Snow in the jungle

[Dimovi]

[Collectorpalms]

I did the slow mo too! This was a super heavy water content snow. All night I can hear piles of snow crash to the ground. One of my palms is now leaning over my shade house and had destroyed it. The palm on the left is a self seeded grown Sabal mexicana and the smaller one that is same age is a self seeded palmetto that I let grow. The Mexicana out paced the palmetto ( almost twice the trunk height now) And holding up to the snow a tad better despite having larger leaves. Guess I’ll know for sure in spring, but I think 
Sabal Mexicana is a winner for our area. Probably the best palm period. It is after all a native to Texas. Next or equal would be Sabal Uresana. I think it’s between Palmetto and Mexicana as far as speed and hardiness. 

Edited January 11, 2021 by Collectorpalms

[Allen]

you guys are really getting it.  We are getting a lot this morning.

[Dimovi]

6 hours ago, Collectorpalms said:

I did the slow mo too! This was a super heavy water content snow. All night I can hear piles of snow crash to the ground. One of my palms is now leaning over my shade house and had destroyed it. The palm on the left is a self seeded grown Sabal mexicana and the smaller one that is same age is a self seeded palmetto that I let grow. The Mexicana out paced the palmetto ( almost twice the trunk height now) And holding up to the snow a tad better despite having larger leaves. Guess I’ll know for sure in spring, but I think 
Sabal Mexicana is a winner for our area. Probably the best palm period. It is after all a native to Texas. Next or equal would be Sabal Uresana. I think it’s between Palmetto and Mexicana as far as speed and hardiness. 

 

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Wow that seems like a lot more than what we got. I wasn't too worried about them freezing since the temperature was not supposed to dip below 32 for two days, but I was worried that the snow might break some plants, so I kept shaking them periodically

Definitely mexicana is the best palm for the area and they also grow pretty fast once they start trunking. I got one that was encased in ice years ago and never had any signs of leaf damage. I would say that also Chamaerops humilis loves the heat and tolerates the cold without any damage that I have ever seen here.