Established specimens of dwarf sugar palm thrive in Central Florida as long as they're kept heavily mulched. Occasional irrigation during hot, dry periods is beneficial.

And the nine dwarf palm trees scattered around the foundation. This landscape looks decidedly more Florida-ish than our typical landscape of yews, azaleas and daylilies.

Pygmy date palms are usually described as and commercially available as a single, double, or triple palm specimen. These references indicate the number of trunks that are growing in the container.

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Here is south Louisiana, we have several hardy palm trees from which to choose. Native palms include cabbage palm, dwarf palmetto, needle palm, saw palmetto and Texas palmetto.

As with most palms, germination takes up to a year, then the palm grows slowly. My 10-year-old plants are still in 10-inch-wide pots (formerly misnamed a three "gallon" pot).