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VA State Cooperative Publication on Sabal minor Care


PalmatierMeg

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I was researching info on Sabal minor and found the following illustrated publication released by the State of VA that provides info on growing that species in the State. I thought it might be of interest to all PTers in the Middle Atlantic region and other colder areas.

HORT-60-PDF.pdf

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Meg

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Elevation: 15 feet

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I remeber seeing this before a while back. I am not surprised they recommend Sabal minor for Virginia (The Piedmont and Coastal Plain) because they seem to thrive here. I remeber seeing huge ones in Northern Virginia somewhere around Fredericksburg while driving to visit family up north. 

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4 minutes ago, PalmTreeDude said:

I remeber seeing this before a while back. I am not surprised they recommend Sabal minor for Virginia (The Piedmont and Coastal Plain) because they seem to thrive here. I remeber seeing huge ones in Northern Virginia somewhere around Fredericksburg while driving to visit family up north. 

All new in recent decades. I grew up in NO VA and have traveled the I95 corridor ad nauseam. Never once saw any palms.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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9 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

All new in recent decades. I grew up in NO VA and have traveled the I95 corridor ad nauseam. Never once saw any palms.

Palms seem to be increasing in popularity in NoVa and DC. I remember seeing chamaerops humilis outside of the Natural History Museum in DC.  

Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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Palms are definitely getting more popular here. Sabal minor are growing in popularity alone as well. Although you can never find large ones for sale here endless you want to pay an insane amount of money for it... 

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I really wish they’d catch on here and especially in NYC, the 30-year average annual minimum is 9 degrees at LaGuardia Airport, and there are warmer pockets + many of sheltered areas that are more than likely zone 8a. The slightly famous Brooklyn Needle Palm lived for decades until it was removed this year, and there’s a Sabal minor in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan.

Trachycarpus fortunei, as far as I know, has only been trialed in open areas where they eventually succumb to the elements before they can properly establish themselves, I think it’s the wet + cold that does them in more than the cold itself, they’d probably do alright against a wall with a southern exposure, but they’re still marginal. However, Needles and Minors have already proven themselves here.

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I saw ONE place with palms in DC that had sabal minor and a large windmill.  suprised I didnt see anything else

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