necturus Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 Hi guys, I drove past a lovely collection of silver palms today and wanted to share. I didn't snap a picture, but Google maps has a nice shot here: https://www.google.com/maps/@29.6914027,-95.4552952,3a,75y,287.28h,85.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siUh1b5DRyjj3wxlMHYBeNQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Daniel 4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubaea_James760 Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 That homeowner has some good taste in palms. beautiful pic from google. The palm to the far right at first glance looks like a nannorrhops ritchiana silver form. Arabica I believe. Not to sure though. I've been out of the game for awhile :/ possibly a suckering brahea dulcis? 1 Quote Hesperia,Southern CA (High Desert area). Zone 8b Elevation; about 3600 ft. Lowest temp. I can expect each year 19/20*f lowest since I've been growing palms *13(2007) Hottest temp. Each year *106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 Silver saws, brahea armata, butia and nannorhorps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 There is another non armata brahea on the back side of that house. Ill have to check that out next time im down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 The other brahea in the backyard is dead. There were a few c. Radicalis, pauritus palm, n. Ritcheana, butia odorata, three very large armata, arenga engleri, a few sabal minors, silver serenoa repens, med fans and a large unknown sabal(palmetto) and a big queen. 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 More pics 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TexasColdHardyPalms Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 These are easily the best looking armata i have ever seen in Houston. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 Bellaire. Those look to have been planted long ago, before that area turned affluent. Those palms may be part of the reason that house hasn’t been torn down for a McMansion. I’ll have to stop by one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OC2Texaspalmlvr Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 I really need to start adding pics to this thread. Since Florida , Hawaii , California all have there own threads and obviously represented well =) Calling all Houston PTers to blow this thread up !!! Also the many PTers that have visited Houston and its surrounding cities full of palms. 1 Quote T J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 11 hours ago, OC2Texaspalmlvr said: I really need to start adding pics to this thread. Since Florida , Hawaii , California all have there own threads and obviously represented well =) Calling all Houston PTers to blow this thread up !!! Also the many PTers that have visited Houston and its surrounding cities full of palms. Okay. You talked me into it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 Nothing too impressive there except for maybe the royals and the triple spindle. Those are both in Galveston. The rest are at my house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necturus Posted October 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 Where did you get the large majesty? I think these are worth a try in protected spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 1 minute ago, necturus said: Where did you get the large majesty? I think these are worth a try in protected spots. I bought it at Flamingo Gardens in Galveston. Here’s a picture of one in my neighborhood. I found another one that looks even better a few miles away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEinMB Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 13 hours ago, Jeff985 said: I bought it at Flamingo Gardens in Galveston. Here’s a picture of one in my neighborhood. I found another one that looks even better a few miles away. Any idea what the bud hardiness is? I have a couple fairly protected spots I've been thinking about planting mine in but I've had it for about 3 years and don't want to lose it. **it would receive protection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 In January on 2018 we had s hard freeze here. If I recall the weather station closest to here, which about a mile further inland of this, bottomed out at 22 degrees. There was a post a couple months ago of a bigger one in New Orleans. Parts of New Orleans got down to 19f. That one is too large to protect. The one that I posted here I doubt was protected based on the conditions of its surroundings. There was a post on here a couple years ago of two in Tallahassee that have seen teens on multiple occasions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 Photo 1: Large plumeria (one of my neighbors). Fairly common in my area. Photo 2: Archontopheonix cunninghamiana (mine). Survived one winter without protection so far. It also survived being dug up and moved. It’s sibling didn’t handle the move so well. I’ll drive around and take more pics when I get a day off. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 22 hours ago, Jeff985 said: In January on 2018 we had s hard freeze here. If I recall the weather station closest to here, which about a mile further inland of this, bottomed out at 22 degrees. There was a post a couple months ago of a bigger one in New Orleans. Parts of New Orleans got down to 19f. That one is too large to protect. The one that I posted here I doubt was protected based on the conditions of its surroundings. There was a post on here a couple years ago of two in Tallahassee that have seen teens on multiple occasions. Yeah, we saw 19*F where I was at near Pearland at the time. North of I-10 and to the West saw even colder. The queen palms in neighbors front yard that saw morning shade, both died. Ive been to Flamingo Gardens. They have a few massive Beaucarnea Recurvata for sale right now. I took a picture of one. You don’t usually see those beyond pot size in Houston, but I guess Galveston being 9B makes it possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necturus Posted October 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 Over the years I have often spotted this majesty just off of 610 South, but I have never been able to get a picture nor remember exactly where it is. Well, I saw it again today and managed to find it on Google streetview. It has been there since 2008, at which point it already had a trunk. It is in a very protected spot, but it is still a credit to the hardiness of majesties, as it has survived and grow a fair bit. Don't mind all the trash on the ground in the last screenshot. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 Stumbled upon a double bizzie today. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 In an attempt to breathe some life into this thread, I took a stroll around my neighborhood and snapped some pics. Here are some pygmys. Fairly common in certain parts of the Houston area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Queens are very common here but I still love them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Bizzies seem to be gaining in popularity, but they’re still under used. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Double CIDP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Here are a couple CIDP’s growing wild in ditches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Bougainvillea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Focus elastica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Really full garden Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 I grew up in Bellaire and lived in Houston until 1989. The 80s was an incredibly cold decade .Almost everything "tropical" was destroyed. It is so nice to see so many palms and tropicals returning to popularity. Quote El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Triple foxtail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff985 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 And of course Sabal palmettos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 I’ll have to take more photos when I’m out, I just posted a bunch in the General Forum on the Rio Grande Valley. I’ll have to do it alone, my wife always gets embarrassed. House in Clear Lake viewed from a green area. Butia in Clear Lake Sorry about the poor lighting 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Alright... I’ll bite. Here are a few of mine about 30 miles northwest of Houston. First up Brahea Armata. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 serenoa repens silver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Not very pretty or spectacular, but Attalea Cohune (came back after freezing to the ground in 15 degrees a couple years back) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 From left to right Sabal Blackburniana, Uresana, and Riverside... along with plenty of weeds. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Jubaea x Butia 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Jubaea 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 A mule and some muhly grass. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 And finally... my personal favorite palm, Jubaea x Syagrus. 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorologistpalmguy Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Last bonus... the JXS along with some Butia Odorata, olives and yucca rostrata. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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