But palm trees can also be a unique part of your home landscape.
Here are our favorite small palm trees in a variety of sizesthere’s something for every space.
It has graceful feather fronds and usually only puts out four to six of them per year.
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The tree grows slowly and rarely gets taller than 10 feet.
It is also very salt tolerant, making it a great specimen for oceanside locations.
They have a handsome form with a spreading crown of fronds at the top of the tree.
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The plant is toxic to humans and pets, so care should be taken in its placement.
The fountain like crown of fronds has an elegant look.
The plant’s Greek name means “pig food.”
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It bears stalks of tiny yellow flowers in late winter to early spring.
This tree has a rounded squat trunk and striking silvery blue-green fronds.
It is salt tolerant and grows well in poor soils.
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The name comes from the sharp teeth-like edges of the fronds.
It issomewhat cold hardy, salt tolerant, and can be grown in temperate areas.
For gardeners with ample space in warm zones, this is a beautiful ornamental tree.
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Younger specimens are often grown in containers, though the mature trees eventually get up to 15 feet wide.
It tolerates poor and salty soil conditions.
This showy tree is often planted in high visibility locations such as along driveways or near entryways.
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Dwarf Palmetto
This beautiful shrub produces round fans of strappy gray-green leaves.
Small white flowers attractive topollinatorsare followed by long clusters of black fruits that attract birds and wildlife.
The dwarf palmetto is fairly cold hardy and not fussy about soil.
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It can have either a single trunk or multiple trunks.
The blue-green fronds are glossy and elegant, and the tree produces small orange fruits that are inedible.
The “thatch” in its common names refers to the trunk’s coarse overlapping texture.
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Native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, it is tolerant of poor and salt soils.
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