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Agricultural Palm Information

2003 Sugar Bowl Champs

Palm Facts -    Palm Prices

Compiled by Tom McClendon, President of the Southeastern Palm and Exotic Plant Society.
Reprinted with permission.

Common Name Botanical Name Mature Height Habit Damage Occurs Recovers From
* Needle Palm Rhapidophyllum hystrix 10 feet tall, mounding shrub 0 F -20 F
* Dwarf Palmetto Sabal minor 7 feet shrub 0 F -11 F
Louisiana Palmetto Sabal minor 'Louisiana' 10-12 feet shrub, eventually forms a squat trunk 0 F -3 F
Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei 20-30 feet tree, slender trunk 5 F -11 F
Scrub Palm Sabal etonia 5-7 feet shrub sometimes forming a trunk 5 F 0 F
* Cabbage Palm Sabal palmetto 30-40 feet tree, stout trunk 10 F -5 F
Jelly Palm Butiacapitata 15-20 feet tree, stout trunk 12 F -6 F
* Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens 5-10 feet shrub, rarely forming a slender trunk 10-15 F -11 F
California Fan Washingtonia filifera 40 feet tree, stout trunk 15 F 0 F
Mexican Fan Washingtonia robusta 40 feet tree 20-25 F 10 F
Canary Island Date Palm Phoenix canariensis 40-60 feet stout tree, pinnate leaf 17-20 F 10 F

* Georgia Native, Preferred Most


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