Healthy 7b Palmetto

[NCFM]

Spotted this lone palmetto off US-70 between Durham and Raleigh. There were also several trachys and lots of sabal minor. Sorry about the poor picture quality - I'm a terrible photographer lol

[Allen]

That's pretty cool because it doesn't look recently planted although we have had a streak of good winters. 

[knikfar]

Is this one located along Glenwood Ave, up towards Briar Creek? 

[NCFM]

1 hour ago, Allen said:

That's pretty cool because it doesn't look recently planted although we have had a streak of good winters. 

Based on google street view it looks like it's been there since at least 2011.  Must have good genetics!

 

5 minutes ago, knikfar said:

Is this one located along Glenwood Ave, up towards Briar Creek? 

Here's a link to the location: 8725 US-70 - Google Maps

[knikfar]

1 hour ago, Allen said:

That's pretty cool because it doesn't look recently planted although we have had a streak of good winters. 

Its in front of Atlantic Spas and Billiards located at 8721 US-70, Raleigh NC. Using Google Streetview, I can see it was planted sometime prior to 2007, along with several others that have since been removed. I suspect those ones died. But this one clearly made it through the winter of 2018 with no problems. 

[WSimpson]

Yes , I was going to reiterate what others noted about the fact that it looks like it has been there a while , and if it made it through 2018 it is a special palm . That might be a   good  one to collect seed from or maybe watch for seedlings .

Will

Edited October 7, 2022 by Will Simpson

[knikfar]

1 hour ago, Will Simpson said:

Yes , I was going to reiterate what others noted about the fact that it looks like it has been there a while , and if it made it through 2018 it is a special palm . That might be a   good  one to collect seed from or maybe watch for seedlings .

Will

Just a little over an hour east of Raleigh, in the Winterville/Greenville NC area, there are many examples of sabals that survived 2018 with lower temps than we had here in Raleigh. That's where I collected my seeds from and all of the sabals in my yard are from those seeds. 

[Allen]

Upon closer inspection it looks like it MAY have had a little help in the form of another palmetto giving it some ice/overhead protection as the other palmetto looks to be right on top of it in 2017 but still nice