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Description

Common name:Sabal Tectona, Rio Grande Palmetto, Texas Palmetto

Category:

Palms and Cycads, Trees

Family:

coconut family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Flowers are inconspicuous

Flower or Inflorescence color:

White

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

More than 12 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

6 to 8 meters

Plant Form:

Spherical or rounded, Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Quick growing trees
• Evergreen trees
• Suitable for road median planting
• Suitable for avenue planting
• Good on seaside

Plant Description:

- This palm is very similar to the regular Royal palm.
- There are two basic visual differances.
- The trunk does not have the graceful bulge as does the Royal palm.
- The crown too is not arching enough. The leaves are held more upright - like a shuttle cock.
-Very tall feather palm 30 m or more high, with slender erect, smooth trunk not bulging, bearing the large glossy.
-This is the tallest of the royal palms, with trunks being recorded at more than 30 n high.
-They are smooth, of uniform width throughout, but usually with a conspicuous bulge at the base and topped by a bright, shiny green crownshaft and a large, flat-bottomed crown of dark green, spreading fronds.
-A very popular palm which can be grown in tropical and subtropical regions and also, with care, in warm temperate districts.

Growing tips:

- Grows best in full sunlight. Can tolerate some shade when young.
- Well drained soil.
- Regular and adequte moisture.
- Humus laden soil but will also grow in nearly pure limestone soils.