Texas Palms

[Meangreen94z]

A few updated pictures from Pearland

[Ben G.]

That majesty is looking good.

[Robert Cade Ross]

Removed a dead tallow tree that was killed by the last hard freeze 😆. 
what would you plant here palm tree wise ? Full sun clay soil that can be somewhat water logged in a wet winter . Needs to be able to handle temps between 15-100°+ 

[amh]

5 hours ago, Robert Cade Ross said:

Removed a dead tallow tree that was killed by the last hard freeze 😆. 
what would you plant here palm tree wise ? Full sun clay soil that can be somewhat water logged in a wet winter . Needs to be able to handle temps between 15-100°+ 

Sabal causiarum.

[MarcusH]

22 hours ago, Robert Cade Ross said:

Removed a dead tallow tree that was killed by the last hard freeze 😆. 
what would you plant here palm tree wise ? Full sun clay soil that can be somewhat water logged in a wet winter . Needs to be able to handle temps between 15-100°+ 

Sabal Palmetto or Mexicana.  Never have to worry about it. 

[MarcusH]

Just now, MarcusH said:

Sabal Palmetto or Mexicana.  Never have to worry about it. 

Or Butia Odorata.  But to be honest any palm that can handle a zone and a half below your current hardiness zone is good. 

[Fusca]

On 10/5/2025 at 12:16 PM, Robert Cade Ross said:

Removed a dead tallow tree that was killed by the last hard freeze 😆. 
what would you plant here palm tree wise ? Full sun clay soil that can be somewhat water logged in a wet winter . Needs to be able to handle temps between 15-100°+ 

Lots of room for a Bismarckia!  Too bad about the soil - wet feet in winter is a bad mix for these regardless of how cold it might get.  How about a nice clump of Acoelorraphe wrightii?  They like lots of water and also drought tolerant.

[Austinpalm]

16 hours ago, Fusca said:

Lots of room for a Bismarckia!  Too bad about the soil - wet feet in winter is a bad mix for these regardless of how cold it might get.  How about a nice clump of Acoelorraphe wrightii?  They like lots of water and also drought tolerant.

Acoelorraphe wrightii would be very nice if it can handle the winter temps.  I tried it twice in the UHI of Austin but it never came thru winter happy or able to do much more than repair winter's damage.  Possibly better results on an southeast facing wall.

[Fusca]

2 hours ago, Austinpalm said:

Acoelorraphe wrightii would be very nice if it can handle the winter temps.  I tried it twice in the UHI of Austin but it never came thru winter happy or able to do much more than repair winter's damage.  Possibly better results on an southeast facing wall.

Yeah it won't look perfect all the time but he's in Alvin.  I imagine a small unestablished palm might need protection for a few winters.  There is (was) a good sized clump at the Oblate School in San Antonio that survived 9°F unprotected in February 2021 coming back from the suckers.  Haven't seen it in the past 3 years so not sure what it looks like now.

[Austinpalm]

My mistake, i had the posts confused and thought they would be planted in the Hill Country.  Everglades palm should do fine in  Alvin.

[Robert Cade Ross]

2 hours ago, Fusca said:

Yeah it won't look perfect all the time but he's in Alvin.  I imagine a small unestablished palm might need protection for a few winters.  There is (was) a good sized clump at the Oblate School in San Antonio that survived 9°F unprotected in February 2021 coming back from the suckers.  Haven't seen it in the past 3 years so not sure what it looks like now.

I was there last October it’s a bit different now though after 2021 destroyed a lot of the collection and the relentless drought. 

[Fusca]

28 minutes ago, Robert Cade Ross said:

I was there last October it’s a bit different now though after 2021 destroyed a lot of the collection and the relentless drought. 

Yeah, it's a shame that no one protected any of the palms - there was such a cool selection of palms pre-2021!  But on the plus side it's a good indication of palms that can survive the worst weather that's thrown at them.  That Acoelorraphe looks pretty good considering but it's not exactly a fast grower...

[Ben G.]

I spotted a couple of Phoenix dactylifera in Northeast San Antonio tonight so I thought I would post them here. I love seeing date palms doing well here, but it was a good thing I didn't have gloves, goggles, and a saw with me. I was itching to trim off some of the suckers and clean these up.

I went to Google maps to see if these were 2021 survivors and if perhaps they are the surviving suckers from perhaps much larger trees before the big freeze.

They have been in the ground since 2016 it appears. Planted from a small size. The original/main trunk of the palm closer to the driveway did survive 2021, while the one closer to the corner of the front yard looks like it lost its main trunk. It also looks like the owner was trimming suckers and maintaining them as single trunk palms prior to 2021. Not so much in the years since.

2019:

2022:

[Robert Cade Ross]

I’ll be adding this Super mule palm to my garden soon. 🤞

[Robert Cade Ross]

Couple of happy baby bizzys . I should have about 10 or so for FREE if any of my Houston neighbors want one . 

[Ben G.]

I have a few small palms and seedlings I am giving away to anyone who is interested. See my post here for details: