Palms &Cycads
Tropical palms and cycads that thrive in Northeast Florida landscapes.
PalmAdonidia Palm
Adonidia merrillii
Christmas Palm (Adonidia merrillii) is a slender, self-cleaning solitary palm from the Philippines, named for its clusters of bright red fruits that ripen in late fall and winter. It is cold hardy only to USDA zone 10b (about 30°F) and is therefore a high-risk choice for NE Florida zone 9b — protect from frost or site in a warm microclimate near a south-facing structure.
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PalmAreca Palm
Dypsis lutescens
Areca palm (Dypsis lutescens) is a clumping palm native to Madagascar, prized for its graceful, arching fronds of bright yellow-green leaflets carried on distinctive yellow-tinged canes. One of the most popular palms for tropical landscaping and indoor use, it forms dense, multi-stemmed clumps and adds a lush, feathery texture to any setting.
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Bamboo Palm
Chamaedorea seifrizii
Bamboo palm (Chamaedorea seifrizii) is a slender, clustering palm native to Mexico and Central America, producing reed-like canes topped with elegant, arching pinnate fronds of narrow dark green leaflets. A popular indoor and shade-tolerant landscape palm, it is valued for its fine-textured, tropical appearance and adaptability to low light.
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PalmBismarck Palm
Bismarckia nobilis
Bismarck palm (Bismarckia nobilis) is a massive, solitary fan palm native to the open savannas of Madagascar, instantly recognizable by its enormous silvery-blue to green palmate fronds that can span up to ten feet. A dramatic landscape specimen, it develops a stout trunk and is one of the most visually commanding palms in cultivation.
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PalmBottle Palm
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Bottle Palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis) is a slow-growing, solitary palm from Mauritius with a dramatically swollen, bottle-shaped trunk that tapers to a slender crown shaft. It bears a compact canopy of arching pinnate fronds and is widely grown as a bold specimen or container palm in tropical landscapes.
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CycadCardboard Palm
Zamia furfuracea
Zamia furfuracea, cardboard palm, is a slow-growing cycad native to eastern Mexico with stiff, arching fronds of leathery, oval leaflets that closely resemble corrugated cardboard in texture. Despite its palm-like appearance, it is a true cycad — an ancient non-flowering plant lineage — commonly used in tropical landscapes and containers.
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PalmCat Palm
Chamaedorea cataractarum
Cat Palm (Chamaedorea cataractarum) is a clustering, low-growing palm native to southeastern Mexico that produces dense clumps of slender canes with dark green, pinnate fronds. It is commonly used as a lush ground cover, hedge, or container plant in shaded tropical and subtropical gardens.
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Coconut Palm
Cocos nucifera
Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) is the iconic tropical palm of pantropical coastlines, bearing large pinnate fronds and the familiar large, fibrous coconut fruit. In northeast Florida it is marginal — zone 9b winters can kill or severely damage coconut palms, which are reliably cold-hardy only in Zone 10a and warmer. Best reserved for the most frost-protected coastal microclimates.
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CycadCoontie
Zamia pumila
Zamia integrifolia, coontie, is Florida's only native cycad, a compact, slow-growing plant with glossy, dark green pinnate fronds arising from a partially buried trunk. A critical host plant for the endangered Atala butterfly, it has long been used by indigenous peoples and is a durable choice for native Florida landscapes.
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Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
A slow-growing native fan palm of the southeastern U.S. with a mostly subterranean trunk and large fan-shaped blue-green palmate leaves. Produces compound flower clusters up to 6 feet long bearing creamy-white fragrant flowers, followed by shiny black fruits.
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European Fan Palm
Chamaerops humilis
European Fan Palm (Chamaerops humilis) is the only palm native to continental Europe, forming slow-growing, multi-stemmed clumps of stiff fan-shaped fronds in light green to silver-blue. Extremely cold-hardy to about 20°F, it is well-suited to NE Florida zone 9b landscapes, thriving in full sun with minimal water once established.
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PalmFlorida Thatch Palm
Thrinax radiata
Florida Thatch Palm (Thrinax radiata) is a slow-growing, slender native palm of coastal hammocks and the Florida Keys, bearing circular fan fronds and small white flowers. Best suited to South Florida (zones 10b–11), it is not reliably cold-hardy in NE Florida zone 9b and should be sited in a sheltered, frost-protected location if grown here.
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PalmFoxtail Palm
Wodyetia bifurcata
Foxtail Palm (Wodyetia bifurcata) is a fast-growing Australian palm prized for its full, bushy arching fronds and smooth self-cleaning trunk. Despite being marketed for Florida landscapes, UF/IFAS considers it reliably hardy only to 30°F, making it marginal in NE Florida zone 9b where freezes occur — site in a sheltered, frost-protected location or choose a more cold-hardy palm species.
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PalmLady Palm
Rhapis excelsa
Lady Palm (Rhapis excelsa) is a slow-growing, clustering fan palm from southern China, forming elegant clumps of slender, bamboo-like canes topped with deeply divided, glossy dark green fronds. It thrives in low-light conditions and is prized as both a refined indoor specimen and a lush shade garden plant.
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PalmMacarthur Palm
Ptychosperma macarthurii
MacArthur Palm (Ptychosperma macarthurii) is a clustering tropical palm from New Guinea and Australia with slender multi-stemmed canes topped by arching pinnate fronds and small red fruits. Prized for shade tolerance and graceful tropical form, it makes a striking understory or patio specimen. In NE Florida (zone 9b) it requires a sheltered microclimate and frost protection, as it is most reliable in zone 10 and warmer.
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Majesty Palm
Ravenea rivularis
Majesty Palm (Ravenea rivularis) is a graceful, solitary palm from Madagascar with arching dark-green pinnate fronds and a tapering trunk. Best suited for zone 10–11 but manageable in protected zone 9b sites, it is widely grown in NE-Florida landscapes and large containers for its classic tropical silhouette.
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PalmMule Palm
Butyagrus nabonnandii
Mule Palm (× Butyagrus nabonnandii) is a vigorous intergeneric hybrid of Pindo Palm (Butia odorata) and Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana), combining the cold tolerance of its Butia parent with the faster growth and lush fronds of Syagrus. It produces a tall, solitary trunk with feathery, arching pinnate fronds and ornamental fruit clusters.
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PalmNeanthe Bella Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Parlor palm (Chamaedorea elegans) is a slow-growing, shade-tolerant palm native to the rainforests of southern Mexico and Guatemala, commonly grown as a houseplant or sheltered patio container in NE Florida. It is cold-sensitive (hardy only to zones 10-12 outdoors) and must be protected from frost; best grown in containers that can be moved indoors during winter freezes.
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Paurotis Palm
Acoelorraphe wrightii
Paurotis Palm (Acoelorrhaphe wrightii) is a Florida-native clustering fan palm of the Everglades and coastal wetlands, forming dramatic multi-stemmed colonies with orange-sheathed trunks and silvery-green palmate fronds. Hardy through zone 9b, it thrives in moist, acidic soils in full sun and is valued as a native specimen, wildlife habitat plant, and bold landscape accent for wet or seasonally flooded sites.
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PalmPindo Palm
Butia capitata
Pindo Palm, or Jelly Palm (Butia capitata), is a cold-hardy feather palm from South America with a stout, rough-textured trunk and gracefully arching, blue-green pinnate fronds. It bears clusters of fragrant, edible orange-yellow fruits used to make jelly, and is widely grown as a durable ornamental in warm and subtropical climates.
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PalmPygmy Date Palm
Phoenix roebelenii
Pygmy Date Palm (Phoenix roebelenii) is a delicate, slow-growing solitary or clustering palm native to Laos and southern China, with a slender, rough-textured trunk and a fine-textured canopy of arching, dark green pinnate fronds. Its compact size and graceful form make it a versatile specimen for tropical garden beds, containers, and entryways.
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PalmQueen Palm
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) is a tall, fast-growing South American palm with a smooth, ringed gray trunk and a full canopy of long, arching pinnate fronds. It produces drooping clusters of small orange fruits and is one of the most widely planted ornamental palms in tropical and subtropical landscapes.
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CycadSago Palm
Cycas revoluta
Cycas revoluta, sago palm, is a slow-growing cycad native to southern Japan and China with a stout, shaggy trunk topped by a symmetrical crown of stiff, dark green, feathery fronds. Despite the common name it is not a true palm but one of the most ancient plant lineages on Earth, widely used as a long-lived landscape specimen and container plant.
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PalmSaw Palmetto
Serenoa repens
Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) is the only species in its genus — a native, clump-forming palm of the southeastern United States coastal plain, characterized by fan-shaped fronds with sharp, saw-toothed petioles and a sprawling, multi-stemmed habit. It produces small, fragrant cream flowers followed by olive-to-black fleshy drupes that are among the most important wildlife foods in Florida ecosystems. An extremely long-lived, slow-growing native foundational plant of Florida flatwoods and scrub habitats.
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PalmSpindle Palm
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
Spindle Palm (Hyophorbe verschaffeltii) is a solitary palm endemic to Rodrigues Island in the Mascarene archipelago, distinguished by a prominently spindle-shaped trunk that is widest in the middle and tapers at both ends. It bears a compact crown of arching, stiff pinnate fronds and is grown as a rare architectural specimen in tropical gardens.
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Windmill Palm
Trachycarpus fortunei
Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) is a slender, cold-hardy fan palm from China with a trunk wrapped in dark fibrous sheaths and a crown of stiff fan-shaped fronds. Rated for zones 8a-11, it is one of the most cold-tolerant palms available and an excellent ornamental choice for NE Florida zone 9b landscapes.
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