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The Cabbage Palm Tree, scientific name Sabal palmetto, is one of many of the cold hardy palm trees belonging to the genus Sabal. The Cabbage Palm Tree has gain popularity because it is very durable and will tolerate a wide variety of soil and weather conditions. This cold hardy palm is widely used for landscaping all throughout Florida and other southern states, including; Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, and California. Because it is very salt tolerant you can plan it on the beach side.
The Cabbage Palm has a single, gray, unbranched trunk covered with old leaf bases, also known as boots. Leaf bases create a criss-cross pattern. It gets smoother as the palm matures. Trunk is about 10-15 inches in diameter.
Because there is no crownshaft, large leaves grow right from the trunk spreading in all directions 10-20 ft wide. Leaves range in color from bright green to deep olive green. Spineless stems are about 5-6 ft long. The Cabbage Palm has leaves that are a mix of feather shaped and fan shaped leaves. The Cabbage Palm is very durable and resistant to breaking with strong root system which penetrates the soil to 15-20 feet deep. In the summer, the Cabbage Palm bears small creamy to white flowers that droop in clusters from within the crown. Very sweet fragrant flowers are held by 2ft long branching inflorescence. Flowers are followed by a black fruit 1/3 inch with a single seed inside. The Cabbage Palm fruit is edible. In the wild Sabal palmetto can grow up to 80ft tall, but in cultivation it usually doesn’t get higher than 30-40 ft tall and 10-15 ft wide. The Cabbage Palm is very durable because it adapts to all kinds of soil and weather conditions. It can tolerate drought as well as cold down to 10F when mature enough. Grows best in the USDA Zones 8a (10 to 15 F) to – 11 (above 40 F). It likes full sun but can also grow in a partial shade and likes moist well drained soil. I ship the 3rd of the month or the third Wednesday of the month.