Sabal minor Welfare Caesalpinia this mallow relative is everblooming

this mallow relative is everblooming

where it makes a dazzling mat of bright green foliage to 2' wide

an easy-to-grow first cousin to the famed aroid Dracunculus vulgaris

The foliage emerges chartreuse gold with a pink flush and brightens to yellow-gold as the season progresses

who discovered it in his cut foliage fields

Sabal minor Welfare Caesalpinia this mallow relative is everbloomingSabal minor 'Welfare' is from a very interesting population of sabals growing in the Kendall County, Texas ghost town of Welfare. These poor scrub palms are growing in mostly open grassland, with many trunked specimens reaching 8' in height. It's possible these are another remnant population of hybrids between Sabal minor and Sabal mexicana, but who knows. Thanks to Texas plantsman Steve Lowe for sharing seed so we could make these oddities available.