The Medjool Date Palm Tree is the kind of palm tree you would find in a desert oasis. The Medjool Date Palm is also the kind of palm tree you find lining avenues in the hot, dry climates of Southern California and Arizona. If you want a slow growing, humidity hating, water loving, elegant, exotic, tropical and beautiful fruit tree, the Medjool Date Palm Tree is the tree for you. Under the right conditions, the Medjool Date Palm Tree is a thing of beauty.

Medjool Date Palms slowly grow to a height of 70 feet and more in the right growing conditions. The right growing conditions mean hot, sunny, not humid and with a good, steady supply of water to the roots. The Medjool Date Palm adds 6" or less per year in height. This tree often grows several trunks from a single root system. The span of the leaf crown may reach 30 feet in diameter.

The Medjool Date Palm is hardy from USDA hardiness zone 8 through zone 11.

The Medjool Date Palm is grown widely for it's edible fruit. The dates produced from this tree are large and very sweet.