Palm Trees of Harbor Island, SC

[PHD - Palms Heading North]

For years, I've been reading post after post so I finally decided to join the forum and to admit to my fascination with palm trees (ever since seeing my first palm tree on a trip to Florida as a child).  I'm officially out of the closet as a palm fanatic!  While I live in New England, I've traveled extensively across the U.S.  for over 40 years and I've been all over the American south.  And in my 40 years of travel, I've noticed a steady progression of palm tree species being planted further and further north with what appears to be a warming climate.   A recent trip to Harbor Island, SC only confirmed this.   Of course SC is littered with palmettos and pindos, they hardly merit a mention.  Except for this behemoth pindo.   But I came across an abundance of Washingtonia's and CIDP. 

European fan palms were well represented and even a few Sylvester date palms. 

Other's such as needle palm, windmill palms and Chinese fan palms were also present. 

And I think I found a mule palm? 

I even spotted a small Bizmark!  But most surprisingly of all, I found three queen palms on the island.  Seems like 40 years ago you would never find a queen or a Bizmark outside of Florida.