Arecaceae
Puerto rican hat palm
Sabal causiarum
Also known as Puerto Rico palmetto, Sabal causiarum, Inodes glauca, Sabal haitensis
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Palm · Tropical · Fan Palm · Caribbean · Slow Growing · Coastal · Arecaceae · Landscape · Heat Tolerant · Sabal
The Puerto Rican hat palm is a stately, slow-growing fan palm that thrives in warm coastal climates and tolerates salt spray and brief dry spells once established. Plant in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil and water regularly during the first year to encourage deep root development. This palm requires very little ongoing maintenance and makes an impressive landscape specimen in tropical and subtropical gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently, allowing the soil to dry out substantially between waterings once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- 55°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-12b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle
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