Palm Trees

Palm Tree - Cold Hardy Species of Palm Considered a Southern type yet Grows in North America

Palm Trees are now extremely popular for outside palm landscape and container plants. Palm tree picture and photo galleries along with Palm tree care and maintenance issues are addressed for indoor palm plants, landscape palms, palm trees grown in the US including types of palm trees in Florida, California, Texas and the Northern and Southern States. Palm Trees of the Northern and Southern types are detailed with the selection requirements for your environment, growth rates, watering care, pruning, disease protection, soil and light requirements, palm tree characteristics for different palm tree species and winter care for palms. Winter protection of your palm tree is critical for survival.

Palm tree types, palm tree pictures, palm tree species information and palm tree care information for selecting, planting, growing and caring for different palm tree species in southern warm to northern cold winter environments are located in the different sections of the palm tree site. Pictures of different kinds of palms can be enlarged and arranged for side by side comparisons. Palm-Trees.net is centered around the following palm categories.

Pindo Palm (Butia capitata) Covered in Snow. The Pindo Palm Tree is a Southern Palm.

Palm-Trees.net Organization: Be sure to take advantage of the Palm Tree information and resources offered on this site.

• Palm Tree Types

• Palm Tree Pictures

• Palm Tree Species

• Palm Tree Care and Maintenance

Palm Trees are what Palm-Trees.net is all about. Our goal is to provide palm tree hobbyists and professionals with common palm names and identify the environment necessary for the growing and care of the Palms. The Palm Tree species focus will be for palm types which grow in California, Florida and Texas and more cold winter weather climates like New York, Michigan, Canada, Colorado, and Ohio to name a few states. Palm tree species are successfully growing in cool to cold northern winter environments.

Visit Palm-Trees.net for information to assist with selecting the right palm species for your climate and growing conditions, how to plant and care for the needs of different palm types, especially in cold winter months. Detailed palm tree pictures and descriptions will be accompanied by the palms cold hardiness.

Palm Trees Types

The palm tree types information resources provide palm tree information on the different palm varieties and type categories.

Types of Palms: Northern and Southern

Canary Island Date Palms (Phoenix canariensis). This Palm Tree Species is considered a Northern Palm

Palm Trees Types are classified into Northern Palm Tree (more cold hardy) and Southern Palm Tree (less cold hardy) classes. The Northern Palm species identified on Palm-Trees.net have a minimum cold temperature tolerance between 0 to 15° degrees Fahrenheit, however there are palm varieties that can tolerate temperatures below minus 20 degrees. We provide photos and information on the kinds of palms that are the most majestic and popular.

The Southern Palm tree types have a minimum cold temperature tolerance between 15 to 22° degrees Fahrenheit. Duration of cold weather, palm health, genetics, and the palm's microenvironment are a few of the determining factors of how well a particular species will handle a cold weather winter temperatures. Visit Palm Trees Species for general and detailed information on popular palm species which are hardy palms.

Palm Tree Types - Cold Hardy Winter Palms

Palm tree types with protection, some of the more cold hardy palm tree species may be kept in areas as cold as USDA Zone 4. Great candidates for this are Trachycarpus fortunei (Windmill Palm), Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Needle Palm), and Sabal minor (Dwarf Palmetto). Palm Trees can be protected by having a temporary greenhouse erected around them, being wrapped in burlap, or even being kept inside a box and warmed with lights. Do not be afraid to experiment and try to keep cold hardy palms in your area, even if your area is a cold winter weather environment. With good protection, a palm can survive in a much colder North winter environment than it could without any at all. Compare the Cold Hardy Palm Trees minimum winter cold temperature tolerances at Palm Tree Types and Species (Cold Hardy) Minimum Temperature Comparison

Florida Palm Trees Types

Florida palm tree types are wide variety of palm trees species with different trunk textures, leaf colors and some grow colorful fruit. Florida's tropical climate is ideal for growing heat-loving palm trees. A common Florida Palm tree type is the Sabal palm also called the Sabal palmetto and Cabbage Palm. Florida's cabbage palm occurs principally near the coasts, on tidal flats, islands, or elevated places in marshes, beach swales, and in moist to wet hardwood hammocks. It is found from southeastern North Carolina to southern Florida; also on the Bahaman Islands. Another Florida palm tree type is the Saw Palmetto, a species of palm in Florida which occurs in a variety of habitats. It is often abundant in both well-drained and poorly-drained pine flat woods. It also grows on deep sands of longleaf pine-scrub oak ridges and hills. It is found on the coastal plain from South Carolina to the Florida Keys; west to Louisiana. Florida can support a wide variety of Palm tree types listed in the Palm Trees Species section.

California Palm Trees Types

California palm tree types are plentiful. California boasts many types of palm trees due to the conducive climate for growing palm trees. The California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) is the only palm tree species or type indigenous to California and is now grown throughout subtropical climates worldwide. Another common California palm tree type is the Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia robusta) It may be too common type of palm in California and is considered an invasive species by California Invasive Plant Council. Another California palm tree type is the True Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera). One of the first cultivated plants in human history, the true date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a native of northern Africa that can reach 100 feet when trimmed into a single stem specimen. Many types of Palms grow in California and this is a short list of California palm tree types and species.

Palm Trees Pictures

The palm trees pictures of a variety of types and species allows you to compare palm trees types with the photos of palms on one page to easily compare the variety of palm tree species. Each palm tree type has a unique palm tree picture information page. Palm images and photos zoom in to show detailed characteristics. The following 17 detailed palm tree picture and photo galleries have the same ability to open and move around multiple photos of the palm trees species. Pictures for the variety of Palm trees in the palm tree photo gallery are listed below.

Palm Trees Species

Palm Tree List of Species, Types and Kinds with Detailed Information and Pictures

Palm Trees Care and Maintenance

Palm tree care addresses the needs of different kinds of palms, with Palm Tree types frequently asked questions, pruning, winter protection and other palm care and maintenance information. Palm-Trees.net addresses varieties of palms that will grow in Northern (Cold Hardy Palm Trees) and Southern climates. The palm tree care section will assist in selecting, planting, growing and protecting palms during cold winter snaps.

The Palm Tree Care information on the Palm-Trees.net web site will provide you with the information and resources to help with palm tree care for many different types and kinds of palms. Northern and Southern palm trees growing in marginal cooler environments will require more palm care and winter protection for the palm to thrive.

Palm Trees Expansion Information

Palm trees are now a trend in the United States and elsewhere for the planting and growth of Palm Trees in cooler climate areas. People are pushing the plant hardiness boundaries and growing different types of palm trees further North in North America than what would have been inconceivable not too long ago because of the cold winter environment. We hope the palm tree pictures, palm type information, palm species information and palm care information website is useful in helping push the boundaries of growing different types of palms further North in cool winter climates. Palm Trees grow much further North than Florida, California and Texas.