Kingsport TN Sabal Minor

[Palmerr]

Hello! While i was on my way to my school in VA I saw a sabal minor (A very large specimen) On my way there. It is a zone 7B 7A 6B area that has seen some very cold temps i might want to try and collect the seed from it as it is planted near a little Mountain Road stop planted in the wild by a person most likely. there may be some seedlings under it so Ima try and get some during Break and i will plant em in Lexington and see how they do.  Anybody know if sabal minor could even grow in that area without any protection in the open (I also saw a very nice 3 ft trunk sago palm unprotected in 7a-7b Appalachia which was really cool. Of course... Lots of Bananas also saw some Yucca Rostrata!! 

[SeanK]

Hard to judge minimum temps in areas of changing elevations w/o empirical data. I'd still collect seed an scatter it near your KY locale.

[Palmerr]

On 11/1/2024 at 7:09 PM, SeanK said:

Hard to judge minimum temps in areas of changing elevations w/o empirical data. I'd still collect seed an scatter it near your KY locale.

Yeah think thats what i will do! will try to get a pic if i can (If the route is the same route it took me last time))

[Las Palmas Norte]

On 11/1/2024 at 1:30 PM, Palmerr said:

...(I also saw a very nice 3 ft trunk sago palm unprotected in 7a-7b Appalachia which was really cool. ...

That's crazy. Never heard of a Sago making it thru such extremes. Interesting.

[Palmerr]

Yeah dude i was like what.. the.. heck? ima try and send you a picture of approx where i was i know i was on the highway to kingsport and i just went thru the ky va border in va at the time soo yeah lemme see rq (It was maybe a 3ft trunk guy too a mature sago can go through a lot!

[Palmerr]

Here is where it was (Ima just make sure before i confirm but i think this is the place i saw it

[PAPalmtrees]

On 11/1/2024 at 4:30 PM, Palmerr said:

Hello! While i was on my way to my school in VA I saw a sabal minor (A very large specimen) On my way there. It is a zone 7B 7A 6B area that has seen some very cold temps i might want to try and collect the seed from it as it is planted near a little Mountain Road stop planted in the wild by a person most likely. there may be some seedlings under it so Ima try and get some during Break and i will plant em in Lexington and see how they do.  Anybody know if sabal minor could even grow in that area without any protection in the open (I also saw a very nice 3 ft trunk sago palm unprotected in 7a-7b Appalachia which was really cool. Of course... Lots of Bananas also saw some Yucca Rostrata!! 

Could you try and get some pics.

 

[Palmerr]

13 hours ago, PaPalmTrees said:

Could you try and get some pics.

 

well the problem is the only reason we went to kingsport that one time was it was a 6 hour drive and we didnt want to spend that much time (Had to use lots of alternate routes due to Helene washing out roads we hit 2 roads and almost fell over a cliff side soo yeah never going that way for awhile i asked my mom for the exact route she took if that route i was looking at was different so i can try and spot it i really want to find it too was real cool! I also saw a sabal minor up against a bank wall in prob 7a VA when i visited for Thanksgiving Lots of Southern magnolias LOTS like soooo many No Yucca or bananas sad.

[Palmerr]

yeah i also see the route i was looking at that pic i posted is sending us through pikeville we went through hazarda and were prob 62M away from pikeville then sooo yeah ima ask my Mom if google saves routes and see if i can find it!

 

[PAPalmtrees]

1 hour ago, Palmerr said:

well the problem is the only reason we went to kingsport that one time was it was a 6 hour drive and we didnt want to spend that much time (Had to use lots of alternate routes due to Helene washing out roads we hit 2 roads and almost fell over a cliff side soo yeah never going that way for awhile i asked my mom for the exact route she took if that route i was looking at was different so i can try and spot it i really want to find it too was real cool! I also saw a sabal minor up against a bank wall in prob 7a VA when i visited for Thanksgiving Lots of Southern magnolias LOTS like soooo many No Yucca or bananas sad.

Nothing like almost dying on a road trip lol😅 and if I'm correct I think Google Maps does save routes

[Palmerr]

On 12/19/2024 at 1:01 PM, PaPalmTrees said:

Nothing like almost dying on a road trip lol😅 and if I'm correct I think Google Maps does save routes

Ok cool thanks yeah i remember we too google fully on the first route Lex to kingsport where the sabal minor and stuff was but when we went to our school we were told to use waze or something else cause google maps was sending people to washed out roads etc.

[Palmerr]

On a side note found this cool gardening center in memphis TN that usually sells nicely sized windmills, sagos, Bottle palms, Very tall ponytail palms i saw in google once and foxtails Christmas palms Pindos and Needle palms + Euros and pygmy dates! Check it out on google maps! Haley Harvest Dr - Google Maps just saw they were also selling lemon trees with lemons on them yeah im going here this spring for the garden im working on and buy a foxtail and pygmy windmill and sagos too that i will protect till i cant

[Palmerr]

I have been trying to find that sago and that Sabal minor for idk 8 months now I can’t find it 😔 I remember seeing it and it was like.. huge. Like Sabal Louisiana size up against a building HUGE I can’t believe I didn’t find the route also bruh. Like ima head down to Kingsport and js live there to find that Sabal minor I want seed so bad it was z7b z7a I WANT IT

[PAPalmtrees]

1 minute ago, Palmerr said:

I have been trying to find that sago and that Sabal minor for idk 8 months now I can’t find it 😔 I remember seeing it and it was like.. huge. Like Sabal Louisiana size up against a building HUGE I can’t believe I didn’t find the route also bruh. Like ima head down to Kingsport and js live there to find that Sabal minor I want seed so bad it was z7b z7a I WANT IT

awww That sucks hopefully you can find it someday I would love to see it.

[Palmerr]

Yeah