This one is pretty big but there's an even bigger one up the road It's as high as a three storey building and the trunk is 3-4 foot in diameter How old might it be? I might fancy one but not that big! And what's it called? Thanks
No redeeming features for me. Dull green fronds and very tatty stem as each year's old stems are removed. Horrid - and definitely wrong plant wrong place in that situation.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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But out of curiosity, how long would it have been there? Not the one in the pic - the 3 storey one I mentioned Theres a huge monkey puzzle tree in another garden in that road foresight not evident evidently
Next time I'm passing, I'll have a look. I was thinking that if they were really old, the young ones might look ok and by the time they were old enough to like the ones in the pic, it would no longer be my problem 😉
Looks like Phoenix Canariensis, Canary Date Palm. In conditions here, I would say for that size, maybe around 10 years old.
It's quite common to see huge specimens in front gardens. Especially trees. Many are inherited and new home owners often feel no need to remove mature trees. I think, properly managed, not an issue. There are so many interesting trees in front gardens.
I've been walking past the real biggie for more than ten years. It looks like it definitely grows too fast for me. Looking at the ages of the houses, I wondered if they might have been old and slow growing. Neither of them are right for their space. And not right for me either. Thanks everybody
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Theres a huge monkey puzzle tree in another garden in that road foresight not evident evidently
It's quite common to see huge specimens in front gardens. Especially trees. Many are inherited and new home owners often feel no need to remove mature trees. I think, properly managed, not an issue. There are so many interesting trees in front gardens.
It looks like it definitely grows too fast for me. Looking at the ages of the houses, I wondered if they might have been old and slow growing.
Neither of them are right for their space. And not right for me either.
Thanks everybody