Washingtonia spotted in zone 8b Evans,GA

[palmofmyhand]

Saw a very nice one today in the colder than typically permitted zone of 8b. Very impressive.

[Las Palmas Norte]

Proof once again, it's not so much the "zone" but the climate.

[tarnado]

That's a nice hefty specimen!

[palmofmyhand]

2 hours ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

Proof once again, it's not so much the "zone" but the climate.

indeed and it seems like it survived snow throughout the years as well since we have had some snowy occurances in the past 15 years

[SeanK]

3 hours ago, palmofmyhand said:

indeed and it seems like it survived snow throughout the years as well since we have had some snowy occurrences in the past 15 years

Has it? I don't recall snow down on the fall line for a long time.

[palmofmyhand]

10 minutes ago, SeanK said:

Has it? I don't recall snow down on the fall line for a long time.

it snowed a very tiny bit where it was minorly visible on surfaces two years ago but there was a big snowfall where everyone lost their power for a day or two with like 6 inches of snow here in 2013 or 2014 I can’t remember exactly and and another stow storm in 2011. I suppose this one could’ve been planted after that but I really have no idea.

[palmofmyhand]

24 minutes ago, SeanK said:

Has it? I don't recall snow down on the fall line for a long time.

also just found this photo online from somewhere else

[palmofmyhand]

7 minutes ago, palmofmyhand said:

also just found this photo online from somewhere else

this is actually pictured in Houston

[palmofmyhand]

4 years ago on Reddit

[CascadiaPalms]

 Very cool!

[SeanK]

14 hours ago, palmofmyhand said:

also just found this photo online from somewhere else

Surreal 

[mnorell]

W. x filibusta can, with the right genetics, be quite resilient apparently. W. robusta, on the other hand, is quite predictable. About 50% of tall W. robusta were wiped out in Natchez, Mississippi in the 13F cold-snap in February, 2018. They had survived the three-day-below-freezing (to 18F) episode of 2010. The true species defoliates at just about 23F but recovers quickly in spring/summer. 11F is generally considered the lethal temperature, virtually all were fully killed in New Orleans in 1989 and in 1962 at that temperature. True 8b climates should as a rule of thumb experience teens roughly 2/3 of the years, and you should expect a 7a or so every 20+ years. I would think that would be pretty tough on even a filibusta, such as the one you picture, in the wet freezes of the southeast, though this specimen may not have been around that many years as they tend to be very fast growers. And is it possible this specimen you found is in a slightly warmer area of Augusta?