Phoenix sylvestris seed
LATIN NAME: Phoenix sylvestris
COMMON NAME: Silver Date Palm
The silver date palm lifts its feathery crown high above the warm avenues, and the heavy clusters of the small, orange-brown dates hang among the arching leaves. The tall, single-trunked palm carries the long, arching, grey-green, feathery leaves and the large, hanging clusters of the small, orange-brown, round fruits through the warm season, one of the fine, stately sights of the dry land. The fruits of the related date palms have a very long record at the warm tables, and the tree is a fine, generous presence of the warm avenue. It is a palm of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The silver date palm is a bold subject of the plant science, and the feathery crowns keep showing up in the work on the palm group. The way the heavy clusters of the small, orange-brown fruits form among the arching leaves has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the palm trees, the warm-land fruits and the members of the palm family. The arching leaves and the single, straight trunk have also made it a fine study palm, and the silver date palm is a regular subject of the work on the stately crowns of the dry world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The silver date palm is a fine, stately tree of the warm avenue and the dry garden. The long, arching, grey-green, feathery leaves give the fine, open crown of the tree, one of the stately sights of the dry land, and the heavy clusters of the small, orange-brown, round fruits hang among them through the warm season, drawing the birds and the bees. The tree stands the heat, the drought, the wind and the poor ground with the ease, and the leaves come to the thatch and the weaving of the warm craft. It is one of the fine choices for the warm avenue, the park and the study collection, and it has been written about in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the feathery crowns and the generous ways. It is a fine, stately palm of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.
Give the young palm the warm, sheltered spot for the first years, and the crown will rise in the long run.
To grow the silver date palm from seed, set the large, round seeds a couple of centimetres down in the tall pot of gritty soil, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then pot the young palms on as they fill the pot. The seedlings come up in their own good time and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, well-drained ground, the feathery crown will rise over the years.