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Texas Sabal Palm |
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Sabal texana Arecaceae |
The Texas Sabal is a Texas native
palm tree.. This Palm tree variety blooms White blossoms in the
spring. It is deer resistant. The plant does well on the Texas coast
because it tolerates salty soil, salt spray, constant souteast wind
and occasional sand blasting from storm winds.
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Type: Palm Family, will
tolerate a freeze.
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Exposure: Grows best and fastest in
full sun but will settle for part sun.
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Soil: Grows in most soils and will tolerate salt. This plant will
also
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Water: Tolerates periods of drought.and
will survive poor drainage.
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Growth: A low maintainance tree with
a tall, straight trunk topped by a cluster of fronds. Grows slowly
to a final height ranging from 25' to 45' and a width of about 15'.
Fronds grow on spineless stalks. Whie flowers on long drooping stalks
appear in the spring.
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Propogation: By seed from single seeded
dark berry.
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History: The Texas Sabal Palm is a
Texas native plant. It grows especially well along the Southern
Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
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