Jacksonville palms 9a/b

[edbrown_III]

I have been growing palms since 1981------ no telling how  many spcies I have but heres a list 

 

Caryota obtusa ( 10 foot of trunkk)

Caryota maxima   20 foot of trunk and  flowering 

Arenga pinniata 10 foot overall 

Brahea aculeata --maybe 10 foot of trunk 

Jubeaopsis caffra ---- may be 5 foot of trunk 

Chrysidalacarpus decaryi easily 10 foot of trunk 

Chuniophoenix nana  

Lytocareum hoenei

Livistona saribus , chinensis and 

Livistona australus and fulva and L. drudei and L. muellerii and L. decora 

Sabal causerium, S. domingensis , S maritima S. mexicaa  large adult trees over 10 ft of trunk 

Syagrus schizophylla 

S. kellyana 

Lots of Jack-ass palms ---- Butia x Jubeaex Sr

Butia x Syagrus coronata 

Butia Jubaea 

 

 

 

 

[Scott W]

@edbrown_III you missed a few!  🤣

Seriously though,  that's just part Ed's collection of mature, inground palms.  Hes got plenty more, as well as dozens, of not hundreds of smaller palms in pots protected in his sheltered palm forest he's created.  

[edbrown_III]

thanks so much Scott good to hear from ye 

 

[Rain52]

On 9/13/2025 at 6:33 AM, happypalms said:

Nice pictures!

thanks surprising found these guys around the beaches.. 

[happypalms]

16 minutes ago, Rain52 said:

thanks surprising found these guys around the beaches.. 

Climate usually dictates what is planted around towns, that and the local nursery supply chain. But good spotting on your local gardens! 

[Maddox Gardening-youtube]

10 hours ago, happypalms said:

Climate usually dictates what is planted around towns, that and the local nursery supply chain. But good spotting on your local gardens! 

The big box stores such as Lowe’s and Home Depot in Jacksonville and even middleburg, are starting to carry foxtails, bottles, Christmas palms, and fishtails. Sadly no coconuts yet. But some of the palms are in 45 gallon containers. I’m starting to notice foxtails and some royals on every street even in the riverside area.

[MikeB]

Those are amazing finds for the beaches area of Northern Florida.  I lived in the Bay Area of Northern California most of my life.  It was assumed that so many things would not grow there.  Then I started seeing a few Archontophoenix, Howea, Ficus, etc., and when Ravenea became available as a house plant people planted them outside.  "Tropicals" are a lot more common now in the Bay Area. I see the same thing happening here.  There are a lot of palms in Northern Florida but people are planting palms that are shipped up from the south unaware that they should not grow here!  Very inspiring, great pics.

[Maddox Gardening-youtube]

Here’s another photo of a foxtail.

[Maddox Gardening-youtube]

I also found a newly planted royal that has survived winter so far, in the Avondale strip it’s about 10 feet tall.

[TropicsEnjoyer]

@edbrown_III how did you get Arenga pinnata growing? did it need a lot of protection? I am growing Caryota mitis and it’s pretty solid but leaf burn is a bit of an issue even with putting bedsheets and christmas lights on it. 

[Merlyn]

On 1/25/2026 at 4:54 PM, TropicsEnjoyer said:

@edbrown_III how did you get Arenga pinnata growing? did it need a lot of protection? I am growing Caryota mitis and it’s pretty solid but leaf burn is a bit of an issue even with putting bedsheets and christmas lights on it. 

I have three Arenga Pinnata here.  I'd classify them as "leaf wimpy" but hopefully "bud hardy," if that makes sense.  Anything around upper 20s with frost will torch all exposed fronds.  But the two bigger ones have been through several nearly complete defoliations and grown right back.  They did ok at about 25F with frost.  This time with 22.6F and heavy winds, then 24.4F + frost might be different.  Currently they are completely defoliated with visibly dead spears.  If the spear pushes out and grows another like before, then maybe they are a good choice for 9a/9b...as long as you don't mind gigantic dead brown fronds most springs...

[CodyORB]

On 11/20/2025 at 9:34 PM, Rain52 said:

thanks surprising found these guys around the beaches.. 

I will keep my eyes peeled when I'm back in the Beaches area. I've seen that Royal by Fogo de Chao (in mainland Jacksonville) years ago before and wondered how much it had gone through, and whether it gets protection.

That is a really, really nice Archie in the third photo, and those folks are taking great care of it. No tattering, hardly any yellowing or browning noticeable. Even many in South Florida or SoCal don't look that healthy.

I'm hoping these got protected from the last freeze.

[Than]

On 1/25/2026 at 4:18 AM, Maddox Gardening-youtube said:

I also found a newly planted royal that has survived winter so far, in the Avondale strip it’s about 10 feet tall.

What is the black mulch btw?

[Maddox Gardening-youtube]

On 2/5/2026 at 10:34 AM, Than said:

What is the black mulch btw?

I don’t know this is someone else’s yard

[Scott W]

On 2/5/2026 at 10:34 AM, Than said:

What is the black mulch btw?

Overpriced decorative mulch imho 🤣

[Scott W]

On 1/24/2026 at 9:18 PM, Maddox Gardening-youtube said:

I also found a newly planted royal that has survived winter so far, in the Avondale strip it’s about 10 feet tall.

Wouldn't say it survived yet.  

My 20 yo adonidia merillii and 2 royals slowly declined over weeks after looking like they just got leaf burn and ultimately went to the landfill when we had that bad Christmas weekend freeze a few years ago.

[Maddox Gardening-youtube]

6 minutes ago, Scott W said:

Wouldn't say it survived yet.  

My 20 yo adonidia merillii and 2 royals slowly declined over weeks after looking like they just got leaf burn and ultimately went to the landfill when we had that bad Christmas weekend freeze a few years ago.

I said this before I knew about the once overly twenty years rare arctic blast we had. Although I used a heating blanket and many other thinks for my large coconut, and it seems to be fine besides some burnt leaflets. No spear pull the spear is not brown or stringy and I think my coconut survived I don’t know about my other coconuts. One I barely protected is definitely dead. And the other one was in pop up green house with frost cloths, I forgot about the wind and the green house was weighing it down for hours and now the palm is  super wobbly. So I know at least one survived but the others might be goners.