Ive been spreading absurd amounts of sabal minor and sabal palmetto seeds in the woods here however this specific spot on our property I've decided to get a little more aggressive and planted Needle palms, and sabal minors, as well as Long Leaf Pine. I have no idea what I'm trying to recreate at this point, it started off as coastal scrub idea, and now it's straight up Florida Caverns State Park... Just in Tennessee. Majority of the palms have been planted literally right before the historic massive ice storm we had here last winter. So they took quite the beating compared to palms I've had planted several years ago. Somebody warned me that planting needle palms in January was a bad idea, I planted 7, 1 rotted away, 6 spear pulled and recovered. Sabal minor, only crushed and bruised up from the sleetcrete glacier Combo. For reference the sletecrete was like 4in deep or something. With a glaze that was around 2in Thick

I'm sure it will be more years than you would like before everything looks really impressive, but you are off to a great start.

Before moving to Texas in 2024, I lived on 5 acres of wooded land near Lake Tenkiller in Northeast Oklahoma. I did something similar but only with Sabal minor. I planted seedlings all over in our woods, and they did really well. They survived -14F during the terrible winter of 2021, while also cruising through hot summers with no water from anywhere but the sky. They were growing quite slowly though.

I wish you luck with your project there.

2 hours ago, Ben G. said:

I'm sure it will be more years than you would like before everything looks really impressive, but you are off to a great start.

Before moving to Texas in 2024, I lived on 5 acres of wooded land near Lake Tenkiller in Northeast Oklahoma. I did something similar but only with Sabal minor. I planted seedlings all over in our woods, and they did really well. They survived -14F during the terrible winter of 2021, while also cruising through hot summers with no water from anywhere but the sky. They were growing quite slowly though.

I wish you luck with your project there.

I'm right on the Mississippi Border in a 8a location they tend to grow pretty quickly here depending on Ecotype. Though sabal palmetto is going to end up being the dominant species on the property. I have to show the absurd amount of sabal palmetto seedlings coming up in the woods.