Irish Palm Trees..what happened to them?

Voltex

I noticed there recently that the majority of Palm tress in Ireland seem to be pretty much f*cked...all dead.

Can anyone explain whats happened?
Will they grow back again...or are they dead dead?

Niall09

They got killed over the Winter from all the cold.

Coriolanus

They were planted in Ireland. I'd have thought they were pretty much doomed from the get go.

stovelid

My wife told me the real name of these plants - and the reason they are dying - the other day, but I can't remember.

This is a pretty shit post actually, isn't it.

Voltex

Nevore wrote: »

They were planted in Ireland. I'd have thought they were pretty much doomed from the get go.

Kinda reminds me of the time i got chattin to a black man in Lanzerote...I asked him where he was from..and he said "Cabra"....lesson was never judge a book by its cover!!

starbelgrade

Voltex wrote: »

Kinda reminds me of the time i got chattin to a black man in Lanzerote...I asked him where he was from..and he said "Cabra"....lesson was never judge a book by its cover!!

Maybe he was calling you a cabra, which in Spanish is an entirely different thing!

Coriolanus

Voltex wrote: »

Kinda reminds me of the time i got chattin to a black man in Lanzerote...I asked him where he was from..and he said "Cabra"....lesson was never judge a book by its cover!!

From Cabra, now in Lanzarote.

df1985

yeah noticed this too, it was the hardest winter in ages, so presuming thats why.

also dunno if its weather related but anyone else notice the ****load of dandelions everywhere this yr??

limericklassy

my moms died as well. time will tell if they grow back eh!

partyatmygaff

They've all died thanks to the rough winter we had.

Mint Sauce

they were all harvested for palm sunday

starbelgrade

limericklassy wrote: »

my moms died as well. time will tell if they grow back eh!

But for the lack of an apostrophe, I almost thought that you said that your mom died & might grow back with time. :eek:

lil'bug

my cordaline's all died from the frost

cruiser178

stovelid wrote: »

My wife told me the real name of these plants - and the reason they are dying - the other day, but I can't remember.

This is a pretty shit post actually, isn't it.

Dont sweat it stovelid you probably didnt hear her so well,, the kitchen being so far away n all

starbelgrade

lil'bug wrote: »

my cordaline's all died from the frost

Cordalines are just midget palm trees.

Indubitable

They died in the mini ice age

lil'bug

starbelgrade wrote: »

Cordalines are just midget palm trees.

mine were 10ft tall bloody frost you can get small ones as well

bluto63

starbelgrade wrote: »

But for the lack of an apostrophe, I almost thought that you said that your mom died & might grow back with time. :eek:

If you didn't point that out, I would have continued thinking he was talking about his mom dying

starbelgrade

lil'bug wrote: »

mine were 10ft tall bloody frost you can get small ones as well

But the frost was on the ground.

Voltex

I always thought that Palms were like irish people...that they would travel and settle anywhere!!

joolsveer

The common name is Cabbage Tree for the cordyline australis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyline_australis

Shiny

I was talking to someone in the pub about the palm trees dying and
asked them if they had any dead stuff in their garden.

They hadn't lost anything from the garden but instead 15 acres of their
potatoes were wiped out by the frost. :eek: That put my pussy little palm tree
into perspective.

Bajingo

I've got one in my back garden and I saw loads in Clontarf today..they're still going strong!!!!!!!

lil'bug

starbelgrade wrote: »

But the frost was on the ground.

they are still dead

Voltex

Shiny wrote: »

I was talking to someone in the pub about the palm trees dying and
asked them if they had any dead stuff in their garden.

They hadn't lost anything from the garden but instead 15 acres of their
potatoes were wiped out by the frost. :eek: That put my pussy little palm tree
into perspective.

I always thought potatoes were stupid!!
Sure didnt they wreck the place a couple hundred years ago

Voltex

Bajingo wrote: »

I've got one in my back garden and I saw loads in Clontarf today..they're still going strong!!!!!!!

posh f*cker!

starbelgrade

lil'bug wrote: »

they are still dead

I'd no plants in the garden when the frost melted.



Then again, I hadn't planted any, so it wasn't much of a surprise.

nocal

I've 3 palm trees, all doing fine. Pity the one in the front did not die as I will have to get it cut down some year soon.
Oh and my 3 laurus nobilis (that's bay leaf trees to you common folk) also survived the winter.

I think all the other palm tress are just over-reacting. Complete drama-queens if you ask me.

Stinicker

I have one in my garden and it died despite being there for years , My mother went and half cut it down so I am not sure, I plan to cut it to the stump as when I was a kid and it was a sapling I kicked and football off it and it snapped, we cut it down and it regenerated, so hopefull will do the same again. My mum calls it a "Drisina"?