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Palms of Dallas

DreaminAboutPalms

By DreaminAboutPalms
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TonyDFW Mentor

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(Butia X Jubea) X Jubea in Dallas 5 years in ground.

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TonyDFW Mentor

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Butia x Jubea in Dallas zone 8b back in the day. This seedling grown palm lived eventually for 21 years unprotected 

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vcrosstx Apprentice

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On 11/23/2025 at 4:42 PM, DreaminAboutPalms said:

This one was removed right? I know it survived the 2021 blast though

I live just 3 or 4 miles away and used to go by this palm and check up on it. I have pics over the years as it grew and was a completely neglected other than occasionally someone (who knows who) would cut off dead fronds. It survived Feb 2021 and was pushing out leaves that spring/summer. I went back at some point and it was gone. It was not cut down but dug up. The ground was freshly disturbed but had been smoothed out. 

I was really curious if some “palm rustler” got it or if someone found the owner of the property and bought it from them. That idea had crossed my mind before! Sad it is gone. 

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DreaminAboutPalms Mentor

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34 minutes ago, vcrosstx said:

I live just 3 or 4 miles away and used to go by this palm and check up on it. I have pics over the years as it grew and was a completely neglected other than occasionally someone (who knows who) would cut off dead fronds. It survived Feb 2021 and was pushing out leaves that spring/summer. I went back at some point and it was gone. It was not cut down but dug up. The ground was freshly disturbed but had been smoothed out. 

I was really curious if some “palm rustler” got it or if someone found the owner of the property and bought it from them. That idea had crossed my mind before! Sad it is gone. 

Thanks for the info! Glad there's a chance it's still alive. 

There's also a tall one off corner of Kelly Perkins rd and W pleasant ridge rd in Arlington, but street view hasn't been updated since Jan 2024 and I haven't been by since then so not sure the status of it currently

TonyDFW Mentor

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Preston Hollow palm palace in Dallas 🌴

Zone 8a

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TonyDFW Mentor

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Sabal minor and such in Dallas 🌴

Zone 8a

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jwitt Veteran

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Keep seeing zone 8a listed for Dallas. 

 

Looking at the annual minimum lows at colder DFW, the last cold six years(2020-2025) come in for a average 15.2f. 

Are we calling the last two years the zone,  or am I missing something ?

 

This is DFW, Dallas is a tad warmer on average. 

2025. 12
2024.  11
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TonyDFW Mentor

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15 hours ago, jwitt said:

Keep seeing zone 8a listed for Dallas. 

 

Looking at the annual minimum lows at colder DFW, the last cold six years(2020-2025) come in for a average 15.2f. 

Are we calling the last two years the zone,  or am I missing something ?

 

This is DFW, Dallas is a tad warmer on average. 

2025. 12
2024.  11
2023.  25
2022   20
2021.  -2
2020. 25

Dallas-Fort Worth area, the low for the 2023-2024 winter season was image.gif.cf0bea5ada08d96f4f62e89ce4f3aa69.gif11∘F, recorded on November 27, 2023.

we have had 4 consecutive winters with 8a or colder temps. I live here and unfortunately get to see the damage each year. Many zone 8b plants that had thrived for the previous 20 years were taken out in 2021 by the cold or severely damaged with subsequent mild winters to allow recovery. Widespread Plants like pittosporum, Indian  hawthorn, butia odorata, confederate jasmine, satsumas

ChrisA Experienced

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Looks like the local bobcat population approve of your palm jungle! So cute!

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-Chris

San Antonio, TX - 2023 designated zone 9A 🐍 🌴🌅

(formerly Albuquerque, NM ☀️ zone 7B for 30 years)

Washingtonia filifera/ Washingtonia robusta/ Syagrus romanzoffiana/ Sabal mexicana/ Dioon edule

2024-2025 - low 21F/ 2023-2024 - low 18F/ 2022-2023 - low 16F/ 2021-2022 - low 21F/ 2020-2021 - low 9F/ 

jwitt Veteran

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10 hours ago, TonyDFW said:

Dallas-Fort Worth area, the low for the 2023-2024 winter season was image.gif.cf0bea5ada08d96f4f62e89ce4f3aa69.gif11∘F, recorded on November 27, 2023.

we have had 4 consecutive winters with 8a or colder temps. 

Somebody should inform the NWS that their records are incorrect . That is a huge discrepancy .

As far as 2021, I feel the warmest winter on record in Dallas, up until the cold hit in late February, greatly contributed to the palm death in Dallas. 

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TonyDFW Mentor

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Previous frozen precipitation events in Dallas zone 8a

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TonyDFW Mentor

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Native Dallas palms frequently used in commercial landscapes here in zone 8a 🌴

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Meangreen94z Grand Master

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TonyDFW your Brahea armata is huge inspiration to plant many and be patient. I lost a few small sized specimen but will keep growing from seed and plant them out.

TonyDFW Mentor

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