Sabal etonia Saruma the stunning clumps are topped

the stunning clumps are topped with 30" rodgersia-like racemes of tiny greenish-yellow flowers

the shiny foliage is also deeply ribbed as well as ruffled along the edges

it forms a dense

unobscured by the old leaves

Sabal etonia Saruma the stunning clumps are toppedThis cute north central Florida endemic to very dry, sandy soils has proven to be another great cold hardy palm for us in Zone 7b. Sabal etonia is effectively a dwarf, subterranean, trunked Sabal palmetto with the same costapalmate leaves (the center of the leaf folds downward). Our 20 year old specimen measures 4' tall x 8' wide. Sabal etonia also has much smaller leaves with narrower leaf segments than either Sabal minor or Sabal palmetto, and much