Phoenix roebelenii | Pygmy Date Palm (BIG!) roselle Flowers easily over early summer

Flowers easily over early summer months and then again in Autumn

they do quite well in pots

Pollinate with another variety such as Tifblue

Casimiroa 'Luke' is a hybrid variety of White Sapote fruiting tree that is native to Mexico where it grows in the highlands and as a result is fairly cold hardy

Beautiful white flowers come from below the crownshaft when the palm is mature enough

Phoenix roebelenii | Pygmy Date Palm (BIG!) roselle Flowers easily over early summerMuch loved and very popular, the Pygmy Date Palm is in many ways the perfect miniature palm tree, complete with a slim trunk and a beautiful crown of feathery leaves. Its uses are many and varied: plant it in the warm temperate, tropical, or subtropical garden; use it as the perfect house or conservatory plant; or use it as a potted palm on the terrace during the warm months of summer. Tolerant of both over and under watering, and will even put up