Not a happy tree......

.......my palm tree has suffered badly in the drought.....although he is awash with rainwater this week......not sure if he will survive, he has been dropping fronds for several weeks now and looking very sorry for his self.

[Susan Wakely]

Oh dear let’s hope it survives. I am guessing that it has adapted the the West Country weather rather than its country of origin.

[Diana]

Oh no, that would be such a pity! Maybe you can speak to a palm doctor and feed it with something special?

[Kitty Hawke]

@wakelysThink he has been here for very many years......possibly from when the house was new (plant hunters were bringing back all sorts of vegetation then).....we have been here over 20 years and the previous owners for over 40 and it was there then..... fingers crossed for him.....

[Kitty Hawke]

@ludwigsdiana Thinking of offering him a bottle of 'Scrumpy' cider....that seems to cure most problems !!!!!

[Pat Knowles]

He dies look a bit sick…you would have thought he might have liked it dry & warm.

[kali]

i recognise this as a cordyline australis , we call them cabbage trees or ti kouka in New Zealand, not a palm at all, but i know you Brits like to call it a palm haha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyline_australis

[Carole Sandford]

Hope it recovers!

[Kitty Hawke]

@kali66 Yeah....you are right......however....it has been here forever........and I'm sad if we lose it.

[kali]

they are so hardy, I am surprised to see it so stressed, i think even if the top died back it could come back from the roots

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[haskar]

So sorry! All nature looks bad.

[Kitty Hawke]

@kali66 I do hope so......one of our previous cats, Ruby, loved to climb this tree and sit in the 'vee' surveying 'her' garden.....

[Kitty Hawke]

@rickster549 Thank you:)

[Kitty Hawke]

@haskar Yes indeed. I have lost several shrubs and bushes this summer.

[CC Folk]

I don’t blame it…many of our plants and grass are suffering with this extended heat wave! Terrible…we need more rain!