This plant often has small white flowers followed by red berries. Leaf sheaths with free margins. Female plants grow inconspicuous flowers and inch-long, black, edible dates. The pigmy date palm can stand desert heat but only occasional light frost. Fragrant white flowers on spikes are followed by small, blackish inedible fruit.
Areca palms make exotic specimens for pots, patio or lawn, screens or backgrounds.
Petals open from a cone on the terminal end. Possibly the most ancient of all gingers. Orange bracts give appearance of a small pine cone at the terminal end of the stalk. Blooms sporadically from mid-summer to fall. Likes filtered sun.