- Name: Pygmy Date Palm - Other Common Names: Miniature Date Palm / Dwarf Date Palm - Scientific Name: Phoenix Roebelenii - Color: Cream - Light Yellow Flowers / Dark Purple - Black - Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost - Harvest: Sept - Oct - Bloom Time: Spring - Hardiness Zone: 9 - 11 / Houseplant - Plant Height: 6 - 10' - Plant Spacing: 12 - 15' (Or Much Closer In Groups) - Light Requirements: Sun - Part Shade - Soil & Water Preferences: Average - Quantity: 10 Seeds