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I have this plant in my zone 8b garden, and boy do I wish I didn't. A previous post said this plant is very difficult to transplant/reloc...Read More
I got a mix of the green and silver types from a pkt. of seeds. Very slow growing seedlings. The silver type seems the tougher here in ...Read More
These are a host plant of few species of skipper butterfly and their fruit is well-loved by birds.
I thought I had some of...Read More
i can provide some info about transplanting this plant.
i tried to dig one up from the wild here in South Louisiana
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UPDATE (2015): I have had some success with one here in Eastern Maryland (zone 7). Last winter was one of the coldest on record for thi...Read More
Am a little bit freaked out its thorny leaves... I'll sieck with my sabal minors personal. Both of the are hardy to indiana. We did move ...Read More
I have a nice potted specimen here at my home in IN. This plant is now doing quite well & will be a nice addition to our deck. This plant...Read More
I ahve not grown this plant. Saw Palmetto, Scrub Palmetto, Silver Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) is native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, ...Read More
Palmetto "islands" were already established decades ago when we first bought our acre. Knew about the attractiveness to snakes, etc., but...Read More
From a California perspective, this is a slow palm. It is pretty easy in California as it is most places it can survive, but it seems 10...Read More
Abundant throughout Florida, where it is found in drier areas. Here in Tallahassee the green form is the one found in the wild but the si...Read More
The silver variety is hardier than the green variety, and the silver variety is a slow grower, but survives in Seattle, although it can t...Read More
S. repens is a wonderful native plant in Florida, but it is not ENDEMIC according to USF's Dr. Richard Wunderlin in GUIDE TO THE VASCULAR...Read More
After the wildfires burned through the areas in central Florida a few years back, the Palmettos came back almost immediately, bright gree...Read More
Saw Palmetto is a very drought-tolerant plant, growing in the dry flatwoods, dunes, scrub and low-lying areas on the coastal plain from S...Read More
I am fortunate to have a garden with several large native Serenoa repens as background plants, from clumps that were not cleared away whe...Read More
The only drawback to this plant is that rattlesnakes love to get in them because rats and mice like to hide in them. If you live in a dr...Read More
This plant is very difficult to transplant/relocate and also very difficult to kill once established. Make sure you plant it where you w...Read More
This plant is also quite salt tolerant and suitable for beachside plantings. It will thrive in almost any subtropical environment.
Endemic to peninsular Florida and the coastal plains from southeastern Louisiana to southern South Carolina the Saw-palmetto helps provid...Read More