Sabal etonia Highlight the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica)

the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) of the Caspian forests

though the plant shears if asked

Grow the maypop on a fence

fruited branches cut well for holiday greenery

Sabal etonia Highlight the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica)Sabal etonia, the scrub palmetto, is a small fan palm found nowhere in the world but Florida, where the palm is a signature of the sand pine scrub, most abundantly along the ancient dunes of the Lake Wales Ridge. The specific epithet etonia comes from the Etonia scrub of Putnam County, the country where the species was first collected, so the botanical name carries a Florida place with it. Most of the trunk lives underground. Scrub palmetto usually