Palm Trees & Lemon Grass

Palm Trees:

Palm trees have a presence all their own and are the perfect plants for poolside areas or in any tropical-themed garden.

There are about 2600 species of palm trees, most of them living in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates.

Royal palms (Roystonea spp.) are one of the most majestic species, reaching 70 feet in height. They are known for their tidy leaf arrangement and the beautiful, smooth green section of their trunk that occupies the space immediately below the canopy.

Date palms bring a sense of stateliness to any setting. This is the palm that bears delicious, sweet dates.

Lemon Grass:

Lemon Grass is a fragrant herb which is increasingly being used in teas, beverages, herbal medicines.

Cymbopogon, better known as lemongrass is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family. Some species, are commonly cultivated as culinary and medicinal herbs because of their scent, resembling that of lemons.

This grass grows in dense clumps that can grow to 6 ft in height and about 4 ft in width, although it commonly has seen much smaller. Leaves are strap-like, 1.3 to 2.5 cm wide, to 3 ft long, and have gracefully drooping tips. More...

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