Cabbage palm is a beautiful and versatile palm, is hence quite popular. It is recognized by its tan-gray, unbranched trunk, and large crown with fanlike leaves.
- New Zealand cabbage palm
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A lovely spiky plant of some elegance, this starts off as a fan of leaves but soon begins to hoist itself up on a stout stem.
GIANT DRACAENA, NEW ZEALAND CABBAGE PALM, TI KOUKA
syn. Dracaena australis
Family: Agavaceae
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Cordyline australis 'Purple Tower' (Giant dracaena, New Zealand cabbage palm)
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Cabbage Palm or Palmetto (Sabal palmetto): The cabbage palm is the state tree of South Carolina and is commonly seen near coastal areas. It has large, blue-green leaves with threadlike strands of fiber hanging off of each leaf.
cabbage palmetto Arecaceae Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. symbol: SAPA
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Cabbage palms serve as stately sentinels guarding the rear portico of Florida's historic capital building in Tallahassee.
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Because of its beauty and versatility the cabbage palm is at the top of my list of favorite palms.
Garden dracaena or cabbage palm (Cordyline australis), the traditional 'spike' in the centre of summer containers, produces narrow, upright, arching leaves, stemless at first, then gradually developing a thick trunk, becoming quite palm-like.
Cabbage palm is a name applied to several species whose young heads of tender leaves are cooked as vegetables; these include the coconut palm, a royal palm (R. oleracea), and the cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto).
The Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal palmetto), the state tree of both Florida and South Carolina, is very common on the southeast coast of the United States.
Australian Cabbage Palm (Livistona australis)
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Cordyline Australis ‘New Zealand Cabbage Palm'
For those who like architectural plants to give their garden some dramatic structure, Cordyline australis is a palm-like tree from New Zealand that will bestow a sense of exotic grandeur.
Cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto): Also reaching heights of 80 to even 90 feet, this adaptable tree is the state tree of Florida.
Washington palm (Washingonia spp.): This tree gets from 50 to 80 feet tall and can adapt to moist and dry soils.
Sabal palm, cabbage palm
Origin: South Eastern USA
20 ft'
Highly versatile and will adapt to a variety of sun and soil conditions.
Endemic, the only native palm tree, a cabbage palm with a short stem and large leaves. Older specimens can be 30 feet high.
rtion or heart of the stem of the cabbage palm tree, which is found in Florida and other tropical regions. It is an off-white color, firm in texture, and mildly flavored and is ...
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Cordyline or Cabbage Palms are hardy, where Dracaenas are not, so don’t be afraid to pair it in the border next to larger leaved plants.
 See also: Cabbage, Green, May, Palm, Palmetto
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