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... aren't palms at all, but Cabbage Trees, native to New Zealand (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyline_australis) and they're nothing to do with cabbage either. Probably not news to gardeners and botanists but I'd always wondered how they got there.
As a recent first time visitor to California, from Australia, the abundant eucalyptus and jacarandas were a major surprise. Of course the palm-lined strips in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles were expected, though still impressive - I hadn't thought to lump those in with the other immigrants. Thankfully we also got up to Muir Woods (just north of San Francisco) for a taste of the pre-European flora. Looks to be an inter…
Jacarandas are actually from Brazil - I do love them though :)
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Jacarandas are actually from Brazil - I do love them though :)
Many years ago I worked on a book about the riverfront homes of Brisbane - I was surprised to learn that the two most conspicuously flowering trees (the other being the Poinciana, from Madagascar) were just as imported as the design of the 'Queenslander' style house (which arose in colonial India).