{"id":298,"date":"2022-01-05T03:03:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2023-10-27T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:40:57","slug":"palms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utahbackyardtropicals.com\/?page_id=298","title":{"rendered":"Palm trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Coconut Palms<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific name: Cocos Nucifera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coconut palms come from almost any tropical environment on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grows up to 80-100 feet tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takes around 6-10 years to grow coconuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coconuts are brown or green, the green coconut are used for drinking the water inside and their very delicious and brown coconuts are sometimes used for eating the meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mexican Fan Palm<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific name: Washingtonia Robusta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Native to northern Mexico and the south west parts of the United States like Arizona, California, Texas and New Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grows up to 70-100 feet tall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sago Palm<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific name: Cycas revolute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Native to New Guinea, Southern Japan and parts of the subtropics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grows up to 10 feet tall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They grow a large flower in the very center and they only bloom once every 4-3 years and the flowers look like a cone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are from the Cycadaceae family<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sago palm is extremely poisonous to both and animals and humans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Queen Palm<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific name: Syagrus romanzoffiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Native to South America and parts of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can grow up to 50 feet tall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queen palms have a very tall smooth trunk. The fronds can be very large and they look like a large feather with leaflets sticking out around each frond and queen palms are a very beautiful and popular palm tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They produce huge bundles of seeds after the tree flowers and the seeds have orange flesh around them<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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California Fan Palm<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific name: Washingtonia Filifera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Native to southwestern California and southern United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grows up to around 70 feet tall <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are a desert fan palm and look very similar to Mexican fan palms. the difference is, Washingtonia filiera gets a bigger and fatter trunk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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African Fan Palm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific name: Borassus Aethiopum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Native to Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can grow up to 85 feet tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The palm produces fruits that are enjoyed by elephants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seeds grow a long taproot that can grow 18 inches long down into the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coconut Palms Scientific name: Cocos Nucifera Coconut palms come from almost any tropical environment on earth. Grows up to 80-100 feet tall. Takes around 6-10 years to grow coconuts. Coconuts are brown or green, the green coconut are used for drinking the water inside and their very delicious and brown coconuts are sometimes used for … <\/p>\n

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