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Beccariophoenix alfredii survivors in Texas??


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Anyone in Texas growing B. alfredii have any significant survival stories to report? 

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I have one in the backyard that is slowly recovering (near Harlingen). The one in the front yard continues to lose its green, but to be fair it was going downhill well before the freeze, it does not like alkalinity or the well water at all. The one in the back is under more canopy and better mulched and even then it’s nothing to write home about. Honestly it’s hard to see a future for them in the state, for that vaguely coconut look Attalea is an easier genus. I think Oliver in Brownsville has a Beccariophoenix madagascariensis, maybe he’ll chime in. His looks better than anything I’ve got.

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I dug mine up and it's barely alive. I did leave one out in the ground, probably 3 or 5 gallon sized. It's dead.

It's a shame, these grow well and look good here in between record freezes.

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