PalmsAreca Palm
Dypsis lutescens
Areca Palm (Dypsis lutescens) is a medium-growing palm, hardy in USDA zones 10-11, that matures to about 12-30 ft × 8-15 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect yellow blooms in summer. It stands up well to heat and humidity, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 10-11
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 12-30 ft × 8-15 ft
- Spacing
- 12-24 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Yellow, Green
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Tough against
- Heat, Humidity
- Native to
- Madagascar
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Areca Palm is hardy to about 30°F (estimated from USDA zone 10), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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