Re: PALM TREES IN SCOTLAND

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:42:09 +1000, "Peter Jason" <pj@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Logan Botanic Garden is in the parish of
Kirkmaiden, in the Rhinns of Galloway, a
narrow peninsula that juts out into the Irish
Sea, at the extreme south-west of Scotland.

Our friend, the Gulf Stream, gives these
gardens a virtual sub- tropical climate.
Thus, the Logan features plants usually
identified with warmer areas of the world,
including palm trees.

You can go a lot further north than Galloway and see palm trees in
Scotland.

Plockton and Inverewe come to mind

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Plockton,_Wester_Ross.jpg/400px-Plockton,_Wester_Ross.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickyb/264207087/in/set-72157594227742566/
.