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Also here are a few more sabals and a filifera from around town that made it. Know of some others I’ll add when I get pics 3255CB9D-5E2D-4D34-BB9F-22FAF915142F.thumb.jpeg.b80c09a43c717781fda138af7e73f3ff.jpeg

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On 4/23/2023 at 4:46 PM, DTXpalms said:

My queen, pindo, and date palm all made it in Dallas this year (queen and date with protection of course). Even with protection the Dec freeze was rough on the queen. Recovering quickly now that it has warmed up though!
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Love it. Good for you. Can’t wait to see what they look like in a few months 

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Another one! Garland Texas at Regal UA Galaxy, Used To be part of a huge mass planting. The craziest thing is, it's on the NW side of building and all the ones on southern side died

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Circa 2019 at Regal UA Galaxy Cinema Garland. One lone Washingtonia survivor out of all of them. All trachies dead 

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23 hours ago, DreaminAboutPalms said:

Circa 2019 at Regal UA Galaxy Cinema Garland. One lone Washingtonia survivor out of all of them. All trachies dead 

That's as sad as what has become of that theatre since it opened 25(?) years ago. It's like the pandemic also took the palms with the theatre biz

Luckily, I heard more patrons are returning but I am not sure what will become of this particular location as the Fry's behind it went belly up last year.

I saw so many good movies there, sucks.

 

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On 4/23/2023 at 4:51 PM, DTXpalms said:

Also here are a few more sabals and a filifera from around town that made it. Know of some others I’ll add when I get pics 

I also used to swing by these particular condos 20 years ago! I haven't checked on a lot of these that you guys spotted for me since the

deadly freezes. I hate to see all the devastation, bad enough what I see on my side of town! 

Thanks for the DFW palm spotting!

 

 

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Pic from today of 2 Massive Washingtonias in Carrollton. This makes for 4 huge Washingtonia in like a 3 mile radius - clearly a favorable microclimate 

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Downtown 

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Not the best pic but this Robusta hybrid at Hooters downtown is recovering pretty quick and is now putting out a few normal mature fronds per week. Probably will love the 90’s and rain coming up this weekend and into next week. I’m guessing it will look aesthetic again by Memorial Day. There’s another one on other side of building with another 5 feet of trunk that looks just as good 

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Sabal volunteers off 75/635 in little lot a parking lot of an abandoned building next to Costco 

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Update on the hooters Washingtonias downtown. There’s two more not pictured

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On 4/29/2023 at 5:21 PM, DreaminAboutPalms said:

Circa 2019 at Regal UA Galaxy Cinema Garland. One lone Washingtonia survivor out of all of them. All trachies dead 

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Sad. Sure looks like a favorable microclimate from the pic.

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On 4/29/2023 at 5:12 PM, DreaminAboutPalms said:

Another one! Garland Texas at Regal UA Galaxy, Used To be part of a huge mass planting. The craziest thing is, it's on the NW side of building and all the ones on southern side died

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Almost like the Southside ones were actively growing and the north side one wasn't.  Curious!

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On 5/15/2023 at 8:21 PM, jwitt said:

Almost like the Southside ones were actively growing and the north side one wasn't.  Curious!

Could be, but the north west one that survived was taller than the building, so it was getting sun all day. Plus when we get warm weather, it’s not like we barely get over 70. Overall this survivor is consistent with others around the city, close to a building and/or facing south/tall enough to get sun all day 

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There are like a thousand of these downtown All planted here in front of dallas art museum  

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Daily sighting downtown. Slowly colonizing the city

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1 hour ago, DreaminAboutPalms said:

There are like a thousand of these downtown All planted here in front of dallas art museum  

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I haven’t been in many years but I sure don't remember seeing those! I really love the look of minors all grouped together. 

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That would be very short sunlight as the sun angle is 48 degrees in winter at Dallas latitude and that is at noon.

You can sort of overlay this angle to get an idea.   

Amazing when considering that it is also exposed to those north winds!

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Close to downtown. Nice Sabals and trachies. Prior to 2021 had an impressive Butia as well

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About 5 weeks growth progress, Most other washingtonias around here will should  semi aesthetic as well by Memorial Day 

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On 4/24/2023 at 8:43 PM, DreaminAboutPalms said:

Love it. Good for you. Can’t wait to see what they look like in a few months 

Amazing that you were able to keep the Queen alive.  I know they can handle brief cold snaps in the mid-upper teens. I have planted a juvenile on the northwest side of the house last year, protected it with a bucket and one thin bedsheet,  no other heat sources were applied.  Didn't expect it to survive at the beginning but it recovered well now pushing out its third front.  I was so happy to see that it survived our artic winter we had in December.  What did you use for protection and how cold did it get in Dallas?  

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Updated pics of the beasts of Carrollton - my prediction was that they would look semi aesthetic by Memorial Day and I think I was right - they could use a trim but as far as crown size go they don’t look much different than the overpruned ones I saw in Palm Springs last weekend 

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On 5/23/2023 at 4:14 AM, MarcusH said:

Amazing that you were able to keep the Queen alive.  I know they can handle brief cold snaps in the mid-upper teens. I have planted a juvenile on the northwest side of the house last year, protected it with a bucket and one thin bedsheet,  no other heat sources were applied.  Didn't expect it to survive at the beginning but it recovered well now pushing out its third front.  I was so happy to see that it survived our artic winter we had in December.  What did you use for protection and how cold did it get in Dallas?

Nice!! It got down to 12 at my house in dallas. When it was small I would go with a ladder over it and then a heavy tarp over the ladder with a heat source under (or incandescent Xmas lights wrapped with a blanket). How far you need to go of course depends on how cold it will get. I never like mine to get below 25 so now I’ll typically get it fully enclosed with 3millimeter plastic and heaters under the enclosure when it’s getting real cold (like for the feb21 freeze below).0EE8A5E9-CF8F-472F-8795-35BBFE65DC0F.thumb.jpeg.32217a9dd82e479e0b993e510ae746d8.jpeg7388F0D9-D102-4EDE-9991-384ED15712BB.thumb.jpeg.b192575696ed225b536b61eaf086a2fa.jpegB174FBB3-9EB2-44BB-80A0-DA5EDA3F7EEB.thumb.png.60d1fbe801233e90fc8cfec1e72fc73b.png

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13 hours ago, DTXpalms said:

Nice!! It got down to 12 at my house in dallas. When it was small I would go with a ladder over it and then a heavy tarp over the ladder with a heat source under (or incandescent Xmas lights wrapped with a blanket). How far you need to go of course depends on how cold it will get. I never like mine to get below 25 so now I’ll typically get it fully enclosed with 3millimeter plastic and heaters under the enclosure when it’s getting real cold (like for the feb21 freeze below).0EE8A5E9-CF8F-472F-8795-35BBFE65DC0F.thumb.jpeg.32217a9dd82e479e0b993e510ae746d8.jpeg7388F0D9-D102-4EDE-9991-384ED15712BB.thumb.jpeg.b192575696ed225b536b61eaf086a2fa.jpegB174FBB3-9EB2-44BB-80A0-DA5EDA3F7EEB.thumb.png.60d1fbe801233e90fc8cfec1e72fc73b.png

I can't see your pictures 

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On 5/28/2023 at 10:51 PM, DTXpalms said:

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That's a very effective protection.  As long as they're "small" it's not that hard to protect them I just wonder what my and your protection method will be once they're reaching over 25 feet . 

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