Seasonality: evergreen
Size: 5-15ft, spread (crown) 5-20ft; very slow growth rate (requires 10-15 years to achieve 8ft)
Leaves: fan with narrow petiole; sharp teeth on petiole; frond color may vary, gray to dark or yellow green
Flowers: not ornamental
Fruit: on terminal portion of trunk, clusters of small, 1in round to oval reddish brown fruit
Stems/Trunks: attractive trunk with age, fuzzy material between stubs of cut fronds
Range/Origin: Mediterranean (Europe and North Africa)
Hardiness: to mid teens with no damage, hardiest of all palms used in Tucson
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trunk detail note fuzziness between frond stubs |
- specimen tree
- best small compact palm, won't grow out of bounds
- attractive in groups
- good in containers and large planters
- Exposure: full to part sun
- Water: regular, deep soaking 2 times per month during growing season
- Soil: amended uniform
- Propagation: seed
- Maintenance: low, removal of spent fronds
