A winters walk along our street

[sandgroper]

Gday all,

               I just went for a quick walk along our street and took some pics of a few of the palms growing here. It's a lovely bright winters day this morning and very pleasant for a walk.

cheers, Dave.

                  

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[bubba]

Great palmy winter shots! Does not look too wintry.

[sandgroper]

[sandgroper]

4 minutes ago, bubba said:

Great palmy winter shots! Does not look too wintry.

We are quite lucky, we generally have quite a mild winter compared to Many other countries although this winter has been particularly cold and wet in Perth.

[Tracy]

4 hours ago, sandgroper said:

We are quite lucky, we generally have quite a mild winter compared to Many other countries although this winter has been particularly cold and wet in Perth.

Looks  a lot like my neighborhood with the abundance of Syagrus, Dypsis decaryi, Archontophoenix, with a few Roystonias thrown in.  Interesting that you have experienced a particularly wet & cold winter given the ENSO neutal conditions.  The other side of the Pacific, northern hemi in coastal Southern CA.

[sandgroper]

53 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Looks  a lot like my neighborhood with the abundance of Syagrus, Dypsis decaryi, Archontophoenix, with a few Roystonias thrown in.  Interesting that you have experienced a particularly wet & cold winter given the ENSO neutal conditions.  The other side of the Pacific, northern hemi in coastal Southern CA.

We've been quite lucky this year, we can always do with more rain but it's been the wettest winter in 73 years here in Perth. There are a couple of our dams that are overflowing for the first time in 20 years.

[palmad Merc]

3 hours ago, sandgroper said:

We've been quite lucky this year, we can always do with more rain but it's been the wettest winter in 73 years here in Perth. There are a couple of our dams that are overflowing for the first time in 20 years.

On the contrast, one of the driest winter's on the east coast.

[Tyrone]

Nice Cubans. It was a beautiful day today.

West coastal Oz has been wet but not the Great Southern. It's been drier than average. Was out at Gairdner on Thursday only 140 kms east of me and the farmer was telling me that they'd only received 121mm for the year and we are at the end of the wet. He still has ungerminated seed in sandy patches on his property. Here though 2 weeks ago we had 80mm in a week, so go figure.

[PalmatierMeg]

Great neighborhood you live in.

[Sandy Loam]

Those are very nice pictures, indeed.

I am surprised that there are so many queen palms (Syagrus romanzaffoiana) since Perth supposedly has a climate that would allow you to take greater risks.  Almost any Palms that can tolerate extreme dry heat in the summer will grow in Perth, won't they?  I imagine Perth with lots of bismarckia nobilis and Australian Native palms, but I have never been there. 

Perth is practically frost proof, isn't it? 

I see online that Perth's coldest month of the year averages 18.5 C ( high)/ 8.5 C (low).  It must be wonderful at that time of year.  It is said to be similar to Los Angeles (dry, hot summers; perfect winters), although the winter in Los Angeles appears to be slightly warmer (coldest month average: 20 C (high)/9 C (low).

 

[Sandy Loam]

Oops. Apparently, Perth's average low temperature for July is actually 7.7 celcius.  However, I see that the record coldest temperature ever seen in Perth is -0.7 Celsius (not even as cold as -1).  In a place that will practically never freeze, you must be able to grow so many interesting plants.

Please post more photos of palms and other plants around Perth when you get the chance. Thanks...and lovely street, by the way!

[Tyrone]

Perth can grow many many wonderful palms, but a couple of things prevent them being used extensively and Syagrus being everywhere. Western Australia has very strict quarantine and most eastern states nurseries will not ship to WA. People want cheap stuff not expensive exotics, and they want instant size so Syagrus are quick easy grows. Plus Syagrus take a ton of neglect and most people are lazy and don't want to water, fertilise etc etc. I was growing Carpoxylon in Perth so yes, you can grow beautiful stuff there.

[Tyrone]

Perth gets double the rainfall of LA. Also winter minimum averages vary a lot across what is considered "Perth". Near Fremantle the temp has never dropped below 2C near the coast. The airport and further inland towards Guildford etc has dropped to −1.1C at one point. But mostly the winter averages about 8 or 9C min with 18, 19C max. Summers can vary from an average of 32C max and 18,19C min inland to around 29C max on the coast.

Rottnest Island, (not Perth of course) has never dropped below 4.5C. In winter the mins are warmer and summers just a few degrees milder during the day being in the ocean. If it wasnt for the lack of water a coconut would grow well there in the right spot. Plenty of sand and limestone.

[sandgroper]

Took a few pics in the back garden this morning, it needs a bit of a tidy up, I need to remove dead fronds and do a bit of general weeding but the nice wet winter we've had has really done the plants well.