Type

Palm

Notably popular as street or specimen trees, Royal Palms make a neat, tidy, yet stately landscape element for large landscapes, often reaching 50 to 100 feet in height in almost as many years. The tall, smooth, cement grey trunks are capped with a glossy, green crown shaft several feet high and a beautiful, broad, dense crown of soft, gently drooping, feathery fronds. Flowers are incredibly fragrant, even from 50 feet away and are produced periodically throughout the year but mostly in summer. The old fronds should be removed before they drop since they can cause injury or damage to plants or property when allowed to fall. One frond will fall about every month. This palm can be used in large parking lot islands, wide tree lawns, medium-sized parking lot islands, medium-sized tree lawns; recommended for buffer strips around parking lots or for median strip plantings in the highway; narrow tree lawns; specimen; sidewalk cutout (tree pit); residential street tree. This palm is highly recommended for coastal area as due to its moderate salt tolerance and their ability of withstanding strong winds very well, but some foliage injury will be evident on Royal Palm located next to the ocean.