Bismarck palm

摘要

It's hard to think of a palm more striking, more awe-inspiring than the magnificent Bismarck palm (Bismarckia nobilis). Everything about it demands your attention, from its enormous fan-shaped fronds to its unusual blue green hue. If your garden needsa showstopper, then this is for you. Just make sure you've got the room! The leaves are quite remarkable. Each fan can develop a diameter of up to 3m and the petiole can stretch up to 2.5m long. Even when young, it commands a lot of space, filling a spread of 6m before it develops a decent trunk. As it matures, the leaves form one of the most impressive crowns of all palms. With an established height of 8-1 Om, it's not for a small garden, but if you can grow a medium-sized tree, you can probably plant one of these.