Buy the Stunning Phoenix roebelenii - The Perfect Miniature Date Palm for Your Garden!

Description

Common name:

Pigmy Date Palm, Miniature Date Palm, Dwarf Date Palm

Regional name:

Marathi - Roblini Palm

Category:

Palms and Cycads, Shrubs, Indoor Plants

Family:

Palmae or Coconut family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Flowers in flushes throughout the year, Flowers are inconspicuous

Flower or Inflorescence color:

White, Yellow

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

2 to 4 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

1 to 2 meters

Plant Form:

Spherical or rounded, Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
• Good for Cut foliage
• Good for screening
• Good for Hedges and Borders
• Animals will not eat
• Thorny or Spiny
• Evergreen trees
• Suitable for road median planting
• Salt or salinity tolerant
• NASA plant for Indoor pollution control

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Over thousands

Plant Description:

- Comes to us from the nation Laos, some very close relatives are also found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Excellent for planting in lawns, as single specimen plants or in groups.
- Mature trunk 6-8 ft tall.
- Full, rounded leaf crown 6 ft wide, tall and has 50 leaves.
- Leaves are shiny green and arch gently.
- The false petiole 5 inch long, spiny.
- Flower produce 0.5 inch long, oblong & black fruit.
- After Carl Roebelen the original collector who discovered the species in South East Asia.

Growing tips:

- A hardy palm.
- It grow sun or semi shade. Grows in shade as well. However the crown is sparse and leaves elongated.
- Good, friable and slightly acidic soil.
- Constant and adequate water is required.
- Slow growing plants use in gardens.
- Grows well in hot, dry, climates - as long as it is watered well.