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Pseudophoenix sargentii
Also called Buccaneer Palm, Sargent's Cherry Palm
Florida cherry palm is a medium-sized, slow-growing palm native to coastal areas of south Florida, the Caribbean and Mexico, grown as an ornamental in warm climates. It needs full sun, well-drained soil and frost protection.
Pseudophoenix sargentii, commonly known as the Florida cherry palm or buccaneer palm, is a medium-sized palm native to the northern Caribbean, eastern Mexico, and extreme southeast Florida in the United States.
Pseudophoenix sargentii is a handsome palm and cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade and available as an ornamental palm for private gardens, habitat gardens, and various types of municipal, commercial, and agency sustainable landscape and restoration projects.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
