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.

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1 hour ago, Robert Cade Ross said:

9 hours ago, thyerr01 said:

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

B.moorei and a sabal Mauri it survives due to being close to the ground level for now .they are 10A palms for sure besides the brahea haha

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:

Hi Chris, thanks for giving us an update on some of the Queen palms that were planted in recent years along the Riverwalk. As I mentioned before , those palms were planted on borrowed time and have absolutely no chance to survive here for decades , as a matter of fact since 2021 the survival rate of Queens are anywhere between 1 and 3 years. To give you my 0.2 cents and I'm speaking about personal experience, I say just keep walking next time you see them at the BB store. It is not worth it !!! Waste of money and all the work that comes with it to remove it. Slow recovery from freezes and look like crap for most time of the year after the fronds were burned from the past freeze. Stick with Sabals , Pindos, Washies or some other really cold hardy palms . IF you don't live in the RGV don't bother with Queens.

New update on my palms in San Antonio zone 9a. 4 years into my hobby, I've experienced multiple casualties due to severe freezes but also bugs , the ox beetle that was responsible for killing one out of two of my Trachycarpus fortunei this year . BOTH have been attacked. My wellness check on my palms are increased by the recent event"s" that I had with the ox beetle. Terrible insect !! Other than that my only survivor is still growing and shows no signs of damage "yet"( pic1) . I've planted 3 Sabals this year. 2 Palmettos (pic2,3) and 1 Defuniak (last picture) Growing all at a normal speed . I don't zone push anymore so all I have are the bread and butter palms of San Antonio. I uploaded some pictures of my Phoenix dactylifera, Chamaedorea radicalis, Chamaerops humilis, Sabal minor, Washingtonia filifera ( 3 of them) , Washingtonia robusta (hybrid) and a couple of Butia Odoratas. All growing very well , especially the ones that I have in a ground for at least a year. Butias grow quite fast for me but the real winners are my Robusta and Filiferas. For height and width comparison I used my flip flops and a broom since nobody is here to take a picture for me.

@MarcusH that filifera in the front has really put on some size this year, same thing for that Trachy.

5 hours ago, MarcusH said:

New update on my palms in San Antonio zone 9a. 4 years into my hobby, I've experienced multiple casualties due to severe freezes but also bugs , the ox beetle that was responsible for killing one out of two of my Trachycarpus fortunei this year . BOTH have been attacked. My wellness check on my palms are increased by the recent event"s" that I had with the ox beetle. Terrible insect !! Other than that my only survivor is still growing and shows no signs of damage "yet"( pic1) . I've planted 3 Sabals this year. 2 Palmettos (pic2,3) and 1 Defuniak (last picture) Growing all at a normal speed . I don't zone push anymore so all I have are the bread and butter palms of San Antonio. I uploaded some pictures of my Phoenix dactylifera, Chamaedorea radicalis, Chamaerops humilis, Sabal minor, Washingtonia filifera ( 3 of them) , Washingtonia robusta (hybrid) and a couple of Butia Odoratas. All growing very well , especially the ones that I have in a ground for at least a year. Butias grow quite fast for me but the real winners are my Robusta and Filiferas. For height and width comparison I used my flip flops and a broom since nobody is here to take a picture for me.

Hopefully the Dactylifera takes off . 2021 killed like 75% of those in Houston outside of Galveston and the bayside microclimates.

2 hours ago, Chester B said:

@MarcusH that filifera in the front has really put on some size this year, same thing for that Trachy.

Yew, The crown is as large as the one from the Robusta now. I'm really happy with the results .

16 minutes ago, Robert Cade Ross said:

Hopefully the Dactylifera takes off . 2021 killed like 75% of those in Houston outside of Galveston and the bayside microclimates.

It's an experiment. I honestly would like to relocate it. It's too close to the mailbox lolm

I just noticed I've forgot to post my Chamaerops humilis.

7 hours ago, MarcusH said:

New update on my palms in San Antonio zone 9a. 4 years into my hobby, I've experienced multiple casualties due to severe freezes but also bugs , the ox beetle that was responsible for killing one out of two of my Trachycarpus fortunei this year . BOTH have been attacked. My wellness check on my palms are increased by the recent event"s" that I had with the ox beetle. Terrible insect !! Other than that my only survivor is still growing and shows no signs of damage "yet"( pic1) . I've planted 3 Sabals this year. 2 Palmettos (pic2,3) and 1 Defuniak (last picture) Growing all at a normal speed . I don't zone push anymore so all I have are the bread and butter palms of San Antonio. I uploaded some pictures of my Phoenix dactylifera, Chamaedorea radicalis, Chamaerops humilis, Sabal minor, Washingtonia filifera ( 3 of them) , Washingtonia robusta (hybrid) and a couple of Butia Odoratas. All growing very well , especially the ones that I have in a ground for at least a year. Butias grow quite fast for me but the real winners are my Robusta and Filiferas. For height and width comparison I used my flip flops and a broom since nobody is here to take a picture for me.

Your washies and butias look they are growing well. Sorry you have been hit by ox beetles. I am getting scared of those things by proxy now. I haven't ever seen any evidence of them in my yard, but I know it will probably be too late to save a palm if I ever do see any.

10 hours ago, Ben G. said:

Your washies and butias look they are growing well. Sorry you have been hit by ox beetles. I am getting scared of those things by proxy now. I haven't ever seen any evidence of them in my yard, but I know it will probably be too late to save a palm if I ever do see any.

It is scary but I'm also more educated now. It all started with a borrow right next to the one of my Trachies trunk. Didn't think it was much of a concern at that time. Some time passed by I have noticed some discoloration on the spear. Out of curiosity I gently pulled the spear and to my surprise it pulled out easily. The other Trachy , which was planted about 3 feet away, had a borrow as well. I asked a friend for help , showed him the pictures and he immediately told me it's the ox beetle. Gave me instructions to flood the hole for several minutes . I was able to wash out the ox beetle. I had no mercy with that little creepy crawler. There was one in the front yard near a yucca as well. I've found a dead ox beetle nearby. So my advice to you is to regularly inspect your yard. Look for anything out of the ordinary. If you happen to find a borrow, flood it immediately!!! These beetles are very destructive. It literally drilled a dime size hole on the bottom of the palm's bud. To prevent this from happening you can buy some idimacloprod. It's a pesticide .

Here is a good example of what the beetles do. I thought I caught the beetle right away, but clearly I didn't. I had two beetles attack this Sabal palmetto "Lisa" about 2 weeks apart that I was able to destroy. After removing the beetles everything seemed good for about a month and then the palm started going downhill fast, and eventually spear pulled. I removed the palm and this is what I saw. This palm was about 5 feet tall.

18 minutes ago, Chester B said:

Here is a good example of what the beetles do. I thought I caught the beetle right away, but clearly I didn't. I had two beetles attack this Sabal palmetto "Lisa" about 2 weeks apart that I was able to destroy. After removing the beetles everything seemed good for about a month and then the palm started going downhill fast, and eventually spear pulled. I removed the palm and this is what I saw. This palm was about 5 feet tall.

According to the internet it says the ox beetle is harmless and beneficial to the environment......says no palm grower ever.

Slightly OT: I just just got a Floribunda order in and have way too many pots and need to make some room. If any Houston PT'ers want to try an Allagoptera Arenaria I have some neglected 1g's and I'll give you one. Shoot me a DM and I can leave one out for you. Porch pickup in League City.

Not exactly in Texas but I think it’s remarkable that this row of coconuts along the mainland portion of Daytona FL survived 23-24° earlier this year . Even a few Christmas palms are coming back . 😱

@Keys6505 Anything interesting from Floribunda? I just placed an order with them.

22 hours ago, thyerr01 said:

@Keys6505 Anything interesting from Floribunda? I just placed an order with them.

To try in the ground here I got a Chuniophoenix Hainanensis, Livistona Benthamii, Kerridoxa Elegans, Chamaedorea Metallica and Pritchardia Hillebrandi. Everything else is just a bunch of tropical bucket list stuff that is bound for a life in pots like a Joey, Flamethrower, L. Mapu, some different mottled Pinanga, and a few Calyptrocalyx. What did you get? I was originally going to put a feeler out to see if anybody else local wanted to jump on the order, but I was cutting it so close to when I was going on vacation I didn't think I'd have enough time to get everybody's plants out to them.

I had the chance to visit Discovery Point at SeaWorld San Antonio today, and I snapped a few pics while there.

Nice use of Sabals:

Chamaerops:

There are a few Phoenix dactylifera in the area. This one was a pup growing up from a stump:

While this one appeared to be planted as a single (not a pup)

There were even some really over-trimmed needles in the area:

And some Butia:

My 8 year old for scale:

Sagos and counties:

Lastly, it has been so hot and dry for the last month that even the squirrels at SeaWorld are feeling the heat. This one was laying flat on shady concrete under a fan:

I was also excited to get myself a birthday present recently. I found a couple of silver Sabal uresana from Teddy's Nursery on eBay. They arrived healthy, and they already have great color:

That little leaflet on the left is a dactylifera for color comparison.

I also ordered some Chuniophoenix hainanensis, as well as a few Lanonia dasyantha 'Super Mottled', Licuala fordiana, and Geonoma schottiana (I blame @Xenon for these). They will all go into raised beds. Happy to do group order with Floribunda (or RPS) in the future.

10 hours ago, thyerr01 said:

I also ordered some Chuniophoenix hainanensis, as well as a few Lanonia dasyantha 'Super Mottled', Licuala fordiana, and Geonoma schottiana (I blame @Xenon for these). They will all go into raised beds. Happy to do group order with Floribunda (or RPS) in the future.

Here's my Licuala Fordiana (I think this one is Fordiana, who needs tags, right?) and Chuniophoenix Nana getting engulfed in a shitshow bed from my last Floribunda order a year or 2 ago. I did protect last winter with a pot flipped over them and a string of lights balled up inside the pot. As they get bigger I'll start pushing them farther with low temps and see how it goes. My in-ground Lanonia collection all croaked at 20 last winter.

14 hours ago, Ben G. said:

I had the chance to visit Discovery Point at SeaWorld San Antonio today, and I snapped a few pics while there.

Nice use of Sabals:

Chamaerops:

There are a few Phoenix dactylifera in the area. This one was a pup growing up from a stump:

While this one appeared to be planted as a single (not a pup)

There were even some really over-trimmed needles in the area:

And some Butia:

My 8 year old for scale:

Sagos and counties:

Lastly, it has been so hot and dry for the last month that even the squirrels at SeaWorld are feeling the heat. This one was laying flat on shady concrete under a fan:

14 hours ago, Ben G. said:

I had the chance to visit Discovery Point at SeaWorld San Antonio today, and I snapped a few pics while there.

Nice use of Sabals:

Chamaerops:

There are a few Phoenix dactylifera in the area. This one was a pup growing up from a stump:

While this one appeared to be planted as a single (not a pup)

There were even some really over-trimmed needles in the area:

And some Butia:

My 8 year old for scale:

Sagos and counties:

Lastly, it has been so hot and dry for the last month that even the squirrels at SeaWorld are feeling the heat. This one was laying flat on shady concrete under a fan:

Hi Ben, happy belated birthday !! Looks like you and your family enjoyed the time exploring some more palms in the SA area.

15 hours ago, Ben G. said:

I had the chance to visit Discovery Point at SeaWorld San Antonio today, and I snapped a few pics while there.

Nice use of Sabals:

Chamaerops:

There are a few Phoenix dactylifera in the area. This one was a pup growing up from a stump:

While this one appeared to be planted as a single (not a pup)

There were even some really over-trimmed needles in the area:

And some Butia:

My 8 year old for scale:

Sagos and counties:

Lastly, it has been so hot and dry for the last month that even the squirrels at SeaWorld are feeling the heat. This one was laying flat on shady concrete under a fan:

That blueish - silver Mediterranean fan is gorgeous 😱🤩. I was able to get 3 seeds from central Tx last week hopefully they grow for me in Florida.

5 hours ago, Keys6505 said:

My in-ground Lanonia collection all croaked at 20 last winter.

That's unfortunate. Were they protected at all? I recall you had Lanonia calciphila and L. magalonii. Any other species? I have several different flavours of L. dasyantha germinating right now from RPS seed. My Chuniophoenix nana only went in the ground this summer, so they have a way to go to reach that size.

5 hours ago, MarcusH said:

Hi Ben, happy belated birthday !! Looks like you and your family enjoyed the time exploring some more palms in the SA area.

Thanks Marcus! I hope you are staying cool during these long hot summer days.

With no rain at my house in over a month, I am certainly ready for a change in the weather pattern. Here's hoping that this wet winter everyone keeps predicting due to El Nino comes a little earlier rather than later.

Another corpus coconut for the thread to enjoy:)

Hey Marcus! Yes I have absolutely no issue passing right by the Queen Palms when I see them at HD! 😂 I used to entertain the idea but I can save money, time, and heartache just watching other ones around town die. Of the three that were planted late last year in my neighborhood only 1 survived, the one right next to the wall of the house. In spite of all the rain earlier and all the heat this month it has only grown one stunted, floppy frond. By the time this coming winter’s cold snap arrives it’ll be toast. Especially if we get the usual ice or freezing rain.

I recognize those sandals, they conveniently have a bottle opener on the bottom! Perfect sandals in my opinion!

Ben, I look forward to seeing your stunning uresana grow, those an incredible! My three have been going very well and one of them has grown much faster than the other two. Now I’ll have to keep my eye out for the Ox Beetles. Disappointing to see them killing palms, especially Chester’s Lisa Palmetto.

Anhwho, here are some photos from a walk last Thursday at the Oblate School of Theology. They have several more Sabal ursanas than I thought. I just love their blue coloration. Also seen again is the mystery Sabal…. yapa maybe??

What are these two palms? I thought Brahea, but they have spineless petioles:

Mule, really not a fan:

Some gorgeous Brahea armatas, looking as good as I've seen them here, especially with some flower stalks:

The next grouping I really think are all Sabal uresana, some everyone is aware of, but I don’t remember seeing the smaller ones before:

Mystery Sabal… I’ll call it Yapa!

Surprising that there are only a few Washingtonia remaining, this is one.

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That “mystery sabal “ is a Sabal mauritiiformis A Z10A sabal for longterm growth . It has survived since 2021 with its growth bud close to the ground level for now .

It’s a shame 2021 and the 2023 drought nuked the oblate property. 🥲

Thank you! That just blows me away that it survives. It was REALLY cold in January AND February.