Sabal Minor "McCurtain" - Growth rate
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- These are my own seed grown Sabal minor from McCurtain county Oklahoma. They are considered to be one of the hardiest ecotypes of Sabal minor if not the hardiest. Many people are having success growing these in zone 6.
I grow sabal minor mc curtain unprotected here in Cincinnati zone 6b!
Yeah, there seem to be a few good microclimates in Ohio. You're not the first person I've heard who's had success.
I love this palm!
Thanks! Me too.
Just wonder how this severe cold snap is going to affect all these plants unprotected.
I'm hoping they do just fine. People in colder areas have them unprotected and they do well.
They can handle short cold snaps of below zero. Of course, straying too far below zero for too long will have dire consequences. I'll just say that the length is key (for general purposes). And the length of cold spells is a general guide for pretty much all other palms, to be honest (of course the temps are going to vary with that).
I have two 3 year old planted in a treepit on a sidewalk in New York City. They were not protected and had no damage during the last cold snap.
@@jailtonnascimento5217 I've heard about how mild parts of NYC are. That's pretty great. I do watch a UA-cam channel from a person in NYC that has a bunch of Sabals growing in a community garden.
Sabal seem to vary so much in growth rate depending on where they are and what type.
Good point. I would say these McCurtain minors are growing faster than my original one from an unknown location. I do wish mine grew as fast as yours though.
McCurtain County, OK, is actually zone 8a (according to the latest data we have). You should see that reflected in the Arbor Day Zone Hardiness Map from 2015. If in doubt, plants will have a bias towards survival. And of course, there are microclimates within the given zone as always. Anyway, they certainly prefer the heat. The more heat you can give them there, the better. That is going to mean a spot up by a building on a south facing wall, etc.
Ok good to know. I have mine planted in the hottest part of my yard too, it helps a lot.
@@texastropics No problem. Definitely can survive subzero temps for a shorter period. Time under a given temperature has never been a protocol for plant hardiness maps. Those maps are very loose guides, at best. Best to evaluate a plant's reaction to temps over a longer period of time than a shorter one when trying to create one of those maps.
My Sabal McCurtain is the slowest minor I have! Very cold hardy though.
I only have one other type of minor in the ground and its slower. They definitely are not the fastest palms but well worth growing.