Palmy Yard in Charlotte, NC

[NCFM]

Evidently Palms R Kool isn’t the only palm nut in his neighborhood: 

 

[ZPalms]

That's one awesome yard, Hope to have something like that one day! 

[WSimpson]

Great looking yard . I'm amazed how big the Butias are and that the winter of 2018 didn't do serious damage to some of the Sabal palmettos and Butias .

Will

[Collectorpalms]

1 hour ago, Will Simpson said:

Great looking yard . I'm amazed how big the Butias are and that the winter of 2018 didn't do serious damage to some of the Sabal palmettos and Butias .

Will

Maybe they are newly planted? Butia could have been killed below 7F. Palmetto probably all ok.

many palms already replaced in Texas and it’s only been 3 months. 

Edited May 20, 2021 by Collectorpalms

[Gator]

WOW !    I would just stop and stare

[NCFM]

2 hours ago, Will Simpson said:

Great looking yard . I'm amazed how big the Butias are and that the winter of 2018 didn't do serious damage to some of the Sabal palmettos and Butias .

Will

He says that some of the larger and more established Butias in his area did manage to survive that terrible winter of ‘18. Total defoliation but came back quick 

[knikfar]

On 5/19/2021 at 9:35 PM, NC_Palm_Enthusiast said:

Evidently Palms R Kool isn’t the only palm nut in his neighborhood: 

 

Do these palms get protected during the winter? 

[NCFM]

3 hours ago, knikfar said:

Do these palms get protected during the winter? 

I'm not entirely sure,  but he responds to comments on his youtube videos so you could ask.  I honestly doubt they do because there are other pindos that thrive in his neighborhood and aren't protected, and there are even washingtonias surviving unprotected around the lake. 

[EJ;)]

On 5/19/2021 at 6:35 PM, NC_Palm_Enthusiast said:

Evidently Palms R Kool isn’t the only palm nut in his neighborhood: 

 

Beautiful.... you planted your palms so far apart! when they were seedlings it must've looked sparse! bet you don't regret it now!

[knikfar]

On 5/27/2021 at 3:10 PM, NC_Palm_Enthusiast said:

I'm not entirely sure,  but he responds to comments on his youtube videos so you could ask.  I honestly doubt they do because there are other pindos that thrive in his neighborhood and aren't protected, and there are even washingtonias surviving unprotected around the lake. 

That's shocking. Most of the Washingtonias have been killed off by cold even in Wilmington. I don't see any mature pindos here in Raleigh. There's one in Fuquay Varina but I don't know if it survived the 2018 record winter or if it was planted after that. I have a 3' pindo in my yard and I know one of my neighbors has a similar sized one in their front yard. That one made it through this past winter with no protection but our low temp was 20 degrees, so that's to be expected. Charlotte and Raleigh are nearly identical in terms of climate so I'm hoping mine will thrive like the ones in the video. 

[NCFM]

7 hours ago, knikfar said:

That's shocking. Most of the Washingtonias have been killed off by cold even in Wilmington. I don't see any mature pindos here in Raleigh. There's one in Fuquay Varina but I don't know if it survived the 2018 record winter or if it was planted after that. I have a 3' pindo in my yard and I know one of my neighbors has a similar sized one in their front yard. That one made it through this past winter with no protection but our low temp was 20 degrees, so that's to be expected. Charlotte and Raleigh are nearly identical in terms of climate so I'm hoping mine will thrive like the ones in the video. 

His neighborhood is on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Wylie, so it has a great microclimate.  In this video you can see the largest pindo in that area.  It got defoliated in '18 but came back strong:

 

[knikfar]

That pindo is beautiful. My sister lost one about that size at her house in Wilmington during that same freeze event. I think it might have made it but it was on the north side of her house so probably stayed cold longer than it would have anywhere else.