Best trunking sable four zone 7a

[PaPalmTrees]

Hello I was thinking about getting a Trunking Sable what I mean by Trunking Sable like a Sable Louisiana or Sable Birmingham or a Sable Brazoria. Which one do you guys think would be the most hardy and the best one, my guess is the Brazoria or the Louisiana.

[Las Palmas Norte]

What ever your choice, it'll need some form of winter protection. I expect you're already aware.

[PaPalmTrees]

10 minutes ago, Las Palmas Norte said:

What ever your choice, it'll need some form of winter protection. I expect you're already aware.

Yap i know 

[Zone7Bpalmguy]

@PaPalmTrees For me, Brazoria grows the fastest and I don't see much (if any) difference or advantage in cold hardiness with regular palmetto, birmingham, and brazoria.

[NC_Palms]

 Sabal brazoriensis is probably hardier with a faster growth rate than S. birmingham. I am not sure where S. louisiana falls into this when it comes to hardiness, but I have heard they aren't terribly slow growers. If I were you I would do either S. louisiana or S. brazorensis over S. birmingham. 

I also would look into some of the Eastern North Carolina variants of Sabal minor like 'Emerald Isle Giant' or 'Pamlico Blues', they are known to trunk as well. 

 

 

[PaPalmTrees]

2 hours ago, NC_Palms said:

 Sabal brazoriensis is probably hardier with a faster growth rate than S. birmingham. I am not sure where S. louisiana falls into this when it comes to hardiness, but I have heard they aren't terribly slow growers. If I were you I would do either S. louisiana or S. brazorensis over S. birmingham. 

I also would look into some of the Eastern North Carolina variants of Sabal minor like 'Emerald Isle Giant' or 'Pamlico Blues', they are known to trunk as well. 

 

 

Yeah I've heard Sabal brazoriensis is The hardiest, And Sable Louisiana is the second hardiest but In terms of growth I think the Louisiana is just a little bit more faster than the Brazoria. I also do have a North Carolina Sabal minor i'm not sure what county it's from but hopefully it does develop a trunk at one point

[PaPalmTrees]

5 hours ago, Zone7Bpalmguy said:

@PaPalmTrees For me, Brazoria grows the fastest and I don't see much (if any) difference or advantage in cold hardiness with regular palmetto, birmingham, and brazoria.

All right thanks for the information!

 

[Fusca]

On 2/12/2025 at 1:08 PM, PaPalmTrees said:

Hello I was thinking about getting a Trunking Sable what I mean by Trunking Sable like a Sable Louisiana or Sable Birmingham or a Sable Brazoria.

Oh, so you didn't mean Martes zibellina!  😄  I don't know which Sabal of the ones you mentioned is the most cold hardy but if Sabal minor 'Louisiana' is as cold hardy as a regular minor I would go with that.

[PaPalmTrees]

43 minutes ago, Fusca said:

Oh, so you didn't mean Martes zibellina!  😄  I don't know which Sabal of the ones you mentioned is the most cold hardy but if Sabal minor 'Louisiana' is as cold hardy as a regular minor I would go with that.

[PaPalmTrees]

45 minutes ago, Fusca said:

Oh, so you didn't mean Martes zibellina!  😄  I don't know which Sabal of the ones you mentioned is the most cold hardy but if Sabal minor 'Louisiana' is as cold hardy as a regular minor I would go with that.

Oh my gosh that’s really cute

[ahosey01]

On 2/12/2025 at 1:08 PM, PaPalmTrees said:

Hello I was thinking about getting a Trunking Sable what I mean by Trunking Sable like a Sable Louisiana or Sable Birmingham or a Sable Brazoria. Which one do you guys think would be the most hardy and the best one, my guess is the Brazoria or the Louisiana.

Areca vestiaria.

Just kidding lol I know you asked for a Sabal but honestly drive down south to a Moon Valley in Dallas or something and pick up a big trunking Trachycarpus and a big trunking Rhapidophyllum and you'll probably do alright.  At those sizes you may not even have to protect in a mild winter.

[PaPalmTrees]

5 minutes ago, ahosey01 said:

Areca vestiaria.

Just kidding lol I know you asked for a Sabal but honestly drive down south to a Moon Valley in Dallas or something and pick up a big trunking Trachycarpus and a big trunking Rhapidophyllum and you'll probably do alright.  At those sizes you may not even have to protect in a mild winter.

 LOL Dallas is twenty hours away from me if I could I would definitely drive down there, but ya, Trachy Most winters here could most likely survive just with a little help With protecting the spear, I don't grow any Trachy  Right now I only grow sabal miners and needle palms but I really want to get one soon 

[ahosey01]

16 minutes ago, PaPalmTrees said:

 LOL Dallas is twenty hours away from me if I could I would definitely drive down there, but ya, Trachy Most winters here could most likely survive just with a little help With protecting the spear, I don't grow any Trachy  Right now I only grow sabal miners and needle palms but I really want to get one soon 

I live in Brownsville, TX (at the very bottom near Mexico) and am driving to Homestead, FL (23 hours one way) to get a few palms I can't find around here.  The addiction is real.

[PaPalmTrees]

3 minutes ago, ahosey01 said:

I live in Brownsville, TX (at the very bottom near Mexico) and am driving to Homestead, FL (23 hours one way) to get a few palms I can't find around here.  The addiction is real.

WOW 

that's really far

[ahosey01]

30 minutes ago, PaPalmTrees said:

WOW 

that's really far

They're all also like 100G pots so I'm not driving for liners or anything lol

[N8ALLRIGHT]

1 hour ago, PaPalmTrees said:

 LOL Dallas is twenty hours away from me if I could I would definitely drive down there, but ya, Trachy Most winters here could most likely survive just with a little help With protecting the spear, I don't grow any Trachy  Right now I only grow sabal miners and needle palms but I really want to get one soon 

You could drive to Gary's nursery in New Bern ,North Carolina.  Should be substantially closer than Dallas 

[PaPalmTrees]

6 minutes ago, N8ALLRIGHT said:

You could drive to Gary's nursery in New Bern ,North Carolina.  Should be substantially closer than Dallas 

 

7 minutes ago, N8ALLRIGHT said:

You could drive to Gary's nursery in New Bern ,North Carolina.  Should be substantially closer than Dallas 

i've always wanted to go there it's a pretty cool place i've heard and seen

[Fusca]

15 hours ago, PaPalmTrees said:

i've always wanted to go there it's a pretty cool place i've heard and seen

I've not been to Gary's but I've heard good things. 👍  I used to live in New Bern and it's a nice historical town.  Home of Pepsi Cola, but I prefer Coke!

[PaPalmTrees]

10 minutes ago, Fusca said:

I've not been to Gary's but I've heard good things. 👍  I used to live in New Bern and it's a nice historical town.  Home of Pepsi Cola, but I prefer Coke!

I love Coke but after drinking Pepsi A few days ago for the first time in a while I think that's my new favorite lol soda