When you think of palm trees, the first thing that comes to mind is the sun, white sandy beaches, vacation, and an easygoing lifestyle.
Anywhere you look in Florida you will see beautiful palm trees. They are often used in many landscapes including shopping malls, hotels, new home development, botanical gardens, near swimming areas, and all along the street and, shorelines. Palms add that tropical feel to your landscape and are beautiful year-round. There are over 2,700 different species of palm trees species that exist in the world, and almost all can be grown in Florida. Palm trees can be separated into several types based on their trunk style, the structure of the leaf, growth rate, size, full maturity size, and resistance to the frigid temperature.
With so many options to choose from it can get overwhelming, especially if you are new to palms and gardening. When selecting a palm tree, first consider its purpose. Are you looking to shade a pool area, a statement in the front yard, or to provide privacy from your neighbor? Choosing the right reason will help you to narrow down your decision. If you live in a tropical state such as Florida, the climate will not be an issue since almost any palm will successfully grow there.
Queen Palm is one of the most popular palms tree seen in the landscape. There are thousands of them planted throughout communities. They are fast-growing trees with beautiful foliage that reach up to 50 feet tall. With smooth gray trunks and thick green canopies of green fronds, the queen palm is a popular choice for landscapes.
Read MoreThe Triangle palm is known for its striking arranged leaves in the form of a triangle. The unusual shape and coloring of the triangle palm make it a boldly artistic and formal landscape accent.
Read MoreConsidered by many as the aristocrat of palm trees, the tree earns its name with its stately presence in the landscape. The huge, gorgeous royal palm tree is thought of by many as the world's most beautiful palm.
Read MoreAre you looking to filling up those tight spaces in your landscape, or the empty space between your larger palms, an ideal palm for use is the Pygmy Date Palm. The Date palm is the most widely used palm in landscaping in America.
Read MoreThe Lady Palm, aka known as Rhapis excelsa, a small fan palm that does well in indoor areas that get dappled lightening. It grows from multiple stems, each stem topped with upright fronds. The fronds are split into fan-like segments.
Read MoreThe beautiful Foxtail palm has gain wide popularity due to its durability and will tolerate a wide variety of soil conditions. The Foxtail Palm is named due to its fronds resembling a fox’s tail. The slender fast-growing, solitary self-cleaning trunk grows to approximately 20-30 feet and is crowned with a canopy of 8-10 foxtail fronds.
Read MoreThe Florida Thatch Palm is a slow grower, native to the Florida Keys and commonly found along coastal highways in the southernmost areas of South Florida, however, they can also make great landscape or container specimens.
Read MoreThe European Fan Palm is a very slow-growing clump palm that is slow-growing and easy-care will add a tropical look to your landscape in numerous ways. European fan palm is also known as Mediterranean fan palm, also does well when grown in containers or clustered in the landscape.
Read MoreThe Chinese Fan Palm is a beautiful slow-growing palm with a single brown trunk and large bright green fan-shaped leaves that droop downward gracefully. In their multi-trunk form, they are often planted in staggered groupings to create a landscaped privacy wall or hedge originates from southern Japan and China.
Read MoreThe Chamaedorea Palm, which is moderately salt-tolerant, is also known as the Cat or Cascade Palm. It is a very low maintenance palm that makes an excellent specimen in small spaces. Does fine in sun but prefers partly shady areas. It is a compact palm reaching a height of 6 feet or less.
Read MoreCardboard Palms, aka "Zamia Palm" make an excellent addition to any garden. It is a shrubby-looking plant that's usually used as an indoor houseplant or outdoors underneath large palm trees. It is a very low maintenance palm that makes an excellent specimen in small spaces.
Read MoreCanary palm i's such a beautiful and hardy tree, able to survive dry spells, cold snaps, and apparently air pollution -- that it's planted in tropical and semitropical areas worldwide, including along streets in Florida and California.
Read MoreThe Bottle Palm gets the name due to its trunk’s strong resemblance to a bottle. The tree trunk is swollen and rounded when young, and becoming more elongated as the palm matures. Bottle palm is a is native to the Mascarene Islands.
Read MoreThe Bismarck Palmis, aka Bismark Palm, Bismarckia Palm, Nobilis Palm is one of the most sought-after fan palms in Florida. It is a huge awe-inspiring palm with blue-green foliage and a stout single trunk.
Read MoreAreca palm is a widely used palm that will bright interiors with its feathery arching fonds that command attention. If you’re looking to add a bit of tropical feeling to your home, or garden nothing beats an Areca palm.
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