Texas Palmetto Palm Seeds

Texas palmetto is grown as an ornamental for its robust, stately form, drought tolerance, and hardiness to USDA Zone 8. Texas palmetto is a very clean looking fan palm with little litter and can be used in mesic and oasis landscape design themes, great for use around pools or landscape water features.
A mature palm can grow from 30 to 60 feet. It also makes a wonderful patio container plant for many years. This is usually a stout tree to 50 ft. tall, with a trunk to almost 3 ft. in diameter. Large, blue-green, fan-shaped leaves, up to 3 ft. wide, are divided into many palmate segments. The leaf stalk is stout, equally or exceeding the leaf in length. Dark purple fruits hang in showy clusters.
The wood is resistant to decomposition and shipworms, making it desirable for use in wharf pilings and fence posts. The leaves are used for thatching and making straw hats. The drupes and palm hearts are eaten. For zones 8-11