The Canary Island palm is an elegant, beautiful, massive and large-scale tree with gigantic canopy and a huge nut on the top. Phoenix Canariensis is very easy to distinguish from other trees.  The Canary Island palm is a popular landscape item throughout the world. You can see this tree in tropical and sub-topical places in parks, along streets and coasts. It is one of the most durable species of palm trees on the planet. The Canary Island palm is a close relative of the real Date palm.

Additional Information:

Scientific name: Phoenix Canariensis

Family: Arecaceae

Genus: Phoenix

Origin: It is native  to the Canary Islands in the Atlantic ocean.

Growth rate: It grows very slow at the beginning of its life, then when the trunk is completely formed the palm grows about 1 foot per year.

Trunk: The solitary, massive, heavy, dark brown trunk is covered with old leaf bases. It has a large carved nut at the top that resembles a pineapple. The Canary Island palm can grow to a height of 60 feet.

Leaves: The gigantic, pinnate, dark green leaves with long sharp spines at the base, arching at the top create a huge canopy. Lower leaves usually  hang down.

Indoor/Outdoor Use: Outdoor

Maintenance: High

Light exposure: It prefers full sun and bright light.

Water requirements: Moderate

Drought toleration: It is a drought tolerant tree.

Cold toleration:  Phoenix Canariensis is cold hardy tree. It can survive temperatures down to 18F.

Salt toleration: It is a salt tolerant tree.

Flowers: The clusters of flowers come from the  leaves. They are dioecious with female and male flowers on seperate plants.

Fruits: The Canary Island Date palm forms oval, grape-sized, orange drupes that come below the leaves. They are edible but  too small and not very tasty.

Propagation: It is propagated from seed. When it is warm, the seeds germinate rapidly.

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