I like it when they have fronds that are at least all the way down to where they are horizontal. The river walk ones look pretty good, I haven't seen any around here with that many fronds. They look more like the ones you posted in Schertz.

Trimmed the garden kinda hard one last time before I move away . I wish it would rain the past two weeks have been hot asf … L.Decora x2 Triple trunk robusta Filibusta trio

On 7/17/2026 at 2:44 PM, Chester B said:

You keep planting queens, I'll stick with Sabals.

Haha yep same way.

A few from west of Austin:

Brahea decumbens, still green:

Trithrinax campestris:

Chamadorea radicalis:

Sabal minor (Warren ,Arkansas):

Brahea moorei:

Various Sabal uresana:

Chamaerops humilis argentea:Serenoa repens

52 minutes ago, Meangreen94z said:

A few from west of Austin:

Brahea decumbens, still green:

Trithrinax campestris:

Chamadorea radicalis:

Sabal minor (Warren ,Arkansas):

Brahea moorei:

Various Sabal uresana:

Chamaerops humilis argentea:Serenoa repens

Love the Moorei here is mine over in Alvin it’s been in the ground for a year in relatively deep shade. Will miss it when I move to Florida lol 🥲

24 minutes ago, Robert Cade Ross said:

Love the Moorei here is mine over in Alvin it’s been in the ground for a year in relatively deep shade. Will miss it when I move to Florida lol 🥲

They seem to do best with atleast half day shade, atleast starting out. The tree canopy also helps during the winter, I’ve found they aren’t as hardy starting out as they are at mature sizes.

Spotted some neglected palms at a pretty run-down looking truck stop at exit 601 right off I-10 this evening. This is right between Cibolo and Seguin.

Phoenix survivors that definitely aren't getting any care:

Med fan, Washingtonia, Livistona, and Phoenix all in the same area:

It's good to see folks having success with Brahea moorei. Mine all got too much sun and were cooked. I want to try them in a better location if JFG has them available again.

Hey Ben,

I was at the SABG on July 14th and this is how the Livistona chinensis looks. Still showing damage from the freezing rain (and the cold) we had back in February.

I was at the River Walk this past weekend and those still looked pretty good! I noticed that thee were three Queens remaining as well. Sadly two of them are zombie palms as the growing points were killed despite still having some green fronds. One Queen right next to the buildings survived.

I am really happy with how my Robusta’s are looking this summer! They have really grown well and have such deep glossy green fronds. I’m going to enjoy them while they are still small.

At some point, years from now, hopefully they’ll be as large as these two near the Pearl:

On 8/12/2026 at 10:02 PM, ChrisA said:

Hey Ben,

I was at the SABG on July 14th and this is how the Livistona chinensis looks. Still showing damage from the freezing rain (and the cold) we had back in February.

I was at the River Walk this past weekend and those still looked pretty good! I noticed that thee were three Queens remaining as well. Sadly two of them are zombie palms as the growing points were killed despite still having some green fronds. One Queen right next to the buildings survived.

I am really happy with how my Robusta’s are looking this summer! They have really grown well and have such deep glossy green fronds. I’m going to enjoy them while they are still small.

At some point, years from now, hopefully they’ll be as large as these two near the Pearl:

They really oughta stop planting Queens in SA. I hate seeing them die.

Central Texas earlier this week:)

don’t hate me but I’m too lazy to add all the individual captions haha . Pics range from my friend Matthew’s personal collection in San Marcos to areas around San Antonio. I even found a non disturbed area of Spanish moss with cactus kinda cool to see those species interact together.

What are these two? Brahea moorei and ?? It almost looks like a Licuala.

1 hour ago, Robert Cade Ross said:

1 hour ago, Robert Cade Ross said: