Creating a hedge with the Areca Palm or Dypsis lutescens

Creating a hedge with the Areca Palm

The Areca Palm or Dypsis lutescens makes an outstanding hedge. The Areca Palm has a clustering characteristic and many growers will combine multiple plants into one cluster which makes for a thicker plant.

Spacing can be from 3 feet to 6 feet or more depending on the size palm you are planting and how much of a hurry you are in to have your new screen.

Areca Palms are medium growers and can be in partial shade or full sun. Areca Palms are more golden in full sun and are sometimes called the Golden Cane Palm.

25 Gallon Areca Palms being loaded

25 Gallon Areca Palms

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Creating a Privacy Hedge with Palm Trees

There are several palm trees that work great as a privacy hedge. Here is a list of Palm Trees commonly used for Privacy Hedges:

1. Areca Palm, Golden Can Palm  or Dypsis lutescens - The Areca Palm is used throughout south Florida for Privacy Hedges. The palm is also used in coastal areas or microclimates throughout central Florida. The palm has a medium growth rate, multiple trunks and is self cleaning (the palm drops old fronds without the need to trim). Growers will typically put a dozen seeds in one pot when growing the Areca Palm to make it extra full at maturity. The Areca Palm can have a golden look on both the canes and the fronds when in full sun. That is not necessarily a sign of a nutrient deficiency. Spacing for the Areca Palm can be 4 to 6 feet depending on how quickly you want your privacy hedge to be complete.

Areca Palm Hedge

25 Gallon Areca Palm - 8-10 Feet Tall

2. Fishtail Palm or Caryota mitis - The Fishtail Palm works well too for a privacy hedge. The growth rate of the Fishtail Palm is medium. This hedging palm likes some shade but can be used in full sun if given plenty of fertilizer and water. The trunks of the Fishtail Palm will die as they flower/seed. The dead trunks will need to be removed. Spacing for the Fishtail Palm would be 4 to 6 feet on center.

Fishtail Palm Tree for Privacy Hedge

3. Lady Palm or Rhapis excelsa - The Lady Palm is another one that prefers a little shade. The Lady Palm will grow nicely under Oak canopy even. The Lady Palm has slender canes that can be slicked up to look like Bamboo. Spacing for the Lady Palm would be 3 to 5 feet on center.

Lady Palm Tree in 25 Gallon Container

4. Paurotis, Everglades Palm or Acoelorrhaphe wrightii - This Florida Native Palm Tree is a slow grower and unlike the other palms recommended, has spines. The Paurotis Palm requires periodic trimming to remove the dead/brown fronds. Spacing for the Paurotis Palm would be 6 feet plus.

Paurotis Palm or Everglades Palm
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
A GIANT one!

There are other palms that can be used to create a Privacy Hedge and some can be mixed with the choices above to create a more varied look to the hedge. Queen Palms, Foxtail Palms or Royal Palms can be planted between every three or four of the palms above to add a little shade and frost protection to your Privacy Hedge.

The Chinese Fan Palm will work for a period of time that suits many peoples needs. Ultimately, this palm will outgrow being a hedge. It has worked in my yard for 13 years now and I am not totally opposed to its use as a hedge.

Chinese Fan Palm in 25 Gallon Container

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Wholesale Palms and Plants for Privacy Hedges including Podocarpus Hedges and Areca Palm Hedges

A Quality Plant installs hedges out of many different types of plants and palms. Typical hedges for central and south Florida include:

Areca Palms

Areca Palm / Dypsis lutescens
A Great Hedging Palm

Podocarpus

Podocarpus used for Podocarpus Hedge

Other palms can be used including Arenga engleri /Dwarf Sugar Palm or the Caryota Mitis / Fishtail Palm.

Other plants can be used like the Viburnum suspensum or Viburnum odoratissimum and the Clusia / Pitch Apple.

In all cases, the budget will dictate the starting height for the hedge. Spacing can vary from 2.5 feet up to 5 feet on center. Smaller palms or plants on wide spacing will leave more area uncovered today.

Podocarpus Privacy Hedge

Areca Palm Privacy Hedge

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Areca Palm used as a screen / Wholesale Areca Palms

A Quality Plant is a Wholesale Palm Tree Nursery and Wholesale Tree Farm located in Central Florida. A Quality Plant offers many different varieties of Wholesale Palms including the Dypsis lutescens commonly referred to as the Areca Palm. 

Areca Palm Hedge used to hide AC equipment

The Areca Palm or Golden Cane Palm hardly needs an introduction. Outdoors, the Areca Palm quickly develops into an elegant midsized palm with densely clustering, slender, green trunks; yellow crownshafts and leafstalks; and recurving, V-shaped leaves. The Areca Palm will tolerate cool conditions to some extent, as well as light frosts, and is suited to climates ranging from subtropical to tropical.

Areca Palm used as Privacy Hedge

When grown in full sun the Areca Palm will become more golden and when the Areca Palm is in more shade will become darker green. Either way, the Areca Palm is a beautiful addition to any garden.
The Areca Palm works great as a Screening Palm and as a Privacy Hedge Palm. They make a great accent palm too!

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Areca Palm / Dypsis lutescens

The Areca Palm / Golden Cane Palm

As one of the world's most popular indoor plants, the Golden Cane Palm or Areca Palm hardly needs an introduction. Outdoors, the Areca Palm quickly develops into an elegant, mid-sized palm with densely clestering, slender, green trunks; yellow crownshafts and leafstalks; and arching, V-shaped leaves. The Areca Palm makes a fantastic privacy hedge. If you are using the Areca Palm for privacy, make sure the plants you purchase are multiple plants per pot. Growers will plant a half dozen or more in one pot to make for a dense plant.

Areca Palm in 25 Gallon Container

Dypsis lutescens originally comes from Madagascar, the home of so many exciting palms, where it grows in coastal forest on sandy soils. It will tolerate cool conditions to some extent, as well as light frosts, and is best suited to climates ranging from sub-tropical to tropical.

Areca Palm Field Grown

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A Quality Plant - Florida Wholesale Palms - Royal Palms

A Quality Plant installed many palms this last week including Royal Palms, Foxtail Palms, Areca Palms, Roebelenii Palms / Pigmy Date Palms, Reclinata Palms / Senegal Date Palms, Queen Palms, Bismark Palms and more. It was a very busy week for sure.

A Quality Plant installed 13 Reclinata Palms in Port Charlotte for a customer who needed to create a cold hardy palm screen. The Reclinata Palms were 14 foot tall and 20 feet wide. The palms did the job! We installed the cold hardy palm the Queen Palm over existing Pigmy Date Palms to protect them from frost this next winter.

On another job A Quality Plant installed three 25 foot Foxtail Palms and three 30 foot Royal Palms in one yard along with 50 Podocarpus, 15 Areca Palms, 5 container grown Foxtail Palms and more.

Whew!

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