Sabal Species, Brazoria Palmetto Palm, Texas Palmetto Palm

This palm is one of the survivors of the 2013-14 and 2014-15 winters for me. I have been growing a few different kinds of cold hardy pal...Read Morems here in East Maryland, and the last two winters have been the coldest in decades and many records were broken. Lows bottomed out around 5F for about 6 nights in a row in Feb 2015, and highs were below freezing for almost a month. Sabal Brazoria had some significant foliage damage, but quickly recovered in spring. It was also completely unprotected and exposed to the windchill which was -20F at its worst. The growth rate has been faster than sabal palmetto, minor, and louisiana for me. This is a great palm to try if you can find a place that sells them. The cold tolerance and faster growth rate is excellent.

The only other palms that survived the last 2 winters unprotected were: Rhapidophyllum Hystrix (needle palm), Sabal Minor (dwarf palmetto), Sabal Palmetto (cabbage palm), Sabal Louisiana (Louisiana palm), Chamaerops humilis (Mediterranean fan palm), Serenoa Repens (Saw palmetto), and Chamaedorea radicalis, (which was buried in mulch)......All windmill palms, and pindo palms died. Out of the group of survivors, only the needle palm was flawless, and the sabal minors and louisianas were damaged but still mostly green. The Brazoria palmetto was the next best with lots of damage but still some green, making it the 4th best palm for cold in my trials in this location. Some palms survive harsh winters, but take nearly all summer to recover and never really become worth the effort in keeping them alive, but this is not the case for the Brazoria Palm since its faster growth rate compared to the other hardiest palms is enough to keep it growing and looking nice all the time.

So far my plant is surviving drought and frost (high 20's) without skipping a beat. New fronds coming up now (early April)

Wow I know it is a native for me but wow ! it has the bluest fronds ever , and I get comments on it all the time !!! All my non native p...Read Morealms wither and die I was really mad about my washingtonias which thrived for over 4 years and this last year succumbed to a brutal winter . Here in Central Texas this palm thrives and looks great !! The ONLY other trunking palm that does awesome here is the California fan palm ! I have many trachycarpus but everyone has those so I am going with this and California fan palm as landscape material , Mexican fan palm just plain dies here even though it is rated hardy .

I bought this type of palm and being a 7 gallon pot. This is a ture test of this palm to see if it can live here with little damage as po...Read Moressible. I have high hopes this palm can endured the winters we have up here. Clams that palms can live up here are profound, and people think your crazy in Indiana. I like to proof them completely wrong. Updates will be folding in the near future.
- insanepalmninja

Aug 5, 2011
I can't plant it until Next April but I have it in a very nice pot those 7 gallons of Pure Gold(when it comes to this Palm). But, i was looking at it was growing right before my eyes.

October, 16, 2011
I love this palm, It has A mild Case of slice but, am Maintaining it.

Dec 20, 2011
Every day this Palm looks better. Its a 10(18" pot) gallon Pot right now. Am going to move into the Ground and I have seeds and a seeding. I think this Palm is my Most Beloved of all my Sabal Palms.

This rare palm from Brazoria County, Texas, has been indentified by DNA in 2011 as an ancient hybrid between Sabal palmetto (above ground trunk) and Sabal minor (below ground trunk). Sabal 'Brazoria' is the hardiest of the trunked sabal palms, and should reach 20' tall with maturity. We have reports from Arkansas that these have sailed through a -15F winter. The giant, green, fan-shaped leaves are typical sabal foliage, but the growth rate in our trials has been twice that of Sabal minor. Our offerings are two to three-year-old seedlings. Because of the confusion with the name, Sabal x texensis, which is an old name for the less hardy Sabal mexican, a new name of Sabal x brazoriensis was published for this plant in 2011.