Thanks Erik for that -24C reminder; I had forgotten that.
Lovely Sabal pic from today, just imagine in another 20 years what that area will look like.
Sabals growing wild on traffic islands, curbsides, mixed deciduous forests..

Oh man, Wes, a 9b...I'd have to buy a power auger for all the palms I'd be planting. :happy5:

Will trade heat for rain (our metered water rates just increased by 50 per cent..yup, fifty!)
And a 9b.

Barb

That is hard to see Sabal Minor burned that bad. its like a night mare to me.

Erik, thanks for update. Here in Zagreb Botanical garden Sabal minor was frozen and died in winter 1984/85 after prolonged period of cold weather with same absolute minimum temperature -24C.

Today, they growing Sabal minors only in big pots. Also they have one big Trachycarpus fortunei planted outside few years ago.

I have one Sabal minor (sprouted in 2008). This is mother plant

Young palm

Henoh, that mother plant is so blue at first glance thought it was a Bismarckia.
Looks beautifully grown.

What is the age of the Sabal in second pic?

Barb

Barb, I'm not sure. Maybe 15-20 years from seed to this stage. There is an another one, much bigger than first.

Wow, I'm amazed at how beautiful they can be.
Nice that they can look so good while still in a container.

How old is the juvenile in the pot, Henoh (in the second photo of your previous post)?

Barb

Barb, second picture is also mother plant with close up flower stalk (flowered in June 2008).

Those are very nice minors and trunking too. Wonder what they would look like if they were growing in ground 😕

Sorry, I can't count...meant the third photo, Henoh.

Juvenile palm is almost 5 years old. Old palms have old irregular names on the label - Sabal havanensis. I assume, because of obvious beginning of trunk, it could be Sabal louisiana (or Sabal minor var. louisiana).

Incredible size already for 5 years.

My 3 little Sabals look like seedlings compared to yours...and mine are over 5 years old. 😡

Very impressive growth! The ones at the Tulsa Zoo take years to get that size.
Took more photos in habitat in McCurtain County yesterday; I'l show them on a new thread. Suffice to say they do not look as nice as these do (although still pretty).