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Buy the Stunning Phoenix roebelenii - The Perfect Miniature Date Palm for Your Garden!

Common name:
Pigmy Date Palm, Miniature Date Palm, Dwarf Date Palm
Regional name:
Marathi - Roblini Palm
Category:
Palms and Cycads, Shrubs, Indoor Plants
Family:
Palmae or Coconut family
Light:
Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing
Water:
Normal, Can tolerate more
Primarily grown for:
Foliage
Flowering season:
Flowers in flushes throughout the year, Flowers are inconspicuous
Flower or Inflorescence color:
White, Yellow
Foliage color:
Green
Plant Height or length:
2 to 4 meters
Plant Spread or Width:
1 to 2 meters
Plant Form:
Spherical or rounded, Upright or Erect
Special Character:
  • Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
  • Good for Cut foliage
  • Good for screening
  • Good for Hedges and Borders
  • Animals will not eat
  • Thorny or Spiny
  • Evergreen trees
  • Suitable for road median planting
  • Salt or salinity tolerant
  • NASA plant for Indoor pollution control
Generally available in India in quantities of:
Over thousands

Plant Description:

- Comes to us from the nation Laos, some very close relatives are also found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Excellent for planting in lawns, as single specimen plants or in groups.
- Mature trunk 6-8 ft tall.
- Full, rounded leaf crown 6 ft wide, tall and has 50 leaves.
- Leaves are shiny green and arch gently.
- The false petiole 5 inch long, spiny.
- Flower produce 0.5 inch long, oblong & black fruit.
- After Carl Roebelen the original collector who discovered the species in South East Asia.

Growing tips:

- A hardy palm.
- It grow sun or semi shade. Grows in shade as well. However the crown is sparse and leaves elongated.
- Good, friable and slightly acidic soil.
- Constant and adequate water is required.
- Slow growing plants use in gardens.
- Grows well in hot, dry, climates - as long as it is watered well.