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picturesareme
Friday, May 6, 2016 9:56:00 PM

I've just seen this old picture dating 1900 from Portsmouth - Victoria park for any locals 


 


I couldn't help but notice the Palm Tree  Well i guess there goes the theory the climate was colder back then down here 


 


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LeedsLad123
Friday, May 6, 2016 10:58:35 PM
Well, strictly speaking, that isn't a palm tree - it's a yucca, and they're incredibly hardy. They can be grown even in southern Sweden and Denmark. They're common as muck all over the UK.
Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
Tim A
Saturday, May 7, 2016 7:58:13 AM
Would expect it's a Cordyline Australis which are/were common all over the country.
I have previously noted on TWO that people (including myself) increasingly bought them throughout the 90,s and 00's but that they got severely damaged in the winters of 2008 and 2009 and by 2010 were all destroyed around here. As such I haven't seen one for years around here. I wouldn't buy one again but assume they would be ok in Portsmouth and other S coastal areas as 2008 to 2010 was probably no worse than a typical 99's/00's winter here where they thrived.

I also have a canary island date palm but that's in a pot and it comes inside in winter.

http://www.tropicalbritain.co.uk/cordyline-australis.html 
Tim
NW Leeds
187m asl

 My PWS 
LeedsLad123
Saturday, May 7, 2016 9:01:04 AM


Mine was destroyed, but I'm unsure if it was cold damage, or wind damage. There are a number of trachycarpus fortunei in my area, that were completely unscathed by the winters of 2009 and 2010, since they're hardy to -15C. Cordyline Australis is common - so I'm surprised you haven't seen any in Cookridge. There is a very tall one in a garden not far from where I live.


There are two Canary Island Date Palms in Leeds city centre, that stay out all year, and on my way to work recently, I noted about four baby CIDPs, which were okay in temps of -3C..

Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.

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