Syagrus romanzoffianum     
Queen palm   
Palmae Family     

Syagrus romanzoffianum

Form: smooth-trunked tall palm with feather fronds
Seasonality: evergreen
Size: to 50ft, frond spread 12-15ft; moderate to rapid growth
Leaves: feather type fronds, loose, soft, tropical look; held in dense green cluster
Flowers: broom or bush-like cluster of white flowers emerging from center of fronds in early to mid summer
Fruit: olive-sized (1in diameter) round orange fleshy fruit with coconut-like hard pit
Stems/Trunks: attractive smooth trunk, tall and slender
Range/Origin: Brazil
Hardiness: frond damage at 20°F; in low teens entire frond cluster may die, slow to recover

LANDSCAPE VALUE:

• skyline tree
• lush tropical look

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Exposure: best in full sun, takes reflected heat; trunk habit will be effected in shade
• Water: requires regular irrigation; 1-2 times per month for large specimen
• Soil: okay in most; best in amended or uniform soil
• Propagation: seed
• Maintenance: low; removal of fronds damaged by cold

NOTES:

cold damage is seen as either yellowing or browning of fronds

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