Ribbon Palms - Livistona decipiens - A Quality Plant

Ribbon Palms - Livistona decipiens

The Ribbon Palm is closely related to the Chinese Fan Palm but has some characteristics that make it better suited for landscapes. The Ribbon Palm has persistent boots that are most persistent at the base of the palm. The leaf is divided once to the base of the petiole and then again halfway. This is what creates the Ribbon look to the leaf.

The Ribbon Palm will take a mild frost with little or no damage and can survive temps into the teens. The growth rate is medium and, under the right conditions, can be 2-3 feet of trunk growth in a year.

The Ribbon Palm loves full sun. It is much harder to keep a Chinese Fan Palm dark green in full sun than the Ribbon Palm.

The old fronds / boots of the Ribbon Palm will eventually shed and reveal a burgundy ringed trunk that is attractive.

A Quality Plant grows and sells the Ribbon Palm / Livistona decipiens and we have them field grown and container grown.

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Medjool Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifera and Canary Island Date Palm

Two of the most majestic palms are the True Date Palm / Medjool Date Palm / Phoenix dactylifera and the Canary Island Date Palm / Phoenix canariensis. They can be planted in groups or as a stand alone specimen. In either case, they are magnificent.

Phoenix dactylifera

variety Medjool is widely used as an ornamental. Taller, thinner, and with spikier, bluish leaves than its popular cousin from the Canary Islands, the Medjool Date Palm is a handsome tree. The Medjool Date Palm's adaptability to a wide range of climates, excellent resistance to drought, salt spray, brackish water, and various pests, and its general robustness make it the palm of choice for dry climates, temperate as well as tropical. Phoenix dactylifera tolerates salt water intrusion and cold better than all the other Date Palms.

Phoenix canariensis, Pineapple Palm, or the Canary Island Date Palm is one of the most popular landscape palms. The stout form of the Canary Island Date Palm is a familiar sight in most warm temperate and subtropical countries of the world. The Canary Island Date Palm with it's stately appaearance spans nearly thirty feet on mature specimens.

Make sure and check out the other Cold Hardy Palms we specialize in at A Quality Plant by visiting our website or one of A Quality Plant's 5 locations. We offer Wholesale Palm Pricing and Quantity Discounts on our Wholesale Palms.

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A Quality Plant - Florida Wholesale Palms - Canary Island Date Palm

The Phoenix canariensis, more commonly known as the Canary Island Date Palm or Pineapple Palm, makes a bold statement with it's 25' span and thick trunk. The fronds of the Canary Island Date Palm are up to 12' long and dark green. The leaflets grow in a flat plane creating a feathery look to the frond.

The Canary Island Date Palm looks great by itself and looks spectacular in groups of three or more.

A Quality Plant is both a locator and grower of the Canary Island Date Palm. We offer delivery and installation too.

Other cold Hardy Palms we grow include the Pindo Palm, the Sylvester Palm, the Washingtonia Palm, the Queen Palm, the European Fan Palm and many more!

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Pindo Palms, Butia capitata, Jelly Palms

A Quality Plant delivered and installed two Pindo Palms yesterday. Both Pindo Palms received a specialty cut and had 4-5' of trunk. The customer wanted the Pindo Palms for the fruit that they produce. The Pindo Palm is also called the Jelly Palm. The seeds can be eaten when ripe or used to make Jelly. Ripe seeds on the Pindo Palm are red/orange in color and about the size of a quarter. Pindo Palms are Cold Hardy Palms taking temperatures as low as 10 degrees with little or no damage. The Pindo Palm is slow growing, has feathery blueish green fronds that are recurvate.

We installed a Sylvester Palm / Phoenix sylvestris at the same location. The fruit of the Sylvester Palm can be eaten too. The fruit is not as large as that of the Phoenix dactylifera but can be tasty especially after a dry spring.

Another Palm that makes edible fruit is, of course, the Coconut Palm!

Rob Pittman

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A Quality Plant - Florida Wholesale Palms - Queen Palms

Queen Palm Tree Installation & Staking

A Quality Plant installed Cold Hardy Palms in the Orlando area this past week. Ten Queen Palms and 3 Sylvester Palms were installed at a magnificent home in the Lake Buena Vista area. The Queen Palms were staked to prevent them from being blown over. The Queen Palms will remain Staked until after Hurricane season. The Sylvester Palms did not require staking. The customer was so pleased with the cold hardy palms that he allowed us to provide and install all the smaller plant material including:

Bouganvilla standard tree form

Indian Hawthorne Tree (American Beauty)

Bottle Brush Trees

and an assortment of 3 gallon plants and tropical foliage

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A Quality Plant - Florida Wholesale Palms - Sylvester Palms

This has been the year of the Sylvester Palm for sure. With the price falling, customers can't help but order twice what they thought they could afford.

The Silver Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestris) or Silver Date Palm is a Cold Hardy Palm taking temperatures down into the high teens.

The Sylvester Palm has blue/green fronds that are bushy and stretch 7' in all directions. The trunk of the Silver Date Palm is not as wide as it's cousin, the Canary Island Date Palm, but is still stately. The trunk is typically orange in color and when the Sylvester Palm is trimmed up tight, the palm is very showy.

Other Cold Hardy Palms we carry include: Canary Island Date Palm, Medjool or True Date Palm, Washingtonia Palm, Sabal Palm, European Fan Palm, Queen Palm, Windmill Palm, Pindo Palm and many more.

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Wholesale Palms Florida - A Quality Plant

Landscape in Apollo Beach, Florida.

A Quality Plant has picked up a couple high end residential jobs over the last month. Customers are taking advantage of our low wholesale palm pricing and then deciding to use us for all their plants! We have been busy. We installed Royal Palms, Foxtail Palms, Areca Palms and more at one customers home in Apollo Beach, Florida and Queen Palms, Silver Date Palms or Sylvester Palms at a home in Orlando, Florida.

Podocarpus were installed at both homes in quantity. The last job included 400 Viburnum!

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