No need for plastic palm trees
12-May-2008
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As a Spaniard, paying frequent visits to the U.K., I am very surprised at the shoddy design and limited imagination of your resorts on the South Coast.  In Spain, seaside towns present the most beautiful architecture and delightful promenades, all designed to attract lots of tourists.  In England, the reverse seems to be the case.

I went to Brighton this weekend to see the famous new marina and couldn't believe my eyes.  There are gigantic palm trees all over the place - and they are all plastic!  The marina itself has to be entered via a huge car park which rivals your Spaghetti Junction and there are strange built-up road levels everywhere which disfigure the view from the houses around the marina.

50 species of palm trees which can withstand England's cold weather

No need for plastic palm trees, varieties exist that cope with English Weather

Come on councillors of Brighton, surely you can do much better than this?  There are about 50 species of palm trees which can withstand England's cold weather and strong winds, so planting plastic trees is just a tacky unappealing and unimaginative.

Maybe they should try planting Washingtonia Robusta (hardy down to -6 degrees Centigrade) or Phoenix Canariensis (hardy down to -9 degrees Centigrade) or Butia Capitata (hardy down to -10 degrees Centigrade) or even Trachycarpus Fortunei (hardy down right down to -17 degrees Centigrade!).

Plastic is not fantastic!

By: Joaquin


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criticism is the only and best source for improvements.

how many in the UK are educated to know that?

and Why are English people always so nasty, aggresive, violent and vulger! is it a racial genetic defect?
*mgz  09-Apr-2008 16:59

 
Spain should use real fish in their paella, they should keep their pubs, give british tourists a sprinkle of their culture, also PLASTIC palm trees, there [i]are[/i] 50 specias, and seeds can't cost quite as much as plastic ones.....
*billie. bob  10-Oct-2007 13:22

 
Eddie: Hi there - here's a turn up for the books, I thoroughly agree with what you say. It is an absolute disgrace that we have such filthy, lazy people in our midst that can't be bothered to take their litter home with them. I live in the middle of rural Northamptonshire, in a very beautiful area of countryside. Frequently we get people driving out to a beauty spot at the bottom of our village, parking up, and having a picnic on the set aside with their kids and dogs. Great, lovely to see people sharing our beautiful countryside. And then what do they do? Pack up all their plates, cutlery etc. very neatly into their car - and drive off home, leaving empty cans, bottles, paper and plastic behind on the grass.

This baffles me, it really does. I despair of some people. How would they feel if I scooped up their detritus, followed them back to their house and dumped the lot in the middle of their beautiful flowerbed? Outraged at a guess. And yet they consider the countryside to be a convenient dustbin for their rubbish. I have seen people actually stopping in a lay-by - where there is a perfectly good wastebin, and empty their ashtray, sweetie papers etc. out onto the road and then drive off. It's unbelievable.
*Nikki  08-Oct-2007 15:37

 
Real palm trees do, still, grow in Cornwall because of the warm currents off shore. Great place to visit. Much nicer than Spain and keeps the economy at home.
*W.E. Bevill  28-Jun-2007 17:48

 
Angry Englishman, Your a DISGRACE to the UK. Comments like that go to show what intelligence people like you have.

Matty, couldn't agree more, this country is filthy, and living in Victorian times. How many times do you see people just throwing their rubbish on the ground, when it's just as easy to take it home, or to the nearest BIN, if you can find one.

Blackpool is one GOOD example, used to be busy with holiday makers and day trippers, now it's the SEWER of the north, drugs and Violence from boozed up YOBS, with their rubbish just thrown on to the ground.

Walk, or drive through the town early mornings, and you'll see what I mean. Fish and chip papers blowing around, broken bottles and cans, EVEN HUMANS staggering around from the night before.


Joaquin,, welcome to Untidy Kingdom
*Eddie  15-May-2007 06:39

 
Typical attitude angry Englishman, if you don't like this country go back home. No wonder people don't want to come here anymore. The guy was just pointing out that we could improve our resorts, no need to bite the head off!
*Matty  14-May-2007 02:01

 
If you don't like the trees piss off back to Spain.
*Angry Englishman  14-May-2007 00:46

 
I didn't realise that there were species of palm tree that could withstand the English cold weather. How come we don't see more of them planted around? I've seen the plastic ones and they look just awful!
*Matty  13-May-2007 18:05

 
Nearly as Tacky as bullfighting, but not nearly as harmful. Spain, a country riddled with Culture, when I went on Holiday there, all I found was British pubs, watered down sangria, and Paella made from canned Tuna, come on Spain, there are hundreds of species of fish in your waters, you can do better than tinned prawns and tuna.
*TheUnionForever  12-May-2007 11:08


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