Serenoa repens Propagate with a little afternoon shade

with a little afternoon shade where summers are fierce

trading the usual fire-engine red for warm gold blushed with soft orange-pink

ovate leaves three to four inches long lend the whole a lush

a low clipped or informal hedge

and named variegated forms such as 'Hakuokan' descend from exactly that connoisseur's eye for the beautiful mutation

Serenoa repens Propagate with a little afternoon shadeSaw palmetto is the signature palm of the Deep South, a low, fan leaved evergreen that carpets the pine flatwoods, scrub, and coastal dunes from the Carolinas through Florida and along the Gulf. The genus honors the American botanist Sereno Watson, and the species name repens, creeping, describes the sprawling habit, while the common name comes from the fierce saw toothed edges that arm each leaf stalk. Serenoa repens is the only species in the genus,