Santa Barbara, CA (Zone 10a) | October 2016 | positive
Although I have no experience with Kentiopsis oliviformis, it is still one of my favorite palms. Native to New Caledonia, an island in th...Read Moree South Pacific, this is a highly ornamental palm with erect leaves and a beautiful crownshaft.
Port Charlotte, FL (Zone 10a) | June 2009 | positive
I bought one on these palms about two months ago, it is growing like a weed, very fast. Was very glad to hear this one is not so cold se...Read Morensitive. Very beautiful!
Defintely a killer plant. This is one of the few New Caledonian palms that look excellent even in full South Florida sun. They are about ...Read Moreas cold hardy as a Roystonea, and although a bit slow to begin with, they really take off once they form trunk. It is not picky about soil, and is one of two palms from NC that grows in all three subclimates of the island.
Corte Madera, CA (Zone 10a) | November 2004 | positive
There is one in San Diego with 20 feet of trunk! (or 20 feet tall) They look the same but grow faster in Florida. I saw lots in Fairchild...Read More TG! They are beautiful.
A really nice native of New Caledonia, this very tropical looking palm grows surprisingly well in Southern California. It grows a LOT be...Read Moretter in the tropics, though. The leaves are very long, have a mostly upright habit and the leaflets are unusually wide and leathery. The crownshaft has a unique nearly black coloration and the trunk is ornamentally ringed in white and green. There are several other species of Kentiopsis, but none perform as well as this one in the US. It's a moderately fast grower and looks great as a seedling as well as an adult. Often grown too near the coast, the salt air severely damages the leaflets, making it look messy and sad.
Although I have no experience with Kentiopsis oliviformis, it is still one of my favorite palms. Native to New Caledonia, an island in th...Read More
I bought one on these palms about two months ago, it is growing like a weed, very fast. Was very glad to hear this one is not so cold se...Read More
Defintely a killer plant. This is one of the few New Caledonian palms that look excellent even in full South Florida sun. They are about ...Read More
There is one in San Diego with 20 feet of trunk! (or 20 feet tall) They look the same but grow faster in Florida. I saw lots in Fairchild...Read More
A really nice native of New Caledonia, this very tropical looking palm grows surprisingly well in Southern California. It grows a LOT be...Read More