Florida Palm Trees

Common Name: Paurotis Palm, Everglades Palm, Silver Saw Palmetto Palm
Scientific Name: Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
Growth Rate: Moderate
Height: up to 25ft
Light Req: full sun
Water Req: moderate
Cold Tolerance: down to 25F

The scientific name for the Paurotis Palm is – Acoelorrhaphe wrightii. Paurotis Palm is native to southern Florida. Paurotis Palm is also known as Everglades Palm or Silver Saw Palmetto Palm.

Paurotis Palm Description

Paurotis Palm has light green leafs with silvery undersides. Along the edges you can see rows of sharp orange teeth, that is a reason for one of the plant’s common names, the Silver Saw Palm.

About 25 leaves are arranged into crowns that sit above thin stems that are only 3-4 in (7.6-10.2 cm) in diameter and are covered with loose brown fiber. Paurotis palm blooms in late spring with white flowers arranged on 4 ft (1.2 m) inflorescences that extend past the leaves. The small fruits are 1/2 in (1.3 cm) in diameter.

Growing Paurotis Palm

This palm likes full sun and is tolerant to standing water. It’s a great palm tree because although it likes moist it will tolerate drought. Paurotis Palm is extremely hardy and can tolerate cold up to 25F.

Paurotis Palm Propagation

Propagated by seeds. It will take you 2-3 months to germinate and you would need to keep it warm.

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The Majesty Palm, scientific name Ravenea rivularis, is native to Madagascar. It is also known as Majestie Palm and Majestic Palm. The Majesty Palm is a very shade tolerant palm that will reach 10′ in height very quickly. It grows and looks best situated under a canopy of tall trees. Its greatest drawback is its requirement to be fertilized frequently to maintain a healthy green color.

Growth Rate: Fast
Height: up to 40ft
Light Req: full sun to partial shade
Water Req: moderate
Cold Tolerance: down to 25F

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Majesty Palm Tree Description

The Majesty Palm is a very large palm with a large, untidy crown. This feather palm which grows up to 12m high has symmetrical leaves and develops an attractive swollen base at the trunk.

The smooth trunk is about 12″ in diameter. It has attractive pinnate leaves up to 18 inches length on erect stems attached to adherent base. For more photos click here Majesty Palm Pictures.

Growing Majesty Palm Tree Outdoor

The Majesty Palm prefer full sun and plenty of water to ensure rapid growth. The plant must have proper drainage set up. Do not allow the roots to sit in water. On the other end, do not allow the plant to dry out completely in between watering either. This palm also prefers a slightly higher humidity level, so a daily misting will add plenty of beauty to your plant.

During summer, I recommend watering it every day and once a week during winter. And one more thing about watering. If you have this plant outside, make sure not to overwater its crown with a sprinklers. Majesty palm crown is very sensitive to too much moist.

It is tolerant of different soil types. This is very easy to grow plant if you growing it outside. If you live in Florida you can plant it and forget about it. No maintenance. If you live in California it’s a little harder because of the cold winter. This is not very hardy palm. You will probably need to wrap it in the winter.

Majesty Palm Tree Propagation

The propagation is through seeds. Wait till the fruit is fully ripen before taking seeds out. Seeds need to be cleaned and dried. The Majesty Palm seeds don’t store well, so try to sow as soon as possible.

Plant in well draining soil mix at 1″ depth. Keep warm, lightly moist and in filtered sunlight. This palm needs sufficient fertilizer, and must be fertilized every 3 months or whenever its deep green color begins to fade. This inexpensive and commonly available palms are easy to grow.

Growing Majesty Palm Tree Indoors

The Majesty Palm is a popular house plant. It is a great floor plant that can quickly grow to 10 feet tall. The tall green fronds of foliage make this plant a great addition to any room. But it’s going to be happy in a pot only for few years. Once Majesty Palm gets older it needs to be transplanted outside. Kentia is much better indoor plant. If you keep it inside for too long it will start to slowly decline.

Majesty Palm Tree Problems

A common pest to this plant are scale and mites. If problems with pests appear, try misting the plant with a soapy water mixture twice a day. If spider mites still appear try a more powerful spray available from your local gardening store.

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Common Name: Dwarf Palmetto Palm, Bluestem Palmetto
Scientific Name: Sabal minor
Growth Rate: Slow
Height: up to 20ft
Light Req: full sun to partial shade
Water Req: moderate
Cold Tolerance: down to 5F

The scientific name for the Dwarf Palmetto Palm is – Sabal minor. Dwarf Palmetto Palm is native to United States.

Sabal Minor Palm Description

Usually stemless, the leaves arising from an underground stock. Dwarf Palmetto Palm leaf blades are longer than the leaf stalks, fan shaped, and can reach as much as 4 feet wide. They have narrow segments notched at the tip.

This palm gets while flowers that turn into the black fruit about 1/2 inch wide in long clusters. Plant forms a trunk when grown in standing water.

Growing Dwarf Palmetto Palm

It’s an evergreen that is very hardy and can tolerate cold down to 5F when mature. Dwarf Palmetto is a slow growing palm that like moist soil. It takes a while for it to form a trunk. Dwarf Palmetto can live to be over 400 years old.

If you don’t live in the warm climate and still want to have beautiful palm trees in you backyard you need to get this book “Betrock’s Cold Hardy Palms.” It has comprehensive profiles for 82 palm species capable of growing in climates colder than USDA Hardiness Zone 10, including 286 color photographs.

Dwarf Palmetto Palm Propagation

Propagated by seeds. Keep in mind that seed should be sown as soon as possible, as dried seed is much more difficult to propagate.

Seedlings should be grown out in a pot for about a year or two as young plants have not developed their legendary coldhardiness.

Siting can be problematic, as it likes it’s head in the sun and it’s feet near the water, or at least a wet site. It can be grown as an impenetrable border, or as a tall ground cover under oaks. It is not known to be invasive and has no known serious pests.

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