General Landscape Uses: Understory palm without a trunk.
Description: Shrubby palm without a trunk.
Dimensions: Typically 3-9 feet in height; about a broad as tall.
Growth Rate: Very slow.
Range: Southeastern United States south to St. Lucie, Glades and Charlotte counties.
Habitats: Moist to seasonally wet hammocks and forests.
Soils: Moist to seasonally wet.
Nutritional Requirements: High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance: Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Light shade to full sun.
Flower Color: White.
Flower Characteristics: Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season: Spring to fall; peak in summer.
Fruit: Dry, smooth, dull round nearly brown to black berry. Seeds solitary.
Wildlife and Ecology: Provides moderate amounts of food and cover for wildlife. Nectar plant for butterflies. Attracts bee pollinators.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed from which the coating has been removed.
Paulo Olivas –
Received on Tuesday in good shape!