Serenoa repens ~ Saw Palmetto, Green size-1pt-pot oak lace bugs

oak lace bugs

Dwarf stock is easier to maintain and produces fruit at an earlier age

Its flowers are attractive to butterflies and bees

Patterson American Holly is a large upright native with spiny dark green foliage

Serenoa repens ~ Saw Palmetto, Green size-1pt-pot oak lace bugsSaw Palmetto is a small native evergreen fan palm that grows in thickets. Its deeply divided foliage that can be green or silvery is arranged like a fan and has sharp spines along the petiole. The showy summer panicles of fragrant golden white flowers are followed by fruits that ripen in fall. Grows best in sandy well drained loam soils. Drought tolerant once established. This is a green leafed selection. Serenoa repens acts as a host plant for