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Sabal mexicana, palmetto, and Brahea armata

ryjohn
ryjohn
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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These are in my northeast Louisiana yard.  The crowns would normally be larger diameter but they were defoliated last winter-- and as you can see they are really loaded with seed this year.

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Sabal palmetto is below for comparison-- both species were planted about 18 years ago as small potted plants.  The underplanting are gardenias that were also heavily damaged by recent winters

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And below are my long fading Brahea armatas.  A series of cold winters and what I believe to be nematode root damage are the culprit.  The once beautiful roses are also diseased to the point they need to be removed as well.  Camelias in this bed have done well and will be the replacements for color

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    Thanks for the pictures! At what temp did mexicana defoliate? How did the palmetto do in comparison? 

    Wonderful yard! A goal for many of us to have one as nice! 

    -RJ

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    57 minutes ago, RJ said:

    At what temp did mexicana defoliate? How did the palmetto do in comparison? 

    The Sabal palmetto only defoliated about 50%, the Sabal mexicanas maybe 90% and the Braheas armatas/Washingtonia filiferas were near 100%.  The damage on all of these species was more than normal given the severity of last winter, which was worse than average but not as bad as some of the recent ones in the 6-10F range.  Butia by comparison was damaged much less than normal (at least three specimens near zero damage), and I suspect it was because they barely fruited last year (phosphorous and potassium in fertilizers drive fruiting bigtime on butia BTW)

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    An amazing garden for your location. I would be very proud of that. Harry

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