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Hi all, I will trfy to find some info on Sabal maritima and the other that were mentioned in the replies. Does anyone have any experience with Hyphaene
I can thoroughly recommend *Sabal maritima. *I have an avenue of these and with a name like "maritima" I presume it is very salt tolerant ! All have thrived
Try the Nypa palm of Southern Asia where there is enough water and Allagoptera arenaria from Brazil. I think most Braheas are tolerant of salt as well.
H Dirk, I have a 35' Washingtonia robusta that I have never watered, not even one drop, from the day a raandom bird dropped a stray seed. Gary Fallbrook, Calif
Hi, I am looking for tree-like palms to plant near our house on the Canary Islands. We are right at the sea front and the rainfall is very low. We don't live