Sabal Birmingham Palm (3 year old seedling)

Description: Sabal Birmingham These 3 year old seedlings have been grown from seeds collected, from a palm planted at my residence in Vernon, Texas (zone 7). In approximately 2006, I purchased the palm as a 5 gallon plant from a pet store (Alligator Alley) in Oklahoma City. I was told the palm, I purchased, was from seeds collected from a palm growing in Tulsa, Oklahoma (zone 6). Palm is very slow growing, so have patients. I have never done anything to protect it from the winter weather here. It has withstood temperatures below 0* F without any damage. (UPDATE: The winter of 2021 brought a severe winter storm February 10 -19, 2021. I did nothing to protect the palm. The palm did suffer damage. The palm did Survive. probably be 2 years before it looks good again. The palm has made it through colder temps, without damage, but never 10 days below freezing. I have included 2 new photos, one taken after the Artic Blast on February 28, 2021 and another July 28, 2021. They say this was a 30 year storm, so if this doesn't happen for another 25 - 30 years, guess I can live with that). Although as stated, I planted a 5-gallon palm, younger plants may require some protection. The palm pictured here, is the one at my residence; it is growing nicely, and developing a massive trunk. This is probably the only choice for a true, trunking palm, to be grown successively, in zone 7, without some type of special care. A little more about this palm: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Sabal 'Birmingham' is a seed-propagated selection of palmetto (Arecaceae, genus Sabal), of unknown origin and widely thought to be a hybrid of Sabal palmetto with a yet-unidentified species. It is widely known for its extreme cold hardiness and its slow growth compared to other palmetto species. History: The origin of Sabal 'Birmingham' is shrouded in mystery. The plant was first identified with a large palmetto that grew in the garden of Eva Alexander in Birmingham, Alabama (hence the name), which survived many freezes below 10 °F (?12 °C), including at least one below 0 °F (?18 °C). One even survived -11 degrees F in Tulsa, OK. Speculation indicates the seed source for this particular palm was somewhere in California. After Alexander's death in 1976, her property on Graymont Avenue was re-purposed for a church, and the tree was moved to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. It remained there until it died in the mid 1980s. Before its demise, Bob McCartney of Woodlander's Nursery collected seed from the tree and began germinating seedlings, which have kept this particular species going. Specimens are now found as far away as Virginia, Maryland, and southern New Jersey. Description: Sabal 'Birmingham' grows up to 40 ft (12 m) in height, with a trunk up to 2 ft (61 cm) diameter. Like Sabal palmetto, it is a distinct fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with a bare petiole which extends as a center spine or midrib, (costa) 1/2 to 2/3 the length into a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. A costapalmate leaf has a definite costa (midrib) unlike the typical palmate or fan leaf, but the leaflets are arranged radially like in a palmate leaf. All costapalmate leaves are markedly recurved or arched backwards. Each leaf is 5 to 6.5 ft (1.5 to 2.0 m) long, with 40-60 leaflets up to 2.6 ft (79 cm) long. It was originally speculated that Sabal birmingham was a hybrid between Sabal palmetto and Sabal mexicana, however its slow growth rate and increased cold hardiness point more toward a hybrid between Sabal palmetto and Sabal minor.

Price: 16 USD

Location: Vernon, Texas

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