American Cotton Palm (Washingtonia filifera)
Washingtonia filifera have a short, tapered, mahogany red trunks and long, spiny leaf stalks which carry large fan-shaped leaves which are cut into about twenty segments for up to half of their spread. A distinctive feature of most of these popular palms is the fine fibres which hang from the edges of the leaf divisions.
Washingtonia filifera has an open, uncluttered look. Its grey-green leaves have a span of about 60cm (24 inch) or more. The spiny leaf-stalk are about 45cm (18 inch) long, flat and mostly green.
Washingtonia filifera produces (but not indoors) numerous branching flower clusters that project out and often downward from the leaf crown.
- Height: up to 12 m
- Crown Shape: bushy
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Lifespan: 250 years +
Cotton Palm Price Structure
We have a range of Cotton Palms available from 800 mm – 3000 mm (3 m). Pricing is based on the trunk height at a rate of $1 per mm.
For example a 2300 mm trunk height costs $2300. (Pictured)
Common Questions
The fan palm tree has a root ball of thin, fibrous roots. The fan palm that is most common across the United States is the Washingtonia robusta, or "Mexican palm," which grows to around 100 feet tall and develops a spread of 15 feet wide.t.
Simply fertalise and prune your palm once a year for a healthy palm.
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