365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Tina Turner Tree
Day 252: Okay, so it's not exactly what Christine Lavin meant when she sang about "a fine warm western breeze stirring up the Tina Turner trees," but I never see a palm that I don't think of that line from "Santa Monica Pier." It made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it.
I've seen enough Tina Turner trees growing in the general area to believe that they don't need California climate and are actually hardy enough to withstand Pacific Northwest winters. Of the three varieties I saw offered for sale today, I selected Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus x fortunei) which at maturity will be 10-20 feet tall. It falls into the category of "fan palms," as demonstrated by the many-fingered foliage. If by some stroke of bad luck it doesn't survive my ministrations, I'm only out twenty bucks. Sometimes you just have to take a chance.
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