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Cabbage palmetto

Sabal palmetto

Also called cabbage palmetto, sabal palm.

Native fan palm and the most wind- and salt-tolerant palm for the Southeast coast. Usually planted as field-dug specimens with a clear trunk.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 9–15 m (30–49 ft) tall and 3–4.5 m (10–15 ft) wide; slow growth, about 25 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.12) from the BB-3in install size.

051015mPlanting3.0 × 2.0 mYear 35.7 × 2.5 mYear 109.3 × 3.2 mMature12.0 × 3.8 m

Design notes

  • Field-dug palms arrive with fronds removed; leave new green fronds once established.
  • Very cold-hardy for a trunked palm, into the warmer parts of zone 8.

Regions

Native range: Coastal Southeast from North Carolina to Florida.

Native to these OpenLandscape3D pilot regions:

Southeast

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Mediterranean fan palm
Chamaerops humilis · Palm · 1.5–3 m (5–10 ft)
Date palm
Phoenix dactylifera · Palm · 12–20 m (39–66 ft)
Windmill palm
Trachycarpus fortunei · Palm · 4–9 m (13–30 ft)
California fan palm
Washingtonia filifera · Palm · 9–15 m (30–49 ft)
Mexican fan palm
Washingtonia robusta · Palm · 15–25 m (49–82 ft)
Red maple
Acer rubrum · Tree · 12–18 m (39–59 ft)

Plan with Cabbage palmetto

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.

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