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Windmill Palms in Greensboro, NC


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Over the last decade or so I've noticed that palms (especially windmill palms) are becoming more and more common in Greensboro, NC. Greensboro is considered zone 7b, however over the last ten or fifteen years we have been having solid 8a winters. There are hundreds of windmill palms here in Greensboro- most planted in residential areas. They have even naturalized near the old Cone Cemetery. Next time I'm in town I'll try to get some pictures of the larger specimens around. 

Here are a couple nice ones I took a photo of last week:

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Sabal Minor under the mailbox across the street:

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Smaller windmill a few houses down:

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Live Oaks are fairly common in Greensboro as well, which surprised me when I first moved here. There are several large ones by the courthouse- I'll try to get pictures of them soon. Here is a good sized one in the neighborhood where I took these pictures.

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Nice.   Looks like they are doing fairly well there.  

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tntropics - 60+ In-ground 7A palms - (Sabal) minor(7 large + 27 seedling size, 3 dwarf),  brazoria(1) , birmingham(4), etonia (1) louisiana(5), palmetto (1), riverside (1),  (Trachycarpus) fortunei(7), wagnerianus(1),  Rhapidophyllum hystrix(7),  15' Mule-Butia x Syagrus(1),  Blue Butia capitata(1) +Tons of tropical plants.  Recent Yearly Lows -1F, 12F, 11F, 18F, 16F, 3F, 3F, 6F, 3F, 1F, 16F, 17F, 6F, 8F

 

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20 hours ago, Allen said:

Nice.   Looks like they are doing fairly well there.  

Yes, lots of impressive specimens around. Raleigh has some great looking ones as well. These two are  prime examples:981F50B6-1BF7-454B-A643-C142EE95E1BC.jpeg.2a0312ccef63ac114b0b189f1982e3bc.jpeg

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WOW those are super tall!!!!  

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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tntropics - 60+ In-ground 7A palms - (Sabal) minor(7 large + 27 seedling size, 3 dwarf),  brazoria(1) , birmingham(4), etonia (1) louisiana(5), palmetto (1), riverside (1),  (Trachycarpus) fortunei(7), wagnerianus(1),  Rhapidophyllum hystrix(7),  15' Mule-Butia x Syagrus(1),  Blue Butia capitata(1) +Tons of tropical plants.  Recent Yearly Lows -1F, 12F, 11F, 18F, 16F, 3F, 3F, 6F, 3F, 1F, 16F, 17F, 6F, 8F

 

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They are also creeping further north! (This is NJ/Zone 7A/B)

I have one growing outside and several in my garage that I grew from seedlings.

As soon as I retire, they will be planted out too!

They are nice palms, and frankly, I love these the look of palms in the SNOW!

This pic was taken last weekend.

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I saw quite a few Windmills and Sabal Minor in Raleigh.  They seem to be springing up around more businesses and parks.  Some in Pullen Park clearly have been there a while and volunteers are all over the park.   Also saw this Sabal thats been there for 6 years now.  Looked fine in September 2018 after the 2017/2018 cold and looks even better now. 20190923_123940_HDR.jpg.5ae5038c32cd64c6d134e8340e2a5090.jpg20190923_130441_HDR.jpg.08674843c3673ce83211efdbcf50b5a8.jpg20190923_131254_HDR.jpg.02c98878969605baf602163f11e9f9ca.jpg20190923_133428.jpg.59f79ef40aa7eab4f11e5ebe128f0b16.jpg1286792830_ScreenShot2019-10-06at10_42_50AM.png.e4e7ce5dcede00cba62e53d1ba3fc95b.png20190923_154148.thumb.jpg.3abeb81299485d441cbba5013aef9f61.jpg20190923_164212_HDR.jpg.8835e6589c8dcc688eedd5613b479489.jpg20190923_165700.jpg.7988b2453a54a806a4cbe529528f7347.jpg20190923_164752_HDR.jpg.ca44e4d4ebc4b1aeae8448fbd5cc0f32.jpg

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