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Palms
Single-stemmed tropical and subtropical plants.
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Bismarck Palm
Bismarckia nobilis
How to grow Bismarck palm outdoors. Its huge silver-blue fronds, drought tolerance once mature, and why young plants need patience.
Blue Hesper Palm
Brahea armata
How to grow Brahea armata, the blue hesper palm, a slow desert fan palm with steel-blue leaves, long arching flower plumes and drought and cold tolerance.
Bottle Palm
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
How to grow bottle palm, Hyophorbe lagenicaulis. The whole wild population survives on one island off Mauritius, and while an established plant tolerates drought, salt and wind, any real frost does lasting damage.
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Cabbage Palm
Sabal palmetto
How to grow cabbage palm, Sabal palmetto. Why a young plant shows no trunk for years, in what growers call the grass stage, its rare tolerance for salt, wind and cold, and why harvesting its edible heart kills the tree.
California Fan Palm
Washingtonia filifera
How to grow Washingtonia filifera, the California fan palm, a desert-tough palm with large thread-fringed fans and a petticoat of dead fronds.
Chilean Wine Palm
Jubaea chilensis
How to grow Chilean wine palm outdoors. Its extremely slow growth, remarkable cold tolerance, and the sap once tapped to make palm wine.
Chusan Palm
Trachycarpus fortunei
Practical guidance for growing chusan palm, Trachycarpus fortunei, including exceptional cold hardiness, fan fronds, hairy fibrous trunk, red palm weevil, and slow early establishment.
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Mediterranean Fan Palm
Chamaerops humilis
Practical guidance for growing Mediterranean fan palm, Chamaerops humilis, including its clumping suckering habit, spiny petioles, drought tolerance, alkaline soil, and slow growth.
Mexican Fan Palm
Washingtonia robusta
How to grow Mexican fan palm, Washingtonia robusta, outdoors. Its rapid height gain, self-shedding skirt of dead fronds, and cold limits.
Miniature Chusan Palm
Trachycarpus wagnerianus
How to grow miniature Chusan palm, Trachycarpus wagnerianus, outdoors. Its compact, wind-resistant fronds, and why it copes with storms better than its parent species.
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Royal Palm
Roystonea regia
How to grow royal palm, Roystonea regia. It shows nutrient deficiency in its fronds without a dedicated feeding programme, the landscape-scale space a mature specimen needs, and the slow early growth before the trunk shoots up.
Ruffled Fan Palm
Licuala grandis
How to grow Licuala grandis, the ruffled fan palm, a striking tropical palm with whole, circular pleated leaves that needs warmth and humidity.
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Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens
How to grow saw palmetto, Serenoa repens, in a garden. Its low, spreading habit, the saw-toothed leaf stalks behind its name, and its extreme hardiness for a palm.
Slender Lady Palm
Rhapis humilis
How to grow slender lady palm, Rhapis humilis, as a houseplant. Its tolerance of low light, clumping habit, and how it differs from the broader lady palm.
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