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Native Plants
to use Now:
Palms
Florida Thatch
Palm
Thrinax radiata
15-30' high
Full sun to light shade
Well drained coastal soils
Tolerant of salt spray & wind
Zones 10-11
Attracts birds & pollinators
Our slender, graceful native thatch palm
is an excellent replacement for undesirable
queen and Washingtonia palms. Although its
native range is limited to parts of Collier,
Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, it is being
used on the coasts from Brevard and Pinellas
counties southward. This tropical palm is
cold tolerant to 28°, very resilient to tropical
winds, tolerant of salt wind and some (not
standing) salt water. Use as an accent or specimen,
but also along roadsides and in medians
and parking lots. This moderate to slow
growing palm attracts pollinators and birds.
Flowering may occur throughout the year.
Available from Green Isle Gardens Nursery,
Mix’d Greens Environmental, Native
Tree Nursery and other FANN members.
Above: Thatch palm has big shiny fronds
and long flower stalks that produce beautiful
white bead-like fruits.
PHOTO:ISABELLA GUTTUSO
Left: Honeybees on thatch palm flowers.
All of our native palms are great pollinator
palms for both native bees and the honeybee.
PHOTO:JANETHOMPSON
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