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Palms & Trees
Date Palm
Phoenix dactylifera
The date palm is the tree the Pakistani climate was built for. It handles 50°C, saline soil, brackish water and full unfiltered sun without complaint, and a mature specimen lives well over a century. Nothing else gives that combination of toughness and presence.
We supply from four-foot field-grown plants up to substantial specimens for driveways and boundary lines. Note that dates only crop from female trees pollinated by a male, so plant for the silhouette unless you are planting an orchard.
- Tolerates 50°C, saline soil and brackish irrigation water
- Lives well over a century — a genuine generational planting
- Only female trees fruit, and they need a male pollinator nearby
Rs 3,000for the 4 ft
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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Never bought in and resold
At a glance
- Mature size
- 15–25 m over decades
- Growth rate
- Slow to moderate
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Non-toxic — safe if chewed
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How to look after your Date Palm
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Most prefer full sun once established; indoor palms want bright, filtered light.
- Water
- Deeply twice a week in summer, weekly in winter. Palms dislike both drought and standing water.
- Humidity
- Moderate. Indoor palms benefit from raised humidity in winter.
- Soil
- Sandy, free-draining soil. Palms rot at the crown in heavy, wet ground.
- Feeding
- Specialist palm feed containing magnesium and manganese, three times a year. Ordinary NPK causes yellow banding.
- Temperature
- 15–48°C for outdoor species. Protect indoor palms below 12°C.
If something goes wrong
Yellow bands on older fronds
Why it happens: Magnesium or potassium deficiency — very common in palms.
What to do: Apply a palm-specific feed. Do not remove yellowing fronds; the palm is still drawing nutrients from them.
Brown, dry frond tips
Why it happens: Dry air, salt build-up, or under-watering.
What to do: Water deeply, flush the soil, and raise humidity for indoor palms.
Soft, foul-smelling crown
Why it happens: Crown rot from water sitting in the growing point.
What to do: Usually fatal. Prevent it by never watering into the crown.
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We grow 11 palms
They differ in leaf shape, mature size and colour — compare them side by side before you choose.
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