Aloha! These are the tallest palm trees of proud Zoetermeer residents

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If you look closely, you will see palm trees all over the city. These tropical trees thrive in our town, of course with the necessary sun, love, attention and care.

After our call for the tallest palm tree in Zoetermeer, we received enthusiastic responses with photos of proud Zoetermeer residents. We do not know exactly what the tallest palm tree is, but the trees below are very large with their height of five to six meters! Take a quick look.

Hawthorn avenue

Annelies Lauret has two palm trees from the Himalayas in her backyard. She didn’t want to climb the trees to measure them. “I don’t know if our palm trees are the tallest, but they are tall!”

Palm trees by Annelies Lauret on the Meidoornlaan

Amaranth wood

For our call, Chaam Binda stood with the measuring rod next to her palm tree and measured 5.45 meters. Knowing that the highest palm trees of 60 meters are in Colombia, this is a small one ;-).

Palm tree of Chaam Binda in Rokkeveen

Trompstraat

Karin de Vries has two palm trees in her backyard. “One of the two is the highest. It is approximately between 5 and 6 meters high.”

Palm tree by Karin de Vries on the Trompstraat

Palm tree by Karin de Vries on the Trompstraat

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Palm tree by Karin de Vries on the Trompstraat

Palm tree by Karin de Vries on the Trompstraat

Leyens

Karin van Eijsden lives in De Leyens and has two palm trees in her backyard. “I can’t measure the larger of the two. He will be about five meters, and he will reach the edge of the roof.”

Palm tree by Karin van Eijsden in De Leyens

Rokkeveenseweg-South

Kees and Judith van Leeuwen do not have one palm tree in their garden, but a backyard full of different types of palm trees. “The picture shows the Trachycarpus Fortunei. In the wild, these trees can grow up to 18 meters.” The one of Kees and Judith measures between five and six metres.

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Palm trees by Kees and Judith van Leeuwen. Photo: in the neighborhood of Zoetermeer

Privet Park

Their palm tree is 5.53 meters high in the backyard of Siebe and Hilda Bloembergen in the Seghwaert district. With a beer it looks like Siebe is sitting on a tropical beach.

Palm tree by Siebe and Hilda Bloembergen at the Privet Park

Palm tree by Siebe and Hilda Bloembergen at the Privet Park

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Palm tree by Siebe and Hilda Bloembergen at the Privet Park

Palm tree by Siebe and Hilda Bloembergen at the Privet Park

Seghwaert

Luna Brai’s palm tree forms the tropical centerpiece of several backyards in the Seghwaert district. He is about 4.60 meters high.

Palm tree by Luna Brai in Seghwaert

Galleon quay

We came across these two huge palm trees on the Galjoenkade on the way. These should not be missing from our overview. They will be between five and six meters.

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Palm trees on the Galjoenkade. Photo: in the neighborhood of Zoetermeer

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