Fast-growing, tall palm tree with a thin trunk that gradually decreases in width up to the crown. Leaves are large (1m), broad, sharply toothed. Dead foliage forms a saggy cover that surrounds the trunk. Flowers are creamy pink, tubular and are borne in panicles mainly in summer. Washingtonia robusta grows to about 25m tall and 5m wide.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Size
- Trees 7 metres +
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Subtropical Garden
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Summer
- Colours
- Green, White, Pink
- Gardens
- Mediterranean Garden, Subtropical Garden