MEDIUM SIZED THIN TRUNKED PALM FROM AUSTRALIA
Common Names: | Queensland Black Palm, Black Palm |
ID: | 800 |
Locality: | Queensland, Australia |
Cold Hardiness: | About 28 degrees F., perhaps a bit cooler |
Trunk Type: | Single trunk, faint rings, thin trunk. It is called the “Black Palm” because of the black fuzz on the stem. |
Leaf Type: | Plumose (fluffy appearance), pinnate (feather shape). |
Suckering/Solitary: | Solitary (single trunk). |
Maintenance: | Average, doesn’t like sun when it’s young. |
Speed of growth: | Average |
Height: | 15 to 20 feet |
Soil requirements: | Rich, good draining |
Sun requirements: | Start in strong filtered light, work its way into more sun. |
General Description: | A nice but quite rare exotic appearing palm that resembles the Foxtail Palm but is a bit more tropical appearing and has silver on the underside of the leaflets. It also has fishtail type leaflets when younger. Rare. Good along the Coastal areas of California |
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