Sabal DeFuniak Borinda This clone needed a name

This clone needed a name and we could not think of anything better than to name it after the late Dr

Thanks to the late bulb guru

The 4'+ stems of whorled foliage (silver overlay in spring) are topped in June with large

a great see-through perennial

Sabal DeFuniak Borinda This clone needed a nameSabal 'DeFuniak' is an outstanding, hardy, trunking palm growing roadside in the Florida panhandle town of DeFuniak Springs, where it was spotted originally by Georgia palm guru, Tom McLendon, for its unusual character. It's almost certainly a cross of Sabal palmetto x Sabal minor, although Sabal etonia could possibly be the second parent. Regardless, this is the fastest growing, hardy sabal palm we've ever seen, flowering for us, at five years of