Brahea Species, San Jose Hesper Palm, Palma de Taco

This looks much nicer planted in 2's or 3's. Gives a very clean and green look.

I really like this one. It looks very similar to B. Edulis but has yellow stripes on the stems of fans. I have a nice 4' trunk specimen. ...Read MoreIt seems to grow a bit faster than other braheas but still slow. Maybe little less tolerant of frost but works well if you stay of 25 degrees. Mine has tolerated slightly lower and takes our occasional snows with no permanent damage

This is the fastest growing and tallest of the Braheas, and has a very ornamental trunk with the retained leaf bases. If it were'nt for t...Read Morehese leaf bases, it would look just like a skinny Washingtonia. It's cold hardiness may not be equal to some of the other Braheas, but for us in So Cal, it's plenty hardy enough. This Brahea, however, has the most hardiness to humidity and is the only species reliably grown in Florida (all the others suffer).