Straight up Palmetto. Official tree of Fl and SC, and a iconic image of the southeast.

I have a Sabal palmetto. Don't they grow?! Mine has done virtually nothing for years now. Big disappointment, much better results with nearly any other species...mexicana , Mauritiiformis, bermudana, even minor 'Louisuana'!. If this one does not do something fast, it is gonna be composted.

Without question, my favorite Sabal would be the bluest form of S. uresana someone could find.

I only have Sabal minor, several of them. I guess you could say they're my favourite Sabals.

I agree with the S. uresana. It's very slow from seed - but is very cold hardy. I didn't even get a lot of leaf damage to mine after it got down to 10* twice this winter.

I like sabal minors since I think they make awesome understory palms even in tropical climates since most true minors stay pretty small.
I also really like â¦
Sabal mauritiiformis - since it looks so nice and tropical

Sabal Palmetto 'Lisa' - because to looks really unusual and tropical with the benefits of having the same or similar cold tolerance to palmettos!

Sabal Uresena - because of it's blue fronds

Sabal causiarum - Because of it's nice and trunk.

and there are probably a lot of other nice species that I really like. Hard to pick a favorite for me because there is so much variation among species!

-Alex

Agree, very hard to pick 1 but my top 5 I personally have seen would be
Sabal Riverside

Sabal Blackburniana

Sabal Pumos

Sabal Mauritiiformis

Sabal Uresana

Now my top 5 am growing;

Sabal Blackburniana

Sabal Pumos

Sabal Uresana

Sabal Mexicana

Sabal Palmetto

They may be the most common, but Sabal Palmetto & Minor are my 2 favorites. I love how both look in their natural habitat.