Sabal palmetto Mocksville United States Hybrid was originally discovered by Dr

was originally discovered by Dr

It will re-grown quite rapidly after division if they are promptly replanted and kept moist for the first few weeks

beautifully mottled with lighter green and flesh-colored blotches

Musa velutina seems to be fully winter-hardy in zone 7b as long as they are grown in full sun

If you're interested in this hardier form of the normally unreliable Sabal palmetto

Sabal palmetto Mocksville United States Hybrid was originally discovered by DrThanks to hardy palm grower Larry Green for sharing seed from the Sabal palmetto growing at his former family home in Mocksville, NC (1 hour southwest of Winston Salem). Larry tells us this Sabal palmetto was planted around 1980, and survived the mega death winter of 1984 85 in NC. Larry's palm was grown from seed he collected years earlier from a Sabal palmetto at a motel in Fayetteville, NC, which also still survives. The broad fronds are less