SNOWY palms in Houston!!

[palmsnbananas]

Snowy Bismarck, CIDP, Chamaerops and various cycads in Sugarland Tx!!

[palmsnbananas]

[palmsnbananas]

[palmsnbananas]

[topwater]

Good to see a nice Bizzie in Sugarland.  Imho, Houston really could use more S. texana/palmetto, hopefully Bismarckia (too early to tell), and several Livistona spp. way more than the ubiquitous Washies and CIDPs that dominate the palmscape here. 

[cm05]

Nice!

It’s funny seeing the South get snow before us, although we’re getting our first snow right now from the same storm system 

I’ve just a little more snow than you, but it’s heavy enough to make the fronds on my palms sag to the ground.

[palmsnbananas]

Rarely do we ever see snow that actually collects on the ground, it was a funny sight seeing snow on all my plants, it didnt really get that cold though 32.7F. 

 

Yes my bismarckia has grown pretty well over the last 8 years, it has lost its leaves several times but grown out of it without any special care. And it is growing in a very exposed location, would do very well in the downtown areas of Houston. I do see more Sabal's around town probably due to the freeze events the last few years. 

[CroToni]

3 hours ago, palmsnbananas said:

Rarely do we ever see snow that actually collects on the ground, it was a funny sight seeing snow on all my plants, it didnt really get that cold though 32.7F. 

 

Yes my bismarckia has grown pretty well over the last 8 years, it has lost its leaves several times but grown out of it without any special care. And it is growing in a very exposed location, would do very well in the downtown areas of Houston. I do see more Sabal's around town probably due to the freeze events the last few years. 

Beautiful palms,it started snowing here yesterday and it scared me to death,but the temp was 37.The flakes were carried by the cold north wind.

 

[Sandy Loam]

Those photos are unbelievable.  I didn't think that it could ever snow in Houston. Here, our climate is supposed to be similar to yours, but we haven't had any slow flakes since 1989 -- and that was supposed to be a freak weather event too! 

What is happening with this crazy cold snap?!

[palmsnbananas]

Yeah crazy, but not so crazy I think it snows about every 7 years in Houston but only every couple times it snows does any accumulate.

You would think that far south that we would never get that cold... lucky SoFla and SoCal residents!

[palmfriend]

Thank you very much for sharing!!

Palms and snow is always fascinating - something like fire and ice in a certain way...

I hope your plants will do well,

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

[palmsnbananas]

8 hours ago, palmfriend said:

Thank you very much for sharing!!

Palms and snow is always fascinating - something like fire and ice in a certain way...

I hope your plants will do well,

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

Thank you!