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'''''Serenoa repens''''' is a Florida native palm, and a very hardy, though very slow palm for California as well. Commonly used as a landscape palm on east coast, but very slow growth rate limits is use here in California for such purposes. Larger plants can be acquired and shipped in from east. Eventually grows into large hedges. Good for very cold and hot areas of southern California where few other palms can survive. There is a whitish-sivler form that is frequently sought after, but young palms disappointingly green (takes many years to develop a real silvery mound of palm). Palm not only grown for is ornamental uses, but also for its medicinal value. | '''''Serenoa repens''''' is a Florida native palm, and a very hardy, though very slow palm for California as well. Commonly used as a landscape palm on east coast, but very slow growth rate limits is use here in California for such purposes. Larger plants can be acquired and shipped in from east. Eventually grows into large hedges. Good for very cold and hot areas of southern California where few other palms can survive. There is a whitish-sivler form that is frequently sought after, but young palms disappointingly green (takes many years to develop a real silvery mound of palm). Palm not only grown for is ornamental uses, but also for its medicinal value. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:17, 8 August 2015
Common Name: Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens is a Florida native palm, and a very hardy, though very slow palm for California as well. Commonly used as a landscape palm on east coast, but very slow growth rate limits is use here in California for such purposes. Larger plants can be acquired and shipped in from east. Eventually grows into large hedges. Good for very cold and hot areas of southern California where few other palms can survive. There is a whitish-sivler form that is frequently sought after, but young palms disappointingly green (takes many years to develop a real silvery mound of palm). Palm not only grown for is ornamental uses, but also for its medicinal value.
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Appearance and Biology
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Horticultural Characteristics
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Huntington Gardens, California
Los Angeles arboretum
Los Angeles arboretum
Huntington Gardens
silvery form, Hawaii
silver form, Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida
colonly of silver Serenoas in Orlando, Florida
seedlings from Florida seed
3 year old seedling from Florida; showing mild frost changes
young silver form, San Fernando valley, California
juvenile plant
same plant from Florida, in California, 8 years later
flower, California
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