Pygmy Date Palm
We may or may not have this in store at Heeman's. Products and quantity vary by season.
| Height | 10 feet |
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| Spread | 10 feet |
This variety is utilized as an indoor accent plant; cut suckers away to maintain a single trunk; will slowly mature into a compact palm and make an excellent focal point
Additional Information
| Colour | yellow |
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| Hold | Dangling |
| Period | in mid summer |
| Value | Medium |
| Inflorescence | Panicle |
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| Evergreen Deciduous | Deciduous |
| Shape | Narrow |
| Type | pinnate |
| Summer Colour | sea green |
| Colour | gray |
|---|---|
| Texture | rough |
| Value | Medium |
| Component | Fruit |
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| Harvest Period | From mid to late fall |
| Modifier | Panicles |
| Shape | Oval |
| Taste | Sweet |
| Texture | Fleshy |
| Use | Cooking, Preserves, Raw |
| Ornamental Integration | Landscape |
| Colour | yellow |
|---|---|
| Fade Colour | Dark brown |
| Type | Drupe |
| Ornamental Period | in mid fall |
| Ornamental Value | High |
| Pollinator | Dioecious |
| Hardiness Zone | 8b |
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| Sunlight | full sun to partial shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Plant Form | crown canopy |
| Plant Origin | import |
| Landscape Application | Accent, Articulation, Windbreak |
| Maintenance | medium |
| Pollution Tolerance | medium |
| Growth Rate | slow |
| Branching | multi-stemmed |
| Canopy | low |
| Family | Palm |
| Genus | Phoenix |
| Other Species Names | Miniature Date Palm, Robellini |
| Species | roebelenii |
| Lifespan | 60 |
| Pruning | should not need pruning |
| Texture | medium fine |
