Sabal palmetto Lisa Spain the clump is adorned in

the clump is adorned in late summer and early fall with upright flower spikes of lilac-purple flower buds that peel open in layers

with contrasting red anthers and red sepals

sweetly fragrant

Sprekelia's spectacular blooms will stop most people in their tracks

Sabal palmetto Lisa Spain the clump is adorned inSabal palmetto 'Lisa' is a seed strain of the Southeast US native palmetto palm, first discovered in 1998 in southwest Florida, as a patch of three specimens by palm nurseryman, Robert Riefer, and later named after his wife, Lisa. Sabal 'Lisa' is most certainly a polyploid mutant, since it produces much thicker, and less divided, less costapalmate, less filiferous leaves than typical Sabal palmetto. In propagation trials by palm guru Scott Zona, it