Jump to content
You Can SAVE A SPECIES - We Need Your Help - Please Read More ×

  • WELCOME GUEST

    It looks as if you are viewing PalmTalk as an unregistered Guest.

    Please consider registering so as to take better advantage of our vast knowledge base and friendly community.  By registering you will gain access to many features - among them are our powerful Search feature, the ability to Private Message other Users, and be able to post and/or answer questions from all over the world. It is completely free, no “catches,” and you will have complete control over how you wish to use this site.

    PalmTalk is sponsored by the International Palm Society. - an organization dedicated to learning everything about and enjoying palm trees (and their companion plants) while conserving endangered palm species and habitat worldwide. Please take the time to know us all better and register.

    guest Renda04.jpg

Virginia Palms

SEVA

By SEVA
in COLD HARDY PALMS

 Share

Recommended Posts

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
Posted

I figured I would start a new topic giving an update on some of my palms and other things growing in a Virginia garden.  Now that I've had a little more free time, I've been catching up on quite a bit of weeding and such.  It's still a work in progress.  Hopefully, I can get the photos to load.  Ever since getting a different phone I've had some difficulties uploading photos, so trying the computer.

0704191618_HDR.jpg

  • Like 11
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

The Butia odorata, Syagrus romanzoffiana, and Rhapidophyllum hystrix are the only palms visible, but there are 4 Trachycarpus fortunei in there.

0704191615_HDR.jpg

  • Like 12
  • Upvote 2

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

0704191617_HDR.jpg

  • Like 11
  • Upvote 3

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

palmsOrl Grand Master

palmsOrl

Posted
Posted

That is a very tropicalesque scene you have created there.  Well done.

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Sabal minor

0704191658_HDR.jpg

  • Like 8

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Sabal minor (again), a Cestrum sp. in the background if I remember correctly, and another Butia odorata.

0704191659.jpg

  • Like 8

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Same Sabal minor

0704191701.jpg

  • Like 6
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Sabal minor again and horsetail, which I'm constantly pulling up.

0704191700.jpg

  • Like 6

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Last one of this Sabal minor

0704191702_HDR.jpg

  • Like 5
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Cestrum sp.

0704191815.jpg

  • Like 5

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Rhapidophyllum hystrix being engulfed by a lantana (I swear this thing gets bigger every year and it's spreading by seed and vegetatively).

0704191755a.jpg

  • Like 3
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Yucca sp.

0704191755.jpg

  • Like 3
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Cycas revoluta beginning to grow new leaves.

0707191242_HDR.jpg

  • Like 3
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

0704191751_HDR.jpg

  • Like 3
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

PalmTreeDude Grand Master

PalmTreeDude

Posted
Posted

Awesome palms! 

PalmTreeDude

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Gardenia

0614191422_HDR.jpg

  • Like 5

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Cornus elliptica.  I couldn't believe how long this stays in bloom when I first got it and I love that it is evergreen.

0608191140.jpg

  • Like 4
  • Upvote 2

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Some kind of citrus. The root stock took over after a navel orange died.  It's been in the ground for a few years now and remains evergreen.

0704191758.jpg

  • Like 2
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Came to visit one of the needle palms

0622191550.jpg

  • Like 5
  • Upvote 2

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Queen palm trunk

0608191113a.jpg

  • Like 4

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Tree frog in the cannas

0707191608.jpg

  • Like 3
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Another

0707191933.jpg

  • Like 3
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Sabal Birmingham recovering from most of it's fronds being bitten off.

0704191823.jpg

  • Like 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Another Sabal Birmingham recovering from fronds being bitten off/ chewed on.

0705191720.jpg

  • Like 4
  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted
42 minutes ago, palmsOrl said:

That is a very tropicalesque scene you have created there.  Well done.

Thank you

  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted
19 minutes ago, PalmTreeDude said:

Awesome palms! 

Thanks. I've got so many more that need to go in the ground.  One of the pindo palms looks like it's sending up a spathe too.

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

kinzyjr Grand Master

kinzyjr

Posted
Posted

@SEVA

Planning on using any Sabal palmetto?

Love it!  Keep up the nice work!

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted
1 hour ago, kinzyjr said:

@SEVA

Planning on using any Sabal palmetto?

Love it!  Keep up the nice work!

Yup. I have one in the ground that I grew from seed. It's not much to look at, but I'll take a pic tomorrow.  I have several still in pots (all were grown from seed).  In addition to Sabal palmetto, I have Sabal Brazoria, Sabal mexicana, Sabal uresana, Sabal Louisiana, Sabal Tamaulipas, more Sabal minor from my own plants, and Sabal etonia growing in pots.  I have Sabal bermudana seeds planted, but they haven't germinated yet. Hopefully they will, but I've tried germinating these in the past without success.

  • Upvote 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

RJ Grand Master

RJ

Posted
Posted

Looks fantastic thanks for sharing, and way up in Virginia! :greenthumb:

  • Like 1
RaleighNC Collaborator

RaleighNC

Posted
Posted

How long have you had the Syagrus in the ground? You must be protecting it pretty well.

RJ Grand Master

RJ

Posted
Posted

What's chewing your palms? Deer? I would think that a palm would be pretty low on the diet of vermin. 

 

 

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

PalmatierMeg

Posted
Posted

I can't believe that is So. VA. Such a stellar, tropical looking garden. Kudos for your hard work.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

mdsonofthesouth Mentor

mdsonofthesouth

Posted
Posted

Lovely garden! 

LOWS 16/17 12F, 17/18 3F, 18/19 7F, 19/20 20F

Palms growing in my garden: Trachycarpus Fortunei, Chamaerops Humilis, Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera, Rhapidophyllum Hystrix, Sabal Palmetto 

palmsOrl Grand Master

palmsOrl

Posted
Posted (edited)
14 hours ago, SEVA said:

Queen palm trunk

0608191113a.jpg

Wow, I don’t even see frogs like that here.  Not that they aren’t present, I just usually see toads if anything.

Edited by palmsOrl
  • Like 1
Chester B Grand Master

Chester B

Posted
Posted

Looks fantastic.  The citrus rootstock is most likely Poncirus trifoliata, which is hardy down to zone 5 I believe.

  • Upvote 1
RJ Grand Master

RJ

Posted
Posted
15 hours ago, SEVA said:

Sabal minor again and horsetail, which I'm constantly pulling up.

0704191700.jpg

The only time I would ever see horse tale growing on it's own was in pretty wet area's. (This was zone 4b-ish) Are you in a low spot?

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted
17 hours ago, RJ said:

Looks fantastic thanks for sharing, and way up in Virginia! :greenthumb:

Thanks.  Many folks are surprised at what can grow here, but this part of VA is within the Southeastern Evergreen Forest Region (Coastal Plain from east TX to the James River in VA).  I just wish more folks would take advantage of our warm climate.  The queen is something I do not expect, of course, but it would be nice to see more of the others.  I'll see the occasional palm here and there, but not many until heading to VA Beach.  

  • Like 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted
15 hours ago, RaleighNC said:

How long have you had the Syagrus in the ground? You must be protecting it pretty well.

I planted it in March 2016.  It definitely receives protection every winter.

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted
12 hours ago, RJ said:

What's chewing your palms? Deer? I would think that a palm would be pretty low on the diet of vermin. 

 

 

I can only guess, but I think it was the new dog.  I've seen him attempt to chew one of the Sabal minor palms, but did not catch him biting the Sabal Birminghams.  I once had deer bite off the leaves and kill a Washingtonia before, but it was a very small newly planted palm.

  • Like 1

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

SEVA Experienced

SEVA

Posted
  • Author
Posted
9 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

I can't believe that is So. VA. Such a stellar, tropical looking garden. Kudos for your hard work.

Thank you

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing



  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...