Palms of Dallas

[DreaminAboutPalms]

Another living CIDP.  Drove past last spring and was pushing green again after being defoliated by 10F

[DreaminAboutPalms]

Arlington Taco Cabana CIDP is still going strong as of August 2024. Not the best pic, but google maps streetview hasn't been updated in 2+ years on the street on the other side of the building where you can see it better. Has been here since at least 2007. Interestingly enough, the closest other Taco Cabana in Arlington lost two sabals in 2021, yet somehow this one continues to thrive. I've also noticed the same thing with the CIDP in the above post where sabals and tracheas at neighboring houses bit the dust

So far this winter we've had a half dozen nights in the 22-23F range, which is unlikely to cause any significant Leaf damage or defoliation. If we don't get anything colder in the next 6 weeks, this thing might actually have a full crown by late summer.

[DreaminAboutPalms]

Saw these butias while driving to work this morning. There's also a few sabal minors scattered around that have added some decent size over past few years. 

Based on google maps, it looks like they were actually put in shortly before the 2021 freeze. All survived 2021, but 2 of the 7 died after 2022-2023 winter. 

[DreaminAboutPalms]

I know Sabals aren't exactly a rare find here, but this is one of the better mass plantings I've seen in the metro. A few died post 2021, but there are still 15+ left

 

[palmnut-fry]

Oh wow that's Uptown area, right? I had not seen this Sabal forest b4! 😍 It's like a surreal dream that we had that huge Jubaea @Dallas Aquarium. I always used to exit and go by Woodall Rogers Fwy to see! He put in some Trachys last year or so?

[DreaminAboutPalms]

52 minutes ago, palmnut-fry said:

Oh wow that's Uptown area, right? I had not seen this Sabal forest b4! 😍 It's like a surreal dream that we had that huge Jubaea @Dallas Aquarium. I always used to exit and go by Woodall Rogers Fwy to see! He put in some Trachys last year or so?

I work just a few blocks from the aquarium. Yes all those trachies are new. There's also some pretty tropical looking stuff on the second floor on the southside of the building that isn't enclosed at all. Look like they all survived last winter so must have some space heaters or something out there.

Also from the location of the first photo out front, if you head left towards Woodall rogers freeway And take a right, you'll see a Washingtonia on left side of rode next to parking lot. 

[TonyDFW]

Here are some palms at some apt complexes in north Texas 

[DreaminAboutPalms]

30 minutes ago, TonyDFW said:

Here are some palms at some apt complexes in north Texas 

All I can say is WOW

[palmnut-fry]

I nearly had a wreck when i first saw this "Master Palmed" Community off i35 & 190 in Carrollton a few years back.  I bet a few of those were killed last few years but are Sabals mostly so prob. good as i have not been up there in a couple 3 years! 

Tony have you seen recently? 

[DreaminAboutPalms]

1 hour ago, palmnut-fry said:

I nearly had a wreck when i first saw this "Master Palmed" Community off i35 & 190 in Carrollton a few years back.  I bet a few of those were killed last few years but are Sabals mostly so prob. good as i have not been up there in a couple 3 years! 

Tony have you seen recently? 

I ran through the area on google maps and it looks like good survival overall especially considering the location in the northern suburbs that likely saw close to 0F. I’m guessing the main factor that contributed to survival was the fact that they have been there since 2007, at Least for one of the communities I checked out. Seems like the vast majority of Sabal kills here were ones that were probably more recent transplants that don’t have as established of a root system. Heck I’ve seen recent transplants at a restaurant near me die after 10F last year 

[palmnut-fry]

Thanks for the update, Dreamin'! I never thought they had been there that long, jeez 18 years? But,          i almost never go on toll road 190 much less i35 w/ongoing construction etc! Amazing, i salute that developer's approval and the landscape company that installed! It is kick ass by the lake there and the colorfully painted houses- you can pretend you are on the Gulf of Mex! I hope Ray Hubbard  over by me gets such a palmatization but so far only a few noted. 

Definitely a good theory about survival rates relation to etc Yes, this is a big factor. 🌴❄️😆

[DreaminAboutPalms]

3 hours ago, palmnut-fry said:

Thanks for the update, Dreamin'! I never thought they had been there that long, jeez 18 years? But,          i almost never go on toll road 190 much less i35 w/ongoing construction etc! Amazing, i salute that developer's approval and the landscape company that installed! It is kick ass by the lake there and the colorfully painted houses- you can pretend you are on the Gulf of Mex! I hope Ray Hubbard  over by me gets such a palmatization but so far only a few noted. 

Definitely a good theory about survival rates relation to etc Yes, this is a big factor. 🌴❄️😆

I know they are building a huge resort called Sapphire Bay in Rowlett on Lake Ray Hubbard. In the mock up images, it looks very palmy with lots of feather leaf palms. I'm anxiously awaiting what they will actually plant. 

https://sapphirebaytexas.com