Texas Palms

[DreaminAboutPalms]

As far as height, these are tallest robustas I’ve seen in SA. Hopefully someone in here can prove me wrong 

[PA-TX2024]

23 minutes ago, DreaminAboutPalms said:

I think @Ben G. Identified a bigger mass planting yesterday in his post, however those are tall robustas nonetheless. 

Those are hybrids. Though I wish they do more mass plantings since none of the winters we've had past 2021 were in Robusta death range. The lowest it's gotten since 2021 was 16F there in December 2022. All of the new Robustas installed or planted from seed were fine though fried after that.

[DreaminAboutPalms]

28 minutes ago, PA-TX2024 said:

Those are hybrids. Though I wish they do more mass plantings since none of the winters we've had past 2021 were in Robusta death range. The lowest it's gotten since 2021 was 16F there in December 2022. All of the new Robustas installed or planted from seed were fine though fried after that.

Here’s some more from around town. First pic isn’t great a few are hidden 

[MarcusH]

3 hours ago, PA-TX2024 said:

Is this one of the best palmy neighborhoods in SA? There's a big lining of Filifera, Filibusta, and actual tall Robusta. I never thought there would be this many still standing. From what I've ever seen. This may have the most Robusta standing in a single area outside of the River Walk from what I know so far.

 

 

 

Not the only neighborhood but it looks very impressive. Check out Monte Vista , Woodlawn Ave.  Last time I went there I've noticed new plantings of Sabal Mexicana between old Washingtonia Filiferas. My guess is,  they're eventually going to be removed in the near future due to age. We shall see.

[DreaminAboutPalms]

11 minutes ago, MarcusH said:

Not the only neighborhood but it looks very impressive. Check out Monte Vista , Woodlawn Ave.  Last time I went there I've noticed new plantings of Sabal Mexicana between old Washingtonia Filiferas. My guess is,  they're eventually going to be removed in the near future due to age. We shall see.

Woodlawn avenue is like something out of California. If you start right on the eastern side next to the intersection with mccullough and head west a few miles it seems like they are in constant sight. 

[Robert Cade Ross]

The fun road to recovery begins here in Brazoria county after 15-17° in January biggest windmill I’ve ever seen in Old & cold Alvin queen’s coming back again… Friendswood ribbon fried to a crisp in Pearland oddly another the same size in Manvel looks great . queens that have a questionable past on protection or if the owner replaced them lol . Cidp flowering after being wacked 🤣dacty in Manvel nice ribbon in Manvel too .ancient planting of dactylifera slowly declining palm by palm due to hurricanes and freezes nice blue armata in clear lake shores Everglades looking flawless Phoenix Rupicola this is honestly  a interesting spot 500’ from Galveston bay and still appears to be alive one of 3 I found 

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[Robert Cade Ross]

Pearland washys A huge planting of dactys in Webster -Kemah area these where ironically planted days before the 2022 freeze and have recovered nicely! 

[PA-TX2024]

14 minutes ago, Robert Cade Ross said:

Pearland washys A huge planting of dactys in Webster -Kemah area these where ironically planted days before the 2022 freeze and have recovered nicely! 

I would really love some mass plantings of Dactylifera in SA. I have yet to see ANY new ones here. They'd do just fine here.

[Robert Cade Ross]

4 minutes ago, PA-TX2024 said:

I would really love some mass plantings of Dactylifera in SA. I have yet to see ANY new ones here. They'd do just fine here.

There’s plenty of new one in the Bellaire (meyerland ) plaza area that where planted last fall they look great too . 

[DreaminAboutPalms]

10 hours ago, PA-TX2024 said:

I would really love some mass plantings of Dactylifera in SA. I have yet to see ANY new ones here. They'd do just fine here.

Heck we had mass plantings of dates in Austin prior to 2021. Should be bulletproof down there apart from 2021 type events and will fair even better than CIDP's during the years that get down into the upper teens

[Robert Cade Ross]

Good size plumeria in east Pearland . The growth is still very “stiff” so likely a hardy noid variety 

[MarcusH]

I posted this CIDP that's growing in my neighborhood a few times.  Fronds didn't burn this winter Hallelujah.  Not the most amazing looking CIDP of course but after getting hit by our extreme weather from both sides it looks good. Have to give the palm some credit. 

[Ben G.]

6 hours ago, MarcusH said:

I posted this CIDP that's growing in my neighborhood a few times.  Fronds didn't burn this winter Hallelujah.  Not the most amazing looking CIDP of course but after getting hit by our extreme weather from both sides it looks good. Have to give the palm some credit. 

That is a tough CIDP to not be showing damage after the winter. Most of the ones I have seen took quite a bit of frond damage. Fairly disappointing since we had a 9a winter. 

I did see a couple of CIDPs just behind the Forum shopping center last night that looked undamaged though. 

[MarcusH]

1 hour ago, Ben G. said:

That is a tough CIDP to not be showing damage after the winter. Most of the ones I have seen took quite a bit of frond damage. Fairly disappointing since we had a 9a winter. 

I did see a couple of CIDPs just behind the Forum shopping center last night that looked undamaged though. 

As you know I come around San Antonio quite a lot as a local driver I have to say the vast majority of CIDPS look unphased. Only a fraction of them look burned.  I guess your area is outside of the SA's urban heat island. 

[MarcusH]

I'm not sure if I want to open another thread but since Piedras Negras, Mexico is right next to Eagle Pass Texas I thought I'm going to post a few pictures from my short visit. I come here quite a lot since some of my family lives here.  Phoenix Dactylifera,  CIDP, Washingtonia Robusta and Syagrus Romanzoffiana do pretty well here.  Lots of new Queen planting. 

[Fusca]

On a a stroll today along Lake Houston.  I thought that this volunteer Sabal minor growing in the bark of this oak tree was interesting!

[Ben G.]

I found myself at SeaWorld this windy afternoon, so I took the opportunity to take a few pictures of their palms after couple of pretty hard freezes this winter.

Most of their CIDP looked like they weren't really damaged but a few looked kind of rough (see below) The one dactylifera I passed today looked fine, but all of the palms in that part of the park had been recently over trimmed. Butia, sabals, chamaerops, and washingtonias looked fine.

 

[Ben G.]

6 hours ago, MarcusH said:

I'm not sure if I want to open another thread but since Piedras Negras, Mexico is right next to Eagle Pass Texas I thought I'm going to post a few pictures from my short visit. I come here quite a lot since some of my family lives here.  Phoenix Dactylifera,  CIDP, Washingtonia Robusta and Syagrus Romanzoffiana do pretty well here.  Lots of new Queen planting. 

 

I really like these dactyliferas. They are the right palm selection for a baking hot, dry road median.

[DreaminAboutPalms]

On 3/15/2025 at 7:00 PM, Fusca said:

On a a stroll today along Lake Houston.  I thought that this volunteer Sabal minor growing in the bark of this oak tree was interesting!

Reminds me of a few I’ve seen up in Dallas, although none as crazy as your example. The one in the street has been there almost 10 years and keeps getting weed whipped away but then will come back 

[fr8train]

Here are a few more pictures from the last week or so. The first is what I think is Nannorrhops? 

The last few are from today. It's unbelievable dusty and windy.

[jwitt]

Did I hear dusty "and" windy?

[Robert Cade Ross]

Had to run somewhere tropical to escape the hell scape of dead palms in Texas lol @Miami 

[Fusca]

On 3/19/2025 at 7:09 PM, fr8train said:

The first is what I think is Nannorrhops?

I think it might be Nannorrhops but hard to tell without a close-up shot of the trunk.  I assume no petiole thorns?  

[fr8train]

4 hours ago, Fusca said:

I think it might be Nannorrhops but hard to tell without a close-up shot of the trunk.  I assume no petiole thorns?  

If go back I'll look and take a better photo. I'm not really sure.