Botanical Name: Common Names:
Dypsis arenarum Sand Palm,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Palms, Ferns & Tropical Clumping, Dense, Upright, Upright Narrow
Description:
A multi-stemmed palm, with blackish trunks, red at the base of new spikes and bluish-green fronds of leaves and clumping habit. Yellow flowers appear in Summer and are followed by violet-black fruit. Can be grown outside in warmer climates, reaching up to 6-12m but also makes an excellent indoor palm usually only growing to 3m.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
4-10m 2-4m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Courtyard, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Hedging / Screening, Indoor Plant, Tropical Garden, Wind Break, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Mites, Scale
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Araceae Africa
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Blue, Green
Flower Colour: Yellow
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Slow
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: High, Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Tender
Wind: High
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