| Botanical name | Phoenix dactylifera |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| Common name(s) | Dates Palm Date |
| Drought tolerance | High |
| Plant Care |  Evergreen Evergreen – Never Sheds All of Its Foliage.  Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day.  Semi Frost Hardy Semi Frost Hardy – Is Able to Survive Moderately Low Temperatures.  Low Watering Low Watering – Requires Little Water.  Low Maintenance Low Maintenance – Requires little maintenance. |
| Planting Instructions | Sow from seed: Soak seed for 24 hours in warm water and sow in containers. Germination usually takes place in 2 – 3 months. You will need a male and female tree for fruit production. Division: Palms produce low growths off the trunk base called offsets, or pups. Offsets are divided away from the parent plant and started in a prepared bed or pot of sand mixed with some topsoil. Date palm offsets will not be mature and ready to produce fruit for up to 12 years. |
| Maintenance | Fertilize once a year with a fertilizer high in potassium in early spring. |
| Fruit | Dates are oval-cylindrical, ranging from bright red to bright yellow in colour, depending on the variety. Containing high sugar percentage by mass when dried, dates are a very sweet fruit. |
| Harvest | 8-10 months for the fruit to ripen. |
Phoenix dactylifera (Dates, Palm Date)
- Botanical name: Phoenix dactylifera
- Common name(s): Dates, Palm Date
- Categories: Fruits and Vegetables
Plant description:
Date Palm is an evergreen, flowering palm. The short trunk has suckers at the base. The leaves are long, with spines on the petiole. The fruits are oval-cylindrical and bright red to yellow when ripe.
Family: Arecaceae
Synonym: –
Botanical pronunciation: –
Phoenix dactylifera requirements and features
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Moderate Maintenance
Requires moderate maintenance.
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