PalmsChristmas Palm
Adonidia merrillii
Christmas Palm (Adonidia merrillii) is a medium-growing palm, hardy in USDA zones 10, that matures to about 15-25 ft × 6-8 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in clay, loam (silt) and sand soil. Expect cream and white blooms in summer. It attracts bees, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 10
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 15-25 ft × 6-8 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Clay, Loam (silt), Sand
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Cream, White
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Bees
- Native to
- Borneo, Philippines
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Christmas 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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