My own personal experiences with Pritchardia in southern California is that this is about the best and easiest good look species there is...Read More to grow there... seems quite hardy in zone 9b and fast. This palm is from the Nihoa Island in the Hawaiian island chain, where it grows up to 20'... but I have seen taller individuals in cultivation in Hawaii. Has moderately folded leaves (costapalmate), with drooping tips, split about 1/3 their length and nearly semicircular.
Just had a 2' seedling go through 27F freeze without frost for 5 hours, and plant nearly defoliated... maybe not as hardy as I thought (nearby P lanaiensis did a LOT better)
My own personal experiences with Pritchardia in southern California is that this is about the best and easiest good look species there is...Read More