The author has seedlings in Northern California which have survived 24 degrees f. in small pots although with protection others may have done even better. Dwarf sugar palms originate in Taiwan. They can be grown easily from seed although sprouting times vary wildly. Mature plants can reach 12 feet tall although very old plants are commonly much shorter and sometimes broader than they are tall. This palm has a pinnate leaf with a flattened triangular fishtail shape having an irregular ragged tip tapered at an angle.
Leaves are silvery beneath and tomentose or fuzzy.
The fruit can cause severe allergic reactions in the skin of some so that care should be taken in handling fresh fruit pulp or seeds. Butia capitata or Jelly palm also called Pindo palm. Canary Island date palms also known as Phoenix canariensis . Mediterranean fan palm shown as chamaerops humilis. Livistona Blackburn and Livistona decipiens as well as Livistona rigida and chinesis are shown.