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Sabal minor
Common Names: blue palm, blue palmetto, dwarf palm,
dwarf palmetto
Family: Arecacea/Palmae (palm Family)
Blue-stem is a small fan palm with a trunk that remains
below ground. Depending on age and growing
conditions, the leaves can be anywhere from 1-5 ft
(0.3-1.5 m) in length and width. The smooth petiole (leaf
stem) is a little longer than the leaf. The inflorescence
(cluster of flowers) is erect, extending well above the
leaves. The fruits are black, about 1/2 in (1.3 cm) in
diameter and their weight causes the flowering stalk to
arch downward, sometimes to the ground. Also called
dwarf or bush palmetto, the leaves of blue-stem differ
from those of the similar-looking saw palmetto Serenoa
repens in having a short midrib, an extension of the
petiole and a smooth stem while the saw palmetto's is
armed with small sharp spines that form the sawl ike
edges that give the plant its name.
Location
Blue palm grows naturally in moist forests, ravines and
bottom lands from North Carolina to east Texas.
Common Names: blue palm, blue palmetto, dwarf palm,
dwarf palmetto
Family: Arecacea/Palmae (palm Family)
Blue-stem is a small fan palm with a trunk that remains
below ground. Depending on age and growing
conditions, the leaves can be anywhere from 1-5 ft
(0.3-1.5 m) in length and width. The smooth petiole (leaf
stem) is a little longer than the leaf. The inflorescence
(cluster of flowers) is erect, extending well above the
leaves. The fruits are black, about 1/2 in (1.3 cm) in
diameter and their weight causes the flowering stalk to
arch downward, sometimes to the ground. Also called
dwarf or bush palmetto, the leaves of blue-stem differ
from those of the similar-looking saw palmetto Serenoa
repens in having a short midrib, an extension of the
petiole and a smooth stem while the saw palmetto's is
armed with small sharp spines that form the sawl ike
edges that give the plant its name.
Location
Blue palm grows naturally in moist forests, ravines and
bottom lands from North Carolina to east Texas.
Culture
Light: Prefers partial sun and can tolerate light shade
Moisture: Prefers moist soils but can tolerate drought
Hardiness: Hardy in zones 8-10. Some varieties are
hardy to Zone 7. Blue-stem palm is sometimes killed
above ground by freezing weather, but re-sprouts the
following spring.
Propagation: By seed
Usage
Use blue-stem palm as an under planting or in front of a
grove of tall palms. Blue-stem is one of the hardiest
palms in the world, and for many areas it is one of few
palms that can be grown outdoors. Use it in mixed
borders or hedges. Blue-stem palm is especially well
suited for massing around the base of a large live oak.
Plant this palm in shady beds to provide a backdrop of
spectacular form and color for low-light flowering plants
like impatiens (Impatiens wallerana), justicia (Justicia
spp.) and caladium (Caladium bicolor).
Features
Beautiful evergreen foliage makes a dramatic statement
under tree canopies and other shady places. The
Louisiana palm is an especially cold hardy variety of
Sabal minor that has been grown as far north as Zone 7.
There's another trunkless member of the Sabal species
that is native to Florida called the scrub palm (Sabal
etonia). Unlike the blue palm which prefers shadier sites
and moister soils, the scrub palm grows on dry sandy
soils often on hot sunny sites. Yet another shrubby palm
native to the southeastern United States is the needle
palm (Rhapidophyllum hystrix). Young specimens of
these may resemble blue-stems but you can distinguish
the two - dark needles emerging from the base of the
plant show that it is a needle palm.
Light: Prefers partial sun and can tolerate light shade
Moisture: Prefers moist soils but can tolerate drought
Hardiness: Hardy in zones 8-10. Some varieties are
hardy to Zone 7. Blue-stem palm is sometimes killed
above ground by freezing weather, but re-sprouts the
following spring.
Propagation: By seed
Usage
Use blue-stem palm as an under planting or in front of a
grove of tall palms. Blue-stem is one of the hardiest
palms in the world, and for many areas it is one of few
palms that can be grown outdoors. Use it in mixed
borders or hedges. Blue-stem palm is especially well
suited for massing around the base of a large live oak.
Plant this palm in shady beds to provide a backdrop of
spectacular form and color for low-light flowering plants
like impatiens (Impatiens wallerana), justicia (Justicia
spp.) and caladium (Caladium bicolor).
Features
Beautiful evergreen foliage makes a dramatic statement
under tree canopies and other shady places. The
Louisiana palm is an especially cold hardy variety of
Sabal minor that has been grown as far north as Zone 7.
There's another trunkless member of the Sabal species
that is native to Florida called the scrub palm (Sabal
etonia). Unlike the blue palm which prefers shadier sites
and moister soils, the scrub palm grows on dry sandy
soils often on hot sunny sites. Yet another shrubby palm
native to the southeastern United States is the needle
palm (Rhapidophyllum hystrix). Young specimens of
these may resemble blue-stems but you can distinguish
the two - dark needles emerging from the base of the
plant show that it is a needle palm.
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