TexasColdHardyPalms Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 I have no idea how they got here but these little ditch dwellers sprouted up last year, burned to the ground in the winter, came back up and got weed whacked a few times, went through 65 days with zero irrigation and 110f days and keep on trucking along. This wet September sure has kicked them into overdrive. Got a few rogue bismarckia from a spent seed batch popping up and several sabals too. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted September 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 FyI that armata was 100% defoliated this winter and you can see the burn. I havent watered it a single time in almost 24 months. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josue Diaz Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Yep, they're resilient for sure. I have seen them growing in cracks in cement, and they often sprout up in cracks in asphalt around here. Anywhere the seed can reach a bit of moisture for the period when they sprout, they'll carve out a living seemingly without water after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted September 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Here are a few sabals and a filifera i have yet to pull up in from of my garage. Sabals are mexicana or rosei as they didnt burn this winter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted September 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Upload issue9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusca Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, TexasColdHardyPalms said: Upload issue9 That's a familiar sight here - even more so in Houston! When I grow them myself from seed they won't look this good most times! 1 Jon Sunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyt Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 That is some display of the "will to survive" Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burl Posted September 26, 2018 Report Share Posted September 26, 2018 Here's the largest of 5 filiferas I bought from TexasColdHardyPalms in March of 2018 in a 1G liner. Now it's 48" to the top of the leaf tips. This is one of the one's that got damaged last winter when your greenhouse door blew open when we had the brutal cold for N Texas. This one gets the least water but the most sun. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted September 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 Looking great Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 I really like filifera. Dang Texas, what they doing in a ditch? What you look for is what is looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted October 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 @bubba I must have cleaned filifera seed here at the house at one time or another and somehow they made it way over there. That's how the Bismarckia and sabals all popped up. I found a few rogue Armata and palo verde growing out in a field at the nursery. I'm pretty sure rats/squirrels are responsible for those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRJbb99 Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 @Texas, Feel free to dig up and sell me that Brahea there! I asked your brother to show me when I was out there yesterday but he said it was at your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 W.filifera is without question one of my favourite palms. It’s not the cold that kills it here but the damp winters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusca Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 10/2/2018, 1:53:14, SRJbb99 said: @Texas, Feel free to dig up and sell me that Brahea there! I asked your brother to show me when I was out there yesterday but he said it was at your house. That is a nice B. armata. Unfortunately they don't transplant well - I moved a similar sized one a few years ago that hadn't been in the ground but a few months and thought I got all of the rootball, but it slowly went into decline. Joseph might be skilled enough to dig it out for you, but I wouldn't risk it as it has been in the ground for awhile and has likely put down some deep roots. Better to get one of his potted ones. Jon Jon Sunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasColdHardyPalms Posted October 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 We have plenty of Armata around in pots/containers for sale, so no need to dig anything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRJbb99 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Yes you do! Here’s mine I purchased from you doing well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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