Monday, July 5, 2010

Canary Island Palm

The Canary island palm is a tropical palm tree with pineapple shaped leaf boots. When young it makes an excellent patio palm and a container plant. The Canary island palm can tolerate coldness, heat and salt.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Cuban Petticoat palm

Cuban Petticoat palm (Copernicia Macroglossa) is native to Cuba.It is an unique specimen due to its persistent petticoat of dead leaves in a densehead.
It has low cold tolerance, moderate salt tolerance and hight drought tolerance.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Windmill palm


A Windmill palm is a hardy palm tree due to its trunk which is covered with brown, dense, hairlike fibers. The hairlike fibers look lie burlap.
These hardy palm trees are widely planted in northern region all over the world. A Windmill palm is used as a framing tree, accent tree and single specimen.