This was a ‘STOP THE CAR!!’ moment, I was in awe.
I {big puffy} heart palm trees and in turn, any location in which they grow #travellove
So while my family and I were in Florida and I saw that you could buy Palm trees at Rona?
INSANE!!! {now it seems kinda obvious, but I’d never seen one for sale before}
Oh what I’d give to have been able to buy one, just to say I did. Instead I settled for throwing myself out the car window to take a photo. Must be a Canadian thing … eh? 
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my parents have a palm tree in the middle of their court yard in BC. I am still in awe when I see them “in the wild”.
In BC????
no way!!!!
k, that’s odd to me too! lol
I <3 palm trees
That is an unusual sight. How on earth would you get it home?
Have you ever been to Palm Springs?
No Danielle, is that the Palm capital?
I’d love to one day though – I hear it’s beautiful!!
I want one too
I love palm trees too! But that’s an awfully big one, lol!
Nifty
My neighbors put in a number of those palms around their house. We have smaller one in a pot and a couple others of a different variety (queen maybe-fan type leaves) in the ground. I had planted a couple of date palms started in a friends compost she gave me when she moved to Arizona, She should have taken them with her they did fine without water but when I planted them they drowned in the rain as did the king palm here and next door. I met someone once who had grown a palm from a coconut in his house that was pushing against his ceiling. Not sure whether any palms would grow in Canada. Perhaps tropical vs desert palm. Seems some palms can take rain and occasional frost but others don’t.
From a coconut in his house?! Seriously!!
So, If I make my house very humid and light…
I’m thinking about doing it!! lol
You must get one!!! Maybe a small one to start? http://www.sunpalmtrees.com/
I have them, about four different species. I love them.
I can understand the infatuation of the palms, it’s easy to be.
oh I want a palm tree!! Of course it would totally die in my yard… what with a palm trees inability to survive -40 and all
I have always loved palm trees as well. Growing up I always loved seeing the palm trees when we would go on vacation (from Kentucky…no palm trees) Now I live in Florida and I have my very own palm trees in my yard. After living in Florida for twelve years, I am still in awe of the palm trees!
Your very own!!!
Shanna you lucky woman you!!
That is pretty odd, yet interesting.
Wow! I would have stopped the car to check that out too lol.
I too LOVE Palm Trees!! I would have totally bought one!
Although, I don’t think it would survive the mid-west winters! 
I’d love to buy one and take it home, but it would never survive the winters here.
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I have the same live of palm trees. They are my favorite thing to see when I travel. It’s how I know I am on holidays. I also love to see lizards. That makes me happy.
Paula
Yes, Paula – that’s almost odd to me as well.
I love pointing things out when traveling, stuff you’d never see at home!
I totally wouldn’t have thought you could buy a big ol’ palm tree either! cool!!
I know one of the people in my neighbourhood have these big wood and metal palm trees in their backyards here..but they have a crazy fancy shmancy backyard…looks neat though!!
Palmtrees are so common here I never realized how much of a new sight it must be for some people
The things that excite us Canadians..
At Canadian Tire I see that they’re selling hibiscus trees, those are the beautiful flowers that smell like heaven in Hawaii. I’m still dumbfounded because I’m pretty sure they would die once the end of August came around. They were already looking pretty sad at the store.
What!!!!
LOVE HIBISCUS as well! {yes, I’m shouting right now}.
I need to check this out and give it a try – off to Canadian Tire I go tomorrow!!
Aren’t they so cool? I saw my first one while on vacation in California and just wanted to dig one up and bring it home with me lol.
Ha, Theresa – I was the same way.
Only seen on TV, I think I started at the first one I saw for about 15 minutes.
…and fell in love. *sigh*