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Botanical
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PALM
TREE CARE, PALM TREE SPECIES NAMES AND COMMON PALM TREE NAMES
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This page lists the botanical names of palm species (often Latin) and to the right the common names. Click on the botanical name of the species you want to learn about. For each species, basic cultural information is given with a photo or two. We've listed below about 200 species of palm tree types that are most commonly cultivated in gardens. We've kept descriptions brief. Of note, we have almost all of these for sale at our nursery.
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Photo | Approximate Cold Tolerance | Special Sun Light Needs |
Click on name to view palm tree care information and palm tree pictures. |
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Botanical Name |
Common Name - If Any |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 32° |
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Photo | 20° |
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Photo | 38° |
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Photo | 30° |
Partial Sun |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 25°+ |
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Photo | 30°-32° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 30° |
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Photo | 24°-26° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 35°+ |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 35°+ |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 20° |
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Formosa Palm, Dwarf Sugar Palm |
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Photo | 16 to 18° | Arenga micrantha | Tibetan Sugar Palm | ||||
Photo | n/a |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 28°+ |
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No Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 30° |
Filtered Light |
Astrocaryum mexicanum | ||||
Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 32º |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 20-22º | Beccariophoenix alfredii | High Plateau Coconut | ||||
Photo | 25 to 28º | Beccariophoenix fenestralis | Beccariophoenix "Window Palm" | ||||
Photo | 28-30º |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
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Photo | 34° |
Filtered Light |
Borassodendron machadonis |
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Photo | 18°-22° |
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Photo | 15° |
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Brahea armata | ||||
Photo | 24-25° |
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Photo | 25° |
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Photo | 18-20° |
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Photo | 20°-25° |
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Photo | 18°-20° |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 12°-15° |
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Photo | 20° |
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Butia x Syagrus | ||||
Photo | 18°-20° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 22°-24° |
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Photo | 32° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 32° |
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No Photo | 22° |
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Photo | 30°-35° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 22° |
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Jaggery palm, Toddy palm, Wine palm, Toddy fishtail palm, Solitary fishtail palm |
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Photo | 27°-28° |
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Photo | 30° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 32° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 25° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 26° |
Shade |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 25-28° |
Filtered Light, Shade |
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Photo | 25-28° | Filtered Light or Shade | Chamaedorea geonomiformis | No Common Name | |||
Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 26° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 30° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 25° |
Shade |
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Photo | 26° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 30° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 25°+ |
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"Baby Queen Palm" |
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Photo | 20°-22° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 30°-32° |
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Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 5°-15° |
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Photo | 5°-10° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 28°-30º |
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Blushing palm, Red leaf palm, Flame Thrower Palm |
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Photo | n/a |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
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Photo | 25°-26° |
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Photo | 40° |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 26° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 20° |
Full Sun or Filtered Light |
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Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | n/a |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 50°+ |
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Cyrtostachys renda |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
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Photo | 30° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | n/a |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 18° |
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Photo | n/a |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 28° |
Partial Sun |
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Photo | 32° |
Filtered Light or Partial Sun |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 32° |
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Photo | 32° |
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Photo | 25 | Sun | Dypsis plumosa | Dypsis ambositrae "fine leaf" | |||
Photo | 28 | Sun/Part Sun | Dypsis saintlucei | ||||
Photo | 32° |
Filtered Light |
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No Photo | 32° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 32° |
Filtered Light or Partial Sun |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 35°-40° |
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Photo | 25°-26° |
Filtered Light or Partial Sun |
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Photo | 25° |
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Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
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Photo | 28 |
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Photo | 24 | sun/or filtered | Howea belmoreana | Palm, Curly Palm, Sentry Palm | |||
Photo | 26°-28° |
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Howea forsteriana | |||
Photo | 30° |
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Photo | 38° |
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Photo | 32° |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
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Photo | n/a |
Shade |
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Photo | n/a |
Shade |
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Photo | 15° |
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Photo | 18°-20° |
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Jubaea x Butia | ||||
Photo | 22° |
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Photo | 30° |
Partial Sun or Shade |
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Photo | 32° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 25° |
Partial Sun |
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Photo | 31° |
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Photo | 40° |
Shade |
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Photo | 35°+ |
Shade |
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Photo | 26° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 26° |
Filtered Lightor Shade |
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Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 20° |
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Photo | 20° |
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Photo | 18° |
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Photo | 22° |
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No Photo | 29° |
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Photo | 25°-26° |
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Photo | 25°-26° |
Partial Sun or Shade |
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Photo | 32°-34° |
Shade |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 15° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 28°-29° |
Partial Sun or Shade |
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Photo | 25°-26° |
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Photo | 24°-26° |
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Photo | 18 20° | Parajubaea microcarpum | Bolivian Mountain Coconut | ||||
Photo | 15°-18° |
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Photo | 18° |
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Photo | 20° |
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Photo | 25° |
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Photo | 24°-25° |
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Photo | 22°-25° |
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Photo | 16°-18° |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | n/a |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | n/a |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 30°-32° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 30°-32° |
Filtered Light or Partial Sun |
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Photo | 28°-30° |
Partial Sun |
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Photo | 29° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 30°-32° |
Filtered Light |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
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Photo | 28° |
Partial Sun or Coastal Sun |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
Filtered Light or Coastal Sun |
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Photo | 27° |
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Photo | 30° |
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Photo | 0° |
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Photo | 22° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light or Coastal Sun |
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Photo | 28° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
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Photo | 24° |
Filtered Light or Partial Sun |
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Photo | 24° | part day sun | Rhopalostylis cheesemanii | Kermadec Nikau Palm | |||
Photo | 24 |
Filtered Light or Coastal Sun |
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Photo | 30°-32° |
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Photo | 28° |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
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Photo | 16-20 | sun | Sabal bermudana | Bermuda palmetto | |||
Photo | 25°-28° |
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Photo | mid-20's | Sabal mauritiformis | |||||
Photo | 18° |
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Photo | 15-20° |
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Photo | 15°-16° |
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Photo | 25°-26° |
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Photo | 32° |
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Photo | 10°-15° |
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Photo | 30°-32° |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
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Photo | n/a |
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Photo | 20°-18° |
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Photo | 26° |
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Syagrus sancona | ||||
Photo | 28° |
Partial Sun or Coastal Sun |
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Photo | 26°-28° |
Filtered Light or Shade |
Synecanthus fibrosus | ||||
Photo | 28° |
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Thrinax radiata | ||||
Photo | 5° |
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Chinese fan palm, Chinese windmill palm, Chusan palm, windmill palm |
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Photo | 20° |
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Photo | 20° |
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Trachycarpus takil | Takil palm | |||
Photo | 10° |
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Photo | 12°-15° |
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Photo | 12°-15° |
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Trithrinax brasiliensis |
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Photo | 21° |
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Trithrinax campestris | Caranday Palm | |||
Photo | 29° |
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Veitchia arecina | ||||
Photo | 32° |
Partial Sun or Coastal Sun |
Veitchia joannis | ||||
Photo | 35°-40° |
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Photo | 30° |
Partial Sun or Coastal Sun |
Wallichia distichia | ||||
Photo | 15° |
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Photo | 18° |
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Photo | 26° |
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Photo | 32° |
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