Florida Palm Trees

The scientific name for the Date Palm is – Phoenix dactylifera. Date Palm is native to North Africa.

Date Palm Description

The date palm trunk, also called stem or stipe is vertical, cylindrical and columnar of the same girth all the way up. The trunk is covered for several years with the bases of the old dry fronds, making it rough, but with age these bases weather and the trunk becomes smoother with visible cicatrices of these bases. Depending on variety, age of a palm and environmental conditions, leaves of a date palm are 3 to 6 m long (4 m average) and have a normal life of 3 to 7 years. Date palm is a dioecious species with male and female flowers being produced in clusters on separate palms.

Growing Date Palm

Date Palm likes full sun. It’s cold hardy and can tolerate cold up to 15F. Date Palm is drought tolerant. This palm tree can withstand large temperature fluctuations.

Date Palm Propagation

Propagated by seeds.

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Common Name: Guadalupe Palm
Scientific Name: Brahea edulis
Growth Rate: Moderate
Height: up to 30ft
Light Req: full sun to partial shade
Water Req: low
Cold Tolerance: down to 20F

The scientific name for the Guadalupe Palm is – Brahea edulis. Guadalupe Palm is native to Guadalupe Island off of the Western coast of Mexico.

Guadalupe Palm Description

Guadalupe Palm is a small fan palm growing to 10 m (30 feet) high with a highly fissured trunk 40 cm (1-1/2 feet) in diameter. It does not have a skirt of persistent dead leaves, or leaf petioles.

The large fan-shaped leaves are a shiny green and usually have an indentation along the midrib. Produces small black colored fruit with a taste resembling a date (25 to 35 mm across).

Growing Guadalupe Palm

It is a slow growing palm. Guadalupe Palm is hardy and can tolerate cold up to 20F. It requires little water. It likes full sun and well drained soil.

Guadalupe Palm Propagation.

Propagated by seeds.

It is recommended to sown as soon as it is ripe in a warm greenhouse at not less than 24°c. It usually takes 3 – 6 months at 25°c for germination. If you store seeds it will be very slow to germinate. Make sure to soak the seed for 24 hours in warm water prior to sowing. This may shorten the germination time.

Plants form a long tap-root some time before forming a shoot so it is best to sow 2 – 3 seeds per deep pot. Grow the seedlings on in the greenhouse for at least their first three winters.

It is best to plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. For more details on propagation go to http://www.ibiblio.org/

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The scientific name for the Sinaloa Hesper Palm is – Brahea aculeata. Sinaloa Hesper Palm is also known as Aculeata Fan Palm. Sinaloa Hesper Palm is native to western Mexico.

Sinaloa Hesper Palm Description

Sinaloa Hesper Palm is a nice small to a medium sized solitary fan palm with a rough trunk (to 5m tall), an open crown of relatively large (up to 1 metre across), light gray-green leaves, lightly armed petioles, and a long branched inflorescence which extends past the leaves. The armor is present, although not too prominent. Tolerates hot sun and windy conditions

Growing Sinaloa Hesper Palm

It’s a slow growing palm tree. Sinaloa Hesper Palm will tolerate drought and windy conditions. It prefers sandy, well drained soil. Sinaloa Hesper Palm is hardy and can tolerate cold up to 23F. Does not require much water.

Sinaloa Hesper Palm Propagation

Propagated by seeds.

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Common Name: Dwarf Sugar Palm
Scientific Name: Arenga engleri
Growth Rate: Moderate
Height: up to 20ft
Light Req: full sun to partial shade
Water Req: moderate
Cold Tolerance: down to 25F

The scientific name for the Dwarf Sugar Palm is – Arenga engleri. Dwarf Sugar Palm is also known as Formosa Palm, Taiwan Sugar Palm, or Taiwan Arenga Palm. Dwarf Sugar Palm is native to islands south of Japan.

Dwarf Sugar Palm Description

Dwarf Sugar Palm is a small palm tree that doesn’t grow more than 20 ft tall and more than 6 in in diameter. It can spread up to 16ft. The stems are covered with delicate black fibers.

Dwarf Sugar Palm has long graceful triangular fishtail-shaped leaves up to 8 feet long. The dark olive-green leaves often twist gracefully, giving them a slight spiraling appearance.

Leaflets spring from the middle of each stem, and are dark-green to olive on their topside, and silvery beneath. The 5-8 in long leaflets have an unusual and distinctive V cross-section and grow abundantly in a single plane off the stems.

Dwarf Sugar Palm produce red to deep purple fruits. Each globular fruit is less than 1 in (2.5 cm) in diameter and contains one to three seeds.

Growing Dwarf Sugar Palm

Dwarf Sugar Palm likes moist soil and not very good at tolerating drought. It prefers partial shade to full sun. Dwarf Sugar Palm is hardy and can tolerate cold up to 25F for a short period of time after establishing.

Dwarf Sugar Palm Propagation

Propagated by seeds.

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The scientific name for the Dwarf Majesty Palm is - Ravenea hildebrandtii. Dwarf Majesty Palm is native to Madagascar. It looks like a miniature Majesty Palm and is a great tree for a small garden.

Growing Dwarf Majesty Palm

It is a slow growing palm that can get 6 feet high. Dwarf Majesty Palm is hardy and can tolerate cold up to 25F. It prefers light shade.

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