I love this little part of Minami-Izu. This grove of Washingtonia and Date Palms sits on a spit of land off of Yumigahama beach. The benches allow people to sit among the trees and watch the sunset on the other side of the gracefully-curving beach.
多くの人がヤシを好むこともあり、トロピカルに生い茂る庭園が下田には多くあります。There are many people living in Shimoda who love palms, so you will see lot’s of lush, tropical gardens as you walk or drive around the town.
The Senegal date palm is variable in shape and form but tends to grow as clumps composed of multiple stems. These slender stems are covered with brown fiber and tend to curve away from the center of the clump in graceful arcs.
Livistona decora is native to Australia’s tropical east coast. It grows on moist river banks and sandy coastal areas of central Queensland. A tall, solitary fan palm with leaves that have very pendulous segments. The fan leaves are finely divided and very droopy
Seeds we’ve raised… Bismarckia Nobilis, Howea Fosteriana, Livistona Chinensis, Licuala Dasyantha, Phoenix Roebellini, Trachycarpus Fortunei and more… Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Dypsis decaryi, Nannorrhops ritchiana, Syagrus romanzoffiana, and the enthusiastic and fast-growing Washingtonia Which would you like to try?
This palm can reach 70m in height in its natural homeland of the Columbian Andes.
People really love the miniature date palm, Phoenix roebelenii. It is small and manageable enough to be inside. Plus it is cold-hardy enough to be outside in a Zone 9 area (like Tokyo). This picture shows a farming partner of ShimodaPalms.com. These Roebis are being sold as potted palms, but quite often, they are also raised…