Sabal palmetto

[KLC]

These 2 year old seedlings have developed a big underground structure I’m guessing is a water reserve for them. This species is new to me so Ive never seen this, I can imagine how large this gets when the tree becomes bigger. Sabal palmetto is also the only species of palm Ive grown with a near 100% germination.

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[Luc]

Hi
Sabal are a little bit specials palms I believe they are forming a kind of underground trunk (Underground saxophone axis) then aerial trunk.
See here : http://w3.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/Sabal/saxophone.html

[Meangreen94z]

They and Sabal mexicana are pretty drought tolerant. Not quite Washingtonia but they’ve gone through this summer with basically no rain. They have them around town in city landscapes with no irrigation.