2010年10月12日 · By the 1970s—and almost certainly before that, Kelleher says—the palm imposter had gone rogue, spreading into the wild and lending parts of coastal Ireland a distinctly beachy aura. The cabbage...

2024年6月1日 · Whatever you call them, Ireland is certainly not tropical or sub-tropical, so how do palm trees exist there? To answer that question, I must introduce you to the Gulf Stream. …

2023年10月31日 · While the cabbage palm is the dominant “palm tree,” Ireland does have real palm tree species alongside its coastal regions. Particularly, the southwestern part of the …

2024年6月1日 · Whatever you call them, Ireland is certainly not tropical or sub-tropical so how do palm trees exist there? To answer that question, I must introduce you to the Gulf Stream. NOAA’s SciJinks website defines it as, “A strong ocean current that brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean.

2013年12月18日 · But there are some plants that can tolerate cold, and only one is hardy enough to grow anywhere in Ireland, inland or near the coast. This is the Chusan palm, Trachycarpus fortunei, a fine palm tree that comes from the colder areas of Central and Eastern China and, for a palm, is unusually well adapted to withstand cold weather.

2019年8月24日 · Those authentic palms most suited to our climate include the Canary Island date palm – Phoenix caneriensis – which has green feathered, pinnate leaves and a distinctive …

2024年9月28日 · I visited Ireland way back in 1986. As soon as we drove out of the airport towards Dublin, I saw a bunch of palm trees. I could not believe it as palms would be the last thing one would expect to see there. Our friends said it was most likely the influence of the Gulf Stream. In retrospect, they were mostly Trachys plus a fair number of Cordylines.

4 天之前 · Most of the trees that are called "palm trees" in Ireland, which grow in the gardens all over, are actually Cordyline Australis, a New Zealand tree. They are not palm trees, but are often called palm trees.

Wouldn't it be nice for your next vacation to travel to an island with palm trees swaying in the warm breeze? One place you might want to visit, then, is the country of Ireland. Although Ireland is located in the far north of Europe, its climate is warm enough for palm trees to grow. How is it that Ireland's average temperature is so unusually ...

2020年2月29日 · Examples include the Chusan palm, the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), the handsome architectural foliage shrub known as honey bush or Melianthus major, agaves (make sure to give these very...