DreaminAboutPalms Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 Near Lake Travis/The Oasis 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 January 2021....these were probably best pure Robusta’s in Austin 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted August 4, 2021 Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 hour ago, DreaminAboutPalms said: January 2021....these were probably best pure Robusta’s in Austin Yeah, it will be nice when we get somewhat back to that point. I’m tired of looking at dead or half dead palms. I saw two Washingtonia Filifera outside Beecave on 12, with the largest trunks I’ve probably seen in the area. Both dead, yet Filibusta in the area recovering. I know Filibusta survival is hit or miss too, but it seems the Robusta genetics combine wet tolerance to the Filiferas dry cold tolerance. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted August 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 9 hours ago, Meangreen94z said: Yeah, it will be nice when we get somewhat back to that point. I’m tired of looking at dead or half dead palms. I saw two Washingtonia Filifera outside Beecave on 12, with the largest trunks I’ve probably seen in the area. Both dead, yet Filibusta in the area recovering. I know Filibusta survival is hit or miss too, but it seems the Robusta genetics combine wet tolerance to the Filiferas dry cold tolerance. Filiferas have been very hit or miss some have full crowns (check out the palm condo on steck avenue), and some are dead. I think this winter storm was probably a little bit wet for their liking. From what I've seen, the majority of the dead filiferas are in spots that receive tons of runoff water while the alive ones are planted on a slight mound. I've been very surprised at number of robusta leaning hybrids that have come back, I think growing offspring from those survivors is the best method going forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 More Robusta hybrids just starting to push growth at the boat restaurant off mopac and braker. Amazing how long these have taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Tall north austin hybrid off Kramer Lane starting to look like a palm again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetx Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 3 hours ago, DreaminAboutPalms said: More Robusta hybrids just starting to push growth at the boat restaurant off mopac and braker. Amazing how long these have taken Great news, thanks for posting! I've been wondering about these, but couldn't get a good look from the highway. With all the Filibusta hybrids finally recovering, makes me wonder if I should have not cut my 13 footer down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted August 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 5 hours ago, joetx said: Great news, thanks for posting! I've been wondering about these, but couldn't get a good look from the highway. With all the Filibusta hybrids finally recovering, makes me wonder if I should have not cut my 13 footer down Should have kept it but just trunk cut it to see if there’s any live tissue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted September 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 Leaving airport as you are getting off of 71 and onto the 183 north there are about a hundred what appear to be Sabal minor planted along the median. Nice to see those more in public plantings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted September 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 Kramer lane Washingtonians hybrid looking good. Has pushed out all the deformed fronds now onto the normal mature ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted September 20, 2021 Report Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 8/4/2021 at 6:14 AM, DreaminAboutPalms said: January 2021....these were probably best pure Robusta’s in Austin Awesome photo Jonathan Katy, TX (Zone 9a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted September 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 No pic, yet... but Red Roof Inn off of 290 in Manor, about 12-15 minutes east of 183/35 just put in a dozen or so Washingtonia hybrids that appear to be 5-7 feet tall. Manor gets a couple degrees cooler than Austin at night, so these might burn some years, however this is the first public planting of palms in the tiny city of Manor other than the big Sabal minors at Chevron. Hopefully other places in city will follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted September 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Absolutely beautiful healthy North Austin CIDP. Lamar/Rundberg area 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted October 3, 2021 Report Share Posted October 3, 2021 Neighborhood in South Austin. Phoenix Canariensis and Trachycarpus 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 This pic is from a few weeks ago, but I drove past this same Washingtonia hybrid this morning and it is flowering! Was not expecting that this year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 Outside of BMC software headquarters by Braker/183. Before freeze they had even more palms, two healthy livistonias, bunch of butias, and mediterranean fan palms with 7 feet of trunk. Sadly all the butias, med fan palms and livistonias died this year. But CIDP look great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x8644cc8ff7ea7797%3A0xdf83caeed722bea!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMzDJNM-hjusK6oc2EcNrcaL6rOIhvcQ4_qYc0J%3Dw426-h320-k-no!5sbmc software austin tx - Google Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipMzDJNM-hjusK6oc2EcNrcaL6rOIhvcQ4_qYc0J&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwib8sP947vzAhXQkmoFHUsyCCsQoip6BAhjEAM Check out google maps view of it before freeze. One of best palm collections in North Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted October 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 Thin trunked hybrid I posted earlier that's flowering now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) Beautiful Washingtonias and sabals down by water near Mozart’s coffee roasters and Hula huts. Tons of volunteers on property too, most not even under the mature specimens but just scattered around. Lots of tall surviving Washingtonias around austin I hadn’t seen. I was SHOCKED when I drove past Tarrytown Terrace apartments on Enfield Avenue, They have 4 super tall extremely thin trunked Washingtonias, and i believe i saw 3 of them recovering with the two tall ones that basically look pure robusta survived Edited November 16, 2021 by DreaminAboutPalms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 FEB 2021 PIC - Just before freeze. I was driving by and didn't get to look for too long but tallest two survived, and I think one more may have survived and is barely pushing green but was too shocked at the taller one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) More pre freeze pics courtesy of google maps street view...... taken about a week before freeze Edited November 17, 2021 by DreaminAboutPalms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted November 17, 2021 Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 4 hours ago, DreaminAboutPalms said: FEB 2021 PIC - Just before freeze. I was driving by and didn't get to look for too long but tallest two survived, and I think one more may have survived and is barely pushing green but was too shocked at the taller one Did the two palms in the back survive? That would be impressive Jonathan Katy, TX (Zone 9a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 10 hours ago, Xenon said: Did the two palms in the back survive? That would be impressive One of them did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Tall Trachy's in North Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 The Life of a South Austin Butia. Pics are From Apr 2011, Apr 2014, Apr 2018, -Dec 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Washingtonia filifera growth 2007-2019. Important to remember we got no rain down here for a few years, and it shot up once we did start getting more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 8 years growth Sabal Mexicana and Washingtonia robusta hybrid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Trachy growth 2007-2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collectorpalms Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) I noticed on the last one with windmills, that there were queens and dates that died in 2010 or 2011. They were left with windmills. But the neighbors Robustas lived. This was south of Downtown Austin, where most every Robusta north and west died. Edited November 30, 2021 by Collectorpalms 1 30 Year Zone Average 20F. Ryan: Contact 979.204.4161 Collectorpalms@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) Washie timelapses 2009-2020 Edited November 30, 2021 by DreaminAboutPalms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) 2016-2021 robusta hybrid growth Edited November 30, 2021 by DreaminAboutPalms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 CIDP timelapse 2011-2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 More street view pics of what Is possible in Austin Tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 9/19/2021 at 3:39 PM, DreaminAboutPalms said: Kramer lane Washingtonians hybrid looking good. Has pushed out all the deformed fronds now onto the normal mature ones Washies keep growing all winter in Texas or slow down a lot when the weather changes? Just curious if some of the palms that took a bit longer to get going had a shot at full recovery. Hopefully they don’t get hit 2 winters in a row, fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetx Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, teddytn said: Washies keep growing all winter in Texas or slow down a lot when the weather changes? Just curious if some of the palms that took a bit longer to get going had a shot at full recovery. Hopefully they don’t get hit 2 winters in a row, fingers crossed Texas is a big state, but yes, in the Austin area they grow through the winter if it’s mild. And out near the coast they grow through the winter obviously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimovi Posted December 1, 2021 Report Share Posted December 1, 2021 Go to Mayfield park. A lot of defoliation, but everything made it through the freeze. Texas sabal is better here than filifera. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimovi Posted December 1, 2021 Report Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Here is one of the rare robustas that made it through the Feb 2021 freeze. I should collect seeds from it. It may have some filifera giving it better cold hardiness. Edited December 1, 2021 by Dimovi 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetx Posted December 1, 2021 Report Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Dimovi said: Here is one of the rare robustas that made it through the Feb 2021 freeze. I should collect seeds from it. It may have some filifera giving it better cold hardiness. Where is this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimovi Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, joetx said: Where is this one? 502 Franklin Blvd https://maps.app.goo.gl/84gT8pRsKzCgHnP87 Edited December 2, 2021 by Dimovi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arecaceae78743 Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) INCREIBLE ! I'm calling that one The Miracle Palm Edited December 2, 2021 by Arecaceae78743 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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