Palms of the Myrtle Beach Area

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This pindo is much taller than it seems in the picture. I was pretty surprised as I was walking up to it. 

Also, the amount of difference in appearance from one pindo to the next never ceases to amaze me

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Yea yea yea I know, just a washy... nothing special. But dammit if I don't like finding ones this tall around here.

North Myrtle Beach, zone 8b

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Couple of good looking sabals downtown 

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Sabals and washies scattered about live oak

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Really starting to think washies aren't as much of a zone push here as I originally thought..

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I've posted this washy before but here's a different vantage point

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Solid looking w. Filibusta 

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On 9/17/2019 at 2:47 PM, DAVEinMB said:

About 4 years of growth

[RJ]

Every washy around here made it as well. If you have proximity to the lake of ~.5 miles you're a good 3-5 deg warmer then the outskirts. Columbia is is starting to see more and more washies.  A L. chinensis in Chapin made to me surprise pretty far from the lake, every leaf on it was crispy in January.  Drove by it yesterday and it was pushing 3 or 4 new fronds. 

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On 7/3/2023 at 6:28 PM, RJ said:

Every washy around here made it as well. If you have proximity to the lake of ~.5 miles you're a good 3-5 deg warmer then the outskirts. Columbia is is starting to see more and more washies.  A L. chinensis in Chapin made to me surprise pretty far from the lake, every leaf on it was crispy in January.  Drove by it yesterday and it was pushing 3 or 4 new fronds. 

I been noticing healthy, tall washies around here randomly go "missing". One of the tallest ones I've seen in the area, probably 40' tall was just cut down a couple weeks ago. I guess once they reach a certain height they're viewed as more of a liability. Starting to think that human removal contributes more to not seeing really tall ones than cold snaps

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I'm going to myrtle beach next week, I'm excited to see some of the plantings around where I'm staying!

Washies are slowly creeping up the coast and marching north 🤠

Edited July 21, 2023 by ZPalms

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I spy...

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Here’s some photos I took when staying at the Hilton double tree, They started giving the sabals the dreaded hurricane cuts. 

I had no idea what this palm was but I thought maybe livistona?

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@ZPalms - First one is Livistona. A couple of nice Chamaerops there, too.

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3 minutes ago, SeanK said:

@ZPalms - First one is Livistona. A couple of nice Chamaerops there, too.

Oh neat, that was my first time seeing a livistona in person and I didn’t even know it 😂 

the chamaerops were very impressive to me, never seen them that size or with that much trunk

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@ZPalms those are some nice finds

There's a huge chamaerops on 61st Ave north, like 25 or 30 feet tall. I'll try to get a pic and throw it on here

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@ZPalms ok prolly more like 20 to 25 feet but here it is

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6 hours ago, DAVEinMB said:

@ZPalms ok prolly more like 20 to 25 feet but here it is

Woah they are sooo tall, like mini washingtonia, they would look even cooler if they kept a decent skirt on them 😍

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2 hours ago, ZPalms said:

Woah they are sooo tall, like mini washingtonia, they would look even cooler if they kept a decent skirt on them 😍

Agreed, it's a very manicured lawn so they probably have them cleaned up regularly

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Some good looking sabals I can across recently

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@DAVEinMB - Do you see much S.repens up that way?

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14 minutes ago, SeanK said:

@DAVEinMB - Do you see much S.repens up that way?

Yea there's a good bit around town. They're pretty popular as business accent plantings. Tallest one I've come across had around 5' of trunk. I think I posted it in this thread a few pages back

Edit -- pics are on page 3 🤙

Edited November 18, 2023 by DAVEinMB

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I called several places in/around Myrtle for Serenoa repens.  Plants Direct was the only vendor I could find that said, yes we have them, and if we run out we'll get more in the spring.  The other vendors said things like, "well, we don't have any, but we get them in on occasion".  

I ran down to Conway for Yuccas, Trachys, Agave, and a couple Butias last week.  Didn't have time to swing into Myrtle unforunately.   Still need to source a couple decent sized Chamaerops. 

Edited November 21, 2023 by Jesse PNW

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On 11/20/2023 at 10:33 PM, BeyondTheGarden said:

I called several places in/around Myrtle for Serenoa repens.  Plants Direct was the only vendor I could find that said, yes we have them, and if we run out we'll get more in the spring.  The other vendors said things like, "well, we don't have any, but we get them in on occasion".  

I ran down to Conway for Yuccas, Trachys, Agave, and a couple Butias last week.  Didn't have time to swing into Myrtle unforunately.   Still need to source a couple decent sized Chamaerops. 

I'll keep my eyes open for you come spring time

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On 9/2/2023 at 11:26 AM, DAVEinMB said:

@ZPalms ok prolly more like 20 to 25 feet but here it is

May be the largest east of the MS river.

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More washies a couple blocks from the coast

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Whole lotta sabals

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Couple of decent sized washies

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On 2/19/2024 at 3:31 PM, DAVEinMB said:

Whole lotta sabals

You know you've made it when they start looking like weeds.

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Here's some more sabals around the area and a random washy

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Some pics from a few golf courses this past week.  Good looking cordyline, some sabals, and what looks like w. robusta 

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I see on YouTube a couple of live webcams at Myrtle Beach. However, there doesn't seem to be many beachgoers. Is business slow up that way?

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8 minutes ago, SeanK said:

I see on YouTube a couple of live webcams at Myrtle Beach. However, there doesn't seem to be many beachgoers. Is business slow up that way?

My brother has a rental a block from the beach and he’s booked probably 90% up for the entire summer. 

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2 hours ago, SeanK said:

I see on YouTube a couple of live webcams at Myrtle Beach. However, there doesn't seem to be many beachgoers. Is business slow up that way?

It seems about normal for this time a year traffic-wise through the strand. I haven't been on the beach in awhile tho so not sure about people taking advantage of the ocean

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Looking good there in Myrtle Beach . I went on vacations there and I remember being fascinated by the palms that were inside the u shaped 2 story hotel called The Dunes Village . I think there is a high rise where that place used to be call something like The Dunes ? 

I would look up at the palmettos and crawl around on them when I was around 4-5 years old . I remember that they didn't look that good . I think I could've helped them out with some fertilizer and watering . They were growing really close to the ocean so the soil was pretty much all sand . 

Lots of nice palms growing there now .