COMMON NAME:

COCOS PALM, QUEEN PALM, COCOS PLUMOSA

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

SYAGRUS ROMANZOFFIANA / ARECASTRUM ROMANZOFFIANUM

ORIGIN:

SOUTHERN BRAZIL TO ARGENTINA

DROUGHT TOLERANCE:

MODERATE

GROWTH RATE:

FAST

TYPICAL HEIGHT:

12m

SOIL REQUIREMENTS:

FAIRLY ADAPTABLE

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:

MODERATE TO HIGH

DESCRIPTION:

THE COCO PALM.

FAST GROWING PALM TREE. CAN BE HOUSED IN POTS FOR SOMETIME.

A LUSH FEATHERY CROWN MAKES THIS THE PALM OF COOLER CLIMATES. VERY POPULAR IN AUSTRALIA.

IDEAL IN WARM TROPIC AREAS. TOLERATES FROST AND WIND.

GROWS WELL IN FULL SUN BUT CAN ADAPT TO A SEMI-SHADE AREA.

FOR THIS PALM TO LOOK ITS BEST, WATERING IS ENCOURAGED DURING THE SPRING TO SUMMER REGIONS.

FERTILISING IN SPRING TO SUMMER TIMES ENCOURAGES NEW GROWTH.

NO MAIN PROBLEMS KNOWN.

OVERALL A GREAT FAST GROWING PALM THAT CAN TOLERATE FULL SUN, DRY HEAT TO PART

SHADE, FROST TOLERANT, WIND TOLERANT AND DROUGHT TOLERANT.

LARGE SPECIMENS TRANSPLANT EASILY, FOR AN "INSTANT JUNGLE" EFFECT.

MINIMAL MAINTENANCE REQUIRED.