Best Palm Trees Around Pools

Pygmy date palms are ideal for tight spaces and can even be planted in pots.

Best palm trees around pools. These trees often are called pool friendly trees. It is a good palm near pools. Acacia banana citrus evergreens arbor vitae cypress spruce holly and magnolia also evergreen olive trees non fruit bearing oleander actually a large bush and windmill palms hardy into areas of zone 6. Arizona rosewood vauquelinia californica.

You should also consider planting dwarf sized fruit trees that would stay small but still offer bountiful produce and a. Sabal palm sabal palmetto queen s palm syagrus romanzoffiana sago palm cycus spp. Fronds are shaped like an open fan. The best trees to plant around a pool include.

It is one of the most cold hardy palms with foliage that grows atop the trunk and can get to 6 10 feet wide. Mediterranean fan palm chamaerops humilis a multi trunk palm that grows to about 15 feet. Shrubby evergreen that thrives in full sun or partial shade and grows to 10 feet. A very large palm the bismarck palm unique look makes it stand out as a wonderful accent in tropical landscapes around pools due to its blue green colored fronds.

Visually pleasing while still low maintenance. It is one of the hardiest of the feather leaf varieties for cold climates. Palm trees are known as the epitome of poolside trees since they help create that tropical atmosphere. Day lilies and sedums.

Phoenix roebelenii roots are non invasive and they are one of the cleanest palms available perfect for around pools. These large beauties not only provide ample shade for a pool area but also have little leaf drop meaning you ll spend less time skimming the debris out of the pool. A new silver blue cultivar has been introduced but you may have to special order it. Often you see them trimmed as shown in this photo but they really are a shrub palm.

All things considered a few recommendations for best palm trees around pools. 10 hardy drought tolerant trees you can plant that drop less than most trees. Windmill palms a cold hardy palm tree that has beautiful fan like fronds. We love to use them to fill in under taller palms and trees.

Mexican fan palm washingtonia robusta.