An update + some new palm and exotic plants in London.

[Foxpalms]

This is a post updating some palms and plants in london and a few new ones I found.  The weather was pretty nice this evening whilst taking these photos 24c and blueish skies.

Kentia palms near St. Paul’s cathedral, never protected and stay outside year round. They have been there for a few years and even on the worse winters don’t get damaged, as that area is zone 10a.


 

Another potted kentia doing well in the city of London (zone 10a area) never protected. Looks like it could do with more frequent watering though.

 

Yucca

 

I think this is a haworthiopsis limfolia which I did also see during the December freeze last year, which is a clear testament that this area is zone 10a. If I I’ded this wrong feel free to correct me and point out what it is.

 

 

Wollemi pine, it’s also nice to see that the Victoria embankment gardens actually irrigate their plants unlike most places in the UK, hence why the grass is green.

New Guinea impatiens with a few trachys in the background.

 

Butia capitata 

Trachy

 

Yucca elephantipes


 

Birds of paradise

 

 

Ensete bananas and a few other plants 

 

 

Musa lasiocarpa

 

 

They finally planted their potted Washingtonian robustas in pots outside, it looks like they are in transplant shock though.

 

sago and yucca
 

 

 

pineapple plant
 

 

Musa acuminata “dwarf cavendish”
 

 

cordyline fruticosa
 

 

Phoenix canariensis

 

[kinzyjr]

Really nice considering the city is above 50^o North latitude!

[UK_Palms]

I’ll just throw these into the mix too, since Google street view has finally updated for them. I’m pretty sure these two Phoenix Canariensis in London have never been posted on the forum before. The images are from March 2023 so it doesn’t look like they took any damage, despite the bad winter we just had and that part of east London seeing its coldest temperatures in over 30 years! They are probably bulletproof there now.

 

They were tiny back in 2008, especially the smaller one on the right near the cars. 👀

Edited July 12, 2023 by UK_Palms

[Foxpalms]

I think these are casuarina equisetifolia

The other kentia palms I took photos of during the December freeze.

[philinsydney]

I'd be surprised if Casuarina equisitifolia would survive in London. Casuarina cunninghamiana probably would.

Edited July 18, 2023 by philinsydney
misspells

[Foxpalms]

On 7/18/2023 at 10:53 PM, philinsydney said:

I'd be surprised if Casuarina equisitifolia would survive in London. Casuarina cunninghamiana probably would.

That part of central London is zone 10a. Every few winters temperatures (if we have a bad winter) it can drop into the zone 9b range, but there are plenty of winters where it stays frost free in that area.

Edited August 2, 2023 by Foxpalms

[Foxpalms]

I was looking at images of houses in London, as it's a good way to find palms and came across this. It seems to be in a tiny outside garden patio in Mayfair (zone 10a). What do you think it could be or is it a fake palm, it's really hard to tell because the image quality is so low. I also came across a photo of a good looking chrysalidocarpus lutescens in another garden patio in Mayfair that is flowering and setting seed.  @UK_Palms This might interest you.

Edited October 16, 2023 by Foxpalms

[johnnymak]

On 7/16/2023 at 8:58 PM, Foxpalms said:

I think these are casuarina equisetifolia

The other kentia palms I took photos of during the December freeze.

I suspect they are cunninghamiana as well.

Edited October 16, 2023 by johnnymak