As an adult plant (sorry, don't have a photo of one) these are one of the most ornamental of all palms. They have a thick, ringed, smoot...Read Moreh tapering trunk (narrow at the base and getting wider on up, to just about the crownshaft, where they suddenly narrow) all topped with a leather sprig of arching blue-green leaves. However, to get to this form, from a seedling, even in their native habitat, takes many decades. It is a not a palm often grown and appreciated as an adult by the same individual. No mature forms of this species exist in the US that I am aware of... in fact, outside the Dominican Republic, this palm is extremely rare. Here in California it is pretty marginal, and the seedlings easily damp off and rot... needs a very warm climate to be happy.
Pseudophoenix ekmanii are very rare but worth a try if you can find one. They seem to be as hardy as any other pseudophoenix but requir...Read Moree some protection from the Arizona summer sun.
As an adult plant (sorry, don't have a photo of one) these are one of the most ornamental of all palms. They have a thick, ringed, smoot...Read More
Pseudophoenix ekmanii are very rare but worth a try if you can find one. They seem to be as hardy as any other pseudophoenix but requir...Read More