Palm Trees In Lubbock - Can They Happen? (Houston, Dallas: hotel, to live)

[case44]

Originally Posted by michaelmac500

I'm not surprised about Lubbock Home Depots selling bananas, lantana and hibiscus. They may not survive the winter, but their cheap enough to plant as annuals.

A good palm to try in Lubbock would be the Chinese windmill palm (
Trachycarpus fortunei). Plant it with good southern exposer, against a south facing wall.

Another very hardy palm to try is Sabal minor. This palm doesn't form a big trunk, but it dose give a nice subtropical look to the garden (mixed in with annual bananas and hibiscus).

Washingtonia filifera would probably survive, but would take most of the summer to recover from winter damage.

Picture of windmill palms in Las Cruces.


Sabal minor in Atlanta

Good pics and good post. Windmill palms are generally cold hardy and can work almost anywhere in Texas.

[lilypad]

I like palm trees, but they are not native to this area and probably wouldn't look right. I do like yucca, sage and various cacti. What about more of those?

[michaelmac500]

Hi lilypad,

Here are a few plants in the Agavaceae family.

Hesperaloe parviflora (red yucca)



Yucca faxoniana



Yucca thompsoniana



Agave havardiana and Agave scabra



Hesperaloe funifera



Yucca torreyi



Agave havardiana and Yucca faxoniana



Agave lechugia



Yucca elata during Mexican poppy bloom

[case44]

Very good pics, michaelmac. That's another thing I'd like to see more of in Lubbock, and that's the Yucca tree. They've got some, but not many. It definitely takes on a good Southwestern feel. They'd go great next to a Windmill or Texas Sabal palm.

[case44]

Originally Posted by michaelmac500

A good palm to try in Lubbock would be the Chinese windmill palm (
Trachycarpus fortunei). Plant it with good southern exposer, against a south facing wall.

Another very hardy palm to try is Sabal minor. This palm doesn't form a big trunk, but it dose give a nice subtropical look to the garden (mixed in with annual bananas and hibiscus).

Washingtonia filifera would probably survive, but would take most of the summer to recover from winter damage.

Picture of windmill palms in Las Cruces.

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Very nice! Perfect for nearly anything.

[lilypad]

Very beautiful pics of the yucca and agave, michaelmac. Thanks!

[firstgradeteecher]

We have palm trees here in chesapeake, VA. They are in the foliage in the middle of the city used infront of stores and need to wrapped in "winter". I have to agree with Cathy4017, when she said they were out of place in NM, they seem out of place here too.

[High_Plains_Retired]

I'm sure the hardiness of palm species vary but I recall in 1983 or 84 when the temperature just north of Lubbock remained below zero degrees for several days. I'm feel almost certain that any unprotected palm could not take that sort of weather.

[Muhnay]

Originally Posted by case44

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Very nice! Perfect for nearly anything.

Yeah I need to get a few of those to plant at my house. I like them.

[Jammie]

Cold Hardy Palm Trees Species For Colder Climates

I love palm trees and it looks like they would thrive nearly anywhere in Texas.