Cabbage palms are good choices for around a pool, but don't plant them now. ... Some palms grow in a more shrublike fashion, such as the dwarf palmetto, saw palmetto and needle palm.

PLANTING PALMS: If you want to plant palms in your landscape, the best time is May through August. Palms establish best when planted into warm soil. Select hardier palms that survive severe ...

Palms grow best in Zones 8 through 10. ... Palmetto or Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) forms a tree with a stout trunk that can reach 30 to 40 ft. high.

As the plant ages, the number of new leaves increases, and a mature specimen can produce 30 or more of them. The new leaves are very soft and until they have hardened remain susceptible to damage.

Among palms that actually bear palmate leaves are European fan, Washington fan and cabbage palm, Florida’s state tree. By now, most plant lovers are thinking of the vast number of palmate plants ...

Vastly underused are dwarf palmetto (Sabal minor) and scrub palmetto (Sabal etonia) – two species that look like a dwarf cabbage palm. Both palms grow up to 6 feet tall, with dwarf palmetto most ...

Vastly underused are dwarf palmetto (Sabal minor) and scrub palmetto (Sabal etonia) – two species that look like a dwarf cabbage palm. Both palms grow up to 6 feet tall, with dwarf palmetto most ...

DAVIE, Fla. – Cabbage palms are a part of the native landscape of the southeastern United States, standing tall as the official state tree for both Florida and South Carolina. Because it's a ...