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Norfolk Botanical Gardens - Norfolk Virginia February 2024.

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I was in Norfolk, VA a few days ago and thought I would share. Honestly the amount of palms they have here is impressive.  This is USDA Zone 8b

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Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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    And inside the greenhouse 

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    Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

    Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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    Do you mean 2025? Also it's such a beautiful garden I've always wanted to go it's only 5 Hours away

    Zone 7a Neededmore Pennsylvania

    YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@PaTropics

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    49 minutes ago, PaPalmTrees said:

    Do you mean 2025? Also it's such a beautiful garden I've always wanted to go it's only 5 Hours away

    lol yes this was on Sunday 

    But I highly recommend taking a visit. There’s a lot of cool plants and VA Beach area is pretty palmy 

    Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

    Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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    2 minutes ago, NC_Palms said:

    lol yes this was on Sunday 

    But I highly recommend taking a visit. There’s a lot of cool plants and VA Beach area is pretty palmy 

    I've never been to Virginia Beach but I look at it on Google Maps all the time lol 

    Zone 7a Neededmore Pennsylvania

    YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@PaTropics

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    On 2/7/2025 at 10:59 AM, PaPalmTrees said:

    I've never been to Virginia Beach but I look at it on Google Maps all the time lol 

    It’s a nice area. The palms planted on the main tourist drag right near the ocean often look bad but they look better in Norfolk and inland VA beach. 

    Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

    Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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    26 minutes ago, NC_Palms said:

    It’s a nice area. The palms planted on the main tourist drag right near the ocean often look bad but they look better in Norfolk and inland VA beach. 

    Yes they often do look bad by the coast. Here's a cool house I saw in a Video from @Alex High And then I tracked down the house lol. https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9081048,-75.9928663,3a,64.4y,358.23h,90.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sr9tWfKWEFP0IZnAYSnHDdg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.53437586387777%26panoid%3Dr9tWfKWEFP0IZnAYSnHDdg%26yaw%3D358.23127322617916!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIwNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 

     

    https://youtu.be/z4x7i33TkIE?si=_x0VcTnIZiB7ycvr

    Zone 7a Neededmore Pennsylvania

    YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@PaTropics

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    On 2/8/2025 at 4:01 PM, PaPalmTrees said:

    Yes they often do look bad by the coast. Here's a cool house I saw in a Video from @Alex High And then I tracked down the house lol. https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9081048,-75.9928663,3a,64.4y,358.23h,90.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sr9tWfKWEFP0IZnAYSnHDdg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.53437586387777%26panoid%3Dr9tWfKWEFP0IZnAYSnHDdg%26yaw%3D358.23127322617916!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIwNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 

     

    https://youtu.be/z4x7i33TkIE?si=_x0VcTnIZiB7ycvr

    Im typically not a fan of the plastic wrapping but I love seeing that Washingtonia and the Serenoa repens clump! 

    Also theres a CIDP! I love seeing more unique palms planted in NC and VA. And they look like theyve been in the ground for years

    Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

    Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

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    1 hour ago, NC_Palms said:

    Im typically not a fan of the plastic wrapping but I love seeing that Washingtonia and the Serenoa repens clump! 

    Also theres a CIDP! I love seeing more unique palms planted in NC and VA. And they look like theyve been in the ground for years

     

    1 hour ago, NC_Palms said:

    Im typically not a fan of the plastic wrapping but I love seeing that Washingtonia and the Serenoa repens clump! 

    Also theres a CIDP! I love seeing more unique palms planted in NC and VA. And they look like theyve been in the ground for years

    Same I'm not a big fan of rapping palms in plastic he probably doesn't even need to protect most of them over there unless there's a pretty bad freeze but most of the years in Virginia Beach they should be okay Without any protection

    Zone 7a Neededmore Pennsylvania

    YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@PaTropics

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