Texas sabal palm (Sabal texana) is a slow-growing palm with thick, smooth, spineless leaf stems and is cold-hardy to about 10 degrees. Sabal minor is the dwarf form of this plant.

Sabal minor This short palm tree is native to the southeastern United States. If you're expecting a palm tree that sways tall in the wind - this isn't it.

Always ask how hardy a palm is before you purchase it. This is particularly important when planting palms on the north shore. Ideally, palms should be hardy down to 15 degrees.

The Needle Palm (Rhapidophyllum hystrix) is the most cold-hardy palm in the world, reported to withstand temperatures well below zero. It forms a large evergreen shrub over time. The Chinese windmill ...

Always ask how hardy a palm is before you purchase it. This is particularly important when planting palms on the north shore. Ideally, palms should be hardy down to 15 degrees.

Blue Swamp Palm (Sabal minor): large bluish leaves, excellent for damp/wet areas, native to Texas coastal flood plains. Clumps to 5'; cold hardy to 20 degrees ...

The cold-tolerant sabals are Burhans' favorite palms. "They are extremely hardy, always green and have no spines," he says. "And Sabal minor and Sabal Texana are the only true natives to Texas.

Native, drought- and frost-tolerant companion plants include coontie, Zamia plumila; dwarf blue-stem; scrub palmettos, Sabal minor and Sabal etonia; needle palm, Rhapidophylum histrix; and "silver ...

Hardy palms that do well in coastal Virginia Stocky or slender, native or not: 5 that thrive, recommended by Norfolk Botanical Garden.

Sabal minor This short palm tree is native to the southeastern United States. If you're expecting a palm tree that sways tall in the wind - this isn't it.