What do you do when you think you have planted a couple of rows of this medium-sized, solitary trunked, stately palm, Phoenix sylvestris . . . . . . . . and as the palms mature they show the characteristics of this much larger, clumping trunked palm with vicious spines on the leaf margins? We fear that our Phoenix sylvestris (also known as Silver Date or Toddy Palms) are actually Phoenix reclinata (Cliff Date) - or a cross between the two.
Yes, this is a stately and extremely striking palm - but we just don't have any first hand experience with it.
So this morning, we'll be harvesting a couple and bringing one to the nursery to grow in our sandy loam. Another will be planted in good old Harlingen clay.
In the field, their 'pups' are still small and somewhat easy to work around.
Don't you just love the fronds of a Date Palm?
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