Dwarf Fan Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 How about some bent palms? October 2023 Corpus Christi, TX Washingtonia Filibusta: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 Royal poinciana Tree trying to come back - Alvin Tx 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Fan Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 35 minutes ago, Cade said: Royal poinciana Tree trying to come back - Alvin Tx Is that a type of Palm tree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 13 hours ago, Dwarf Fan said: Is that a type of Palm tree? 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Fan Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 7 hours ago, Cade said: 🤣 I am not trying to play hall monitor in this thread or anything but it is titled: Texas palm photos... 🫣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyDFW Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 Growth rate of this hardy palm species. It is growing in an un irrigated and not potted area in Dallas. Last winter was 11F and past summer with 54 days over 100F , 11 inches below normal precipitation through the summer. 3F in 2021. Sabal mexicana. Texas’ arborescent native palm. 🌴 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 On 10/27/2023 at 7:59 PM, Dwarf Fan said: I am not trying to play hall monitor in this thread or anything but it is titled: Texas palm photos... 🫣 Had to specie it up a bit 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Fan Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 15 minutes ago, Cade said: Had to specie it up a bit 🤣 All good brother I understand Palm Talk can be a bit overly technical and dry at times, so I could understand maybe trying to sneak in a cycad or something but a DAMN Royal poinciana!!! I will be watching you… 🧐 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 On 10/28/2023 at 9:04 PM, Dwarf Fan said: All good brother I understand Palm Talk can be a bit overly technical and dry at times, so I could understand maybe trying to sneak in a cycad or something but a DAMN Royal poinciana!!! I will be watching you… 🧐 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 Museum district Houston Tx this week 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8train Posted November 4 Author Report Share Posted November 4 This is the first native palm I've found in Hill Country, a little bit north of Boerne. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8train Posted November 4 Author Report Share Posted November 4 I had forgotten I had taken these yesterday too. Nice fat filifera, or filifera dominant hybrid at the La Cantera mall on the NW side of San Antonio. Some nice palmetto behind it too. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 On 11/4/2023 at 4:46 PM, fr8train said: I had forgotten I had taken these yesterday too. Nice fat filifera, or filifera dominant hybrid at the La Cantera mall on the NW side of San Antonio. Some nice palmetto behind it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 In and around the Alvin / friendswood area this week robustas some large ones dactylifera Sylvester mule and a lone queen 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFun Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 Those palms have seen some cold temps in recent years. You can't even tell by looking at the pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 8 minutes ago, RFun said: Those palms have seen some cold temps in recent years. You can't even tell by looking at the pics. Sadly this one is showing the scars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFun Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 The scars give it some character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 Robustas anyone ? 😆 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanK Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 9 hours ago, Cade said: Robustas anyone ? 😆 Nope. If you can grow them, you can grow a few other more interesting palms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 12 Report Share Posted November 12 I checked on the large queen palm survivor at 4624 Pine Street today —— was not able to get a picture but it looks very good no trunk rot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 12 Report Share Posted November 12 Was in the downtown area this morning and at the Houston Zoo - here are a bunch of pictures 🙂1989 survivor 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusH Posted November 12 Report Share Posted November 12 Those pictures are very nice and it's impressive how many palms survived the big freeze in 2021. Outside of the RGV you plant Queens on borrowed time. Only very few survivors. I don't know what's going on with Texans but each time I drive around San Antonio and Houston I see way too many dead Washies. It just ruins the whole picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFun Posted November 13 Report Share Posted November 13 Always been a fan of the Crotons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 This could get interesting lol New zone map for Texas 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusca Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 1 hour ago, Cade said: This could get interesting lol New zone map for Texas 😆 My question is "why is this a new map?" If the data used to calculate the zone range is still 1991-2020 how is that any different than maps for 2021 or 2022? This map is probably accurate for the date range 1991-2020 but doesn't include the extreme cold events of 2021 and 2022. I personally looked at historical data in my area using 1994-2023 and my 30-year average is still barely in the 30-35° range for 10a. Jon Sunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 It's a new dawn for Houston queen palms 😆 But seriously here is 10 months of growth on mine..should explode next year now that the roots are established! Freshly planted, Jan 8th Today, Nov 14th 7 Jonathan Katy, TX (Zone 9a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 Just now, Fusca said: My question is "why is this a new map?" If the data used to calculate the zone range is still 1991-2020 how is that any different than maps for 2021 or 2022? This map is probably accurate for the date range 1991-2020 but doesn't include the extreme cold events of 2021 and 2022. I personally looked at historical data in my area using 1994-2023 and my 30-year average is still barely in the 30-35° range for 10a. This is the first time the map has been updated since 2012 which used 1976-2005 as the 30 year average. This new map uses 1991-2020, pretty much the warmest possible 30 year period in Texas history..so it does skew on the warm side to say the least haha. But if some propaganda can lure more people into zone pushing....Hmmm 1 1 Jonathan Katy, TX (Zone 9a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerarch Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 1 hour ago, Cade said: This could get interesting lol New zone map for Texas 😆 The data is now showing what many of us have already known if you’ve done the homework. For example I’ve ran the #’s for coastal areas of Corpus, the average over the last 30 years is 10a, even including the catastrophic freezes of recent years. So it’s now accurately showing 10a. That said, it doesn’t mean it’s wise to go fill your yard with 10a stuff as we will surely have hard freezes at some point in the future again, but the data is the data. And we have many years and strings of years where 10a stuff does well. Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusca Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 2 minutes ago, Xenon said: It's a new dawn for Houston queen palms 😆 But seriously here is 10 months of growth on mine..should explode next year now that the roots are established! Freshly planted, Jan 8th Today, Nov 14th Looks like my HGC queen that I planted in September! I only got 50% off however. Jon Sunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 Just now, Fusca said: Looks like my HGC queen that I planted in September! I only got 50% off however. They are 70% off in January. Can't say no to 7 buck queens 😂 1 Jonathan Katy, TX (Zone 9a) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusca Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 3 minutes ago, Xenon said: This is the first time the map has been updated since 2012 which used 1976-2005 as the 30 year average. This new map uses 1991-2020, pretty much the warmest possible 30 year period in Texas history..so it does skew on the warm side to say the least haha. Wow, I didn't realize that - I guess I haven't paid much attention to this map in the past decade! 1 Jon Sunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusH Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 2 hours ago, Cade said: This could get interesting lol New zone map for Texas 😆 I honestly don't pay too much attention to zone maps because there's this one winter in Texas that likes to ruin your hobby. Record lows , that's where I pay attention to now. So far this decade has been cold . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreaminAboutPalms Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 North Dallas. Hundreds of volunteers around. All the apts nearby use Sabal minors in landscaping also. Love to see it. Some large needle palms on site too. Will be a palm forest in a few decades 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 19 Report Share Posted November 19 Galveston today #Zone10A lol 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 19 Report Share Posted November 19 For whatever reason it won’t let me add captions so if you don’t know the plant you have to guess 🥲 sorry friends:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 19 Report Share Posted November 19 Kemah boardwalk at night- the large Bismarck that survived 2021 is gone but I found a few new Arecas at least…. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted November 20 Report Share Posted November 20 Baby foxtails I found today in Alvin- 9B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8train Posted Friday at 07:46 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 07:46 AM On 3/2/2023 at 5:09 PM, fr8train said: Here's a house with a lot of palms in Fair Oaks Ranch, just north of San Antonio. Everything other than the Sabals looks pretty beat up, including the Med fan palms: Their Phoenix look pretty dead, but hopefully they'll recover: Here's a house on the same street, this Washingtonia and Phoenix look pretty dead too unfortunately: I drove by this area today and it looks good! It's crazy how hardy CIDPs are. It's really a shame they cut the ones at the Rim down, they'd probably be back by now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFun Posted Friday at 12:39 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 12:39 PM 4 hours ago, fr8train said: I drove by this area today and it looks good! It's crazy how hardy CIDPs are. It's really a shame they cut the ones at the Rim down, they'd probably be back by now. Yeah, the palms like to play "possum" sometimes lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8train Posted Friday at 08:20 PM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 08:20 PM 7 hours ago, RFun said: Yeah, the palms like to play "possum" sometimes lol. It's very impressive, it gets several degrees colder here from what I've seen than in San Antonio itself. There was a pretty bad freeze here last December, then an ice storm in February. It's very cool there's a pinnate palm that can handle all that. Given a mild winter these would look even better from what I've seen on street view. I wonder how Butia and Jubaea would compare, I very rarely see them planted here. I don't think I've actually seen a Jubaea anywhere around here. I'm aware of the one at the River Walk, maybe it would have made it had they given it more of a chance? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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