Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor)

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Plant Habit:	Shrub Tree
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 10b
Plant Height:	5-10 feet
Leaves:	Evergreen
Fruit:	Other: medicinal benefits
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Color:	White
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Spring Late spring or early summer Summer
Underground structures:	Taproot
Suitable Locations:	Street Tree
Uses:	Erosion control
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Resistances:	Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Mar 17, 2022 11:18 AM concerning plant:

This is one of three similar shrub palms that grow in the deep South USA. It is native from southeast North Carolina to southern Florida to east Texas in moist open woods, bottoms of rich slopes, and edges of floodplains. It is a trunkless fan palm that has fan-shaped, deeply divided leaves about 2 to 4 feet broad and long on long leaf stalks that do not have sharp marginal teeth of the similar Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens). It bears tiny white flowers in somewhat conspicuous clusters on 3 to 5 feet long stalks. It bears small, round, shiny, black berries in the fall. It likes part-shade best and in the wild grows in moist, rich soil of pH 5.5 to 6.5, but adapts to regular moist, well-drained soils in neutral reaction range and can tolerate some drought.

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Posted by Horntoad (Nederland, Texas - Zone 9a) on Sep 29, 2011 8:57 AM concerning plant:

Sabal minor is native to: (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX)

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