_13]

You could basically grow any tropical species in Cairns without a problem. Townsville can be drier, and Darwin has regular wet and dry seasons. Some species won’t love Darwin’s dry season and honestly I’d find the heat a tad oppressive to live there, especially around Sept - Nov but I’m sure you’d get used to it over time. 
 

Overall if I had to choose between the 3 I’d be going Cairns. Beautiful scenery and lots to do too. 

[Brandon39.5]

8 minutes ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

You could basically grow any tropical species in Cairns without a problem. Townsville can be drier, and Darwin has regular wet and dry seasons. Some species won’t love Darwin’s dry season and honestly I’d find the heat a tad oppressive to live there, especially around Sept - Nov but I’m sure you’d get used to it over time. 
 

Overall if I had to choose between the 3 I’d be going Cairns. Beautiful scenery and lots to do too. 

Yes, For me Cairns is the nicest one, I like the wet tropical enviroment but I guess that I would have to check them out by myself in person! I've been looking the google maps street view and the palms look better in Cairns, they look greener and more healthy.

[Brandon39.5]

any palm collector willing to share a picture of his palms in Cairns? or palms from Cairns?

Edited August 1, 2023 by Brandon39.5

[KrisKupsch]

19 hours ago, Brandon39.5 said:

any palm collector willing to share a picture of his palms in Cairns? or palms from Cairns?

See the au palm fb pages

[Tyrone]

Cairns would definitely win. However if you want a drier heat and need to see blue sky a lot then Townsville might suit. They have an awesome Palmetum there. 

[philinsydney]

Townsville would be good for Hyphaene and Borassus. They do well in Broome, which is drier than Townsville.

[Daryl]

If you like the larger Chrysalidocarpus species, I think they are more suited to Townsville's climate, and look better there, grow to larger proportions etc. If you like Calyprocalyx, Pinanga, Geonoma etc go to Cairns.  The only downside with Cairns is that palm trunks get covered in moss and lichens over time, and my preference is nice clean, smooth trunks....however, that is just my preference.  😀

 

[Brandon39.5]

4 hours ago, Daryl said:

If you like the larger Chrysalidocarpus species, I think they are more suited to Townsville's climate, and look better there, grow to larger proportions etc. If you like Calyprocalyx, Pinanga, Geonoma etc go to Cairns.  The only downside with Cairns is that palm trunks get covered in moss and lichens over time, and my preference is nice clean, smooth trunks....however, that is just my preference.  😀

 

Ohh, I see I don't like muss on palms unless if it's just on the base. do they get muss all over the trunk?  And what about lipstick palms? How do they do In cairns?

[Daryl]

On 8/4/2023 at 12:07 AM, Brandon39.5 said:

Ohh, I see I don't like muss on palms unless if it's just on the base. do they get muss all over the trunk?  And what about lipstick palms? How do they do In cairns?

Depends on their situation, but yes, this does happen. Lipstick palms do fine in Cairns.