Palm Trees of Vancouver!

[officedweller]

It was sprayed orange since the beginning of May (but no tape at that time).

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Giant Hogweed - severe burns by touching it.
https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/hogweed.aspx

Yikes! Glad I didn’t go in for a closer look.

[BaddieB]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

And here are the Windmill Palms at my workplace today. This is how they are propoerly pruned every spring:

For reference, this is NOT proper pruning. Windmill palms should have a skirt of (alive) leaves. This 'hurricane cut' of pruning is damaging to palms and ugly. Maybe justifiable if the leaves died, but every spring is problematic.



Source:
https://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/trachycarpus-fortunei/

[giallo]

^ That's true. Over-pruning is very common all over the world by people who don't know what they're doing. The trees get their food source through their leaves. By cutting the vast majority of them off, you're leaving the palm exposed.

Palm skirts with dead palm leaves can be removed, but they do offer protection to birds (and rodents).

[trofirhen]

I love the palm trees of Vancouver. They add an exotic evergreen touch to the city. /// But they are all windmill palms. /// Could we not try another hardy species? The PINDO PALM is a candidate.