Areca Species, Triandra Palm, Wild Areca Palm

This palm is not marginal in zone 10 ares of soutehrn California and this palm even grows in Phoenix Arizona!

The most cold hardy of the ARecas, but still marginal in most of southern California. There are some excellent examples growing in s Cal...Read Moreifornia, though (only does well in zone 10b here, which is only along the southern coast or a few exceptional pockets inland). It is the ONLY species of Areca that can grow in So Cal. However, performs a lot better in the tropics. Is a suckering palm with markedly ringed, green stems that look a bit like bamboo. Has pinnate leaves that are pretty uniformly divided, but not always. Grows in tight clumps usually just a few feet wide (at least in cultivation).