RCW Nurseries - Pygmy Date Palm

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Pygmy Date Palm Phoenix roebelenii		Container Size*	Tree Price	Optional Planting Fee**
	At A Glance				* Subject to grower availability
Height / Width:	6-feet / 4-feet				** Does not include tax and delivery
Bloom Time:	Summer
Soil Type:	Sandy; Loam; Well-drained
Light:	Sun
Grower's	Notes:

	Pygmy Date Palm is native to Burma, Laos and Vietnam. It is hardy to around 24 F, and even lower if temperatures are brief and day temperatures warm up above the freezing mark. However, with our warming climate the probability of experiencing such a severe winter freeze has diminished. A small palm with graceful arching to slightly drooping feathery leaves up to to 5 feet in length, and gray green in color. Old petioles linger for long periods and should be removed as they turn yellow.
		Female trees produce cream-colored flowers are held on short inflorescences. These are followed by small black dates.
	Pygmy Date Palm makes an excellent container plant. It can be grown as an indoor specimen if it can be given light of high intensity. When grown in clumps it makes an especially attractive specimen with the trunks tending to curve gracefully away from the center of the clump.