Sable Palmetto
Common Name: Cabbage Palm
Colors:
Yellow
| Optimal Light: |
Sun |
Mature Height: |
40ft |
| Light Range: |
Full Sun |
Mature Spread: |
10ft |
| Soil Moisture: |
Well-drained to Wet |
Soil Texture: |
Any |
| Wildlife: |
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Salt Tolerance: |
High |
| Florida Native: |
No |
Florida Region: |
N,C,S |
| Drought Tolerance: |
High |
Hardiness Zone: |
8-11 |
| Season of Color: |
Year-round |
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| Comments: Cabbage Palm - Sable Palmetto Florida's state tree is adapted to most landscapes and it stands up to high wind. Older palms transplant easily and the pollen and fruit are important to wildlife. They are completely drought tolerant yet will grow in soils that are often saturated. The shade these high headed palms provide as the sun shifts overhead is a welcome relief to plants and people who work beneath the canopy. Listening to the rustle of the Cabbage Palm fronds in the breeze is a great benefit of gardening here in Paradise. Frame your home and gardens with these natives to form the bones of your design. Landscape contractors that specialize in transplanting and guaranteeing palms have year round availability. Leaf removal for establishment is effective but removing too many fronds on established palms causes an ugly and unhealthy narrowing point in the trunk that could cause the head to snap off in high winds. |
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