Texas Sabal Palm
Sabal mexicanaTexas Sabal Palm is a large tree native to Central Texas that grows 45 ft tall and 15 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white in Mar–May. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsStout single-trunk palm with large costapalmate fronds and a heavy, textured trunk.
Why it works here
The only palm genuinely native to Texas and far hardier than the Mediterranean fan palms sold beside it.
Watch out
Slow. Very slow. Buy the size you want. Old fronds need removal or the trunk looks unkempt.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Large tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 45 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–May · white
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, moist, poor drainage, sand
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Stiff fronds; rarely touched.
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
116 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.