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Feb 15, 2001 · Among the species now growing in Ticino are the bay laurel, camphor tree laurel, cherry laurel, thorny silverberry and Chinese fan palm. All are evergreens known until recently only in...
Dec 4, 2020 · WHERE PALM TREES GROW IN A FINGER OF SWITZERLAND. By. Editor. - December 4, 2020. - Advertisement - TRAVEL: by Eric Mackenzie Lamb. Image courtesy of Lugano Tourism Authority. Sandwiched between Italy’s northern borders and the mountainous Swiss region of Graubunden, the Kanton (district) of Ticino is unlike any other part of Switzerland.
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Here are some of my palms that I grow: First of all the famous Sabal minor, which is an easy to handle plant. As long as you keep the ground away from freezing it is at least as hard as a trachycarpus fortunei. Mine is not at a very sunny spot, that's why it doesn't bring up more than one leaf per season. It has taken three winter so far with no fr...
This cycas revoluta I had totally covered with dry leaves and a rain shelter.It did not suffer any frost damage!The damages you can see is sunburn from last summer. I brought it from the living room out and put it at a sheltered place, but it still got about 40% leaf burn.Here are some more of my test plants.This two groupes of Chamaedorea radicali...
A couple of Trachycarpus fortunei. They are seedlings that I pulled out growing wildly in a forest in ticino, south of switzerland. Planted last year. Very hardy. The wild Trachys are in the south, and the difference between northern and southern italian speaking Switzerland is huge!While we are in USDA zone 7a - 7b, ticino the southern canton is 8...
Since the weather has warmed up some of my palms have shown real bad damage. The two groupes of Chamaedorea radicalis have completely last their foliage. The same also the Sabal minor. But now I know for sure that its place is not sunny enough and it can not built up its full hardiness. It gets only filtered sun from 9am - 1pm.For the Ch. radicalis...
Chamaedorea radicalis and sabal minor didn't look good after last winter as you can read above, but all the rest is o.k. My largest attention is directed to the butia x parajubaea hybrid that I have planted out this spring.
4 sections. High alpine terrain and Mediterranean climate in one go – that’s the Glaciers & Palm Trees Tour. It takes a minimum of 4 days / 3 nights. Scenic rides. Bernina Express | Gotthard Panorama Express or Treno Gottardo. Destinations. Zurich | Chur | St. Moritz | Lugano | Lucerne. Top sights.
This wintry side of southern Ticino is little known, but the area is home to a great many ski touring routes amid the Alpine mountain world. One such touring route will bring you to the top of the Gridone, otherwise known as Monte Limidario, almost 2,200 metres above sea level.
Winter. Sun, snow and palm trees, an espresso on the piazza on a mild winter day, camellias in bloom, against a background of snow-capped mountain peaks in their early spring glory.
