Just a note these were from the outter banks of North Carolina.

Yey! You posted pictures.

NC has a lot of palms and most of it is a zone 8 (well actually coastal areas are more 8b worthy).

Great pics though. I like the spanish moss too! Maybe Ill try that next, but Ive always been afraid of all those biting inscets that live inside (wouldnt want any of those to burrow under my skin!)

Good luck!

thanks for the directions TZ7, yup now when the weathers better I can take some pics of my palms and post them. Thanks for all the help.
The spanish moss grows ez (just moisten regularly and keep in good light and keep above 25*)and I could mail you a clump to a PO box. It grows fast in the summer. it likes humidity.
the one in the pic was in a certain area of Dare county NC Ronanoke Island - by the lost coloney of settlers.

They are very cool! I already have some airplants and if I can get some spanish moss to hang on that tree, it would look pretty "florida like". Ill probably wait until next year though because I have enough plants to find room for!

Good luck and thanks for sharing your pics!

Nice pics! I have some spanish moss that I brought home with me from FLA this summer, but it will not survive the 7b/8a winters where I am most likely. Below freezing temps will kill it fairly quickly, as will the vastly fluctuating humidity we get during the fall/winter months. At times our humidity in the winter can dip down to around 15-20%, which is far far too dry for spanish moss. Its nice to have around yes, but definitely do not expect this to survive anywhere outside of extreme southeastern VA, southward.

Also, I cleaned mine before I brought it back, and had no problems with any biting insects. Chiggers are the most common in Spanish moss. I just rinsed it thoroughly in water, and that usually does the trick, and does not kill it. Good luck with it!

Hi Nova,

Sure yours can do well. You know I read up on it and had my sp. moss for 1 yr plus.

It can take some cold (20s) and dry the websites say and rebounds in warm humid conditions. It just goes dormant. Mine tripled in size this summer and actually even likes the cool rains were are having in New York for now. In the winter I hang it in a sunny bathroom window in loosely hanging plastic and mist it 1x daily. I'll send a picture soon.

A few eastern N.Carolina palms.
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What costal community is this?

Photos 1,4,6,&7 are in Southport, N.Carolina

Thanks for getting back to me. Southport is relatively close to Myrtle Beach and those great shot are great, yet are not as surprising as finding palms say in Kill Devil Hills or Elizabeth City NC or VB.

I bet you can have a nice variety of Palms there in Southport, N.Carolina and your micro-climates must be terrific.

Love the palm in the second to last pic!
What kind is it?

Isn't that a cabbage palm?

I would def. say so

Whatever it is it has nearly perfect symmetry.

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It is defiantely a sabal palmetto, but it must be cared for very well because the trunk is completely clear and the leaves look perfect!

sorry not the best picture it was from my phone but here is some of the same spanish moss here in VB... i will post more pictures later.

Is that moss growing naturally. It looks very nice, and definately looks like its their naturally (unless someone placed some on the trees and the spanish moos did the rest). I dont think they would survive much farther north than VB (just like sabal palmettos have a hard time doing), but maybe during warmer winters it would survive by me. I just got some, so maybe next year ill leave a little outside and see what happens. I know that some people have tried it in zone 7s and actually had some success during warm years (and by water features where the humidity is high) only to have birds rip it all apart during nesting season.

Also...
Do you get any ball moss around there or is that confined to warmer parts of the south. I know ball moss is almost as cold tolerant as spanish moss and very invasive (its so much so, that it can kill trees just by shading them out from the sun).

I never saw sp. moss around VB, but I haven't been to all the shoreline parks.

Great shot and you definately located a warm spot that cabbage palms would do well in as well. The spanish moss line is similiar the palm temp needs climatologically (wew).

My spanish moss tripled this year but my research says take it in once temps drop below the 20s. It goes dormant and comes back well in wetness and humid conditions- I keep mine in a sunny bathroom over winter.