Thrinax radiata, Florida Thatch Palm Tree
Thrinax radiata is native to the Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Southeast Mexico and Nicaragua.
The Florida thatch palm is a slender, solitary, very slow-growing, palmate fan palm. Growth averages no more than 6 inches a year. It has a slender trunk typically to 10-20 feet in height topped with a cluster of 12-20 deep green fan-shaped leaves. Its canopy is dense and rounded in full sun and open and airy under shade. In the wild, this species almost always grows close to coastal areas where it is adapted to tolerating heavy winds, high concentrations of salt, and even drought.
Florida Thatch enjoys full sun to partial shade and sandy, well-drained soil. This palm exhibits good cold tolerance, surviving temperatures as low as 26°F. and is quite resilient to tropical storm winds. It is very salt and drought tolerant, making it ideal for oceanside gardens, xeric landscapes and dry foundation plantings.
Today, it is being widely planted outside of its natural historic range in South Florida and the Caribbean because of its ability to grow under various conditions. It’s used by gardeners and can be grown in containers or in arboretums, which showcase this species’ prolific inflorescences and fruit which can appear at only 6 feet tall.
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- In most cases your plants will benefit from providing an environment of enhanced humidity upon arrival until root function has normalized.
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