PalmsCabbage Palmetto
Sabal palmetto
Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal palmetto) is a medium-growing palm, hardy in USDA zones 7-11, that matures to about 12-35 ft. It does best in full sun with high water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-wet soil. Expect cream and white blooms in summer. It attracts bees, moths and pollinators, stands up well to deer, drought and fire.
- USDA zones
- 7-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 12-35 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Cream, White
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Moths, Pollinators, Small mammals, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Fire, Heat, Salt, Wind, Pollution, Wet soil
- Native to
- SE United States, Bahamas, Cuba.
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Cabbage Palmetto is hardy to about 0°F (estimated from USDA zone 7), 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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