How to grow Date Palm

Phoenix dactylifera

Full Sun
High

Fertile, well drained soil required.

Date plants are dioecious (each plant is either male or female). Therefore both a male and female plant is required for date production. Additionally, for dates to come to maturity, the plant has a high temperature (40 deg C) and high water requirement ¹.

How long does Date Palm take to grow?

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Date Palm Folklore & Trivia

The date palm can live to 100 years and bears fruit in about 12 years.

Other names for Date Palm

Footnotes

¹ The Date Palm, Dept of Botany, University of Catania

² Landscaping for Bluebirds

³ wikipedia.org