How to grow Cabbage Palmetto

Sabal palmetto

How long does Cabbage Palmetto take to grow?

These estimates for how long Cabbage Palmetto takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.

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Cabbage Palmetto Folklore & Trivia

The growing heart of the new fronds (also known as the terminal bud), gives the palm tree its “cabbage” name, since this can be harvested as a food and resembles a cabbage head in shape (this is the key ingredient for a “heart of palm salad”)" This is a discontinued practice since the palm will not survive without the terminal bud.2

The roots of the cabbage palm can spread to 8’ around the tree’s trunk, providing a solid base during storms.3

Other names for Cabbage Palmetto

Cabbage Palm, Sabal Palmetto, swamp cabbage

Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

Footnotes

1 “A Gardener’s Guide to Florida’s Native Plants” by Rufino Osorio

2 State Symbol USA

3 homeguides.sfgate.com


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