The beautiful, ornamental, inexpensive palm is associated with tropics. It is commonly used as a landscape item for gardens, parking lots, along streets, boulevards, beaches and in urban landscaping in places with tropical climates like Florida, California and Texas.

The Queen palms are popular for its tropical look, low maintenance and also beautiful ornamental flowers. They are often confused with Coconut palm trees. Several decades ago it was assigned with the Cocos Plumosa. Several year ago scentists started to refer it as the Syagrus Romanzoffi.

The Queen Palm is one of the most elegant and widely grown Florida palm trees.

Additional Information:

Scientific name: Syagrus Romanzoffiana

Family: Arecaceae

Genus: Syagrus

Origin: It is native to South America (Brazil and Argentina).

Growth rate: Fast. The Queen palm grows about 1-3 feet per year.

Trunk: The single, smooth, ringed, covered with old leaf bases, grey trunk grows 30-50 feet tall.

Leaves: The long, lacy, green  fronds create a graceful canopy with a spread of 15-25 feet and provide nice shade.

Indoor/Outdoor Use: Outdoor

Maintenance: Low

Light exposure: The palm loves full sun.

Water requirements: The Syagrus Romanzoffiana needs to be watered constantly.

Drought toleration: It is drought tolerant.

Cold toleration: It is cold tolerant and can take a temperature as low as 20 F.

Flowers: The clusters of beautiful, ornamental, creamy flowers come among the leaves.

Fruits: The fruits are green, they become orange when ripe. They are edible.

Propagation: It is propagated easily by seeds. Germination takes 3-5 months.

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