{"title":"Sabal","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough many species, such as \u003cem\u003eSabal minor\u003c\/em\u003e are US natives (including North Carolina), sabal palms are often overlooked as an important element of a native plant garden. Forever pushing the limits of cold hardiness to bring new plants to you, we have assembled a group of cold hardy sabal palms for sale from various seed sources. You can grow sabal palm trees in a mixed border for their dramatic bold foliage or as a mass naturalistic planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eSabal Palm Growing Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSome subterranean-trunked sabal palms can be grown as far north as \u003ca title=\"Perennials for Zone 6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/zone-6-plants\"\u003eZone 6\u003c\/a\u003e which includes northern Oklahoma, Kentucky, southern Pennsylvania, and coastal Massachusetts. Sabal palm trees prefer warm summers and will not survive well in cool summer climates such as in the Pacific Northwest (try \u003ca title=\"trachycarpus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/trachycarpus-windmill-palm-trees-for-sale\"\u003etrachycarpus\u003c\/a\u003e instead). In all cold climates, we recommend growing indoors for a season before planting outdoors. Winter mulch protection for the first few years is always helpful in colder climates. Some species, such as the shrub \u003cem\u003eSabal minor\u003c\/em\u003e, grow as marginal plants near swamps in warmer locations, while the tree form \u003cem\u003eSabal palmetto\u003c\/em\u003e and dwarf \u003cem\u003eSabal etonia\u003c\/em\u003e grow in drier soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out our article on \u003ca title=\"Article on Sabal minor\" href=\"..\/blogs\/articles\/sabal-minor-scrub-palmetto-palm\"\u003eSabal minor\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sabal-birmingham","title":"Sabal Birmingham","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine a supersized Sabal minor, and you've got Sabal 'Birmingham'...one of the most coveted palms by hardy palm enthusiasts. This massive, but slow-growing palm, is thought to be a rare hybrid between two North American natives, Sabal minor x Sabal palmetto. At fifteen years, it finally starts to develop a short trunk. Our 20 year old specimen has reached 9' tall x 15' wide, while the 40 year old specimen in Raleigh's Jaycee Park sports a 10' tall trunk. The original palm, grown from California-supplied seed, survived for more than 40 years in the private garden of a Mrs. Alexander, before being moved to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Alabama in 1976. All plants are seed-grown from the original, first distributed by Woodlanders Nursery.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025755653,"sku":"4084","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Sabal-Birmingham.i-4084.s-68508.r-1_971b6d4a-fc36-46ee-b6a9-7630fafbd221.jpg?v=1792151433"},{"product_id":"sabal-minor-var-louisiana","title":"Sabal minor var louisiana","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Sabal louisiana) This stunning, and unusual Gulf Coast native is found only in a few swampy areas of Louisiana and east Texas, where it grows among typical Sabal minor. Taxonomists often dismiss Louisiana palmetto palm as a variant of Sabal minor, but the 6' tall trunk seems to say otherwise. If you don't agree, perhaps you'll change your mind after a few whacks with those aforementioned 6' tall trunks. Perhaps we are seeing speciation in progress or perhaps a relictual natural hybrid as in Sabal x brazoriensis. Sabal minor var. louisiana will reach 12' tall when mature and resembles Sabal palmetto in form, although it's a good bit more winter hardy.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026539525,"sku":"5175","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Sabal-minor-var-louisiana.i-5175.s-68345.r-1.jpg?v=1792151405"},{"product_id":"sabal-tamaulipensis","title":"Sabal tamaulipensis","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Sabal YD 17-55) This unique, garden-worthy palm has been lumped into Sabal minor, which is bizarre if you have grown these two plants side by side. Sabal tamaulipensis is a Sabal minor on steroids growing three times as fast, having much larger leaves, and much larger seed. The 6' wide costapalmate (bends in the middle) leaves adorn the 8' tall x 12' wide clumps. Our parent plant is from a 1988 Yucca Do seed expedition into Tamaulipas, Mexico, where these palms were found around 1,500' elevation. Although seemingly trunkless, older specimens develop a horizontal trunk up to 4' long that lays on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21027228357,"sku":"6222","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Sabal-tamaulipensis.i-6222.s-68510.r-1.jpg?v=1788445724"},{"product_id":"sabal-minor-emerald-isle-giant","title":"Sabal minor Emerald Isle Giant","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese extraordinary Sabal minors originated from coastal NC near Emerald Isle, where they were rescued from a construction site by NC palm enthusiast Alan Brunner. They were subsequently planted in many of the Raleigh area city parks. Sabal minor 'Emerald Isle Giant' is radically different in growth habit and size than most other forms. Although these \u003ca title=\"More information about Sabal minor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/sabal-minor-scrub-palmetto-palm\"\u003eSabal minors\u003c\/a\u003e are much slower-growing, producing only one to two leaves per year, they will eventually reach 7' tall x 10' wide with huge 5' or wider leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21027571781,"sku":"6684","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Sabal-minor-Emerald-Isle-Giant.i-6684.s-19482.r-1_7d78c2bc-1d50-4c30-823d-f710a8f26895.jpg?v=1788279351"},{"product_id":"sabal-palmetto-bald-head","title":"Sabal palmetto Bald Head","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur offering of Sabal palmetto 'Bald Head' are seed grown from a Jesse Perry seed collection from the northern most native stand of Sabal palmettos in the country on Bald Head Island, NC. Our oldest plants from these collections are now 20 years old, and have proven hardier that any other palmetto palms we've tried. In marginal climates, we recommend growing these to a larger size in containers protected from temps below freezing before putting them in the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/LZWsscVpVW0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29452869795927,"sku":"15745","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Sabal-palmetto-Bald-Head.i-15745.s-68346.r-1_0ff83a70-3235-4f0e-ba87-408364359677.jpg?v=1792151379"},{"product_id":"sabal-defuniak","title":"Sabal DeFuniak","description":"\u003cp\u003eSabal 'DeFuniak' is an outstanding, hardy, trunking palm growing roadside in the Florida panhandle town of DeFuniak Springs, where it was spotted originally by Georgia palm guru, Tom McLendon, for its unusual character. It's almost certainly a cross of Sabal palmetto x Sabal minor, although Sabal etonia could possibly be the second parent. Regardless, this is the fastest growing, hardy sabal palm we've ever seen, flowering for us, at five years of age. The trunkson the original plant has never exceeded 15' in height, so this stays a good garden size.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yGNFJwOAp0c\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32290567520343,"sku":"15648","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Sabal-DeFuniak.i-15648.s-68054.r-1.jpg?v=1789656771"},{"product_id":"sabal-miamiensis","title":"Sabal miamiensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eSabal miamiensis is one of the rarest sabal palms, one that is even scarcely seen in botanic gardens. It was first described in 1985 by botanist Scott Zona, but is now virtually extinct in the wild because of development in south Florida, where it was originally native to alkaline (oolitic limestone) coastal soils in Broward and Dade County. In appearance, Sabal miamiensis appears somewhat like a dwarf Sabal palmetto, but taxonomically, it is more closely related to the arid growing Sabal etonia. Like Sabal etonia, it has a subterranean trunk, a compact crown of very costapalmate (folded) leaves, and arching stalks of flowers that extend beyond the leaves and start blooming later than Sabal etonia, (mid-July in NC), although they lack the overpowering floral fragrance of Sabal etonia. Sabal miamiensis also has the largest seed of any sabal species. Thanks to NC gardener Mike Papay for sharing seed from his 7.5' tall x 10' wide, twelve-year old specimen.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39536674963543,"sku":"14303","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Sabal-miamiensis.i-14303.s-66707.r-1.jpg?v=1791486145"},{"product_id":"sabal-minor-pittsview","title":"Sabal minor Pittsview","description":"\u003cp\u003eSabal minor 'Pittsview' is a 2026 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction of our scrub palm strain from our 2006 seed collection of a particularly narrow-leaflet specimen from Russell County, Alabama, near the town of Pittsview. Our oldest plants are now 3' tall x 7' wide and the leaflets are just over 1\" wide, which is narrower than normal for Sabal minor.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42450487541847,"sku":"18223","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Sabal-minor-Pittsview.i-18223.s-68344.r-1_1d17c43d-5c27-4f9e-95ea-232c60c98d2c.jpg?v=1791987173"},{"product_id":"sabal-minor-rebecca-creek","title":"Sabal minor Rebecca Creek","description":"\u003cp\u003eSabal minor 'Rebecca Creek' is a 2026 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction from the Rebecca Creek region, in Comal County, Texas (North of San Antonio). Rebecca Creek feeds into the Guadalupe River Basin, where these palms grow under giant Bald Cypress. 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