Palm Trees, 2020
Overview
Pindo Palm
Mediterranean Fan Palm
Pygmy Date Palm (aka Robellini palm)
Dwarf Palmetto
Windmill Palm
Mexican Fan Palm
Sago Palm
Varieties
(Subject to availability)
Pindo Palm
Hardy feather palm that can grow up to 25' tall and 10–15' wide. The solitary trunk is gray and rough after frond bases fall off. Grows roughly 1–3' per year. The fruit of this graceful palm is light orange to brownish red and can be used to make jelly. The seeds can even be roasted for a coffee substitute. Pindo palms are often used as a specimen tree in tropical landscapes.
Mediterranean Fan Palm
A clumping fan palm with multiple brown trunks of fibrous bark that are scaled like a pinecone from top to bottom, and triangular fan-shaped leaves. They can grow up to 20' tall and 15' wide at maturity. The average palm has 4–5 main trunks. It is slow growing, less than 2' per year, but is also one of the most cold hardy palms (survives down to 10 degrees).
Pygmy Date Palm (also called a Robellini palm)
This dwarf date palm only grows up to 10' tall. Very hardy, this is a great ornamental piece with glossy green fronds that are 4' long. The trunks are quite thin, averaging three to six inches in diameter and covered in hairy fibers. These palms are slow growing, less than 2' per year, and make good container specimens.
Dwarf Palmetto
The plant people think of when they think "Palmetto", this palm has a frond and leaf spread of 8–20', making it a great landscape piece. This is a hardy palm that grows in a clumping arrangement, with most of the trunk underground. Flower clusters and fruit rise above the leaves and may bend to the ground. A fine subject for containers and mass plantings. Grows 2–3' a year.
Windmill Palm
While this palm can grow up to 40' tall, it has a very small root system, allowing it to fit in almost any planting site. An extremely hardy palm tree with an attractive, compact crown with large, stiff, fan-like, green foliage and distinctive hairy black fibers covering its slender, graceful trunk. A striking specimen that is excellent for making a tropical statement in smaller landscapes and rock gardens. Works well in group plantings and containers. Evergreen. Grows 2–3' a year.
Mexican Fan Palm
This large palm, native to northern Mexico is very cold hardy. Growing up to 100 feet tall, this is a large, long-living palm. They are attractive trees with wide, fanning, dark green leaves. They are fast growing, 2–4' a year.
Sago Palm
Popular as houseplants, on patios, or near doorways, this palm is a great attention-grabbing specimen. They grow less than 2' per year with a mature height of 10'. Interestingly enough, the sago palm may look like a tiny palm tree with its glossy, stiff fronds, but it is not a palm tree at all. Sago palms are cycads, one of the most ancient of plants that have been around since prehistoric times. As a houseplant, they are easy to grow indoors, but be very careful because the sago palm is poisonous to pets and children.