Florida Palm Trees

There are a lot of nurseries in Florida. I will list only those that I know have a great variety of Palm Trees and other tropical plants. Here is a short list of Florida Palm Tree Nurseries that I personally trust:

Real Palm Trees
realpalmtrees.com
520 W. Green St.
Englewood, FL

This nursery is at the top of my list because it has a great variety of most popular palm trees and also some rare and exotic palms. They have excellent web site which helps them sell a lot of palm trees online. The best part is, when you buy online, you can get palm trees at a discounted price, plus free shipping. Another reason why I like this nursery is because each palm comes with Certificate of Authenticity which guarantees highest quality palm tree. All of their palm trees are properly grown and acclimated to the correct hardiness zone to insure success in planting. Real Palm Trees offers 100% satisfaction guarantee or you money back. Before going to any other nurseries I would recommend visiting them first.

Excalibur Fruit Trees
5200 Fearnley Road
Lake Worth, Florida 33467-5650
Phone: (561) 969-6988
Fax: (561) 641-3028

Excalibur Fruit Trees is of course is one of my favorite nurseries. This place has it all and in any size starting from tiny to fully grown plants. People get amazed when they visit this nursery with the selection of tropical trees and palms they offer. The owner of the nursery, Richard Wilson collects plants from all over the world, so with every visit you will discover something new. Definitely visit them if you live close by.

Top Tropicals
47770 Bermont Rd,
Punta Gorda, FL 33982
Phone: 941-575-6987

They have a wide selection of tropical plants, not as wide as Excalibur, but if you are looking for a popular palm trees they got it. The prices are a little bit higher and no free shipping like Real Palm Trees, but quality of the palm trees is good. The owners Mike and Tatiana, originally from Russia, are very friendly.

Exotic Palms
rarepalm.com
25000 S.W. 152nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33032
Phone: 305-246-3125

This palm tree nursery has a good selection of  tropical plants and palm trees.  They don’t sell their palm trees online and don’t offer free shipping. You have to call for the price. Steve, the owner of the nursery is very knowledgeable and will help you pick the right palm tree for your garden.

Excelsa Gardens
12839 25th Street North
Loxahatchee, Florida 33470
Phone: 1-800-649-5348
Fax: (561) 790-3197

This nursery has a small selection of palm trees but if you live in the area it’s worth stopping by.

Eldon Accessories
6654 NE 25th Avenue
Ocala, Florida 34479
Phone: 800-685-1533

This is a medium size nursery located in Ocala, FL. They don’t have large variety of palms trees but offer good customer service. You don’t need to make an appointment to stop by to look at plants. They also do a good job shipping plants, although shipping is not free.

I am updating this list of Palm Tree Nurseries on the regular basis. A lot of great nurseries have been closed in the last few years. Let me know if you can recommend a good Florida Palm Tree Nursery and I’ll add it to my site.

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Take a look at these beautiful pictures of the Majesty Palm Tree, scientific name Ravenea rivularis. The Majesty Palm is a very large tree with a large, untidy crown, feather-shaped symmetrical leaves and an attractive swollen base at the trunk.

Please let me know if you have any images of the Majesty Palm, so I can add them to my site. Good quality photos will help others with their palm tree selection.

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The True Date Palm Tree, scientific name Phoenix dactylifera, is a close relative to Canary Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) and Pygmy Date Palm (Phoenix roebelenii). The True Date Palm is also known as Date Palm, True Date, Medjool Palm, Medjool Date Palm, Phoenix Medjool Palm, Jewel Palm, Medjewel Palm, and Medjool Dates.

Phoenix dactylifera can grow up to 100ft tall with a spread up to 30 ft wide. It has a single broad, gray trunk covered with ornamental diamond-shaped pattern of leaf scars. Trunk is about 16 inches in diameter. The date palm trunk 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 the trunk becomes smoother with visible cicatrices of these bases.

About 100-120 large fronds form a thick canopy up to 30 ft wide. Leaves are greenish or bluish gray, pinnate, feather-like, with about 150 pointed, 1-2 ft long leaflets arranged in V-shape ranks that run the length of the petiole. Leaflets are modified near the base into sharp 3-4 in thorns. It requires some maintenance since old frond bases persist on the trunk if not removed.

The True Date Palm produces white or yellow flowers that grow in clusters supported by 4ft long inflorescence. True Date Palm is dioecious, male and female flowers are born on separate plants. Male flowers are white and female flowers are cream and yellow. Only female plants produce dates and only if a male tree is nearby.

Flowers are followed by edible fruit, called ‘dates’ that grow in clusters among the leaves. The True Date Palms will fruit at approximately 8 years of age. Green dates turn orange red or dark-brown, depending on variety, as they ripe. Dates are oval-cylindrical, 1.5 – 3 inches 3–7 cm long, and 0.5 – 1 inches in diameter with a single seed inside, that is 0.5 inches long.

Dates have high nutritional value. They are important source of food for people in the Asia, Africa, South America, and Middle East. Sometimes dates are used to produce ice-creams, syrups, alcohol drinks, syrups, vinegars and alcohol drinks. Seeds are used to make soaps and cosmetics.

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The Triangle Palm Tree, scientific name Dypsis decaryi, is a very striking palm known for its tristichously arranged leaves that form a triangle. The palm is a great ornamental plant that can be grown indoors or outdoors in the open to show its unique shape. It can grow indoors or outdoors. The Triangle Palm is also known as Three Sided Palm and Neodypsis decaryiraveler’s Tree.

Dypsis decaryi can grow up to 50ft tall but usually is about 30ft. It has single smooth, upright, trunk, 9-13 inches in diameter, brownish-gray, ringed by the scars from the fallen fronds. Overlapping leaf-bases grow from three distinct points of the trunk, forming a triangle, hence the name Triangle Palm.

Leaves are pinnate, or feather-like, arching almost upright, about 10ft long and 3ft wide, segmented, bluish-green above and beneath, supported by brown petiole covered in a whitish bloom.

The Triangle Palm produces yellowish green flowers that are held by 4 ft long branched petioles emerging from the lower leaves. The Triangle Palm is monoecious, male and female flower are born on the same plant. Flowers are followed by round black inedible fruit about 1 inch in diameter. This beautiful palm blooms all year long, thus making it especially colorful.

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The Travelers Palm Tree, scientific name Ravenala madagascariensis, is one of the most recognizable palm trees in the world for its spectacular fronds that range in color from orange to yellow to green. The Travelers Palm is also known as Travellers Palm and Traveler’s Tree.

Ravenala madagascariensis grows at the medium rate up to 30-40 ft tall with 20 ft wide spread. Young Travelers Palm has a subterranean trunk that grows underground. As the palm matures it develops a short green trunk, about 1 ft in diameter, with distinctive leaf scar rings.

The Travelers Palm has about 30-35 large,10 ft long, fan-shaped leaves supported by long petioles. Leaves resemble those of the banana and are symmetrically grouped, giving the tree the aspect of a hand fan. High winds can shred the leaves giving them a feather like appearance. Leaf stems color varies from orange at the base of the stem to yellow in the middle and to the bright green closer to the end. Leaf stems can store a lot of rain water that can be used as an emergency drinking supply during drought. There are a lot of stories of  travelers looking for the palm to get some water, hence the name Travelers Palm.

The Travelers Palm produces white flowers, supported by large green flower stalk. Flowers can be as large as 2ft in diameter. Leaf stalks look like a narrow bowl and collect a lot of rain water making it very heavy. Bloomed out flower are followed by brown fruits that open to reveal stunning bright blue seeds inside.

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