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Louisiana and Palms

_Keith

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_Keith Grand Master

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So, Louisiana is not exactly a palm mecca. Tough climate for all but a few of them for sure, with our crazy 20 year average Arctic blast. Probably the only thing we might lay claim to with our abundant lowlands is the Sabal minor capital of the world, and we have some solid competition on that one. But at any rate, this may just be our most famous palm image. Fellow Louisianan's feel free to add on to this thread.

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Palming is a lot like cooking . . .

You make the best with the ingredients you have.

That picture cooks! :greenthumb:

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Keith - any idea how old those palms are ?

I suspect they are ancient specimens. :interesting:

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Keith - any idea how old those palms are ?

I suspect they are ancient specimens. :interesting:

I have tried to figure that out Ron. I just found a picture from 1909 that possibly shows them. Or maybe the picture is not from then. Heck, this is hard.

They are certainly not the first or only palms to have been planted in that courtyard, as many older photos show, but they are clearly the only ones remaining.

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From 1900, it that one on the right?

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defiantly antiques for sure.

great pic's!!

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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There are Sabal minors growing in the bottom lands around Shreveport in NW Louisiana where I grew up. Even in that part of the state there is still a lot of swamps like this on Caddo Lake.

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This might just be the granddady of Sabal minors located near New Orleans.

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There used to be a lot of Indians in Lousiana and they left behind their burial mounds like these on the LSU campus.

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I never saw any Indians while I was at LSU, I guess the Tigers at them all.

I had the privilege of Governor Edwin Edwards addressing us at commencement.

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If you drive north from Lafayette to Shreveport on I-49 in the winter when you can see into the forest, you will see thousands upon thousands of Sabal minor.

Other than that, no reason to ever come here. http://pulptastic.com/22-reasons-never-visit-louisiana/

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LA is no fun at all.

Let's keep our forum fun and friendly.

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Keith, thinking of where you live, I would think these are bulletproof: Sabal palmetto(other Sabal species as well I would guess), Serenoa, Butia(a few species as well), Chamaerops(some neat variations in this genus too), hardy variety of Queens? A few Phoenix varieties, Jubaea hybrids(other cocosoid hybrids as well), Rhapidophyllum, Livistona chinensis and maybe a couple other species, Brahea species, Washingtonia, Trachycarpus, and maybe an Arenga or two. Please set me straight on my list, but that's just off the top of my head and that sounds like a super palmy yard(I bet there are maybe 5 more species, at least that could be tried with decent success). Interested in hearing back from you on this.

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Close.  Queens are a no.  Mules will survive, but with 100% burn.  Cham radicalis and microspadix bullet proof.   Washies and Livies are a maybe, filibusta are solid, all will experience 100% foliage loss, same with Aregna.  Trachy suffer more from heat than cold.  For the last decade roughly every 3rd winter, I have to put with ugly recovering palms for 2 year and just when they start to look good again.   Euro fans are fine as are needle palms.

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Keith! Still lurking? I’m surprised on your outlook on mules. A few years back after polar vortex 17 F your mule looked pretty good to me. 
seems to be some pretty old livistona chinensis around south Louisiana too. 
btw is the avocado still alive?

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