This tall growing palm is native to Mexico. It can reach 15-20 metres in height and has large fan like fronds with remnant threads of foliage that appear like ‘cotton’ hanging from between frond segments. It is not self cleaning and holds old fronds on the trunk which must be removed manually.
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This native palm has fanshaped leaves and generally a smooth trunk. It is native throughout coastal areas and into East Gippsland. Remnant trees, sometimes as much as 30 metres high, can often be seen in gullies in cleared paddocks on the coast.
This tall stately fan palm will grow to 30 metres in height but is normally shorter in cultivated situations. Native to the region around Carnarvon Gorge and Isla Gorge it will grow in variable soil conditions and is drought and frost tolerant. It has bright green deeply divided leaves that droop down completing an open and rounded crown.
Spectacular palm from North Queensland and worldwide best seller. Large 2.5m long plumose fronds of dark green emerge from the slightly bottle shaped clean trunk. The fruit are reddish orange, plentiful and large (6cm). This is a self cleaning palm that sheds old foliage.
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