5 Seeds Silver Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens Cold Hardy Palm Shrub

Silver Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) is a slow-growing, clumping palm prized for its fan-shaped fronds with a distinctive silvery-blue cast and its remarkable cold hardiness. This southeastern native brings a bold, tropical texture to temperate landscapes and works equally well in coastal gardens, wildlife plantings, and large containers.

The Silvery Saw Palmetto grows as a low, spreading shrub with sharply segmented fan fronds on petioles lined with small teeth. It is well suited as a specimen, a mass planting, a naturalistic border, or a privacy screen, and its sprawling habit makes it an effective groundcover on larger sites. The small creamy-white flowers are followed by dark berries that attract birds and other wildlife. Growth is slow and steady, and established plants tolerate drought, salt, and a range of soils once settled in.
Species: Serenoa repens
Variety: Silver
Type: Palm shrub
Plant_Habit: Clumping, low-spreading
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Well-drained, sandy to loamy
Days_to_Harvest: Not applicable
Zones: 7 to 11
Germination: Slow and erratic; sow seeds shallowly and keep warm and moist
Sowing: Surface sow, lightly cover, and keep consistently moist
Spacing: 3 to 5 feet apart for mass plantings
Notes: Cold hardy once established; fronds show a silvery-blue color