The street I used to live on - droopy feather palms (ID please!)
Newly planted (since 2003) mature palms - CIDP? and something else that looks like a trachy but I don't think it is (smooth trunked)
No clue what this is but I'd quite like one.
Normal method of planting palms in newlly built areas - stick them in the ground, support them with poles. ID on this palm please.
Another newly planted palm, propped up.
Washingtonia Filibuster I think (there were threads on the leaves). Newly planted - sticks in the ground hold wires that steady the palm.
Another view of the newly planted palm supports
Bananas don't fare all that well in Houston winters - shredded and a bit brown (they've had more frosts this year than we have). This is why I'm not keen on nanas, they look so tatty half the year.
More wilted nanas
Britain's not the only place people plant CIDPs far too close to buildings! This business has been here for at least 20 years, and this palm was probably only small. Now the trunk is starting to impinge upon and bend the metal siding of the roof!
An example of municipal palm planting - a grove of palms on the Gulf freeway/Beltway 8 intersection
Another shot of the same
...I may miss the "palms everywhere" in Houston, but I sure don't miss the traffic! 610 stationary in both directions (yet again) and it's not even rush hour! Note the live oaks (evergreen oaks) in the background.
Cycad in a pot back at the house.