Why is there a lack of Palmettos in Greenville?

[LakeMan45]

Originally Posted by loser_user

It’s funny there is plenty of palms/palmetto trees in Anderson and Spartanburg cities and counties yet when it comes to Greenville it’s pretty scarce when it comes to palmetto trees. My friend and I joke that Greenville is anti-palmetto. Anyone the reason why lol?

Palmetto trees look out of place in Greenville and other cities closer to the Blue ridge mountains, in my view. Same thing with cacti.

[Robeades]

I was told years ago that some strange thermal phenomenon that kept Anderson a good bit warmer than Greenville during a conversation about palm trees specifically.

[Loekie]

Are you sure those trees you see here in the upstate are actually Palmetto's? I thought those were Windmill Palms as they can better deal with the climate here in the upstate. A real Palmetto will probably not survive the winter.

[vistatiger]

Originally Posted by Loekie

Are you sure those trees you see here in the upstate are actually Palmetto's? I thought those were Windmill Palms as they can better deal with the climate here in the upstate. A real Palmetto will probably not survive the winter.

I was looking at the trees yesterday around the Waves car wash in Simpsonville trying to figure out if they were Palmettos or Windmills. Anyway the leaves on the branches were 50% brown. Can't be from lack of water with rain we have been getting lately. Maybe it's the winter cold.