Needle Palm Tree
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
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Low growing palm is the most cold tolerant of all
- Native plant of the USA
- Easy to grow
- Adapts to a wide range of soils and climates
- Tolerates any soil
- Pest and disease resistant
- Drought resistant
- Low maintenance
Palm Trees are exotic plants, but they’re not all tall and slender.
This slow growing palm is a native of lowlands in the southeastern United States. In their natural setting, they grow as an under story plant in wooded, swampy areas. Needle Palm Trees are a shrub form that remains rather short at maturity. The farther north your planting location, the more sun the plant will require. Light shade is best in warmer climates.
The Needle Palm Tree is a somewhat rare plant.
Between land development and very slow seed germination, this popular ornamental plant is becoming harder to find. This palm trees ability to survive such a wide range of temperature ranges is incredible. Here you have tropical plant type that is reliably hardy to -10F and reported to have survived in -20F. The Needle Palm is a good choice just about anywhere in the US.
You get excellent planting versatility from the Needle Palm Tree.
It will do very well in small tight spaces and planters. The plant also has an excellent tolerance for the highly chlorinated water used in swimming pools. Homeowners in the northern states will want to mulch the Needle Palm heavily for winter. The planting location be sheltered from winter winds and given excellent drainage.
Don’t let the “needles” on the trunk scare you off.
Needle Palm Trees aren’t any pricklier than many other popular landscape plants. The abundance of evergreen fronds sufficiently surrounds and cloaks the short, thick trunks. The plant lends itself well to creating a thick impenetrable barrier hedge when row planted close together. This low maintenance native plant is a good specimen plant anywhere in your yard. Pot up a couple to dress up your front door or add some excitement to the deck.
This easy keeper isn’t prone to bug issues.
For homeowners who live in the wet winter areas of the North, it is a good idea to treat the crown with fungicide to help your palm deal with the climate better. This cold hardy palm prefers moist soil that drains, yet has excellent drought tolerance once it is established. For best drought tolerance, Needle Palms should be planted in part shade.
For faster plant establishment, you should start with robust root system.
Brighter Blooms spends longer times growing plants in the nursery for just this reason. This well-developed root system motto of ours means you’ll have better result in growing Needle Palms. When your palm arrives from Brighter Blooms, we want you to be able to plant it and enjoy it right away.
If you are looking for a more classic form of the palm tree, check out our Windmill Palm Tree
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Carl Cooper
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I purchased the needle palm tree this year '09. Such a beautiful palm. Looks great and it is doing very well up here in North Georgia. We have very cold temperatures in Winter and most of the time see Snow every Winter. I would recommend this Palm to anyone in this area or North Carolina. I am going to put leaves or pine straw around the truck of it this Winter so it will stay warmer. Also I planted it next to the front steps of my house, where the cold winter winds will not hit it very much.
I love Palm Trees but do not want to live in Florida or on the Coast.
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