Christmas Palm Trees

Christmas Palm trees are also known as Manila palm and belong to the family Aracaceae.

Here is some interesting information on Christmas Palm trees:

• Christmas Palm should be grown in shade while young but will grow in full sun when older on a wide variety of well-drained soils, including loamy, sandy, slightly alkaline and clayey soils.
  
  
• Trees should only be used in frost-free areas.



• These trees blossom in summer with white and yellow flowers.



• The Christmas palm is very much prone to lethal yellowing disease



• Christmas Palm has a very neat appearance and is well suited to use as a patio, terrace, specimen, or framing tree.



• It bears 0.5 centimeter to 1 inch long oval shaped red colored fruits.



• The cluster of glossy and bright red fruits on the Christmas Palm tree gives it a very showy appearance.



• Fruits hang below the leaves on the tree trunk.

• Christmas Palm trees last longer than real trees.



• Christmas Palm trees are safer than real trees because they are fire resistant.



• Christmas Palm trees needles do not shed and thus do not litter around the décor.



• Christmas Palm trees are easy to assemble and easy to store away.



• Christmas Palm trees don't weigh much.