Dasylirion texanum Edmund Cuthbert Sabal palmetto

Sabal palmetto

where mature specimens exhibit this distinctive characteristic

and soil where cotton or other crops have left root-rot pathogens behind

quieter and harder to settle

well suited to a spot where space is limited but the sweetspire's virtues are still wanted

Dasylirion texanum Edmund Cuthbert Sabal palmettoOriginally sourced from Kitt Peak, Arizona by Bob McCartney, and last offered in the 1993 Woodlanders catalog under "Woody Lilies." Back from the botanical vault. Dasylirion texanum, commonly known as Texas Sotol, is a striking, drought tolerant plant of central and western Texas and the Chihuahuan Desert into northern Mexico. This long lived, architectural species forms a symmetrical rosette of slender, serrated, blue green leaves that radiate like