North Atlantic Palms, Thimble Islands, Branford, Connecticut
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Beautiful picture. Looks like a great location.
Andrea - Great photo of the palm trees. How do they get them to survive the winter?
Andrea, you always post great pics!
Andrea-I am ready. Lets GO!!!! <SMILE> Beautiful my friend. Have a fantastic week. <SMILE>
Hi Andrea ~ They're not really palm trees are they? Sure look like it! - but how could they be? I'm intrigued....
Liz
Mr. Potter, thank you so much!
Robert, they hire little people to dig them up and store them away for the winter. More money than they know what to do with I am sure!
Rita, you are too kind, thank you!
Sharon, this is my trip to Thimble Islands in CT. Thank you! You have a wonderful week too.
Liz, they are, not kidding. They have them dug up and put inside for the winter. Pretty sick huh? LOL, but makes for a good photo op so who cares!
I'll take mine in some large pots. That way I can wheel them in when it's cold and put then out when it's warm.
Sue, very large pots, LOL, these things are huge. See what silly things you can do when you have money?
They look huge, I was just being wise. You have to admit though ... it would be one heck of a pot. LOL
Andrea,
Wow this is a beautiful place! Love the color of the water too.
Have a wonderful week!
Judy
Andrea - Beautiful shot and it really looks like a place I would like to take a vacation!
Sue, LOL, Can you just imagine them digging them up for the winter, putting them back for the summer?
Judy, the little islands are beautiful, was a fun tour.
Hi VB, I am partial to this side of the country, LOL, I do think it is beautiful! Thanks.
Andrea- That is a great shot, but I had no idea that there were palm trees that far north!
Caren, if you have money you can have palm trees anywhere!
Huh? I had no idea that they would survive that far North.
That's just a beautiful area Andrea.
And, as good as they are, your photos probably don't even do it justice.
Andrea, palm trees in Connecticut? Maybe we can import some to New York. How do they survive the winter?
Tom, who knew? But when you have money.... all things are possible I guess.
Craig, it really is a beautiful area, thank you!
Lora, they take them in, LOL. They have people who do that for them!
Andrea, I had no idea there were palms that grew that far north! Beautiful photo!
Pat, isn't it just amazing what money can grow? LOL, thank you!
Hi Andrea: Those are fabulous. I love palm trees and I didn't know any of them could survive here in New England! Even just digging up and replanting them every season has to take it's toll.
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Andrea, now there is something I did not know. Palm trees in Connecticut, I didn't think that our climate could support them.
You have really captured a nice setting in that picture Andrea! I could sit there for hours!
Andrea, What a beautiful setting. I have to say I've never seen palm trees that far north! Glad you told us that they dig them up for the winter. Otherwise I'd be wondering how they did that!!
Matt, I think money overcomes many obstacles, LOL. You should go to Branford and take the tour! If we go again, I will call you, and we just might do it as it was way to much fun. Lunch with Donna and George, and another 45 minute Gilligans Island Tour?
George, amazing isn't it? :D
Myrl, it was sure fun! And beautiful. Thank you!
Yvette & Dennis, the tour guide told us, or I would have been scratching my head, LL. Thank you!
Andrea...I had to read everyone's post! I had a hard time believing that palm trees survive the winters in Connecticut, and I'm from Arizona. Cool picture!
Cheron Lange
Hey, Andrea
I was reading the comments, and usually when trees are brought in for the winter (and in some areas for the summer), they usually have three specific characteristics:
The system works very, very well, and actually is not expensive to do.
Cheron, isn't it amazing? LOL, and really, that is CT!
Russel, thank you for that explanation! I am sure it is an expensive proposition at any rate!
Just a few corrections:
In the USA, palms are found on the East Coast from Virginia Beach, VA south to Florida, along the Gulf Coast, in the desert southwest, and along most of the California coast from San Francisco southward.
However... although most palms are native to subtropical/tropical areas...there are a few semi-cold tolerant palms that can take temps in the 15 to 30 F range for short durations. There are a few palms that will survive in mild coastal locations on the West Coast north of San Francisco to Seattle (there are several public areas in Seattle with palms growing in sheltered areas)...and along the East Coast north of Virginia Beach, VA to coastal Long Island/coastal Connecticut (some areas on eastern Long Island, and in coastal MD/NJ/DE/CT have palms growing.
In Connecticut, the mild coastal strip (along I-95) rarely seems temps under 15 F (the main threshold for cold hardy palms). Coastal Connecticut is zone 7 (extreme winter lows 0 to 10 F)...so only a few nights of the year will see lows under 15 F along the Connecticut coast. There are several palms found growing along the Connecticut/Long Island coast; Trachycarpus F. can be found in a few places near the beach (Milford, Old Lyme...etc) and Sabal minor is found in Mystic and Saybrook Point.
So while palms will not grow in truly severe cold winter areas (Minnesota/Michigan/Maine...etc) where temps get below zero...there are a few palms that can take frosts.
The palms in the picture above in Trachy F. It can take temps down to 5 F.
Simon, thank you for stopping by and educating me. I do understand that these palms are dug up every fall and put back every spring. I did not realize that this particular palm can withstand CT winters! Nor did I realize that more are around in the area. This was just so odd to me, looked like something one would see a bit more south.
I do appreciate your information, and hope that I can impress someone, someday now that I know about the Trachycarpus F and Sabal minor!