Question

Hi  I have a non verbal 7 year old autistic son who loves trees. It takes up our evenings and weekends going out looking at them, taking photos, then looking at the photos. you get the picture! Theres 2 palm trees in our town which he loves. one is the typical green colour, the other is a dark pinky red colour. Does anyone know what these are so I can look into buying them for the garden? Thankyou  

Answer 1

Sorry no help with the trees But my friend did an A4 ring binder folder with photos printed in of lorry’s Her autistic son loved to look at them He would happily sit and look through at photographs of ones they had seen when out and about Xx

Comments

@luciferase7416 awww lovely xxx

Answer 2

They are Cordylines, we have a lovely one in our front garden x

Answer 3

Could they be cordyline ?  

Answer 4

Possibly cordylines as they come in different colours. You can also get windmill palms which are hardy and have interesting leaves.  

Answer 5

Definitely cordylines

Answer 6

@luciferase7416 there is a free app that you can put on your phone which will identify plants for you. You just take a photo and the name and description comes up in seconds. It is called PlantSnap or there is another one called PictureThis.  

Answer 7

Bark rubbing is fun, he might enjoy that.  

Answer 8

We live near Sherwood Forest and you know what tree lives there x bless him xxx

Answer 9

Is it like this, this is my storyline

Comments

Cordyline not storyline haha daft machine

Answer 10

They are most likely cordylines I bought mine pink & green for 1. 99 about 7 seven years ago they are both now way over 6ft, they don't look like trees to begin with  

Answer 11

Cordyline definitely, my cordy is an absolute mutant it’s massive and only had it 2yrs. I bought in b&q for £3

Answer 12

Had them in b&m yesterday

Comments

@rene10 download the plantsnap app and take a picture of them and it will tell you what they are.  

Answer 13

That’s so lovely. Can’t help with tree identification but a love of trees is such an asset. Perhaps he could go to a nursery and choose one