touchingcloth

Hi all,

Theres something about palm trees which makes a place more appealing to live in (in my eyes)

Does Melbourne have many?

ps...what do special about the Mornington Peninsula?
From the photos I've seen...it looks like Cornwall.

TC

29palms

Yeh there is plenty palm trees in Melbourne. Have a look at St.Kilda for instance or Albert Park. Plent around

Bordy

There you go, weve got palm trees & graffiti.

helinuk

Yes they are there but not as many as there used to be!

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...828328953.html

Hels

Hey Helen, good to see you!!!! Are we going to be seeing you in Melbourne anytime soon??? I was looking at some pictures the other night and saw one of you when you came to visit Bendigo!! Should email it to you.

Anyway, I can assume they managed to sort out the problem because the palm trees are still there and that article was from 2003!!

"Little is known about how to eradicate or control fusarium wilt. The disease works its way through the tree and can kill it within weeks in some cases."

Tiawamutu

Actually, ALDI in Oz are selling palm trees at the moment for $12.99

SydneyStace

I've got 6 in my garden that I am trying to get rid of if i have any takers!!

fraser

The ones in St.Kilda are imported from the canary islands.

helinuk

Hey Hels
I'll PM you.
I wish! I could do with a bit of warm weather Its been -3 here some mornings, just raining now though.
I knew the article was 2003. someone told me they took quite a few of the trees down?! Might have been 'OT',he usually posts these kind of facts.
Hx

Shellfish

I was told that Palm Trees can't grow in Melbourne so they are grown in QSL & Perth and sent down once they are 'big'..dunno if it's true but it's what I was told.

tonyk38

If you can grow palm trees in southern Scotland ,then believe you me, you can grow them in Melb'n, which has a milder climate than Southern England. However, there are only a few primitive palm species native to the state.

With any plants, it's mainly about how much frost an area gets of course, rather than how hot it gets. Thus you can grow many more species more easily in the North, and also if you want lots of native palms, then there are plenty occuring naturally in the North too.

29palms

Who told you Melbourne has a milder climate than Southern England. I think
you will find that it is on the same latitude as Southern Spain and Central/Northern California. I cannot remember Souther England reaching over 40 degrees in the summer!

Buzzy--Bee

We had 38 in London in 2004!!!

Cheers

Buzzy

29palms

Yeh but that was a one off. You probably get 20-30 days in the summer when its in the 30's in melbourne.

Buzzy--Bee

2004 we had 15 days when it was over 30 degrees and 90 days when it was between 20 and 30 degrees.

Hmmm getting statistical like ABC now.

Cheers

Buzzy