Cabbage Palm, Florida Sabal Sabal palmetto Palms & Cycads Hardy – Survives freezes • Evergreen palm 50 ft x 10-15 ft Half-hardy – killed at 20º • Sun/part shade Tender - killed by mild freeze • Low water • Slow growing KEY: • Native to SE US Provides food for butterflies • Salt tolerant Provides food & nesting for hummingbirds • Deer resistant Provides food, cover, or nesting for birds • Hardy to 16º Dwarf Palmetto Foxtail Palm Sabal minor Wodyetia bifurcata • Evergreen shrub 7 ft x 5 ft • Evergreen palm 30 ft x 20 ft • Part shade/shade • Sun/part shade • Low - high water • Sand, clay • Medium water • Tender – Hardy to 31º • Native to TX • Seed is poisonous • Hardy to 7º • Soil adaptable • Salt tolerant • Native to Australia • Deer resistant • Moderate to fast growing • Disease resistant • Salt tolerant • Resistant to lethal yellowing disease Lady Palm Mediterranean Rhapis excelsa Fan Palm • Evergreen palm Chamaerops humilis 12 ft x 12 ft • Clump-forming evergreen • Shade/part shade palm • Medium water 15 ft x 10 ft • Do not over-water • Sun/part shade • Prefers acid soils • Low water • Slow growing • Widely soil adaptable • Native to SE • Slow growing China • Native to Mediterranean • Hardy to 20 Sea basin • Hardy to 10° • Salt tolerant 27 Mexican Blue Hesper Palm Pindo Palm Brahea armata Butia capitata • Evergreen • Evergreen palm 50 ft x feather palm 16 ft 20 ft x 10 ft • Sun/light • Sun shade • Low water • Low water • Moderate • Needs good growth rate drainage • Edible fruit • Slow-growing • Native to Brazil • Native to MX • Salt tolerant • Salt tolerant • Hardy to 14º • Hardy to 10º Pygmy Date Palm Queen Palm Phoenix roebelenii Syagrus romanzoffiana • Evergreen palm 12 ft x 10 ft • Evergreen palm • Sun/light shade • 25-50 ft x 15-25 ft • Medium water • Sun • Native in SE Asia • Low water • Half hardy to • Medium to fast growing 25° • Likes acid soil • Salt tolerant • Native to S Am • Slow growing • Salt tolerant • Resistant to • Half-hardy to 25° lethal yellowing • Resistant to lethal disease yellowing disease Texas Sabal Sago Palm • Cycad, not a Palm palm Cycas revoluta • Evergreen Sabal mexicana shrub to 12 ft x 10 ft • Evergreen palm 50 ft x 25 ft • Sun/part sun • Sun/part sun • Low water • Low water • Native to Japan • Moderate growth rate • Salt tolerant • Native to S TX • Hardy to 15º • Hardy to 12º • Deer resistant • Salt tolerant • All parts of • Deer resistant plant are toxic • Disease resistant • Susceptible to Asian cycad scale insect 28 .