Canary Island Palm

Phoenix canariensis, Canary island palm is known as the kinds inside a palme family, Arecaceae, indigenous to the Canary Islands. It's a family member in Phoenix dactylifera, the actual date palm. This is a great sole palm, 10-20 meters in height. The foliage is pinnate, 4-6 meters long, together with 80-100 leaflets on both sides of the central rachis. The berry is an oblong, yellow-colored to orange drupe 2 centimetres long and 1 centimetres diameter and that contains a single big seed; the berry pulp is actually edible however too tiny being worth ingesting.

The most used popular name in English is "Canary Island Date Palm". The well-known name in Spanish speaking countries as well as in the Canary Islands is "Palmera Canaria".

King Palm

A King palm (Alexandra palm) is a gorgeous palm tree native to Queeensland, Australia. A King palm naturally grows in coastal rainforest in places which are often inundated during heavy rain events. In landscapes a King palm is often used as an ornamental tropical plant.A King palm is extremely popular in Australia, where it can be found in far south. Alexander palms are often planted in clusters and palm groupings. The palms are densely planted along the roads in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
A King palm produces cream to greenish male and female flowers on the same inflorescence. Beautiful flower stalk coming from below the crownshaft. They are uo to 3 feet long.

Cabbage palm

A Cabbage palm is a palm tree native to Florida. It has no crownshaft, costapalmate leaves on spineless petioles and a single rubust trunk.A cabbage palm occurs from the Florida keys to South Carolina. Naturally it grows on sandy bays, along shores and the Gulf Coast. It is widely grown on hardwood hammocks and pine flatwoods. A cabbage palm is extremely salt nad drought tolerant.

Coconut Palm

A Coconut palm is the most popular palm tree and the genus Cocos is the most well-known genus. A Coconut palm is a feather-leaved palm. It can be seen growing throughout the tropical world. It is often found growing on sandy soils and near the ocean. In the United States Coconut palms are found in Florida and hawaii.
A Coconut palm is not native to United States. The origin of this palm is the subject of controversy.

Palm Tree Varieties

There are around 2500 palm tree varieties in the world. They are very different. They range from small to tall palm trees reaching 100 feet. As types of palm trees there are only two main types: palmate (having fan-like leaves) and pinnate (having pinnate leaves).