This palm is not as cold sensitive as many would have to think. There is a mature, seeding one way out in the southwestern edge of the Br...Read Moreoward County sprawl, 18 miles inland, as well as specimens at Fairchild. It grows moderately fast here in South Florida. I was, of course, dumb enough to take a picture of the trunk base, but not the plant itself! It has a beautiful black pseudocrownshaft....making it visually recognizable over a regular Veitchia. Seeds and leaflets look very similar, however.
Corte Madera, CA (Zone 10a) | January 2005 | positive
This unique palm is native to Fiji - one of the least cold hardy of all palms. Anyway, I went to Fairchild tropical gardens and saw a juv...Read Moreenile there. I would protect if the temps get into the 40's down there.
This is an extremely tropical palm, and I don't think it can even survive in South Florida... but it does great in Hawaii. This is one o...Read Moref my favorite palms of all time... it has incredibly ornamental leaflets, wide, shiny and drooping, and it has one of the most striking crownshafts of all palms - dark purple to black. Wow! Native of one of the Fiji Islands.
This palm is not as cold sensitive as many would have to think. There is a mature, seeding one way out in the southwestern edge of the Br...Read More
This unique palm is native to Fiji - one of the least cold hardy of all palms. Anyway, I went to Fairchild tropical gardens and saw a juv...Read More
This is an extremely tropical palm, and I don't think it can even survive in South Florida... but it does great in Hawaii. This is one o...Read More