No idea but it looks WAAAAYYY cool..

Clearly the southern most part of Connecticut, say Zone 9 ???

No guess either, but I love those Seussian ones in the second row of pics 3&4! You'd really have to be a homesick transplant to have your giant palm trees dug up and stored in a greenhouse every winter.

OMG, Richie! When I saw the title of this thread I almost choked! I had to open it to see if you were in Boston! I was walking to Fenway Park last night and I swear I saw you walking down the street up ahead of me. So when I saw this thread I thought oh my goodness, if he's in Boston I'll faint!

But I guess not, lol...

No guess on the real location though, lol. That building behind you looks awfully corporate...

:)
Dee

I believe those palms, Dee, are called windmill palms. I do have a twin walking around somewhere, I have had people come up to me asking if I was at such and such a place at a certain time.

sorry Deb, I responded to Dee about the variety of the palms and not you. 4am is way too early to be posting online. Carl, It's more towards the middle half of the state. Now I want a queen palm tree in my yard!

The middle part of the state is Zone 9? That is one heck of a micro-climate!

(BTW - Carl FTW)

those blue-green babies are Bismarkias. I grew one from a small seedling while I was living in FL. There was one in the neighbors yard that was 2-3 stories high by the time I moved away. They are totally gorgeous!

I have no idea where you are, btw. :-)

I see several types, but no windmills (Trachycarpus) at least not any in the foreground of any photos. I see the queen palms, bismarckias, and robellinis and maybe chamerops? Since you said near the center of the state, and since this "renting" of the palms for summer is a service of this nursery that is probably pretty expensive, I'll guess an upscale area like Avon or Farmington???

Believe it or not it's in Wolcott right on route 69 just over the Waterbury border. Here is the name of the place.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ultimate Grounds

They are not serving just upscale clientele, but rather highest end of upscale... by Greenwich, New Canaan, Darien and Westport standards ^-))

I would have guessed Greenwich or Westport. Who else would have the money to plant such large trees every year, and then dig them up?!

That's totally awesome. The nursery is, at least; but the idea that there are people who have these plopped into their gardens in spring and back out in the fall - well, that's just kind of gruesome, in a few different ways.

DTD,

Why do you say "gruesome?"
We do the same thing with annuals that would be perennials in a warmer climate. These folks are just using bigger annuals! Of course they find it more economical to store them in winter rather than buying them new every year, so maybe it's more like what we do when we dig non-hardy bulbs and plants and bring them inside in the winter. Same thing, just that they are doing the privileged version! :-)

Bill