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I've started to experiment with much more southern zoned flora in my spaces in New England now that we don't have a winter and anything that can survive a frost or two has been doing really well. Southern England has palm trees. I want palms outside my house year round if I am going to survive these bullshit winters we now get. I know I might be introducing an invasive species but I think climate change is the far bigger worry than me and my little experiments.
As a Californian, don’t do it, palms suck. Most of them have very sharp, dangerous thorns, and they don’t provide much environmental benefits compared to a normal tree.
Most palms do not have thorns. This is the first time I have ever heard this claim. There is 2,600 known species.
But yes they are not shade trees.
Well the common ones in California do. I assume they would plant similar species as only a few are hardy to frosts.
Just make sure to avoid Phoenix palms. That’s the most common one in my area and they have like 6 inch spines that can cause serious injuries. They’re also quite weedy.