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Hardy exotic-looking palm with bluish leaves. -15°C (5°F) for mature plants. Buy it online in 5- to 60-litre pots (see French side for size details).
Cocos australis, Cocos capitata, jelly palm, Pindo palm
Its name has recently been changed to odorata (the former odorata is now known as catarinensis)
From the south eastern coasts of Brazil (Porto Alegre) to the east of Uruguay (Montevideo)
-10 to -12°C for young plants (14 to 10°F), down to -15°C for mature ones (5°F). It is one of a few really hardy feathery palms, which is quite unexpected for such a tropical-looking palm.
A stout, quite fast-growing palm: its trunk rarely reaches more than 6 metres. It has a beautiful crown of arching bluish or silvery palms. Yellow flowers appear after a few years in cultivation, followed by edible orange fruit, which taste like a mixture of pineapple, apricot and plum.
It needs sun and water, not too much fertilizer; avoid watering its heart.
It has been in cultivation in France for over 160 years, and gorgeous specimens can be seen in the Basque country and in Brittany.
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Hardy exotic-looking palm with bluish leaves. -15°C (5°F) for mature plants. Buy it online in 5- to 60-litre pots (see French side for size details).