Sabal Palmetto Seedling Alive!

[PalmTreeDude]

So most of the Sabal palmetto seedlings that came up last Summer are alive with the tops burned. But some are still completely green. Only a few were lost. We had a crazy long period of below freezing here this winter. It is currently in the 70s. Here are some. I did absolutly nothing with these protection wise. 

[PalmTreeDude]

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[kinzyjr]

Native palms for the win

[PalmTreeDude]

25 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

Native palms for the win

That's what I have noticed. All the palms native to the U.S. (East Coast), even ones not rated for my USDA zone (but not too far off) do well in the winters here. 

[kinzyjr]

15 minutes ago, PalmTreeDude said:

That's what I have noticed. All the palms native to the U.S. (East Coast), even ones not rated for my USDA zone (but not too far off) do well in the winters here. 

The reports of our native palms eluding certain death continue to pile up.

[TexasColdHardyPalms]

These will grow for a few years and then will eventually die.  I have three leaf seedling copernicia alba in the ground that keep coming back up every year.  

[Palmsbro]

It would be awesome to see a grove of Sabal palmetto growing in your yard in Virginia! Do you think it may be possible to grow them in certain areas such as New York City or long island, which is also 7a/7b? Good luck with your S. palmetto seedlings!

[PalmTreeDude]

32 minutes ago, Palmsbro said:

It would be awesome to see a grove of Sabal palmetto growing in your yard in Virginia! Do you think it may be possible to grow them in certain areas such as New York City or long island, which is also 7a/7b? Good luck with your S. palmetto seedlings!

I doubt that someone would be able to get away with them in New York. The northern most place I heard of Sabal palmetto seedlings surviving was right along the coast of Southern Delaware. 

[Palmsbro]

16 hours ago, PalmTreeDude said:

I doubt that someone would be able to get away with them in New York. The northern most place I heard of Sabal palmetto seedlings surviving was right along the coast of Southern Delaware. 

Oh. It looks like the average lows for there are 9F for January(the worst month). It looks like below-average temperatures would kill these though and even though they would have to be planted by seed(not hurricane-cut transplants). What kind of lows did your seedlings see?

[mdsonofthesouth]

The lower Delmarva peninsula rarely ever goes much bellow mid 20s. It can happen but its extremely mild there. But on the flip side they dont have the same humidity 30-45min inland does, and not even the same league as us in the tidewater and Piedmont regions. I could see a SLOW growing palmetto in a protected setting survive if cared for. There was one "famous" palmetto at a nursery that died due to the owner frying the fronds trying to protect it, the irony was the weather wasn't terminal. 

Edited March 29, 2018 by mdsonofthesouth