Palm trees in Canada.

[ErmineNotyours]

I had known about the palm tree on the Inner Harbour of Victoria, BC, GSV but then I found one south of where the Trans Canada officially ends as a Provencal Highway at Tolmie Ave:  GSV.  I thought that could be the northern-most palm tree in Canada, but then I was going through old photos and found some more in Vancouver: GSV.  I doubt anyone could find any more growing outdoors beyond Vancouver.  I wonder if the home improvement stores even sell them there.

[jakeroot]

There's these obviously-not-natural palm trees in Kelowna: https://goo.gl/usW144

I'm sure there's some more in the Okanagan (perhaps near the border in Osoyoos). More brutal winters, but warmer summers than the Lower Mainland or Vancouver Island.

[GenExpwy]

Canada would have a lot more palm trees if the idea to annex the Turks and Caicos Islands ever happened.

[english si]

There's these obviously-not-natural palm trees in Kelowna: https://goo.gl/usW144

They look natural. They just aren't native.

Little different to these ones a degree further north (and getting the full benefit of the North Atlantic Drift) in Bournemouth (and there's not a small number, though few are big, in people's gardens up here a degree further north and a good way inland - they can cope with the occasional frost/snow, but a cold winter does have a big negative effect).

[tdindy88]

I know I was surprised to see palm trees in London last month. I also have seen a few in Portland, Oregon which I assume has the same thing going on as Vancouver.

[jakeroot]

There's these obviously-not-natural palm trees in Kelowna: https://goo.gl/usW144

They look natural. They just aren't native.

They didn't "naturally" grow there.

[formulanone]

Not entirely sure if they were real trees, but these palms on Broadway and Highway 99 in Vancouver sure look like it:



When you've been around them for 30 years, you don't really question them much. Did a double-take when going through my photos, though!