Mutant Sabal Update Photos Per Request

[PalmatierMeg]

It's chilly, rainy and forecast to get colder so a good day to get caught up on photo update requests I've received recently. I've developed an interest in mutant Sabals, particularly uber dwarf mutants of the cold hardy Sabal minor but also FL's state tree Sabal palmetto (I have 3 Sabal palmetto Lisas, one of the most spectacular looking palms in the world). Several months I obtained one each of Sabal minor 'Welfare' from Texas, S.m. 'High Springs' from FL and S. palmetto 'Mocksville' from NC from Plant Delights Nursery, the only nursery that actively seeks out and propagates these rare specimens. I posted photos of them in their pots and received requests for more photos of them after planting. I also include a couple of one of my S.m. Chipola Dwarfs I got PDN last spring.

That occurred sometime in late Oct. after Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc on our Garden Lot and took out most of our shade producing tropical trees. My palms, overall, took a major bashing but look to be coming back. I convinced my husband not to replace most of the huge trees or replace them with smaller trees or - yes! - palms. I also yanked out crape myrtles and many hibiscus that were year round pruning nightmares for me (even more so since I was diagnosed with apparently chronic and nearly untreatable vestibular migraines). In place of those suckering nightmares went my Sabal minor dwarfs. They're happy, I'm happy.

So, here goes. These little guys may not have appeared to have grown much but all are starting to go palmate and happy to be out of their ridiculous 3.5" pots.

Sabal palmetto 'Mocksville'

Sabal minor 'High Springs' Dwarf

Sabal minor 'Welfare' Dwarf

Sabal  minor 'Chipola' Dwarf