GREG
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2009-08-30 07:56 AM |
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interesting, informative article with a title that doesn't fit. thank you - keeping sharing the insights.
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COMMENT 35743
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2009-08-30 08:03 AM |
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lucky for we citizenry our palms do not bear coconuts
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SARAH
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2009-08-30 08:34 AM |
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I once lived in a second floor apartment with two very tall palm trees near the main window.
All that could be seen from inside was two
trunks and some brown fronds above. It was
known by all who visited as the giant chicken.
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COMMENT 35752
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2009-08-30 09:09 AM |
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I had a volunteer Canary palm in my tiny front yard for about ten years, then realized it was gonna be WAY too big! We had someone come take it out for free, probably made some money with it in Montecito. My favorite is the fishtail, there are two beautiful specimens on East Valley in the Village.
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BONNER
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2009-08-30 01:36 PM |
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Very cute, good Sunday laughs. Next to Nicole's delicious article, this is second place. I'll forward to my neighbors at Deigaard Palm Nursery and see if they get a laugh out of it too. Thanks!
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BONNER
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2009-08-30 01:38 PM |
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P.S. I think the title DOES fit. I started laughing before I even read the article!
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COMMENT 35787
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2009-08-30 01:43 PM |
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Goodnick here: There's nothing like a grabbing headline to get people reading, hence, Palm Trees Are Stupid. I actually DO make the case, having had a few conversations with a palm or two in my career. But, of course, I did try to balance the issue and make peace with my inner palm lover. Bonner: Glad I hit the funny bone. I try to balance the smarminess with a bit of usable info. I'd be interested in hearing what the Deigaard folks think. Mesa Girl: Yep, those cute little palm sprouts are genetically destined to turn into monsters. Much easier to extract them in their youth. Not every green thing is sacred.
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COMMENT 35789
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2009-08-30 01:52 PM |
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Hey Billy, you left off my two favorites, the kentia and the king. The kentia, more than two hundred mature trees are on the grounds of the Biltmore. And the king palm. I'm sorry to see those planted in the medium of the 101. It's a slow death for them. Why doesn't CalTrans water them?
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COMMENT 35793
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2009-08-30 03:47 PM |
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I had a Canary Island palm in my backyard in the house I used to rent. I loved that tree, but in a strong breeze it sounded like rain on my roof from all the dates that would shower down.
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COMMENT 35796
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2009-08-30 04:22 PM |
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I HATE palms !! We have queen palms on our street (I think) and they drop millions of tiny coconuts that are totally treacherous to walk on, and hit by a lawnmower they are bullets. All this to look at a grey trunk full of staples with 2 pitiful fronds sticking out of it 40 feet in the air. Of course, it could be worse, it could be a Jacaranda..
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COMMENT 35793
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2009-08-30 05:56 PM |
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New EdHat contest idea: what is the stupidest tree?
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COMMENT 35806
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2009-08-30 07:58 PM |
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My own Libran sense of fairness raised its defensive head when I also read the title of your Palm piece! But as you so reasonably stated both sides of this argument in such an informative and amusing manner (typical Libra) I read on and thoroughly enjoyed your well-articulated treatise on some of the local palms I encounter in my own back yard, as well as travels about Santa Barbara. Thanks ....
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COMMENT 35855
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2009-08-31 01:18 PM |
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I love palms and also love the look of a vine decorating the trunk vs the bare trunk or interesting petiole stubs. A Pyrostegia venusta vine looks great and can climb a great height. There are over 100 palms that can be grown near the coast of Southern California, if you can find them in the trade. Lets expand the pallet and bring a bit more of the tropical look to SoCal!!!
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COMMENT 35939
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2009-09-01 08:03 AM |
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Yep, palms are the worst. No shade, no beauty, no nothing. They only belong at the beach and in the desert. I say yank them out of downtown and the residential areas and plant some real trees!
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COMMENT 36646
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2009-09-07 02:09 PM |
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You forgot to mention how sneaky and lethal the pygmy date palm is. Beware when pruning! Very long sharp spikes near the trunk on the fronds. Or is mine an evil cousin of the pygmy date palm?
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COMMENT 37250
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2009-09-13 09:14 AM |
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Palms look even sillier the farther north they're planted. Shell Beach? Cambria? now there's a misplaced tree if ever... Wasn't there a huge flap in SF when the city proposed planting rorws of them at the waterfront when they redeveloped the Ferry Building area? Did they ever get planted?
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