Royal Palm

Old fronds can be extremely heavy and are known to damage buildings when they fall (Haele and Brookwell 1999), so save the palm by not planting it overly close to a building.



Specimen plant or street tree.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

This is a tall palm, make sure it has room to grow.

Various birds and other wildlife eat the fruit.

Tropical rockland hammock, Everglades tree islands.

• Interesting bark, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
• Larval host for monk skipper (Minno & Minno 1999)