PalmsMajesty Palm
Ravenea rivularis
Majesty Palm (Ravenea rivularis) is a medium-growing palm, hardy in USDA zones 10-11, that matures to about 5-100 ft. It does best in part shade with high water needs in moist and occasionally-wet soil. Expect yellow and white blooms in spring and summer. It stands up well to heat, humidity and wet soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 10-11
- Sun
- Part shade
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 5-100 ft
- Spacing
- 3 feet-6 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Yellow, White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Tough against
- Heat, Humidity, Wet soil
- 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 — Majesty 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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