Sylvester Date Palm, Phoenix Sylvestris Robusta

Create a dramatic entrance by lining your driveway with Phoenix Sylvestris palms.

Incorporating the popular Sylvester Date Palm, also known as Phoenix Sylvestris, into your landscape design can add a touch of tropical elegance and architectural interest to your outdoor space. Here are some creative ideas to effectively integrate this stunning palm tree into your landscape:

Driveway Showcase: Create a dramatic entrance by lining your driveway with Phoenix Sylvestris palms. The tall, slender trunks and gracefully arching fronds of these palms can frame the driveway, adding a sense of grandeur and sophistication to your home.

Poolside Paradise: Enhance the area around your pool by planting Phoenix Sylvestris palms to provide shade, privacy, and a resort-like atmosphere. The tropical appearance of these palms can elevate the poolside setting and create a relaxing oasis for outdoor lounging.

Tropical Cluster: Cluster several Phoenix Sylvestris palms together in a central area of your landscape to create a tropical focal point. Surround them with lush foliage, colorful flowers, and maybe even a small water feature to enhance the exotic ambiance of the space.

Patio Pots: Feature Phoenix Sylvestris palms in decorative pots or containers on your patio or outdoor living area. Their striking appearance and graceful growth habit make them ideal for adding a touch of tropical charm to these spaces, especially if planting them directly in the ground is not feasible.

Architectural Accent: Use Phoenix Sylvestris palms as architectural accents in your landscape design. Plant them strategically near structures, such as a pergola or outdoor seating area, to create a visually appealing backdrop and enhance the overall aesthetic of the space.

Mixed Plantings: Pair Phoenix Sylvestris palms with other plants of varying heights and textures to create a dynamic and visually interesting landscape. Combining these palms with flowering shrubs, ground covers, or ornamental grasses can add depth and color to the design.

Maintenance: Ensure the health and vitality of Phoenix Sylvestris palms by providing them with regular watering, well-draining soil, and occasional fertilization. Prune dead fronds and monitor for pests to keep the palms looking healthy and vibrant throughout the year.

By incorporating these design ideas, you can transform your landscape with the tropical elegance and architectural beauty of the Sylvester Date Palm, Phoenix Sylvestris, creating a captivating outdoor environment that exudes sophistication and tranquility. If you have specific preferences or need further guidance on enhancing your landscape, feel free to provide additional details for a customized design plan tailored to your outdoor space.

How to Grow
Sylvestris grows best in rich organic soils well drained, and on sandy soils and thrives in full sun and partial shade growing zones 8b-11. This species will survive winter freezes down to the high teens provided the freeze durations are fairly short. Freeze damage to the fronds will grow out during a single season.

Fertilizer
Recommendation, use a granular blend that has slow release nitrogen, potassium and magnesium 180 days duration.

PLANTING, Palms can be planted all year round in tropical zones, select an area with FULL SUN to partial shade, ornamental palms are easily grown in a wide range of soils, including clay, alkaline and compacted soils, avoid wet soggy soils, once established palms are highly adaptable and drought resistant. When planting dig a hole twice as wide than your new plant's root ball and deep enough so that the top of the root ball is parallel with the ground level, this is very important, planting the plant deeper than the original top soil line may severely damage the tree. Place the plant in the hole and ensure that it is situated upright, use the excavated soil to back fill around the root ball, tamp down to ensure air pockets are eliminated, thoroughly soak with a hose as you fill in the dirt. Take great care to not leave any gaps or air spaces around the root ball. A 2-3 inch layer of organic hardwood mulch is strongly recommended, it will help retain moisture and discourage weed growth. Apply the mulch over the entire planting area.

Repotting, Topical Palms can grow exceptionally well in pots for long periods of time, you'll only need to repot approximately every other year, do maintain a feeding schedule, the longer is kept in its existing pot the more nutrients are needed to maintain the plant happy and healthy. Once your Palm outgrows its original container, you can increase the pot size by 2 inches each time you repot to accommodate new growth.

Fertilizing, no need to fertilize right away, We fertilize our plants during the production phase with slow release fertilizer which can last an additional 3-5 months supplying residual nutrients to the plant. Fertilize during spring to summer base on label instructions. You may use a fertilizer formulated for tropical plants, preferably a slow release fertilizer 180 days duration.

Sun Exposure, Thrives in full sun, can tolerate partial shade.

Water, twice a week indoors, mist fronds 2-3 times a week to increase humidity and simulate it's native tropical environment. outdoors twice a week during the first growing season, after that rain water will suffix.

Pruning: Regular maintenance is needed, Palms will naturally shed lower fronds as new shoots are formed, Simply remove or cut off any fronds as they turn yellow or brown. This improves the look of your plant and stimulates new green fronds to grow healthier.

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More Frequently Ask Questions

Is it safe to ship plants by mail?

We Believe it is, let us prove it, our success rate sipping plant(s) online is well over 99%.

How do you measure height for Palm trees?

Approximate height is measured from the bottom of the pot to the top of the plant.

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All plants are guarantee for a period of 30 days, We offer a Satisfaction Guarantee Policy.

Can I order during winter months?

Yes you can, however most Tropical plants are sensitive to extreme cold conditions, once cold temperatures are expected to fall below freezing it will not be safe to ship life plants, we carefully manage shipping decisions during winter months and determine when is safe to ship, please be advise we may need to hold orders until conditions are appropriate to safely ship the plants.