Choosing Palms
Here are some great choices for palms...
Dappled Shade
- Chamaedorea radicalis (Radicalis Palm)
- zone 8B (8ºF) -slow to 5' Chamaedorea microspadix - (Hardy Bamboo Palm) -zone 8B- Moderately fast growing to 8'
- Chamaerops humilis (Mediterranean Fan Palm)
- zone 8, slow growing to 10'.
- Livistona australis (Australian Palm)
- zone 9 to 35'
- Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Needle Palm)
- slow to 5', zone 8
- Sabal minor (Dwarf Palmetto)
- Zone 7 Maximum spread of its leaf crown is 8' tall. Though it prefers moist shade, it can survive sun and dry soil.
- Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto)
- zone 8 - slow to 5'
- Chamaedorea plumosa
- It will also take full morning sun with afternoon shade. Nice looking palm! Cold hardy to 23ºF
- Livistona saribus (Taraw Palm)
- zone 9, though reported as low as 17ºF with no damage. Slow growing to 60'.
Tall Growing
- Livistona australis (Australian Palm)
- Livistona chinensis - (Chinese Fan Palm)
- zone 9 - slow growing to 25'
- Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island Date Palm)
- zone 8B, slow to 40',
- Phoenix dactylifera (Date Palm)
- zone 8B-9. slow to 60' tall
- Sabal mexicana (Texas Sabal)
- zone 7B to 40'
- Sabal palmetto (Cabbage Palm)
- zone 8 45' to as much as 90'
- Livistona saribus (Taraw Palm)
- zone 9, though reported as low as 17ºF with no damage. Slow growing to 60'.
- Trachycarpus fortunei - (Windmill Palm)
- Zone 8 - Slow growing fan palm. To 25'.
- Washitonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm) and Washitonia filifera (California Fan Palm)
- zone 8b, 8a
Fast Growing
- Sabal mexicana (Texas Sabal)
- zone 7B
- Sabal palmetto (Cabbage Palm)
- zone 7B
- Washitonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm) and Washitonia filifera (California Fan Palm)
- zone 8b, 8a
Feather-shaped Fronds
- Butia capitata (Pindo Palm)
- slow to 15', zone 8
- Chamaedorea radicalis (Radicalis Palm)
- zone 8B
- Chamaedorea microspadix (Hardy Bamboo Palm)
- zone 8B- has withstood temperatures down to 14ºF with no damage.
- Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island Date Palm)
- zone 8B, slow to 40'
- Phoenix dactylifera (Date Palm)
- zone 8B-9. slow to 60' tall
Most cold hardy
- Butia capitata (Pindo Palm)
- Chamaerops humilis (Mediterranean Fan Palm)
- Guihaia argyrata (Silver Back Fan Palm)
- Guihaia grossefibrosa
- Nannorrhops ritchiana (Mazari Palm)
- Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Needle Palm)
- Sabal texensis (Texas Sabal)
- Sabal mexicana (Mexican Sabal)
- Sabal minor (Dwarf Palmetto)
- Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto)
- Trachycarpus fortunei - (Windmill Palm)
- Trithrinax campestis (Dwarf trithrinax)
- Washitonia filiera (California Fan Palm)
Stays short & bushy
- Chamaedorea radicalis (Radicalis Palm)
- zone 8B (8ºF) -slow to 5'
- Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Needle Palm)
- slow to 5'
- Sabal minor (Dwarf Palmetto)
- Zone 7 max ht. of fronds, 8'
- Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto)
- zone 8 - (14ºF with no damage). Slow to 3-6'
- Guihaia argyrata (Silver Back Fan Palm)
- Medium growth rate to 2-3' tall, clustering. Prefers well drained, limestone soil or alkaline soil (easy)
