Palm Trees Suitable for the Gulf Coast

Zone 8

• Chinese Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei):  Trunks to 12'.  Hardy to 20 degrees.
  www.floridata.com/ref/t/t_fortun.cfm
   
  
• Needle Palm  (Rhapidophyllum hystrix):  Clumps to 3', has long needles around base of trunk.  Hardy to 10 degrees.  www.floridata.com/ref/r/rhapido.cfm
  
   
• Pindo Palm/Jelly Palm  (Butia capitata):  Trunks to 10', spreads, bluish gray foliage.  Hardy to mid 20's.  www.floridata.com/plant1/plantbynumber.cfm?FDID=15
  
   
• Canary Island Date Palm  (Phoenix canariensis): Trunks to 20', edible fruit.  Hardy to mid 20's. (This was the palm that was in the middle of the Father Ryan's house front steps.)  www.floridata.com/ref/P/phoe_can.cfm
  
   
• Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto/Sabal texanis): Trunks to 20'.  Hardy to lower 20's.  www.floridata.com/plant1/plantbynumber.cfm?FDID=100
  
  
• Palmetto (Sabal minor): Dwarf, clumps to 5', large bluish leaves, excellent for damp/wet areas, native to MS coastal flood plains.  Can only be grown from seed- doesn't transplant well so don't collect it from the wild.  Some nurseries grow and stock this plant.  Hardy to 20 degrees.  www.floridata.com/ref/s/saba_min.cfm
  
  
• European/Mediterranean Fan Palm (Chamaerops humilis): Thickly clumps to 10'.  Hardy to lower 20's.  www.floridata.com/ref/c/cham_hum.cfm
  
  
• Washington Palm (Washingtonia robusta or W. filifera): Trunks to 40", gets very large.  Hardy to lower 20's.  W. filifera is more cold hardy than W. robusta.  www.floridata.com/ref/W/wash_fil.cfm        www.floridata.com/ref/w/wash_rob.cfm
  
   
• Sago Palm/Cycad (Cycas revolute): A cycad.  Trunks to 12’.  Hardy to mid 10’s.
  www.floridata.com/ref/C/cyca_rev.cfm
  
  * Plant palm trees during the warm season when soil temperatue is at least 65 degrees F.