Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm)
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) trunk showing rough textured brown bark and fan shaped green leaves
Botanical name: Sabal palmetto
Common names: Sabal Palm, Cabbage Palm
Family: Arecaceae / Palmae
Origin: South Eastern USA
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 8-10
Plant form: Large tree
Mature height: 20 ft or more
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor
Cold tolerance: Tolerates light freezing to about 30°F for short periods (mature plants). Young plants must be protected.
Watering: Moderate
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; large gardensHighly versatile and will adapt to a variety of sun and soil conditions. The cabbage palm is a medium sized spineless, evergreen palm with an unbranching trunk and very large, fan-shaped leaves that form a circular crown. When the palm is young, the gray-brown trunk is rough and covered with the old boots of leaf stalks. These stalks fall away, revealing the trunk as it matures.
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Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) long arching yellow flower spike emerging above stiff green palm leaves.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) branches drooping with many thin green flower stems and stiff leaves.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) flower stalks with tiny pale green buds hanging in many strands.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) flower stalks reaching down between wide, fanned fronds of the tall tree.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) green fronds stretch outward in a wide, circular formation from the center.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) trunk covered in thick texture with dangling clusters of green fruit
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) heavy cluster of round green fruit on thin branching woody stems
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) branches holding clusters of dark black fruit between long green leaves.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) displays large green fronds radiating from a thick, fibrous gray trunk.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) with large fan leaves and textured trunk reaching toward the canopy
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) green foliage with a drooping cluster of small yellow flower parts.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) trunk with fan leaves and ferns attached to the central woody stem
Sabal palmetto standing tall with textured trunks and wide green fan leaves
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) with large fan-shaped green leaves radiating from a central woody trunk base.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) fan leaves reaching outward with narrow segments and folded texture
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) leaves radiate from central point with distinct segments in sunlight.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) leaves radiate from a central stem with sun filtering through the foliage
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) green fan-shaped leaves spreading out across clear blue sky background
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) round black fruit gathered together for a clear close up view.
Sabal palmetto (Sabal Palm) fan-shaped foliage with deep green color and some yellowing leaf tips
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