Needle Palm
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Needle palm is a clumping, fan-leaved native palm of Southeastern river bluffs — the most cold-hardy palm in the world — forming a lush evergreen mound for moist shade. Sharp needles arm its crown.
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- shrub
- Height
- 4–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- purple, brown
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, MS, SC