Anybody on here from Germany?

[Palmy]

I miss palms already. I have moved to Tubingen Germany down in teh south west near Strasbourg France. I have not seen one palm here. Not one! Its driving me crazy. I was wondering if anybody on this board lives in Germany? And how do you deal with not seeing palms for months on end? Help....

Also if anybody knows of a zone map in Germany, or an Europe zone map.

[paulgila]

i think i'd go insane!

more so than now,i mean...

[LJG]

The greatest palm-loving German in the world comes here sometimes. Tobias Spanner

http://www.rarepalmseeds.com/de/index.shtml

[Palmə häl′ik]

I've felt the same on visits to my folks in the St.Louis area. Zero palm country.

I did see a few banana trees though. ? A couple times...

Lots of 'christmas tree' type looking trees. Next time I'm up I'm going to their botanical gimmick...

I've read I can find some palms there...

~Ray.

[Corrosion]

Howdy Palmy! I think You are at least in zone 7 ofcourse it´s not the best zone for palms But not the worst. So give it a shot and plant a ton around your garden and change the look of your neighbourhood

http://www.backyardgardener.com/zone/europezone.html

[koolthing78]

I lived in Tubingen for a year in 89/90--beautiful place but no palms indeed. To get your fix, try visiting the botanical gardens (kind of on the nw side of town). Though it's been a while since I lived there, they had a great indoor tropical house (at least I remember it as being great). The warm humidity and smell of plants always lifted my spirits.

[Musi]

Zone 7 / 6

That's why you won't find any palms..

[paulgila]

great suggestion by eric!

[DoomsDave]

When I was a kid, I took German in school, and one of our texts included some stuff about Tubingen.

One of my fellow students went to Germany and visited, and took some pictures and we were blown away by how lovely it was! (Even without palms!)

So, why not shoot some pics in our travelogue section, palms or not?

[marcus]

I miss palms already. I have moved to Tubingen Germany down in teh south west near Strasbourg France. I have not seen one palm here. Not one! Its driving me crazy. I was wondering if anybody on this board lives in Germany? And how do you deal with not seeing palms for months on end? Help....

Also if anybody knows of a zone map in Germany, or an Europe zone map.

Hi,

sometimes you can see a Trachycarpus fortunei or a Chamaerops humilis in the gardens.

Btw: There are a lot of German forums about exotic plants and the protecion of the cold sensitive plants during the winter months (e.g. exotenfans.de, exotenforum.de and a lot more).

And if you wish to see a lot of exotic plants (including palms and musas): I really can recommend the Wilhelma, a zoological botanical garden near Stuttgart, not far from Tübingen (www.wilhelma.de/nc/en/home.html).

Marcus

[richard60]

Well, I thought I'd chime in here......

I lived in central Germany for almost 10 years. It was along the Rhine river in the wine country and considered a microclimate in zone 8a. Trachycarpus were grown outdoors in a number of gardens and the botanical garden in Frankfurt had 20 foot specimens (which they covered with plexiglass 'boxes' every winter). Also common were smaller Phoenix canariensis in pots; some were left out for the winter but most were brought inside. The only other palm that I saw was a Chamerops humilis which I had in a pot.

It was common for people to have Oleander and Brugsmansia in pots which were put in unheated stairways during the winter. Of course, some crazy people like myself also had bananas growing outside (musa basjoo) which survived the winters with a little protective covering.

Good luck!

[maesy]

HI palmy,

You must have had a very good and important reason to move from "palms paradise" to the the middle of freezing, icy, never ending winter place of central Europe!

Btw, I live in Switzerland and only three hour's away from you. From my place you drive another 2 hour's more down south and your in ticino, the southern canton of Switzerland. There you can find and grow almost everything you can grow in California. Goggle for places like Locarno, Lugano, Lago maggiore....

My clime is similar like yours and I grow with a bit of protection, Trachycarpus fortunei( I protect them in the coldest nights only becouse they are still small), Jubaea chiliensis, Chamaeorops humilis, Sabal minor. Beside that lots of camelias, fics, Yuccas, Albizzia julibrissin, Asimina triloba, bamboos, kiwi, peach, Diospyros kaki, Punica granatum.

This year I have planted most cared butia x parajubaea hybrid, one of the most beautiful palms.

Marcel

[Ciczi in Sweden]

Hey Palmy

Ciczi here! Also in zone 7 but in southern Sweden. Right now I'm moving my P. roebeleenii in and out to adapt it to an outdoor life again. By the 1st of may it will be ready to move outside again. And when the fall comes (mid and late october) I'll dig it up again and put it inside.

Ciczi

[sur4z]

here are a couple sites, in German, that show there are palms in Germany.

http://www.thomasboller.de/

http://www.freilandpalmen.de/Fotoalbum/fotoalbum.html

[sur4z]

...and not far from Teubingen is Mainau Island...note the palm thingy over the wall.

[DoomsDave]

Mainau appears to be quite a place!

[avb]

I met a guy named Lanz Beat at the biennial in the Dominican Republic from Switzerland. He has a business storing palms over the winter for people. I was very surprised to find out there are palm enthusiasts in a country even colder than Germany. You might have to wait a bit for the palms to come out of winter storage to take a palm tour of the Swiss Alps.

[Palmy]

I finally found a Trachycarpus in a home garden. Asked the person who lived there about the palm. It had 10 feet of trunk. I am going to get a pic of it next time I go by there.

I got a filibusta but dont think that would last a winter here. They say they measure the snow in metres.... We live I believe 1200 feet above sea level, in the hills. Might give it a try, keep it close to a buidling or something like that.

Edited May 8, 2009 by Palmy

[Z4Devil]

Hey, Palmy -

indeed, here I am. I live in Gladbeck (Northrhine-Westphalia). A few years ago love has made me moving from the beautiful city Dresden to NRW.

Not sure if you know that we have in Germany hundreds of palm fans with palms that have been cultivated outdoor. Mostly we talk about Trachycarpus and some Phoenix species. We love palms, they bring us the spirit of the south to our gardens. Last winter was extremly cold, until -30 °C. Many palms were frozen and seemed to be death. But then ... they are growing again, it is a wonder.

Look around and you will note, there are more tropics around you than you may believe.

Best regards, Verena

Edited May 8, 2009 by Z4Devil

[Exotic Life]

Or when you have a holiday going to the coast of the Netherlands for a nice swim and visit some garden in the Netherlands. We have got milder temperatures winter so there can be grow more exotic stuff

But like Verena sad, I have been watched a German forum for a while and there lots of people that growing palms and other exotics with loads of passion.

Robbin