The most beautiful street in the world

That's very interesting. I'm glad the trees were saved. They are beautiful :)

Gorgeous scene I to am pleased they saved the trees.

I'd love to visit Porto Alegre & I'd really love to see & walk along that street! So glad the street has been preserved!

Lovely scene and glad the trees have been saved, they are beautiful.

I've seen those on the Internet and linked them a few times on various gardening boards Aleyna.
The tree's grow here. The plants on the tree's- Ferns and Ripsalis cactus grow here. None are grown together like in Brazil. Too dry here for that. Maybe in some private garden with a Tipuanu a gardener could try to imitate that. But I m sure the orginal will always be the greatest.
1930's? I wondered how old those huge tree's are...

Wow! That's a gorgeous street! I really love Tipuana tipu trees! They are extremely common here. The shopping center where I do my grocery shopping has 50 or 60 Tipuana trees planted around it. I know how larger and spectacular they are when in full bloom. :>))

I was looking at the bookmark I had made last year of Porto Allegra,what a paradise. Its like every inch of that city is planted with lush houseplants. I saw one building with a row of Spathiphylum. Spathyphylum can be grown here...but its marginal. I have one on my porch. SO far,the streak of mild winters has helped.
But- what a great botanical city Porto Allegra is.

Stan,

It's Porto Alegre, not Porto Allegra. LOL! :>))

It looks like a wonderful subtropical place, doesn't it?
They receive a lot of rain in summer (and it's very hot and humid), this is why they can grow so many wonderful tropical plants!

The thing is- I'm at 37N. When you go inland? For the next 3,000 miles at that latitude the climate only gets frigid in winter all the way to the east coast of the USA.
In Brazil..its nothing but more subtropical climates until the Andes I guess.
So,Its easy to forget how some places on Earth have warm weather all year for thousands of miles.

I like also to "visit"- the state of Parana. On Google its Auracaria street tree's are as exotic as it gets.

One more thing? I notice Andy,in Brazil Google catches lots of people walking. California streets by comparison seems empty!

Stan, we walk in the streets because it is not easy to buy a car here. Also, our streets and roads are nothing compared to USA, and California streets and roads. I've travelled from LA to San Francisco a few times back and forward, and also further norh to Mendocino, Fort Bragg heading to Portland, OR. Same on the east, from Miami to Wisconsin. Believe me, one can't compare those streets and roads to ours.
Araucárias are common here as well. A few araucarias in the back of my new place. I love them.

Well,Aleyna,its a great place to do it. Like walking through a botanical paradise.

Thank you for all the info and the photo, it's very interesting :)

Aleyna,

Your streets are made for walking. LOL! :>))

It's incredible that it's so difficult to get a car there. Is it the price of cars that prevents people from buying a car?

Stan,
I'm moving soon hopefully to a place where I'll really walk as in a Botanical Garden, I just love plants.

Thank you Pamela for your comments.

Delonix,
I'm glad is not my rubber boots. LOL!

The problem buying a car here is the amount of taxes, which rises the price.

"According to the former president of Anfavea (vehicle manufacturers' association) Luiz Moan in February this year, taxes (ICMS, PIS / Cofins and IPI, plus other smaller taxes such as IOF, CIDE, INSS and ISS) represent 37 , 2% to 54.8% of the price charged for cars made in Brazil." (Gazeta do Povo, 06/21/2016)

Wow! That's a hefty tax! It's too bad the taxes are so unafordable for most people!

Cars are not cheap here, either. They are the second highest purchase people make here in the U.S. after a house.

Ah,cars are a real drag on the budget. My car I bought new in 2011. Only new car I ever bought. My last car was a 30 years old Truck!..I think I paid like 20 $ a year to register it.
Should have kept it. But it was slowly dying. Losing compression ( power) and barely freeway speeds. Always in the slow lane.
The truck was Toyota,and so is the car. As reliable as can be,knock on wood.
So,my recommendation is..stay away from "bargain" cars. If possible.

If we know one thing about even the mildest California climates? Its that none of the great tropical tree's that can be grown here ever get away any farther then the garden hose can reach. Our dry summers kill off anything that even starts to get a root in spring in the hills.
Some exceptions..but rare to see anything other then a blue Gum or Acacia.

Stan,

Seeds from Tipu trees do sprout here even though it's very dry. In Perth, where Marguerite lives is very similar to San Diego's climate.

I even have Jacaranda seedlings popping up in my yard from the big Jacaranda tree in the front yard.

In the mountains of Santa Monica,a few Cloudforest Daisy's ( actually huge shrubs)native to Mexico have naturalized in the wet ravines.
In San Francisco,Cyathea cooperi,the Australian tree fern,has also said to have grown a few plants near the areas of great fogs and ravines. I've never seen them myself.
But mostly,we have a inhospitable dry climate for much of what grows so easily with irrigation.
Now in specialists yards? I have seen photos of Tillandsia's and even Orchids (from seeds) that have spread over garden tree's with misters in them.
In a way,that's great that we can grow what we like..and no damage to the natural order. That's a big positive I think.

You'd be surprised what has naturalized in the canyons here in San Diego. The rain collects at the bottom of these canyon, so therefore many plants grow and naturalize in them. You can see nasturtium, jade, Washingtonia, Phoenix, Aloe, pampas grass, and so much more.

Here near the place where we buy the land (abaut 1h30min car trip), is located the Itaimbezinho canyon. The flora is rich and dense in the bottom and in the canyon walls. The most common populations are bromeliads, orchids, begoniacias, yellow, rose and white tabebuias, jacarandeaes and tibouchina mutabilis.
It is common to see colorful bouquets in the middle of dense forest, during the flowering period of these trees.

https://www.tripadvisor.com.br/Attraction_Review-g1205059-d2039500-Reviews-Itaimbezinho_Canyon-Cambara_do_Sul_State_of_Rio_Grande_do_Sul.html

A tripadvisor link for the Itaimbezinho Canyon

Aleyna:

You have some really interesting plants that naturalize there. You also get so much more rain than us here in Southern California.

We have only had one rain storm (where we received good measurable rain this whole rainy season). It's insane! It's so, so, so dry here. We are going back on water-restriction this coming April. :>((