Bismarck Palm ln Houston

[HoustonTropical]

Good day fellow quarantiner’s purchased and planted this beautiful Bismarkia Nobilis in front of a backdrop of Mexican Heather 

[necturus]

I’ve posted these a few times. Won’t hurt to post again. They look especially good now after two years with little in the way of freezes.

[HoustonTropical]

Amazing!!!! They really make a statement 

[Jeff985]

Here’s a few in my neighborhood. 

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

Here's two of mine in my backyard oasis 

[Jeff985]

4 minutes ago, OC2Texaspalmlvr said:

Here's two of mine in my backyard oasis 

 

The foxtail is fitting in nicely. I knew this thread would get your attention. 

[necturus]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, these should be planted more widely in Houston. Once they get about five feet of trunk they seem able to take our worst and bounce back (with complete defoliation). It’s hard to compare them to Queens since the latter are so much more common, but my feeling is that overall they bounce back better. On the flip side, smaller specimens in my area died in the last big freeze, even a nice one with two or three feet of trunk.

I suspect it has to do with the girth of their trunk. Even with queens, it seems that the thicker trunk specimens fare better here. That’s why I would be really excited to see some trunking Beccariophoenix here.

[Jeff985]

44 minutes ago, necturus said:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, these should be planted more widely in Houston. Once they get about five feet of trunk they seem able to take our worst and bounce back (with complete defoliation). It’s hard to compare them to Queens since the latter are so much more common, but my feeling is that overall they bounce back better. On the flip side, smaller specimens in my area died in the last big freeze, even a nice one with two or three feet of trunk.

I suspect it has to do with the girth of their trunk. Even with queens, it seems that the thicker trunk specimens fare better here. That’s why I would be really excited to see some trunking Beccariophoenix here.

So much for that old saying, size doesn’t matter. 

[HoustonTropical]

1 hour ago, Jeff985 said:

The foxtail is fitting in nicely. I knew this thread would get your attention. 

Oasis it is Amazing scenery Jeff

[OC2Texaspalmlvr]

2 hours ago, Jeff985 said:

The foxtail is fitting in nicely. I knew this thread would get your attention. 

I need to take a pic showing all the palms with there own light now =) I can say one thing about Bizzies even people who dislike fan palms still like Bizzies 

[Robert Cade Ross]

On 4/2/2020 at 6:13 PM, necturus said:

I’ve posted these a few times. Won’t hurt to post again. They look especially good now after two years with little in the way of freezes.

Did at least one survive 2021 ?  

[necturus]

On 11/29/2024 at 11:27 AM, Robert Cade Ross said:

Did at least one survive 2021 ?  

No 😢. I think they were cut down too early, but the palm fatalities in our neighborhood were high. Total queen death, lots of dead Washingtonia.

[Robert Cade Ross]

1 hour ago, necturus said:

No 😢. I think they were cut down too early, but the palm fatalities in our neighborhood were high. Total queen death, lots of dead Washingtonia.

Oof there were at least 4 queens that survived 2021 down here in Alvin - but they were cut down randomly since 21…. Smh lol