BG Store | True Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifera, 5 Seeds (Showy, Edible, Evergreen) Ready To Ship

True Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifera, 5 Seeds (Showy, Edible, Evergreen)Although there are many palms that we call ""Date Palms"", the ""True"" Date Palm from which the tasty fruit is obtained is Phoenix dactylifera. This is a multi-stemmed palm from which the suckers are usually removed to create single stemmed specimens. Trimmed in this manner the Date Palm will grow to heights of 100 feet. The broad gray trunk is patterned with diamond-shaped leaf scars and is up to 16 inches in diameter. The large greenish or bluish gray pinnate leaves are typically 18-20 feet long by 2 feet wide. They are arranged in a thick canopy up to 40 feet wide. Leaflets are 1 to 2 feet long and arranged in V-shape ranks that run the length of the leaf stem. Leaflets near the base are modified into sharp 3 to 4 inch spines.