Palms for Central Florida
The following is a list of palms that are suitable for Hardiness Zones 9a and 9b. Ideally, these plants can take some frost and still survive hot humid summers.
Name
|
Scientific Name |
Hardiness Zones |
| Bird-of-paradise tree | Strelitzia nicolai | 9a-11 |
| Cabbage palm | Sabal palmetto | 8a-11 |
| Canary Island date palm | Phoenix canariensis | 9a-11 |
| Chinese fan palm | Livistona chinensis | 9a-11 |
| Cycad, Dioon | Dioon edule | 8b-11 |
| Dwarf palmetto | Sabal minor | 8a-10b |
| European fan palm | Chamaerops humilis | 8a-11 |
| King sago | Cycas revoluta | 8b-11 |
| Needle palm | Rhapidophyllum hystrix | 8a-10b |
| Pindo palm | Butia capitata | 8a-10b |
| Saw palmetto | Serenoa repens | 8a-11 |
| Scrub palmetto | Sabal etonia | 8a-10b |
| Spanish bayonet | Yucca aloifolia | 8a-11 |
| Washington palm | Washingtonia robusta | 8a-11 |
| Wild date palm | Phoenix sylvestris | 9a-11 |
| Windmill palm | Trachycarpus fortunei | 8a-10b |