The palmetto tree, or cabbage palm, grows in coastal areas and is the state tree of South Carolina. Learn more about growing and caring for a palmetto tree in your yard.

Also called the cabbage palmetto, sabal palm, inodes palmetto and the Carolina palmetto, the sabal palmetto was designated as the official state tree by Joint Resolution Number 63 on March 17, 1939.

As for the palmetto trees themselves, sabal palms are native to the southeastern parts of the country. “The cabbage palmetto is found in the coastal plain region from North Carolina to Florida.

Olivier usually imported the state's signature tree from Florida, where the sabal palmetto — commonly called the "swamp cabbage" down there — still grows naturally in thick stands in forests.

Select hardier palms that survive severe freezes, such as cabbage or sabal palm (Sabal palmetto), windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei), Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis), Mediterranean fan ...

BEAUFORT — The sabal palmetto is a nice enough tree, and people seem to like them just fine. As evidence, just consider that the state’s nickname, the Palmetto State, is an homage to the tree ...

The native Sabal palmetto— the popular name is “cabbage palmetto” — has appeared on the state seal since the Revolutionary War and on the state flag since 1861.

Select hardier palms that survive severe freezes, such as cabbage or sabal palm (Sabal palmetto), windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei), Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis), Mediterranean fan ...

As for the palmetto trees themselves, sabal palms are native to the southeastern parts of the country. “The cabbage palmetto is found in the coastal plain region from North Carolina to Florida.