Canary Island Date is a relatively slow grower, adding around 1′ to 2’ feet to its height each year in prime conditions.

This growth can become slow or stunted in areas where temperatures are low enough to freeze the crown.

The size is also stunted when grown as a container plant.

Pinnate leaves form around a year after sprouting, achieving their full width in approximately 5 years and begin to form a trunk.

Adult trees are known to be 66′ to 120’ feet with trunks 2′ to 3’ feet thick, growing thicker towards the base, with an arching canopy spreading up to 40’ feet across.

Diamond-shaped leaf scars remain on the trunk as old-growth rots away or are pruned.

Canary Island palms live 50 to 150 years, making them an excellent long-term investment.

Canary Island Date Palm Flowering

Canary Island date palm flowers intermittently during the spring in the isles, although the timing may vary depending upon the region.

It’s a dioecious plant, having either male or female flowers ranging in color from creamy white to yellow in dense, pendant panicles up to 4’ feet long.

On female plants, the flowers develop oval drupes in autumn, ranging from orange to yellow and measuring approximately ¾” by ⅜” inches.

They’re edible, although the large seed usually results in very little fruit pulp content.