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Can a Sabal Minor be grown successfully in So Cal?

Neel
Neel
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So I'm thinking of re-doing some of my backyard and wanted the dwarf fan palm look in my planters. I was looking into Sabal Minor as a possible candidate, but I'm not sure if they are even available out here or if they will grow in the dry So Cal region. It says i'm between zone 10a/10b (zip code 91702). I saw that Huntington and few other places have them, but other than that I never see them out here. Thoughts?

Sabal minor, in all of its variants, are very adaptable. If you are planting them in the ground and providing them with plenty of water, they should be fine.

Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

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    I’d say it would almost be harder to grow them unsuccessfully than successfully. Very adaptable and hardy in just about every way. Have seen them thrive in genuinely cold places, hot and dry places and true equatorial tropical climates too. It’s a contender for the hardiest palm from a fully rounded perspective.

    Tim Brisbane

    Patterson Lakes, bayside Melbourne, Australia

    Rarely Frost

    2005 Minimum: 2.6C,  Maximum: 44C

    2005 Average: 17.2C, warmest on record.

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    Yup, as others have pointed out, these are about as adaptable as they come. Here’s one I plant many years ago; still trunkless, but with fronds nearly head- high.

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    Bret

     

    Coastal canyon area of San Diego

     

    "In the shadow of the Cross"

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    Why would you want to grow sabal minor? Most of the people who grow it have few other hardy options. You could also choose a small brahea that loves your climate.

    God bless America...

    and everywhere else too.

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    They grow great in Phoenix you can’t get much hotter and drier than that!!! Hard to get a picture in the jungle!!

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    On 8/15/2026 at 8:29 PM, Neel said:

    So I'm thinking of re-doing some of my backyard and wanted the dwarf fan palm look in my planters. I was looking into Sabal Minor as a possible candidate, but I'm not sure if they are even available out here or if they will grow in the dry So Cal region. It says i'm between zone 10a/10b (zip code 91702). I saw that Huntington and few other places have them, but other than that I never see them out here. Thoughts?

    I would investigate chamaerops, particularly mixes of humilis and cerifera would do very well there. They are better adapted to dry places(cerifera is a morocco native) than sabal minor which is a florida palm. Still you could grow sabal minor Im sure. Here is a link with some old(20+ years?) full size chamaerops. The cerifera blue is stunning next to the green.

    Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

     

    Tom Blank

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