(Date Palm)

(Canary Island Date Palm)

A large evergreen plant with dark green, arching leaves atop a massive trunk, Canary Island date palm is architecturally stunning. The trunk is decorated with ridges and old frond boots, often making the crownshaft resemble a large pineapple. Its fronds are pinnate (like a feather) and can have a slight blue-green or silvery tinge. Lowest leaflets on the front are stiff, vicious spines. Early summer-occurring flowers are pale yellow and produce semi-dry, yellow-red fruit. It is a native of the Canary...

(Date Palm)

A tall palm with an upright feather-duster crown of long gray-green fronds, the date palm produces large pendent clusters of the sweet edible dates of renown. An ancient foodsource integral to the cultures of the drier regions of Africa and Asia for 5000 years, this palm apparently originated in northern Africa and the Middle East. It is found only in cultivation, although several wild date palm species are known. Borne in an arching clump at the apex of the trunk, the fronds have many slender leaflets...

(Date Palm)

A tall palm with an upright feather-duster crown of long gray-green fronds, the date palm produces large pendent clusters of the sweet edible dates of renown. The most widely grown commercial date in the United States, 'Deglet Noor' produces semi-dry fruits on tall, relatively sparsely leaved plants.

An ancient foodsource integral to the cultures of the drier regions of Africa and Asia for 5000 years, the date palm apparently originated in northern Africa and the Middle East. It is found only...

(Senegal Date Palm)

With multiple narrow, arching trunks and lush, gracefully arching green fronds, Senegal date palm is a picturesque garden specimen. Native to the moist tropics of sub-Saharan Africa, it is an evergreen that grows as a thick, impenetrable clump.

The fronds can become quite long and gently arching, bearing many glossy, mid- and dark-green leaflets. The lower leaflets are modified into brutally nasty spines, called acanthophylls, which are never forgotten once a hand reaches into the base of the...

(Pygmy Date Palm)

One of the smallest of the date palms, this native of Laos bears an arching canopy of feathery, dark green fronds with sharp spines at the lower ends. The leaves appear in a crown atop a short, relatively slow-growing trunk. It sometimes suckers to produce multiple stems. Large, dense clusters of cream-colored flowers appear in the warm months succeeded by small, oval, black edible fruits.

Pygmy date palm likes warmth, humidity, well-drained soil, and protection from hot sun. Highly alkaline...

(India Date Palm, Silver Date Palm, Toddy Palm, Wild Date Palm)

With a fountain-like, silvery crown and slender, medium-tall trunk, this native of southern Pakistan and Northwest India resembles a scaled-down Canary Island date palm.

Upwards of 100 long, slender, feathery leaves arch from the apex of the solitary trunk, which is ribbed with the diamond-shaped scars of old leaves. Each frond has many narrowly lance-shaped leaflets of gray-green or gray-blue, arranged in several planes. The lowest leaflets are modified into sharp spines. The woody bases of...