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Beautiful palmetto in the piedmont.


Brad Mondel

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@Brad Mondel That's definitely been around a while!

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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I have never been to the Upstate. How common are palms there? 

Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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3 hours ago, Brad Mondel said:

They're everywhere! Mostly Trachycarpus, Sabal, and Butia.

Generally Trachy's look better up there then down here I think.  

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That looks great Brad and looks just like many down here.

I agree that Trachys look better further north.  I remember seeing a couple in Atlanta in the 90s and being so shocked.

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58 minutes ago, palmsOrl said:

That looks great Brad and looks just like many down here.

I agree that Trachys look better further north.  I remember seeing a couple in Atlanta in the 90s and being so shocked.

Not sure if it's the soil or what it is. You can find nice ones down here but they need to be protected some from the sun in the summer. At least that's my hunch. Columbia is either sand or a brown loamy/clay. There is also the red clay in veins in some areas but certainly nothing like they have up in Charlotte/Greenville/Atlanta. 

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I can say that trachycarpus do very well in my red clay. 

LOWS 16/17 12F, 17/18 3F, 18/19 7F, 19/20 20F

Palms growing in my garden: Trachycarpus Fortunei, Chamaerops Humilis, Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera, Rhapidophyllum Hystrix, Sabal Palmetto 

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Yes, Trachycarpus look better here than anywhere else I've seen them. 

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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I’ve always thought the Upstate of the “Palmetto State” deserved more palmettos !  Trachys would be lovely too - maybe along the state roadways? ...  Seems like I don’t start seeing LOTS of them until I’m south of Columbia - and then they’re ubiquitous in Charleston 

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I agree! At least we have live oaks in the center  on the 385 towards Greenville. We need palmettos though!

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Yes I saw those as well! They just planted a bunch at a new car wash on woodruff road also.

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Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Check out the pics when I posted about the ones at the medical lab in late 2015 here: 

Now they all have full crowns and all have been thriving since. 

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On ‎8‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 8:17 PM, Brad Mondel said:

Yes, Trachycarpus look better here than anywhere else I've seen them. 

To me, upstate SC always seemed like the closest climate/geography we have to Trachycarpus's native areas of China.

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Mike in zone 6 Missouruh

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Here's a really nice one, there were many around this restaurant and a hotel close by my home.20200718_130930.thumb.jpg.f2491036a95bb31c4a9f0ac4995d30ce.jpg

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Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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